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Watertown claims Region 1A team title
Watertown's Shea Richter wrestles West Central's Brody Gossen during the championship round at the Region 1A wrestling tournament on Feb. 22, 2026, in Dell Rapids.
(Jon Akre / 605 Sports)
Feb 21, 2026
 

 

By 605 Sports Staff

DELL RAPIDS — Watertown secured a team title at Saturday’s Region 1A wrestling tournament.

The Arrows scored 244 points to claim the region title, ahead of a tie for second with Brookings and West Central at 194.5 points.

Watertown collected five individual championships as well, including Brody Randall (126), SHea Richter (132), Gage Lohr (157), Landen Lewis (175) and Cade Kuemper (190).
West Central’s Caden Roe (106), Kaden Haakinson (113), Bentley Klinkhammer (120), Tea Area’s Tyler Woodring (138), Sioux Falls Jefferson’s Graham Wilde (144), Tea Area’s Trevin Audiss (150), O’Gorman’s Slaton Jones (165), Brookings Zach Hagemann (215) and O’Gorman’s Rip Siemonsma each won individual championships as well.


Placing Matches:

106 - 1st Place Match: Caden Roe (West Central) 42-3, So. over Braylon Schell (Watertown) 39-10, So. (MD 9-0); 3rd Place Match: Macyn Gardner (O`Gorman) 36-6, 7th. over Josh Deming (Brookings) 29-17, 8th. (TF-1.5 4:54 (17-2)); 5th Place Match: Braylon Hoyer (Tea Area) 21-19, 8th. over Liam Prasnicki (Milbank) 19-23, 7th. (MD 12-1)

113 - 1st Place Match: Kaden Haakinson (West Central) 28-2, So. over William O`Connor (O`Gorman) 29-5, Fr. (Dec 14-7); 3rd Place Match: Kade Eimers (Tea Area) 32-7, So. over Jonah Anderson (Watertown) 30-21, 8th. (Dec 7-4); 5th Place Match: Gabriel Herzog (Sioux Falls Roosevelt) 14-7, Jr. over Bode TeKrony (Brookings) 15-22, So. (MD 18-9)

120 - 1st Place Match: Bentley Klinkhammer (West Central) 34-11, Fr. over Chase Mathews (Watertown) 26-15, Jr. (TB-1 5-2); 3rd Place Match: Aaron Halbur (Tea Area) 32-18, Fr. over Hunter Mellon (Brookings) 16-16, So. (Dec 6-1); 5th Place Match: Tayson Tillma (Milbank) 0-2, So. over () , . (Bye)

126 - 1st Place Match: Brody Randall (Watertown) 39-7, Sr. over Karson Vessells (West Central) 25-3, Jr. (Dec 7-5); 3rd Place Match: Will Norman (O`Gorman) 21-10, So. over Briggs Archer (Brookings) 15-9, Fr. (Dec 10-3); 5th Place Match: Abe Fischer (Milbank) 10-16, Jr. over Sirius Harming (Sioux Falls Roosevelt) 19-22, Jr. (Fall 1:45)

132 - 1st Place Match: Shea Richter (Watertown) 41-0, Sr. over Brody Gossen (West Central) 36-3, Jr. (Dec 8-1); 3rd Place Match: Slater Wilson (Tea Area) 40-11, So. over Camden Tebay (Dell Rapids) 32-12, So. (Dec 4-2); 5th Place Match: Haiden Baxter (Brookings) 21-16, So. over () , . (Bye)

138 - 1st Place Match: Tyler Woodring (Tea Area) 42-0, Sr. over Kutler Swenson (Watertown) 30-6, Jr. (TF-1.5 2:00 (17-2)); 3rd Place Match: Alex Siemonsma (West Central) 28-11, Jr. over Micah Stern (Brookings) 29-15, Fr. (Dec 9-2); 5th Place Match: Maxton Schafer (Milbank) 5-18, Fr. over Jasper Husman (Sioux Falls Roosevelt) 16-26, So. (Fall 1:29)

