By 605 Sports Staff

Very early in the Class A wrestling season and the Watertown Arrows are pegged to have another great season. 

In the week 1 poll, Gage Grohs (120), Sloan Johannsen (126) and Micah Hach (285) are all top-ranked.

The Sturgis Scoopers are the top ranked team with 171 points in the week 1 poll, ahead of Watertown (144) and Aberdeen Central (111). Tea Area (103) and West Central (102) round out the top-five ranked teams this week. 

The Rapid City Invitational takes place on Friday and Saturday where a number of top-ranked athletes are expected to collide for high rankings and early-season bragging rights. 

(All rankings provided by Dakota Grappler)

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Dynamite Dozen: 1. Sloan Johannsen, Watertown; 2. Moses Gross, Huron; 3. Sam Werdel, Tea Area; 4. Keenan Sheridan, O’Gorman; 5. Logan O’Connor, Harrisburg; 6. Micah Hach, Watertown; 7. Gage Lohr, Watertown; 8. Aidem Werlinger, Sturgis; 9. Chance Carda, Pierre; 10. Tristan Spencer, Pierre; 11. Zak Juelfs, Sturgis; 12. Caleb Hodges, Madison. 

Week 1 Class A team rankings: Sturgis, 171; 2. Watertown, 144; 3. Aberdeen Central,111; 4. Tea Area, 103; 5. West Central, 102; 6. Pierre, 99; 7. Rapid City Stevens, 95; 8. Brandon Valley, 91; 9. Sioux Falls Jefferson, 67; 10. Harrisburg, 65; 11. Brookings, 64; 12. Sisseton, 58.

106 - 1. Shea Richter, Rapid City Stevens; 2. Beckett Rehorst, Brandon Valley; 3. Kayden Tchida, Sisseton; 4. Tyler Baldwin Sturgis; 5. Chase Matthews, Watertown; 6. Slater Wilson, Tea Area; 7. Esten Foss, Aberdeen Central; 8. Owen Serck, Beresford/Alcester-Hudson; HM. Brody Neilan, Chamberlain; HM. Kaden Haakinson, West Central; HM. Griffin Felder, Harrisburg; HM. Isaac Kauffman, Sioux Falls Lincoln. 

113 - 1. Tate Hemboldt, Brookings; 2. Pierce Hurd, Rapid City Central; 3. Max Schoenhard, Rapid City Stevens; 4. Tarver Zebroski, Sturgis; 5. Walker West, Pierre; 6. Triston Stoeger, Harrisburg; 7. Max Stroup, Watertown; 8. Paxton Ewing, Aberdeen Central; HM Bentley Klinkhammer, West Central; HM Alex Zwak, Madison; HM. Noah Bennett, Mitchell; HM. Kyle Schneck, Milbank. 

120 - 1. Gage Lohr, Watertown; 2. Alex Oedekoven, Pierre; 3. Tyler Woodring, Tea Area; 4. Owen Fischer, Milbank; 5. Will Allen, Aberdeen Central; 6. Wyatt Pickard, Madison; 7. Benjamin Nadig, Sturgis; 8. Myles Kettwig, Harrisburg; HM. Josiah Kauffman, Sioux Falls Lincoln; HM. Teague Bergjord, Flandreau; HM. Ben Parsons, Sioux Falls Washington; HM. Braxton Beach, Vermillion. 

126 - 1. Sloan Johannsen, Watertown; 2. Corbin Zent, RCS; 3. Brendon Oehme, Brandon Valley; 4. Tegan Zebroski, Sturgis; 5. Aiden Wells, Sioux Falls Jefferson; 6. Karson Vessells, West Central; 7. Rayden Zens, Aberdeen Central; 8. Ian Metz, Sisseton; HM Hudson Cisar, Sioux Falls Lincoln; HM. Lincoln Schoenhard, Pierre; HM. Slaton Jones, O’Gorman; HM. Grant Larson, Lennox. 

132 - 1. Graham Wilde, Sioux Falls Jefferson; 2. Dee Daniels, Sturgis; 3. Bentley Williams,  Sioux Falls Lincoln; 4. Orlando Whiting, West Central; 5. Aaron Tucker, Brandon Valley; 6. Brayden Wiese, Flandreau; 7. Parker Graveman, Spearfish; 8. Logan Brown, Rapid City Central; HM. Aiden Callahan, RCS; HM. Porter Lozenski, Aberdeen Central; HM. Penn Long, Mitchell; HM. Rowdy Menning. 

138 - 1. Tristan Spencer, Pierre; 2. Nolan Miles, Brookings; 3. Tate Huff, Aberdeen Central; 4. Derek Hanson, Watertown; 5. Tyler Wurth, Harrisburg; 6. Beau Peters, Sturgis; 7. Joe Juenger, RCS; 8. Hayden McQuire, Brandon Valley; HM. Turner Gordon, Sioux Falls Lincoln; HM. Reed Gray, Sisseton; HM. Langdon Klinkenhammer, West Central; HM. Justin Peters, Madison.

