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Pierre wrestlers remain No. 4 after strong showing at Mid Dakota Monster
Pierre's Joshua Rydberg wrestling in the (285) finals at the Mid Dakota Monster
Rodney Haas - 605 Sports
Jan 9, 2023
 

605 Sports Staff

Another dominant week for the Brandon Valley Lynx who scored 113 more points than their nearest competitor to win the Dan Pansch Invitational on Saturday. 

In one of the more interesting finals at that tournament Chamberlain’s Noah Hutmacher, top ranked at (220) moved up to (285) for this tournament to face Navarro Schunke of Brandon Valley. The match went the distance with Schunke prevailing 9-0.

A couple of changes in top ranked wrestlers this week. At (145) Brandon Valley’s Trason Oehme beat Huron’s Moses Gross, 4-3 and Oehms now slips into the No. 1 rankings. Watertown’s Weston Everson is now top ranked at (126). Sioux Falls Washington’s Abraham Myers is also now top ranked (220). 

(Rankings provided by Dakota Grappler)

Team rankings: 1. Brandon Valley, 195; 2. Sturgis, 171; 3. Watertown, 164; 4. Pierre, 146; 5. Harrisburg, 109; 6. Tea Area, 99; 7. Aberdeen Central, 85; 8. Rapid City Stevens, 82; 9. West Central, 70; 10. Brookings, 49; 11. Sioux Falls Jefferson, 47; 12. Rapid City Central, 37. 

Dynamite Dozen: 1. Navarro Schunke, Brandon Valley; 2. Reese Jacobs, Sturgis; 3. Sloan Johannsen, Watertown; 4. Alex Mentzer, Brandon VAlley; 5. Trason Oehme, Brandon Valley; 6. Moses Gross, Huron; 7. Noah Hutmacher, Chamberlain; 8. Jagger Tyler, Mitchell; 9. Jordan Oehme, Brandon Valley; 10 Maddix Slykhuis, Tea Area; 11. Trevon Oehme, Brandon Valley; 12. Justin Zirpel, West Central. 

Individual rankings. 

106: 1. Gage Lohr, Watertown; 2. Aiden Wells, Jefferson; 3. Brendon Oehme, Brandon Valley; 4. Korbin Bunch, Sturgis; 5. Shea Richter, Stevens; 6. Jacob Mason, Pierre; 7. Logan Tyndall, Belle Fourche; 8. Jagr McCarthy, Rapid City Central; HM Grant Larson, Lennox; HM Owen Serck, Beresford/Alcester-Hudson; HM, Kayden Tchida, Sisseton; HM, Griffin Felder, Harrisburg

113: 1. Trevon Oehme, Brandon Valley; 2. Tyler Woodring, Tea Area; 3. Teryn Zebroski, Sturgis; 4. Alex Oedekoven, Pierre; 5. Karson Vessells, West Central; 6. Brayden Collins, Rapid City Stevens; 7. Porter Lonzenski, Aberdeen Central; 8. Leo Stroup, Watertown; HM Ryan Tschetter, Rapid City Central; HM Tate Hemboldt, Brookings; HM Hudson Cisar, Lincoln; HM, Steven LaMont, Harrisburg.

120: 1. Sloan Johannsen, Watertown; 2. Tegan Zebroski, Sturgis; 3. John Jeffery, Spearfish; 4. Jesse Johnson, Brandon Valley; 5. Corbin Zent, Rapid City Stevens; 6. Lincoln Schoenhard, Pierre; 7. Ridley Waldo, Aberdeen Central; 8. Hunter Wilson, Tea Area; HM, Tyler Wurth, Harrisburg; HM, Riley Schmidt, Rapid City Central; HM, Turner Gordon, Lincoln; HM, Derek Ranschau, Jefferson.

126: 1. Weston Everson, Watertown; 2. Rayden Zens, Aberdeen Central; 3. Holden Hawkins, Sisseton; 4. Nolan Miles, Brookings; 5. Bentley Williams, Sioux Falls Lincoln; 6. Carter Ratcliffe, Harrisburg; 7. Logan Brown, Rapid City Central; 8. Jacob Williams, Rapid City Stevens;  HM, Parker Graveman, Spearfish: HM Dee Daniels; HM Zander Nielsen, Brandon Valley; HM Graham Wilde.

132: 1. Jordon Oehme, Brandon Valley; 2. Maddix Slykhuis, Tea Area; 3. Caleb Hodges, Madison; 4. Lincoln Peters, Harrisburg; 5. John Mortrude, Dell Rapids; 6. Beau Peters, Sturgis; 7. Joe Juenger, Rapid City Stevens; 8. Tate Huff, Aberdeen Central; HM Braden Lee, Watertown; HM, Dylan Sloan, Yankton; HM, Zaniyan Iron Eyes, Lakota Tech; HM Devyn Anderson, Chamberlain. 

