By 605 Sports Staff

With the state dual wrestling tournaments happening in Pierre on Feb. 14-15, there are not many duals left in the regular season for teams to make up ground on teams in front of them. 

In Class B, Canton is 14-0 and sits atop the B standings (45.500). One of the big movers this week was Winner Area. A week ago the Warriors were in 11th position in the dual standings but jumped all the way to No. 3 after dual wins over Philip/Kadoka/Wall and Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes.

As of Jan. 29, Kimball/White Lake/Platte/Geddes is seeded No. 9 (43.091), just behind No. 8 Parkston (43.333). 

Some interesting matchups on Thursday, Jan. 30 with Clark/Willow Lake hosting Canton and Faulkton Area. That same day, Kingsbury County will be in Howard to take on the Tigers and McCook Central/Montrose. 

Class B Wrestling Standings (Current as of Jan. 29, provided by SDHSAA). 

1. Canton, 14-0, 45.500; 2. Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall, 8-1, 44.778; 3. Winner Area, 10-1, 44.364; 4. Kingsbury County, 12-1, 44.308; 5. Bon Homme/Avon, 11-0, 44.273; 6. Stanley County, 8-0, 43.625; 7. Clark/Willow Lake, 11-1, 43.583; 8. Parkston, 5-2, 43.333; 9. Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes, 9-2, 43.091; 10. Groton Area, 4-1, 42.400; 11. Custer, 6-3, 42.000; 12. Miller/Highmore-Harrold, 8-3; 13. Wagner, 41.500; 14. Tri-Valley, 6-4, 4-1; 15. Redfield, 7-6, 41.000. 

In Class A, Sturgis ran through the East/West dual tournament in Pierre over the weekend. The Scoopers are 10-0 and have a commanding lead in seeding points with 46.700, well ahead of Aberdeen Central (44.050). 

Two-time Class a A state champion Gage Lohr of Watertown suffered a season-ending shoulder injury and without him the Arrows suffered their first dual loss of the season, 37-30 to Brandon Valley on Jan. 24. The Arrows are currently the No. 5 seed with 43.545 points. 

Several big duals scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 30 as Aberdeen Central, Harrisburg and Watertown in a triangular. 

On Friday, Jan. 31 Tea Area, Beresford/Alcester-Hudson and Rapid City Central meet in Tea. The Titans are 11-7 and are currently seeded No. 12 (40.722). 

Class A Wrestling Standings (Current as of Jan. 29, provided by SDHSAA)

1. Sturgis, 10-0, 46.700; 2. Aberdeen Central, 19-1, 44.050; 3. Rapid City Stevens, 6-3, 43.667; 4. Harrisburg, 17-4, 43.619; 5. Watertown, 10-1, 43.545; 6. West Central, 9-1, 42.900; 7. Brandon Valley, 10-4, 42.357; 8. Pierre, 6-4, 42.300; 9. Madison, 5-3, 41.750; 10. Belle Fourche, 2-2, 41.500; 11. O’Gorman, 7-5, 41.417; 12. Tea Area, 11-7, 40.722; 13. Douglas/Rapid City Christian/New Underwood, 16-8, 40.458; 14. Rapid City Central, 11-17, 39.786; 15. Sioux Falls Jefferson, 6-12, 39.667.