144 - 1st Place Match: Graham Wilde (Sioux Falls Jefferson) 20-2, Sr. over Langdon Klinkhammer (West Central) 38-7, Jr. (MD 10-0); 3rd Place Match: Max Stroup (Watertown) 31-21, Jr. over Easton Scheidt (O`Gorman) 23-15, So. (Dec 11-8); 5th Place Match: Ty Delbridge (Brookings) 25-21, Fr. over Sawyer Hovdestad (Sioux Falls Roosevelt) 8-27, So. (Fall 2:33)

150 - 1st Place Match: Trevin Audiss (Tea Area) 36-13, So. over Jacob Milliron (Brookings) 13-17, Jr. (Fall 3:21); 3rd Place Match: Keslar Swenson (Watertown) 22-23, Sr. over Grayson Pischke (West Central) 32-14, Fr. (Dec 9-5); 5th Place Match; Connor Osborn (Sioux Falls Jefferson) 11-23, Fr. over Kyle Schneck (Milbank) 19-20, Fr. (Dec 6-0)

157 - 1st Place Match: Gage Lohr (Watertown) 24-0, Jr. over Keanu Lee (O`Gorman) 31-7, Fr. (TF-1.5 3:40 (19-4)); 3rd Place Match: Luke VanVlymen (Brookings) 34-10, 8th. over Trevor Cordell (Tea Area) 20-25, So. (TF-1.5 4:51 (17-2)); 5th Place Match: Hayden Whiting (West Central) 16-16, Sr. over Carston Ringling (Sioux Falls Roosevelt) 11-34, Sr. (Fall 0:36)

165 - 1st Place Match: Slaton Jones (O`Gorman) 28-3, So. over Markus Pitkin (Watertown) 30-9, Sr. (TF-1.5 4:21 (19-3)); 3rd Place Match: Mason Mathis (Brookings) 28-14, Sr. over Jett Whiting (West Central) 18-18, Jr. (Fall 0:26); 5th Place Match: Daniel Medina (Sioux Falls Roosevelt) 5-5, So. over Michael Bastemeyer (Tea Area) 3-9, So. (Dec 19-12)

175 - 1st Place Match: Landen Lewis (Watertown) 29-16, Jr. over Jeremiah Wilgers (Tea Area) 30-16, Jr. (MD 18-10); 3rd Place Match: Breck Evans (Dell Rapids) 22-10, So. over James Fitzpatrick (Brookings) 22-19, Sr. (MD 8-0); 5th Place Match: Braxton Huber (West Central) 16-15, Jr. over Tanen Schmieg (Milbank) 13-20, Jr. (TF-1.5 2:12 (17-0))

190 - 1st Place Match: Cade Kuemper (Watertown) 32-13, Sr. over Blake Kannegieter (Brookings) 23-7, Sr. (Dec 7-2); 3rd Place Match: Gavin Boyle (O`Gorman) 17-20, So. over Carter Moxley (Sioux Falls Jefferson) 18-19, Jr. (Fall 2:41); 5th Place Match: Ashton Smit (Tea Area) 10-27, Sr. over Levi Peter (Dell Rapids) 8-20, Fr. (MD 12-1)

215 - 1st Place Match: Zach Hagemann (Brookings) 29-8, Sr. over Hunter Reede (Milbank) 18-8, Sr. (MD 13-5); 3rd Place Match: Jaeden Waltner (Tea Area) 32-17, Sr. over Luke Larson (West Central) 17-22, So. (Fall 2:25); 5th Place Match: Kaleb Khalil (Watertown) 8-20, Fr. over Hector Kelly (Sioux Falls Jefferson) 0-3, Jr. (Fall 4:46)

285 - 1st Place Match: Rip Siemonsma (O`Gorman) 13-2, Sr. over Lawson Novy (Milbank) 36-9, So. (TF-1.5 3:33 (19-1)); 3rd Place Match: Charlie Becker (Dell Rapids) 28-10, Jr. over Noah Duran (Sioux Falls Jefferson) 35-18, Sr. (Fall 3:26); 5th Place Match: Conner Christianson (Watertown) 13-28, So. over Dylan Reynolds (Brookings) 7-7, Sr. (M. For.)