144 - 1. Caleb Hodges, Madison; 2. Holden Hawkins, Sisseton; 3. Zander Nielsen, Brandon Valley; 4. Parker Wilson, Tea Area; 5. Kalvin Ketelson, Sturgis; 6. Remsey Williams, Lennox; 7. Jesse Jost, West Central; 8. Jacob Williams, RCS; HM. Dylan Sloan, Yankton; HM. Owen Ward, Aberdeen Central; HM. Zaniyan Iron Eyes, Lakota Tech; HM. Tripp Schrempp, Cheyenne-Eagle Butte. 

150 - 1. Ayden Dooley, Sioux Falls Jefferson; 2. Riley Dighton, Belle Fourche; 3. Sterne Pankratz, O’Gorman; 4. Jacoby Parker, RCC; 5. Jackson Tschetter, Tea Area; 6. Joseph Nadig, Sturgis; 7. Brayden Voorhees, RCS; 8. Xavier McGuire, Brandon Valley; HM. Hayden Whiting, West Central; HM. Lincoln Peters, Harrisburg; HM. Ridley Waldo, Aberdeen Central; HM. Shayce Platte, Yankton. 

157 - 1. Moses Gross, Huron; 2. Michael Roob, Vermillion; 3. Keaton Vessells, West Central; 4. Zhoel Irion, Sturgis; 5. Dawson Eimers, Tea Area; 6. Dawson Wallen, Sioux Falls Lincoln; 7. Elias Biegler, Aberdeen Central; 8. Jackson Boonstra, Dakota Valley; HM. Bryce Reuer, Chamberlain; HM. Jaxon Ducheneuax, Pierre; HM. Aiden Kracht, Spearfish; HM. Markus Pitkin, Watertown. 

165 -1. Logan O’Connor, Harrisburg; 2. Chandler Carda, West Central; 3. Preston Ray, Sturgis; 4. Carsen Tibbitts, Douglas/Rapid City Christian/New Underwood; 5. Noah Kramer, Aberdeen Central; 6. Tucker Urdahl, Watertown; 7. Robert Watkins, BAH; 8. Jacob Ellingson, Spearfish; HM. Gabe Stern, Brookings; HM. Carter Dahl, Sioux Falls Jefferson; HM. Padrang Fulton, Vermillion; HM. Chase Houle, Yankton. 

175 - 1. Sam Werdel, Tea Area; 2. Keenan Sheridan, Sioux Falls O’Gorman; 3. Kelson Dirk, Sturgis; 4. Lucas Chamberlain, Pierre; 5. Soren Aadland, Harrisburg; 6. Rayce Whiting, West Central; 7. Andrew Stricher, Watertown; 8. Zander Eidem, SFW; HM. Joseph Tunge, SFL; HM. Tate Schlueter, Milbank; HM. Burke Binkerd, Brandon Valley; HM Hughis Current, Sisseton. 

190 - 1. Cole Dunleavy, Aberdeen Central; 2. Brock Eitram, Watertown; 3. Lane Knutson, SFW; 4. Joey Fitzpatrick, Brookings; 5. Mason Schultz, Sisseton; 6. Keegan DeYoung, Tea Area; 7. Jesse Schneck, Milbank; 8. Elijah Schunke, Brandon Valley; HM. Kismar Eberline, SFL; Kolt Fox, Lakota Tech; HM. Karter Headrick, FIA; HM. Kannon Shay, DG. 

215 - 1. Aiden Werlinger, Sturgis; 2. Chance Carda, Pierre; 3. Quinn Carr, Dell Rapids; 4. Asher Peil, Spearfish; 5. Samson Flakus, Aberdeen Central; 6. Chase DeBore, Tea Area; 7. Noah Bailous, Brandon Valley; 8. Rollie French, Vermillion; HM. Seth Foote, Mitchell; HM Gabe Gebhard, West Central; Peyton Eustace, Yankton; HM, Ethan Wientjes, Watertown. 

285 - 1. Micah Hach, Watertown; 2. Zak Juelfs, Sturgis; 3. Gavin Pischke, West Central; 4. Bryan Ramirez, Huron; 5. Kaiden Strong, RCS; 6. Rocky Clark, Mitchell; 7. Bryce Bietelspacher, Aberdeen Central; 8. Landon Novy, Milbank; HM. Edly Amaro, Yankton; HM. Lucas Giersberg, DG; HM Braden Peterson, SFL; HM. Noah Duran, SFJ. 

Dual rankings: 1. Pierre; 2. Brandon Valley; 3. Aberdeen Central; 4. Watertown; 5. Sturgis; 6. Harrisburg; 7. Rapid City Stevens; 8. West Central.