By Rich Winter

605 sports

Brandon Valley earned dual wins over Huron and Beresford/Alcester-Hudson along with claiming the Dan Pansch (Lynx Invitational Wrestling tournament) to retain the No. 1 slot in the Class A wrestling rankings. 

The Watertown Arrows jumped Pierre for the No. 4 ranking this week. 

Weekly Notes: 

• Huron 9th-grader Moses Gross (132) jumped into the No. 1 ranking in his weight class

• Justin Zirpel of West Central (152) is the new No. 1 in his weight class. He flip-flopped ranking places with Deegan Houska of Pierre

• Chamberlain’s Noah Hutmacher (195) dropped from (220) this week and moved to the No. 2 ranked wrestler in his weight class. 

Team ranking points: 1. Brandon Valley, 192; 2. Harrisburg, 165; 3. Rapid City Stevens, 146; 4. Watertown, 137 5. Pierre, 134; 6.  Sturgis, 119; 7. Mitchell, 110; 8. Tea Area, 91; 9. Brookings, 74, 10. West Central, 55; 11. Aberdeen Central, 50; 12. Vermillion, 45

Dynamite Dozen

1. Logan Graf, Rapid City Stevens

2. Navarro Schunke, Brandon Valley

3. Luke Rasmussen, Sturgis

4. Damion Schunke, Brandon Valley

5. Reese Jacobs, Sturgis

6. Owen Warren, Brandon Valley

7. Sloan Johannsen, Watertown

8. Alex Mentzer, Brandon Valley

9. Beau Foote, Mitchell

10. Riley Benson, Rapid City Stevens

11. Maddix Slykhuis, Tea Area

12. Jack Schoenhard

Wrestler of the week: Trevon Oehme, Brandon Valley

(106) 1. Alex Oedekoven, Pierre, 2. Corbin Zent, Rapid City Stevens, 3. Tyler Wurth, Harrisburg, 4. Teryn Zebroski, Sturgis, 5. Aiden Wells, Sioux Falls Jefferson, 6. Spencer Eideen, Mitchell, 7. Trevon Oehme, Brandon Valley, 8. Karson Vessells, West Central

Honorable mention: Tyler Woodring, Tea Area, Graham Wilde, Sioux Falls Roosevelt, Ryan Tschetter, Rapid City Central, Ridley Waldo, Aberdeen Central

(113) 1. Sloan Johannsen, Watertown, 2. Hayden Schroeder, Vermillion, 3. Hayden McQuire, Brandon Valley, 4. Emory Johnson, Harrisburg, 5. Tegan Zebroski, Sturgis, 6. Tate Huff, Aberdeen Central, 7. Riley Schmidt, Rapid City Central, 8. Evan Eckholm, Rapid City Stevens

Honorable mention: Jackson Tschetter, Tea Area, Orlando Whiting, West Central, Holden Hight, Sioux Falls O’Gorman, Riley Schmidt, Lincoln Schoenhard, Pierre

(120) 1. Maddix Slykhuls, Tea Area, 2. Jack Schoenhard, Rapid City Stevens, 3. Carter Ractliffe, Harrisburg, 4. Rayden Zens, Aberdeen Central, 5. Nolan Miles, Brookings, 6. Weston Everson, Watertown, 7. Logan Brown, Rapid City Central, 8. Noah Williams, Pierre

Honorable mention: Caleb Hodgers, Madison, Jesse Johnson, Brandon Valley, Elliot Ellenbecker, Sioux Falls Lincoln, John Jeffrey, Spearfish

(126) 1. Logan Graf, Rapid City Stevens, 2. Jordan Oehme, Brandon Valley, 3. Connor Hanson, Watertown, 4. Kaden Olson, Sturgis, 5. Mason Schrempp, Aberdeen Central, 6. Chandler Carda, West Central, 8. Hunter Wilson, Tea Area, 8. Dominic Santiago, Chamberlain

Honorable mention: Bentley Williams, Sioux Falls Lincoln, Michael Roob, Vermillion, Nate Williams, Pierre, John Mortrude, Dell Rapids

 (132) 1. Moses Gross, Huron, 2. Kelton Olson, Sturgis, 3. Brock Sparks, Mitchell, 4. Caleb Richter, Rapid City Stevens, 5. Brock Martin, Aberdeen Central, 6. Tristan Spencer, Pierre. 7. Korbyn Ockenga, Harrisburg, 8. Jesse Jost, West Central

Honorable mention: Austin Eimers, Tea Area, Levi Beskma, Brandon Valley, Jovey Christensen, Beresford/Alcester-Hudson, Ayden Dooley, Sioux Falls Jefferson

 (138) 1. Alex Mentzer, Brandon Valley, 2. Blake Judson, Pierre, 3. Peyton Tryon, Harrisburg, 4. Wyatt Stuntebeck, Tea Area, 5. Carson Hansmann, Watertown, 6. Jacob McCormick, Rapid City Stevens, 7. Blessing Taniah, Sioux Falls Washington, 8. Maverick Simons, Sturgis