138: 1. Alex Mentzer, Brandon Valley; 2. Thane Elshere, Sturgis; 3. Tristan Spencer, Pierre; 4. Ayden Dooley, Jefferson; 5. Connor Siemonsma, West Central; 6. Dawson Wallen, Sioux Falls Lincoln; 7. Parker Wilson, Tea Area; 8. Blake Johnson, Madison; HM, Brayden Voorhees, Stevens; HM Riley Dighton, Belle Fourche; HM, Dylan O’Connor; HM. Brody Aesoph, Aberdeen Central.

145: 1. Treason Oehme, Brandon Valley; 2. Moses Gross, Huron; 3. Mason Schrempp, Aberdeen Central; 4. Wyatt Stuntebeck, Tea Area; 5. Michael Roob, Vermillion; 6. Jackson Boonstra, Dakota Valley; 7. Maverick Simons, Sturgis; 8. Markus Pitkin, Watertown; HM Jaxon Ducheneaux, Pierre; HM, Jacoby Parker, Rapid City Central; HM Chris Simunek, Harrisburg; HM Brayden Christensen, Milbank. 

152: 1. Jagger Tyler, Mitchell; 2. Kale Crowser, Douglas; 3. Logan O’Connor, Watertown; 4. Ian Johnson, Watertown; 5. Thomas McCoy, Belle Fourche; 6. Chase Carda, Pierre; 7. Chandler Carda, West Central; 8. Nolan Jessen, Jefferson; HM Elias Biegler, Aberdeen Central; HM Bryce Reuer, Chamberlain; HM Levi Veskrna, Brandon Valley; HM Austin Eimers, Tea Area. 

160: 1. Justin Zirpel, West Central; 2. Keanan Sheriden, O’Gorman; 3. Corter Doney, Stevens; 4. Deegan Houska, Pierre; 5. Gavin Chapman, Brandon Valley; 7. Peyton Tryon, Harrisburg; HM Loan Opitz; HM Joey Fitzpatrick; HM Zhoel Irion, Sturgis; HM Jacob Ellingson, Spearfish. 

170: 1. Barrett Schneck, Milbank; 2. Sam Werdel, Tea Area; 3. Lucas Slack, Brandon Valley; 4. Trey Lewis, Pierre; 5. Jax Kettwig, Watertown; 6. Israel Caldron, Brookings; 7. Soren Aadland, Harrisburg; 8. Graydon Bakke, Stevens; HM, Cole Oschner, Huron; HM, Lane Knutson, Washington; HM, Aidan Kenable, O’Gorman; HM, Preston Ray, Sturgis. 

182: 1. Reese Jacobs, Sturgis; 2. Chance Carda, Pierre; 3. Tyson Brandt, Brookings; 4. Chet Carda, West Central; 5. Tanner Vanscoy, Stevens; 6. Mason Schultz, Sisseton; 7. Jackson Maag, Watertown; 8.Brandon Simunek, Harrisburg; HM Kishmar Eberline; HM Quinn Carr, Dell Rapids; HM Rollie French, Vermillion; HM Cole Dunlavy, Aberdeen Central.

195: 1. Aiden Werlinger, Sturgis; 2. Jack Detert, Harrisburg; 3. Brock Eitrem, Watertown; 4. Jaxon Morrison, Rapid City Central; 5 Gavin Stotts, Pierre; 6. Landon Schurch, Beresford/Alcester-Hudson; HM Caleb Loehr, Brookings; 8. Jesse Schneck, Milbank; HM Samson Flakus, Aberdeen Central; HM Noah Bailous, Brandon Valley; HM Aiden Garaets, Dell Rapids; HM Seth Foote, Mitchell. 

220: 1. Abraham Myers, Washington; 2. Zac Juelfs, Sturgis; 3. Rocky Wiedman, Todd County; 4. Elijah Boutchee, Pierre; 5. Aiden Schroeder, Harrisburg; 6. Matthew Peters, Watertown;7. Aaron Larson, Beresford/Alcester-Hudson; HM, Bryce Bietelspacher, Aberdeen Central; HM, Edley Amaro, Yankton; 8. Bryce Bietelspacher, Aberdeen Central; HM Ayden Schoeberl, Rapid City Stevens; HM David Vazquez, Sioux Falls O’Gorman; HM, Connor Degan, Mitchell; HM Edley Amaro, Yankton. 

285: 1. Navarro Schunke, Brandon Valley; 2.Noah Hutmacher, Chamberlain; 3.  Micah Hach, Watertown; 4. Joshua Rydberg, Pierre; 5. Jacob Krenz, Aberdeen Central; 6. Guiebond Doelue, Harrisburg; 7. Carson Podhrasky, Mitchell; HM Antuan Duran, Jefferson; HM, Gavin Pischke, West Central; HM, Kaiden Strong, Stevens; HM, Alex Jensen, Beresford/Alcester-Hudson.