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Sturgis boys win Mid-Dakota Monster title
Sturgis' Parker Graveman won the 132-pound division at Saturday's Mid-Dakota Monster title in Presho.
(Rodney Haas / 605 Sports)
Jan 10, 2026
 

By 605 Sports Staff

PRESHO — The Sturgis boys won Saturday’s Mid-Dakota Monster wrestling title. 

The Scoopers finished with 331.5 points, ahead of Pierre (246.5) and Winner (205). Canton (198.5) and Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes (181.5) rounded out the top-five teams. 

Sturgis’ Tyler Baldwin (120 pounds), Parker Graveman (132), Gavin Werlinger (175), Kelson Dirk (190) and Zhoel Irion (215) claimed individual titles. Pierre’s Alex Oedekoven (144) won a title for the Governors. 

The other individual champs were Winner’s Apollo Willuweit (106), Stanley County’s Braylen Williams (106-B), Winner’s Judd Hansen (113), Roukyn Robbins (126), Tea Area’s Tyler Woodring (138), Winner’s Ryken Orel (150), Canton’s Conner Giedd (157), Sisseton’s Holden Hawkins (165) and Winner’s Legend Benedict (285).


Placing matches 

106 - 1st Place Match: Apollo Willuweit (Winner) 22-0, Fr. over Sullivan Sigman (Sturgis) 22-3, So. (MD 17-4); 3rd Place Match: Bode Walker (Canton) 24-3, So. over Cole Scott (Custer) 16-6, 8th. (TF-1.5 4:53 (17-1)); 5th Place Match: Noah Horsley (Pierre T.F. Riggs) 8-10, Jr. over Bentley Veurink (Kimball/White Lake/Platte - Geddes) 9-6, So. (Dec 11-6); 7th Place Match: Kooper Styles (Kimball/White Lake/Platte - Geddes) 17-7, 7th. over Willy Miller (Kingsbury County) 11-8, 8th. (Fall 0:23)

106 B - 1st Place Match: Braylen Williams (Stanley County) 10-2, Fr. over Parker Sehr (Canton) 7-3, . (Fall 0:41); 3rd Place Match: Blayden Stirling (Winner) 7-3, 8th. over Easton Dooley (Custer) 12-5, 7th. (MD 11-0); 5th Place Match: Wyatt VandenHoek (Kimball/White Lake/Platte - Geddes) 4-2, 7th. over August Stofferahn (McCook Central/Montrose) 3-11, 8th. (UTB 5-4)

113 - 1st Place Match: Judd Hansen (Winner) 19-4, Sr. over Kayden Tchida (Sisseton) 19-2, Jr. (Dec 6-4); 3rd Place Match: Tommy Studt (New Underwood) 10-3, Fr. over Rhys Truman (Kimball/White Lake/Platte - Geddes) 14-6, Jr. (Fall 4:09); 5th Place Match: Tyce Dunn (Sturgis) 18-9, Fr. over Cael Vander Broek (Canton) 21-1, 7th. (M. For.); 7th Place Match: Daniel Mason (Pierre T.F. Riggs) 13-7, Jr. over Jeff Knight (Stanley County) 16-5, 8th. (Fall 3:09)

120 - 1st Place Match: Tyler Baldwin (Sturgis) 26-0, Sr. over Gable Uhrig (Pierre T.F. Riggs) 19-4, So. (Dec 3-1); 3rd Place Match: Aaron Halbur (Tea Area) 12-11, Fr. over Jyles Auble (Pierre T.F. Riggs) 11-7, So. (Dec 6-0); 5th Place Match: Chase Henriksen (Kingsbury County) 13-5, Jr. over Ryatt Knippling (Lyman) 18-6, Fr. (M. For.); 7th Place Match: Easton Rausch (Gettysburg) 18-11, So. over Ruger Smokov (Bennett County) 12-6, So. (Dec 9-5)