Honorable mention: Brayden Christensen, Milbank, Gabriel Stern, Brookings, Isaac Henry, Madison, Connor Peterson, Vermillion

 (145) 1. Jagger Tyler, Mitchell, 2. Oakley Blakeman, Spearfish, 3. Connor Eimers, Tea Area, 4. Logan O’Connor, Harrisburg, 5. Hayden Shaffer, Pierre, 6. Gavin Chapman, Brandon Valley, 7. Keenan Sheridan, Sioux Falls O’Gorman, 8. Jackson Boonstra, Dakota Valley

Honorable mention: Bryan Roselles, Rapid City Stevens, Thayne Elshere, Sturgis, Thomas Powell, Chamberlain, Thomas McCoy, Belle Fourche

(152) 1. Justin Zirpel, West Central, 2. Deegan Houska, Pierre, 3. Tucker Vilhauer, Mitchell 4. Clayton Donovan, Spearfish, 5. Sam Werdel, Tea Area, 6. Rollie French, Vermillion, 7. Caleb Kenable, Sioux Falls O’Gorman, 8. Ian Johnson, Watertown

Honorable mention: Cayden Langenhort, Brandon Valley, Brandon Simunek, Harrisburg, Braden Temple, Sturgis, Cordell Rychlik, Aberdeen Central

(160) 1. Riley Benson, Rapid City Stevens, 2. Tyson Brandt, Brookings, 3. Barrett Schneck, Milbank, 4. Landin Winter, Rapid City Central, 5. Soren Aadland, Harrisburg, 6. Jax Kettwig, Watertown, 7. Jayden Wiebe, Pierre, 8. Wyatt Nielsen, West Central

Honorable mention: Asher Eldem, Sioux Falls Washington, Preston Ray, Sturgis, Cole Oschner, Huron, Payton DeWitt, Sioux Falls O’Gorman

(170) 1. Reese Jacobs, Sturgis, 2. Lucas Slack, Brandon Valley, 3. Tae Ellenbecher, Sioux Falls Lincoln, 4. Carson Holt, Sioux Falls O’Gorman, 5. Ben Althoff, Watertown, 6. Lucas Chamberlain, Pierre,  7. Jack Kratz, Vermillion, 8.  Graydon Bakke, Rapid City Central

Honorable mention: Jason Bowes, Brookings, Chet Carda, Brookings, Collin Horrocks, Harrisburg, Mason Schlup, Spearfish 

(182) 1. Ryan Hirschkorn, Harrisburg, 2. Joe VanOverschelde, Mitchell, 3. Mac Young, Watertown, 4. Dominic Tucker, Brandon Valley, 5. Tanner Vanscoy, Rapid City Stevens, 6. Israel Caldron, Brookings, 7. Bryce Kwiecinski, Sioux Falls Lincoln, 8. Chance Carda, Pierre

Honorable mention: Riley Kearin, Madison, Quinn Carr, Dell Rapids, Leyton Rafferty, Milbank, Aaron Larson, Beresford/Alcester-Hudson

(195) 1. Damion Schunke, Brandon Valley, 2. Noah Hutmacher, Chamberlain, 3. Jack Detert, Harrisburg, 4. Brock Eltrem, Watertown, 5. Jase Langbehn, Lennox, 6.. Aiden Werlinger, Sturgis, 7. Gavin Stotts, Pierre, 8. Landon Schurch, Beresford/Alcester-Hudson

Honorable mention: Caleb Loehr, Brookings, Kadin Nelson, Rapid City Stevens, Jaxon Morrison, Rapid City Central, Gabe Gebherd, West Central

(220) 1. Luke Rasmussen, Brookings, 2. Owen Warren, Brandon Valley, 3. Ayden Viox, Harrisburg, 4. Draven Bau, Watertown,  5. Griffin Schneider, Tea Area, 6. Rocky Wiedmann, Todd County, 7. Zac Juelfs, Sturgis, 8. Abraham Myers, Sioux Falls Washington

Honorable mention: Elijah Bouchtee, Pierre, Samson Flakus, Aberdeen Central, Kaiden Strong, Rapid City Stevens, Maddox Hanson, Milbank

(285) 1. Navarro Schunke, Brandon Valley, 2. Beau Foote, Mitchell, 3. Canyon Burkhard, Chamberlain, 4. Zack Brady, Vermillion, 5. Joshua Rydberg, Pierre, 6. Colton Lauen, Rapid City Stevens, 7. Micah Hack, Watertown, 8. Josh Larson, Harrisburg

Honorable mention: James Olson, Brookings, Elliot Renville, Sioux Falls Lincoln, Landon Novy, Milbank, Dakari Osborne, Sturgis