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Sturgis boys claim Rapid City Invitational wrestling team title
Sturgis' Zhoel Irion takes down Thunder Basin's (Wyo.) Gage Robinson during the boys' 215 pound championship match during the Rapid City Invitational on Saturday at The Monument in Rapid City.
(Matt Gade / 605 Sports)
Dec 13, 2025
 

By 605 Sports Staff

RAPID CITY — Sturgis edged Winner for the boys team title at Saturday’s Rapid City Invitational wrestling tournament.

The Scoopers totaled 198 points, followed by Winner (193.5) and Watertown (169.5). Pierre (164) and Bismarck, North Dakota (138) rounded out the top-five teams. 

For Sturgis, Tyler Baldwin (120 pounds) and Zhoel Irion (215) won individual titles. Winner’s Apollo Willuweit (106), Roukyn Robbins (126) and Ryken Orel (150) captured individual titles. Watertown’s Shea Richter (132) and Gage Lohr (157) won titles. 

Other South Dakotans to win individual titles were Tea Area’s Tyler Woodring (138), Pierre’s Alex Oedekoven (144), Canton’s Aidan Kranz (190) and O’Gorman’s Rip Siemonsma (285). 


Top-10 team scores: 1. Sturgis, 198; 2. Winner, 193.5; 3. Watertown, 169.5; 4. Pierre, 164; 5. Bismarck, 138; 6. Harrisburg, 122.5; 7. O’Gorman, 120.5; 8. Thunder Basin, 116; 9. Aberdeen Central, 110; 10. West Central, 108.

Placing matches

106 - 1st Place Match: Apollo Willuweit (Winner) 10-0, Fr. over Sullivan Sigman (Sturgis Brown) 10-2, So. (Dec 7-4); 3rd Place Match: Bode Walker (Canton) 10-1, So. over Blaze Sevigny (Mitchell) 5-2, So. (Dec 7-4); 5th Place Match: Braylon Schell (Watertown) 10-2, So. over Jaxson Avery (Sturgis Brown) 7-5, So. (Fall 3:33); 7th Place Match: Jayden Kubo (Thunder Basin High School) 4-2, Jr. over Braylon Hoyer (Tea Area) 6-7, 8th. (TF-1.5 1:43 (15-0))

113 - 1st Place Match: Alberto Verdin (Hettinger/Scranton) 14-1, So. over William O`Connor (O`Gorman) 9-2, Fr. (Dec 1-0); 3rd Place Match: Caden Roe (West Central) 12-1, So. over Jace Boynton (Bowman County/Beach) 6-2, Fr. (Dec 9-7); 5th Place Match: Judd Hansen (Winner) 10-2, Sr. over Deklin Titus (Valentine) 6-4, Jr. (MD 11-0); 7th Place Match: Tyce Dunn (Sturgis Brown) 7-3, Fr. over Rylan McCormick (Thunder Basin High School) 3-3, Sr. (Dec 7-6)

120 - 1st Place Match: Tyler Baldwin (Sturgis Brown) 12-0, Sr. over Rylan Robbins (Winner) 10-1, So. (SV-1 8-1); 3rd Place Match: Owen Serck (Beresford/Alcester-Hudson) 13-2, Sr. over Gable Uhrig (Pierre T.F. Riggs) 11-3, So. (Dec 6-4); 5th Place Match: Blake Hawkins (Eaton) 10-2, Sr. over Bentley Klinkhammer (West Central) 6-4, Fr. (Dec 4-3); 7th Place Match: Lucas Stirling (Thunder Basin High School) 4-2, So. over Esten Foss (Aberdeen Central) 6-3, Sr. (Fall 1:57)

126 - 1st Place Match: Roukyn Robbins (Winner) 10-0, Fr. over Karson Vessells (West Central) 6-1, Jr. (UTB 2-1); 3rd Place Match: Grady Olafson (Sheyenne) 10-3, So. over Maverick Gallup (Kelly Walsh) 5-2, Jr. (Fall 2:14); 5th Place Match: Jackson Dargatz (Aberdeen Central) 10-2, Fr. over Nick Dobitz (Hettinger/Scranton) 12-6, Jr. (MD 12-3); 7th Place Match: Chase Mathews (Watertown) 11-2, Jr. over Taten Adams (Sturgis Brown) 8-6, So. (Dec 4-0)

132 - 1st Place Match: Shea Richter (Watertown) 11-0, Sr. over Brody Gossen (West Central) 10-1, Jr. (Dec 4-0); 3rd Place Match: Parker Graveman (Sturgis Brown) 14-2, Sr. over Jekhi Williams (Valentine) 11-2, Sr. (Fall 0:41); 5th Place Match: Kayden Egeberg (Bismarck) 8-6, Fr. over Mason Backous (Aberdeen Central) 8-4, So. (Dec 6-1); 7th Place Match: Slater Wilson (Tea Area) 10-4, So. over Wyatt Davidson (Harrisburg) 7-6, Jr. (MD 10-0)

138 - 1st Place Match: Tyler Woodring (Tea Area) 14-0, Sr. over Steven Lamont (Harrisburg) 9-2, Sr. (Fall 3:22); 3rd Place Match: Breckin Henry (Thunder Basin High School) 5-1, Jr. over Mason Hagen (Sturgis Brown) 12-2, Fr. (MD 9-0); 5th Place Match: Kyler Schalesky (Hettinger/Scranton) 14-3, Sr. over Brody Randall (Watertown) 8-5, Sr. (Dec 2-1); 7th Place Match: Jetton Wadeson (Sheyenne) 9-4, Jr. over Maddux Risse (Bennett County) 5-3, So. (Fall 4:58)