126 - 1st Place Match: Roukyn Robbins (Winner) 21-0, Fr. over Bode Minder (Pierre T.F. Riggs) 11-8, Fr. (TF-1.5 5:38 (19-2)); 3rd Place Match: Taten Adams (Sturgis) 18-9, So. over Trik Elshere (New Underwood) 9-6, Jr. (Fall 3:37); 5th Place Match: Cooper Auble (Pierre T.F. Riggs) 9-4, Fr. over Levi Tuntland (Canton) 17-10, Fr. (Dec 14-7); 7th Place Match: Aykre Piotter (Sisseton) 18-11, So. over Gunner Schreiber (Stanley County) 11-6, 8th. (Fall 4:00)

132 - 1st Place Match: Parker Graveman (Sturgis) 28-3, Sr. over Maddux Risse (Bennett County) 12-4, So. (Dec 12-9); 3rd Place Match: Slater Wilson (Tea Area) 20-6, So. over Evan Folk (Sisseton) 18-6, So. (Dec 4-2); 5th Place Match: Walker West (Pierre T.F. Riggs) 15-7, Sr. over John Ryder Weiss (Hot Springs) 14-8, Fr. (Fall 2:17); 7th Place Match: Parker Randall (McCook Central/Montrose) 19-7, Jr. over Remington Meyerink (Kimball/White Lake/Platte - Geddes) 7-9, So. (Dec 5-0)

138 - 1st Place Match: Tyler Woodring (Tea Area) 24-0, Sr. over Mason Hagen (Sturgis) 25-3, Fr. (Dec 7-4); 3rd Place Match: Witt Myers (Stanley County) 5-1, Jr. over Rowdy Menning (Pierre T.F. Riggs) 17-6, Sr. (Dec 8-3); 5th Place Match: Luke Olson (Mobridge - Pollock) 15-5, Jr. over Coy Eddy (New Underwood) 14-7, Fr. (UTB 1-0); 7th Place Match: Blake Steiner (Sisseton) 15-7, Sr. over Bodie Vanderboom (Custer) 9-12, Jr. (Fall 0:32)

144 - 1st Place Match: Alex Oedekoven (Pierre T.F. Riggs) 20-0, Sr. over Riley Scott (Custer) 15-2, Sr. (Dec 7-1); 3rd Place Match: Josiah Drummer (Sturgis) 19-8, Sr. over Shane Sehr (Canton) 18-7, Jr. (Fall 2:04); 5th Place Match: Ash Kaiser (Winner) 16-7, Jr. over Landon Bame (Stanley County) 11-8, Sr. (MD 11-3); 7th Place Match: Mavrick Blasius (Kimball/White Lake/Platte - Geddes) 10-8, 8th. over Ezra Rutherford (Stanley County) 13-9, Jr. (Dec 7-3)

150 - 1st Place Match: Ryken Orel (Winner) 15-1, Sr. over Benjamin Nadig (Sturgis) 19-1, So. (TB-1 10-9); 3rd Place Match: Johnny Lenz (Kimball/White Lake/Platte - Geddes) 17-3, Sr. over Jordan Schafer (Pierre T.F. Riggs) 16-3, Jr. (M. For.); 5th Place Match: Camdyn Ockenga (Canton) 12-2, So. over Sutton Murphy (Kingsbury County) 13-9, Jr. (M. For.); 7th Place Match: Dain Alldredge (Hot Springs) 15-9, Jr. over Trevin Audiss (Tea Area) 17-6, So. (M. For.)

