Tuesday, December 23, 2025
Farmer's Union Insurance
605 Sports
Watertown jumps into No. 2 Class A team wrestling rankings
Pierre’s Gavin Stotts wrestles Watertown’s Brock Eitreim during the semifinal of the 190-pound weight class on Saturday at the Jerry Opbroek Tournament in Mitchell. Eitreim advanced to the finals with a 4-2 decision win.
Rodney Haas - File photo

Watertown jumps into No. 2 Class A team wrestling rankings

Jan 16, 2023
  

By 605 Sports Staff

Brandon Valley looks to be a notch the rest of the Class A wrestling field but the next three teams jockey for position every week. 

Brandon Valley leads the Week 7 poll with 193 points, ahead of Watertown (168) and Sturgis (162). Pierre (143) and Harrisburg (107) round out the top-five. 

The Arrows boast three top-ranked wrestlers all in the lower weight classes. Gage Lohr (106), Sloan Johannsen (120) and Weston Everson (126) have been dominating their respective weight classes all season. 

(Rankings provided by Dakota Grappler)

Team rankings: 1. Brandon Valley, 193; 2. Watertown, 168; 3. Sturgis, 162; 4. Pierre, 143; 5.  Harrisburg, 107; 6. Tea Area, 100; 7. Rapid City Stevens, 97; 8. Aberdeen Central, 88; 9. West Central, 66; 10. Brookings, 55; 11. Sioux Falls Jefferson, 43; T-12. Chamberlain, 42; T-12. Rapid City Central. 

Dynamite Dozen: 1. Navarro Schunke, Brandon Valley; 2. Reese Jacobs, Sturgis; 3. Sloan Johannsen, Watertown; 4. Alex Mentzer, Brandon VAlley; 5. Noah Hutmacher, Chamberlain; 6. Treason Oehme, Brandon Valley; 7. Jagger Tyler, Mitchell; 8. Logan O’Connor, Harrisburg; 9. Moses Gross, Huron; 10. Jordan Oehme, Brandon Valley; 11. Maddix Slykhuis, Tea Area; 12. Trevon Oehme, Brandon Valley. 

 

Wrestler of the Week - Logan O’Conner, Harrisburg

Individual rankings. 

106: 1. Gage Lohr, Watertown; 2. Aiden Wells, Jefferson; 3. Brendon Oehme, Brandon Valley; 4. Jagar McCarthy, Rapid City Central; 5. Korbin Bunch, Sturgis; 6. Shea Richter, Stevens; 7. Tate Hemboldt, Brookings; 8. Owen Fischer, Milbank; HM Jacob Mason, Pierre; HM Logan Tyndall, Belle Fourche; HM Grant Larsen, Lennox; HM Owen Serck, Beresford/Alcester-Hudson. 

113: 1. Trevon Oehme, Brandon Valley; 2. Tyler Woodring, Tea Area; 3. Teryn Zebroski, Sturgis; 4. Alex Oedekoven, Pierre; 5. Emory Johnson, Harrisburg; 6. Karson Vessells, West Central; 7. Brayden Collins, Rapid City Stevens; 8. Leo Stroup, Watertown; HM Porter Lozenski, Aberdeen Central; HM Ryan Tschetter, Rapid City Central; HM Hudson Cisar, Lincoln; HM, Carter Downs, Madison. 

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

126: 1. Weston Everson, Watertown; 2. Rayden Zens, Aberdeen Central; 3. Holden Hawkins, Sisseton; 4. Nolan Miles, Brookings; 5. Bentley Williams, Sioux Falls Lincoln; 6. Carter Ratcliffe, Harrisburg; 7. Dee Daniels, Sturgis; 8. Jacob Williams, Rapid City Stevens;  HM, Logan Brown, Rapid City Central; HM Parker Graveman, Spearfish; HM Zander Nielsen, Brandon Valley; HM Jackson Tschetter

132: 1. Jordon Oehme, Brandon Valley; 2. Maddix Slykhuis, Tea Area; 3. Caleb Hodges, Madison; 4. John Mortrude, Dell Rapids; 5. Beau Peters, Sturgis; 6. Joe Juenger, Rapid City Stevens; 7. Tate Huff, Aberdeen Central; 8. Braden Lee, Watertown; HM, Lincoln Peters, Harrisburg; HM Dylan Sloan, Yankton; HM, Elliot Ellenbecker, Sioux Falls Lincoln; HM Luther Morrison, Rapid City Central. 

138: 1. Alex Mentzer, Brandon Valley; 2. Tristan Spencer, Pierre; 3, Thayne Elshere, Sturgis; 4. Ayden Dooley, Jefferson; 5. Connor Siemonsma, West Central; 6. Dawson Wallen, Sioux Falls Lincoln; 7. Dylan O’Connor; 8. Parker Wilson, Tea Area; HM Derek Hanson, Watertown; HM  Brayden Voorhees, Stevens; HM Riley Dighton, Belle Fourche; HM, Dylan O’Connor; HM. Brody Aesoph, Aberdeen Central.

