605 Sports Staff

Judging by the crowded field atop this week’s Class A wrestling poll we are going to have one heck of a state tournament in February. Sturgis with 174 points remains on top of the poll ahead of Pierre (170) and Watertown (162) who jumped Brandon Valley into that third spot this week. Brandon Valley (159) and Tea Area (134) round out this week’s top-five. 

Team rankings: 1. Sturgis, 174; 2. Pierre, 170; 3. Watertown, 162; 4. Brandon Valley, 159; 5. Tea Area, 134; 6. Rapid City Stevens, 113; 7. Harrisburg, 106; 8. Aberdeen Central, 92; 9. Chamberlain, 47; 10. West Central 45; T-11. Huron, 41, T-11. Sioux Falls Jefferson. 

Dynamite Dozen: 1. Reese Jacobs, Sturgis; 2. Sloan Johannsen, Watertown; 3. Alex Mentzer, Brandon Valley; 4. Moses Gross, Huron; 5. Trason Oehme, Brandon Valley, 6. Jagger Tyler, Mitchell; 7. Maddix Slykhuis, Tea Area; 8. Noah Hutmacher, Chamberlain; 9. Jordan Oehme, Brandon Valley, 10. Trevon Oehme, Brandon Valley; 11. Lucas Slack, Brandon Valley; 12. Micah Hach, Watertown. 

Wrestler of the Week: Gage Lohr, Watertown

(Rankings provided by Dakota Grappler)

Individual Rankings: 

106: 1. Gage Lohr, Watertown; 2. Aiden Wells, Sioux Falls Jefferson; 3. Brendon Oehme, Brandon Valley; 4. Korbin Bunch, Sturgis; 5. Shea Richter, Rapid City Stevens; 6. Jacob Mason, Pierre; 7. Jagar McCarthy, Rapid City Central; 8. Owen Serck, Beresford/Alcester-Huson; HM. Kayden Tchida; HM. Griffin Felder, Harrisburg; HM Grant Larson, Lennox; HM Alex Seimonsma, West Central.

113: 1. Trevon Oehme, Brandon Valley; 2. Tyler Woodring, Tea Area; 3. Teryn Zebroski, Sturgis; 4. Alex Oedekoven, Pierre;5. Brayden Collins, Rapid City Stevens; 6. Ryan Tschetter, Rapid City Central; 7. Tate Hemboldt, Brookings; 8. Hudson Clear, Sioux Falls Lincoln; HM. Leo Stroup, Watertown; HM Carter Downs, Madison; HM STeven LaMont, Harrisburg; HM. Logan Tyndall

120: 1. Sloan Johannsen, Watertown; 2. Jesse Johnson, Brandon Valley; 3. Tegan Zebroski, Sturgis; 4. John Jeffery, Spearfish; 5. Corbin Zent, Rapid City Stevens; 6. Karson Vessels, West Central; 7. Tyler Wurth, Harrisburg; 8. Riley Waldo, Aberdeen Central; HM Hunter Wilson, Tea Area; HM, Riley Schmidt, Rapid City Central; HM, Turner Gordon, Sioux Falls Lincoln; HM Derek Ranschau, Sioux Falls Jefferson. 

126: 1. Rayden Zens, Aberdeen Central; 2. Weston Everson, Watertown; 3. Holden Hawkins, Sisseton; 4. Jacob Williams, Rapid City Stevens; 5. Lincoln Schoenhard, Pierre; 6. Graham Wilde, Sioux Falls Jefferson; 7. Carter Radcliff, Harrisburg; 8. Jackson Tschetter, Tea Area; HM Carson Wolf, Madison; HM Ramsey Williams, Lennox; HM Dee Daniels, Sturgis; HM Parker Graveman. 

132: 1. Maddix Slykhuis, Tea Area; 2. Jordon Oehme, Brandon Valley; 3. Tate Huff, Aberdeen Central; 4. Beau Peters, Sturgis; 5. Joe Juenger, Rapid City Stevens; 6. Braden Le, Watertown; 7. Bentley Williams, Sioux Falls Lincoln; 8. John Motrude, Dell Rapids; HM. Lincoln Peters, Harrisburg; HM John Mortrue, Dell Rapids; HM Dylan Sloan, Yankton; HM Luther MOrrison, Rapid City Central. 

138: 1. Alex Mentzer, Brandon Valley; 2. Thayne Elshere, Sturgis; 3. Tristan Spencer, Pierre; 4. Nolan Miles, Brookings; 5. Parker Wilson, Tea Area; 6. Blake Johnson, Madison; 7. Tayge Privett, Harrisburg; 8. Dawson Wallen, Sioux Falls Lincon; HM Isreael Caldron, Brookings; HM Jackson Maag, Watertown; HM Swade Reis; Chamberlain; HM. Brendon Simunek, Harrisburg. 