157 - 1st Place Match: Conner Giedd (Canton) 16-1, Jr. over Greyson Nielson (Kingsbury County) 14-3, Jr. (TF-1.5 4:36 (16-1)); 3rd Place Match: Vincent Lenz (Kimball/White Lake/Platte - Geddes) 15-4, Jr. over Jace Thurman (Sturgis) 14-5, Jr. (Dec 4-1); 5th Place Match: Kalib Keller (Mobridge - Pollock) 11-7, Jr. over Tallen Lightfield (Pierre T.F. Riggs) 5-9, Fr. (M. For.); 7th Place Match: Jed Blare (Winner) 9-11, Jr. over Landon Cronin (Pierre T.F. Riggs) 7-8, Jr. (MD 12-1)

165 - 1st Place Match: Holden Hawkins (Sisseton) 21-1, Sr. over Blake Jennings (Kingsbury County) 18-1, Sr. (MD 16-3); 3rd Place Match: Porter Hunsley (Pierre T.F. Riggs) 21-5, So. over Tate Everson (Hamlin/Castlewood) 18-5, Sr. (MD 9-0); 5th Place Match: Wyatt Tuntland (Canton) 19-10, Jr. over Carter Konechne (Kimball/White Lake/Platte - Geddes) 12-2, So. (M. For.); 7th Place Match: Landyn Mahaffy (Sturgis) 15-6, Jr. over Edward Joseph Stover Iv (Lakota Tech) 15-7, Fr. (Fall 4:05)

175 - 1st Place Match: Gavin Werlinger (Sturgis) 26-6, Sr. over Jeremiah Wilgers (Tea Area) 15-8, Jr. (Fall 1:24); 3rd Place Match: Kenyon Kuiper (Kimball/White Lake/Platte - Geddes) 17-5, Sr. over Donovan Sandven (Kingsbury County) 12-6, Jr. (Dec 5-2); 5th Place Match: Joseph Skluzak (Kimball/White Lake/Platte - Geddes) 15-7, So. over Trace Genzler (Gettysburg) 21-9, Sr. (MD 11-0); 7th Place Match: Tasyn Ockenga (Canton) 13-8, Sr. over Malachi Anderson (Sisseton) 16-12, 8th. (Dec 4-1)

190 - 1st Place Match: Kelson Dirk (Sturgis) 12-1, Sr. over Hunter Kunz (Hot Springs) 19-2, Jr. (TF-1.5 4:11 (19-4)); 3rd Place Match: Garret Westendorf (Kimball/White Lake/Platte - Geddes) 16-3, Sr. over Will Eilers (Pierre T.F. Riggs) 15-7, So. (Dec 5-3); 5th Place Match: Tucker Peterson (McCook Central/Montrose) 15-12, Jr. over Sayth Cronin (Stanley County) 14-7, Fr. (Dec 10-3); 7th Place Match: Alec Eilers (Pierre T.F. Riggs) 9-8, So. over Ashton Smit (Tea Area) 5-13, Sr. (Fall 1:50)

215 - 1st Place Match: Zhoel Irion (Sturgis) 24-2, Jr. over Chase Adam (Canton) 20-6, Jr. (Fall 3:05); 3rd Place Match: Jase Kroger (Canton) 17-7, Jr. over Von Mogen-Frankfort (Hot Springs) 18-5, So. (Dec 4-2); 5th Place Match: Chris Baas (Kimball/White Lake/Platte - Geddes) 16-4, So. over Kalo Steely (Pierre T.F. Riggs) 5-4, Jr. (Fall 0:45); 7th Place Match: Jaeden Waltner (Tea Area) 13-10, Sr. over Jordan Drummond (Winner) 5-7, Sr. (Fall 4:28)

285 - 1st Place Match: Legend Benedict (Winner) 23-3, So. over Breyten Johnson (Kingsbury County) 12-5, Sr. (Dec 8-2); 3rd Place Match: Derek Fenenga (Winner) 5-1, Sr. over Gunnar Swenson (Canton) 21-6, Sr. (Dec 5-4); 5th Place Match: Wyatt Zeigler (Mobridge - Pollock) 17-3, Sr. over Zayden LaPlaca (Custer) 13-6, Sr. (Fall 4:04); 7th Place Match: Carter Brave (Todd County) 18-10, Jr. over Desmerius McGhee (Lyman) 19-8, Jr. (Fall 1:39)