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Sturgis climbs into top-five of Class A wrestling rankings
Rodney Haas - 605 Sports
Jan 24, 2022
 

605 Sports Staff 

There’s no changes at the top of the Class A wrestling leaderboard as Brandon Valley, Rapid City Stevens, Harrisburg and Pierre hold a firm grip on the top-four slots of the rankings. Sturgis jumped Watertown this week into the No. 5 ranking and Rapid City Central makes a jump to No. 10 after not being ranked a week ago. 

Several big tournaments to look ahead to this weekend

  • Les Tlustos tournament in Brookings

  • Lee Wolf tournament at Aberdeen Central

Projected team points: 1. Brandon Valley, 203; 2. Rapid City Stevens, 173; 3. Harrisburg, 131; 4. Pierre, 127; 5. Sturgis, 126; 6. Watertown, 110;  7. Mitchell, 106; 8. Tea Area, 98; 9. Brookings, 87; 10. Rapid City Central, 66, 11. West Central, 51; 12. Vermillion, 47

 

Wrestler of the Week (WOW) - Grayden Bakke, Rapid City Central

Dynamite Dozen

  1. Navarro Schunke, Brandon Valley

  2. Logan Graf, Rapid City Stevens

  3. Luke Rasmussen, Brookings

  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. Jordan Oehme, Brandon Valley

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

Honorable Mention: Tate Hemboldt, Brookings,  Ridley Waldo, Aberdeen Central, Hudson Cisar, Sioux Falls Lincoln, Spencer Eldeen, Mitchell

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

Honorable mention: Evan Eckholm, Rapid City Stevens, Lincoln Schoenhard, Pierre, Ian Fleming, DG, Ramsey Williams, Lennox

(120) 1. Maddix Slykhuis, Tea Area, 2. Jesse Johnson, Brandon Valley, 3. Jack Schoenhard, Rapid City Stevens, 4. Rayden Zens, Aberdeen Central, 5. Nolan Miles, Brookings, 6. Logan Brown, Rapid City Central, 7. Noah Williams, Pierre, 8. Dee Williams, Sturgis

Honorable mention: John Jeffrey, Spearfish, Carter Ractliffe, Harrisburg, Caleb Hodger, Madison, Braden Le, Watertown

(126) 1. Logan Graf, Rapid City Stevens, 2. Jordan Oehme, Brandon Valley, 3. Connor Hanson, Watertown, 4. Kaden Olson, Sturgis, 5. Nate Williams, Pierre 6. Mason Schrempp, Aberdeen Central, 7. Michael Roob, Vermillion, 8. Chandler Carda, West Central

Honorable mention: Dominic Santiago, Chamberlain, Bentley Williams, Sioux Falls Lincoln, Hunter Wilson, Tea Area, John Mortrude, Dell Rapids

 (132) 1. Moses Gross, Huron, 2. Kelton Olson, Sturgis, 3. Brock Sparks, Mitchell, 4. Korbyn Ockenga, Harrisburg, 5. Caleb Richter, Rapid City Stevens, 6. Brock Martin, Aberdeen Central, 7. Tristan Spencer, Pierre. 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. Wyatt Stuntebeck, Tea Area, 4. Jacob McCormick, Rapid City Stevens, 5. Peyton Tryon, Harrisburg, 6. Carson Hansmann, Watertown, 7. Blessing Tanish, Sioux Falls Washington, 8. Maverick Simons, Sturgis,

Honorable mention: Thomas McCory, Belle Fourche, Kale Crowser, DG, Brandon Sparks, Mitchell, Brayden Christensen, Milbank

 (145) 1. Jagger Tyler, Mitchell, 2. Oakley Blakeman, Spearfish, 3. Connor Eimers, Tea Area, 4. Hayden Schaeffer, Pierre, 5. Jackson Boonstra, Dakota Valley, 6. Logan O’Connor, Harrisburg, 7.. Bryan Rosellies, Rapid City Stevens, 8. Gavin Chapman, Brandon Valley

Honorable mention: Keenan Sheridan, Sioux Falls O’Gorman, Perry Ketelson, Sturgis, Thomas Powell, Chamberlain, Jess Englert, Madison

(152) 1. Justin Zirpel, West Central, 2. Corter Doney, Rapid City Stevens,  3. Tucker Vilhauer, Mitchell 4. Clayton Donovan, Spearfish, 5. Deegan Houka, Pierre, 6. Sam Werdel, Tea Area, 7. Rollie French, Vermillion, 8. Braden Temple, Sturgis

Honorable mention: Ian Johnson, Watertown, Cayden Langenhort, Brandon Valley, Brandon Simunek, Harrisburg, Braden Temple, Sturgis

(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. Weston Mason

Honorable mention: Wyatt Nielsen, West Central, Asher Eldem, Sioux Falls Washington, Payton DeWitt, DG, Cole Oschner, Huron

(170) 1. Reese Jacobs, Sturgis, 2. Grayden Bakke, Rapid City Central, 3. Lucas Slack, Brandon Valley, 4. Tae Ellenbecher, Sioux Falls Lincoln, 5. Carson Holt, Sioux Falls O’Gorman, 6. Jackson Bowers, Brookings, 7. Lucas Chamberlain, Pierre,  8. Chet Carda, West Central

Honorable mention: Mason Stubbe, Dell Rapids, Collin Horrocks, Harrisburg, Ayden Gisi, Aberdeen Central, Suede Reis, Chamberlain

(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. Chance Carda, Pierre, 7. Israel Caldron, Brookings, 8. Bryce Kwiecinski, Sioux Falls Lincoln

Honorable mention: Quinn Carr, Dell Rapids, Isaac Johnson,, Leyton Rafferty, Milbank, Aaron Larson, Beresford/Alcester-Hudson

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

Honorable mention: Caleb Loehr, Brookings, Jaxon Morrison, Rapid City Central, Kadin Nelson, Rapid City Stevens, Gabe Gebhard, 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. Reign Thompson, Rapid City Stevens

Honorable mention: Elijah Boutchee, Pierre, Samson Flakus, Aberdeen Central, Abraham Myers, Sioux Falls Washington, Maddox Hanson, Milbank

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

Honorable mention: Josh Larson, Harrisburg, Elliott Renville, Sioux Falls Lincoln, Bryan Ramirez, Huron, Nike Rosas, Tea Area