144 - 1st Place Match: Alex Oedekoven (Pierre T.F. Riggs) 11-0, Sr. over Hudson Cisar (Sioux Falls Lincoln) 4-0, Sr. (M. For.); 3rd Place Match: Riley Scott (Custer) 12-1, Sr. over Tristan Stoeser (Harrisburg) 8-4, So. (For.); 5th Place Match: Kutler Swenson (Watertown) 10-3, Jr. over Cade Nieuwsma (Bismarck) 11-4, Sr. (TB-1 5-2); 7th Place Match: Langdon Klinkhammer (West Central) 11-2, Jr. over Dylan Paris (Eaton) 6-5, Sr. (Dec 7-2)

150 - 1st Place Match: Ryken Orel (Winner) 4-0, Sr. over Hudson Egeberg (Bismarck) 4-1, Sr. (MD 8-0); 3rd Place Match: Jordan Schafer (Pierre T.F. Riggs) 10-2, Jr. over Graham Wilde (Sioux Falls Jefferson) 11-2, Sr. (For.); 5th Place Match: Kanin Klentz (Beresford/Alcester-Hudson) 10-4, Jr. over Lincoln Peters (Harrisburg) 4-1, Sr. (M. For.); 7th Place Match: Trevin Audiss (Tea Area) 11-3, So. over Trell Gorsuch (Gering) 10-5, Jr. (SV-1 8-5)

157 - 1st Place Match: Gage Lohr (Watertown) 11-0, Jr. over William Alt (Kelly Walsh) 4-1, Sr. (MD 10-1); 3rd Place Match: Conner Giedd (Canton) 5-1, Jr. over Ridley Waldo (Aberdeen Central) 10-2, Sr. (Dec 8-3); 5th Place Match: Keanu Lee (O`Gorman) 12-2, Fr. over Lincoln Wickstrom (Harding County) 8-3, Sr. (Dec 7-4); 7th Place Match: Tate Winter (Rapid City Central) 11-5, Sr. over Blake Edwards (Thunder Basin High School) 3-3, Sr. (Dec 6-2)

165 - 1st Place Match: Brodey Wilcox (Natrona County) 5-0, So. over slaton jones (O`Gorman) 9-1, So. (Dec 10-6); 3rd Place Match: Braeden Halverson (Bismarck) 15-1, Sr. over Isiah Haugen (Williston) 8-7, Jr. (Fall 1:49); 5th Place Match: Parker Chavez (Valentine) 8-3, Jr. over Markus Pitkin (Watertown) 10-3, Sr. (Fall 3:40); 7th Place Match: Greyson Deelstra (Sioux Falls Lincoln) 4-2, Jr. over Mason Mathis (Brookings) 6-4, Sr. (Dec 6-5)

175 - 1st Place Match: Rece Knight (Gering) 11-0, Sr. over Tayge Privett (Harrisburg) 9-3, Sr. (Dec 11-4); 3rd Place Match: Ethan Hague (Kelly Walsh) 6-1, Sr. over Porter Hunsley (Pierre T.F. Riggs) 11-4, So. (Dec 7-2); 5th Place Match: Grant Larson (Lennox) 8-2, Jr. over Grayden Timm (Aberdeen Central) 8-3, Jr. (M. For.); 7th Place Match: Tiernan Glass (Bismarck) 11-6, Sr. over Gavin Werlinger (Sturgis Brown) 13-4, Sr. (Dec 9-6)

190 - 1st Place Match: Aidan Kranz (Canton) 9-0, Sr. over Hunter Kunz (Hot Springs) 10-1, Jr. (Dec 10-4); 3rd Place Match: Caleb Paetz (Bismarck) 10-5, Sr. over Owen Ward (Aberdeen Central) 8-2, Jr. (Dec 6-5); 5th Place Match: Will Eilers (Pierre T.F. Riggs) 10-4, So. over Ayden Bohannon (Williston) 5-4, Jr. (MD 17-5); 7th Place Match: Lucas Chaparro (Huron) 7-3, Jr. over Wyatt Kleinschmit (Sioux Falls Lincoln) 4-3, Jr. (Dec 6-1)

215 - 1st Place Match: Zhoel Irion (Sturgis Brown) 10-2, Jr. over Gage Robinson (Thunder Basin High School) 3-1, Jr. (Dec 7-5); 3rd Place Match: Anthony Naea (Williston) 12-3, Jr. over Mason Curtis (Winner) 6-3, Jr. (MD 13-4); 5th Place Match: Edly Amaro (Yankton) 9-2, Sr. over Chase Adam (Canton) 9-3, Jr. (Fall 0:33); 7th Place Match: Lukas Balfanz (Campbell County) 4-2, Sr. over Jonas Crouse (Bismarck) 8-6, Sr. (MD 14-2)

285 - 1st Place Match: Rip Siemonsma (O`Gorman) 10-1, Sr. over Carlos Rodriguez Jr. (Sioux Falls Lincoln) 4-1, Jr. (Dec 5-4); 3rd Place Match: Legend Benedict (Winner) 12-2, So. over Michael Sciarra (San Tan Foothills High School) 12-4, Sr. (MD 13-3); 5th Place Match: Rocky Clark (Mitchell) 7-2, Jr. over Hayes Petersen (Sioux Falls Washington) 9-4, Jr. (Dec 8-2); 7th Place Match: Jayce Spears (Natrona County) 5-2, Sr. over Tyce Uherka (Sturgis Brown) 9-5, Sr. (Dec 6-3)