145: 1. Moses Gross, Huron; 2.Trason Oehme, Brandon Valley; 3. Mason Schrempp, Aberdeen Central; 4. Wyatt Stuntebeck, Tea Area; 5. Michael Robb, Vermillion; 6. Maverick Simons, Sturgis; 7. Brayden Christensen, Milbank; 8. Jaxon Ducheneaux; Pierre; HM Teegam Staiffacjer, Harrisburg; HM. Connor Siemonsma, West Central; HM, Derek Hanson, Watertown; HM, Aiden Knight, Spearfish. 

152: 1. Jagger Tyler, Mitchell; 2. Kale Crowser,  Douglas/Rapid City Christian/New Underwood; 3. Thomas McCoy, Belle Fourche; 4. Chase Carda, Pierre; 4. Peyton Tryon, Harrisburg; 5. Jackson Boonstra; Dakota Valley; 6. Jackson Boonstra, Dakota Valley; 7. Chandler Carda, West Central; 8. Aistom Eimers, Tea Area; HM. Kalvin Ketelsen, Sturgis; HM Levi Veskma, Brandon Valley, HM. Nolan Jessen, Sioux Falls Jefferson; HM Robert Watkins. 

160: 1 Keanan Sheriden, Sioux Falls O’Gorman; 2. Corter Doney, Rapid City Stevens; 3. Deegan Houska, Pierre; 4. Logan O’Connor, Harrisburg; 5. Ian Johnson, Watertown; 6. Justin Wirpel, West Central; 7. Dawson Eimers, Tea Area; 8. Beauty Moon, Huron; HM, Evan Wilson, Spearfish; HM, Zach Soderlin, Rapid City Central; HM, Cordell Rychlik, Aberdeen Central; HM, Caleb Emerson, Vermillion.

170: 1. Sam Werdel, Tea Area; 2. Trey Lewis, Pierre; 3. Jax Kettwig, Watertown; 4. Soren Aadland, Harrisburg; 5. Graydon Bakke, Rapid City Stevens; 6. Tate Schlueter, Milbank; 7. Logan Opitz, Aberdeen Central; 8. Aidan Kenable, O’Gorman; HM, Lane Knutson, Sioux Falls Washington; HM, Preston Ray, Sturgis; HM, Mason Schlup, Spearfish; HM, Cole Oschner, Huron.

182: 1. Reese Jacobs, Sturgis; 2. Lucas Slack, Brandon Valley; 3. Chance Carda, Pierre; 4. Barrett Schneck, Milbank; 5. Chet Carda, West Central; 6. Ayden Kellogg, Rapid City Stevens; 7. Rollie French, Vermillion; 8. Mason Schultz, Sisseton; HM, Israel Caldron, Brookings; HM, Jackson Maag, Watertown; HM, Swade Reis, Chamberlain; HM, Brandon Simunek, Harrisburg.

195: 1. Aiden Werlinger, Sturgis; 2. Jack Detert, Harrisburg; 3. Brock Eitrem, Watertown; 4. Gavin Stotts, Pierre; 5. Tanner Vanscoy, Rapid City Stevens; 6. Landon Schurch, Beresford/Alcester-Hudson; 7. Caleb Loehr, Brookings; 8. Jesse Schneck, Milbank; HM, Samson Flakus, Aberdeen Central; HM, Noah Bailous, Brandon Valley; HM, Gabe Gebhard, West Central; HM, Kishmar Eberline, Sioux Falls Lincoln.

220: 1. Noah Hutmacher, Chamberlain; 2. Zac Juelfs, Sturgis; 3. Griffin Schneider, Tea Area; 4. Rocky Wiedman, Todd County; 5. Elijah Botchee, Pierre; 6. James Olson, Brookings; 7. Abraham Myers, Sioux Falls Washington; 8. Aiden Schroeder, Harrisburg; HM, Matthew Peters, Watertown; HM, Delvon Spears-Witte, Brandon Valley; HM, Aiden Geraets, Dell Rapids; HM, Aaron Larson, Beresford/Alcester-Hudson.

285: 1. Micah Hach, Watertown; 2. Joshua Rydberg, Pierre; 3. Canyon Burkard, Chamberlain; 4. Jacob Krenz, Aberdeen Central; 5. Gueibondy Doelue, Harrisburg; 6. Bryan Ramirez, Huron; 7. Gavin Pischke, West Central; 8. Antuan Duran, Sioux Falls Jefferson; HM, Dakari Osborne, Sturgis; HM, Kaiden Strong, Rapid City Stevens; HM, Alex Jensen, Beresford/Alcester-Hudson; HM, Kane Wirkus, Rapid City Central.