145: 1. Treason Oehme, Brandon Valley; 2. Moses Gross, Huron; 3. Mason Schrempp, Aberdeen Central; 4. Wyatt Stuntebeck, Tea Area; 5. Michael Roob, Vermillion; 6. Jackson Boonstra, Dakota Valley; 7. Markus Pitkin, Watertown; 8. Teegan Stauffacher, Harrisburg; HM Jaxon Ducheneaux, Pierre; HM, Jacoby Parker, Rapid City Central; HM Brayden Christensen, Milbank; HM Dawson Inhofer, Sturgis. 

152: 1. Jagger Tyler, Mitchell; 2. Corter Doney, Rapid City Stevens; 3. Logan O’Connor, Harrisburg; 4. Kale Crowser, ; 5 Ian Johnson, Watertown; 6. Thomas McCoy, Belle Fourche; 7. Chase Carda, Pierre; 8. Chandler Carda, West Central; HM Nolan Jessen, Jefferson; HM Carlos Lohr, Tea Area; HM Elias Biegler, Aberdeen Central; HM Bryce Teuer, Chamberlain. 

160: 1. Justin Zirpel, West Central; 2. Keanan Sheriden, O’Gorman; 3. Deegan Houska, Pierre; 4. Gavin Chapman, Brandon Valley; 5. Graydon Bakke, Rapid City Stevens; 6. Dawson Eimers, Tea Area; 7. Peyton Tryon, Harrisburg; 8. Loan Opitz, Aberdeen Central; HM Zach Soderlin; HM Joey Fitzpatrick; HM Payton Fridrich, Beresford/Alcester-Hudson; HM Zhoel Irion, Sturgis; HM Jacob Ellingson, Spearfish. 

170: 1. Barrett Schneck, Milbank; 2. Sam Werdel, Tea Area; 3. Lucas Slack, Brandon Valley; 4. Trey Lewis, Pierre; 5. Jax Kettwig, Watertown; 6. Israel Caldron, Brookings; 7. Lane Knutson, Sioux Falls Washington; Soren Aadland, Harrisburg; HM Preston Ray, Sturgis; HM Cole Oschner, Huron; HM Aidan Kenable, Sioux Falls O’Gorman; HM Landon Mitsos, Rapid City Stevens. 

182: 1. Reese Jacobs, Sturgis; 2. Chance Carda, Pierre; 3. Tyson Brandt, Brookings; 4. Chet Carda, West Central; 5. Tanner Vanscoy, Stevens; 6. Cole Dunleavy, Aberdeen Central; 7. Mason Schultz, Sisseton; 8. Jackson Maag, Watertown; HM Brandon Simunek, Harrisburg; HM Kishmar Eberline; HM Gavin Van Emmerik, Tea Area; HM Rollie French, Vermillion.

195: 1. Aiden Werlinger, Sturgis; 2. Jack Detert, Harrisburg; 3. Brock Eitrem, Watertown; 4. Jaxon Morrison, Rapid City Central; 5. Gavin Stotts, Pierre; 6. Landon Schurch, Beresford/Alcester-Hudson; 7. Caleb Loehr, Brookings; 8. Jesse Schneck, Milbank; HM Ayden Kellog, Rapid City Stevens; HM Samson Flakus, Aberdeen Central; HM Noah Bailous, Brandon Valley; HM Keegan DeYoung, Tea Area. 

220: 1. Noah Hutmacher, Chamberlain; 2. Abraham Myers, Washington; 3. Zac Juelfs, Sturgis; 4. Rocky Wiedman, Todd County; 5. Elijah Boutchee, Pierre; 6. Aiden Schroeder, Harrisburg; 7. Matthew Peters, Watertown; 8. Aaron Larson, Beresford/Alcester-Hudson; HM, Bryce Bietelspacher, Aberdeen Central; HM David Vazquez, Sioux Falls O’Gorman, HM Edley, Amaro, Yankton; HM James Olson, Brookings. 

285: 1. Navarro Schunke, Brandon Valley; 2.  Micah Hach, Watertown; 3. Joshua Rydberg, Pierre; 4. Canyon Burkard, Chamberlain; 5. Jacob Krenz, Aberdeen Central; 6. Guiebond Doelue, Harrisburg; 7. Kaiden Strong, Rapid City Stevens; 8. Carson Podhrasky, Mitchell; HM Dakari Osborne; HM Antuan Duran, Sioux Falls Jefferson; HM Gavin Pischke, West Central; HM Elliott Renville, Sioux Falls Lincoln.