605 Sports

Sturgis opens the season as the top ranked Class A wrestling team in South Dakota after winning the Mandan Lions Tournament in North Dakota. The Scoopers received 192 points followed by Watertown (166) and Brandon Valley (147). Pierre (141) and Tea Area (132) round out the top-five. 

(Rankings provided by Dakota Grappler)

Team rankings: 1. Sturgis, 192; 2. Watertown, 166; 3. Brandon Valley, 147; 4. Pierre, 141; 5. Tea Area, 132; 6. Rapid City Stevens, 106; 7. Harrisburg, 86; 8. Aberdeen Central, 84; 9. West Central, 69; T-10. Brookings, 44; T-10. Chamberlain, 44; T-10. Sioux Falls Jefferson, 44. 

Dynamite Dozen: 1. Reese Jacobs, Sturgis; 2. Sloan Johannsen, Watertown; 3. Alex Mentzer, Brandon Valley; 4. Moses Gross, Huron; 5. Maddix Slykhuis, Tea Area; 6. Jagger Tyler, Mitchell; 7. Corter Doney, Rapid City Stevens; 8. Jordon Oehme, Brandon Valley; 9. Noah Hutmacher, Chamberlain; 10. Trevon Oehme, Brandon Valley; 11. Lucas Slack, Brandon Valley; 12. Corbin Zent, Rapid City Stevens. 

Wrestler of the Week: Pierre’s Gavin Stotts won the (195) weight class at the Mandan Lions Tournament in North Dakota

Individual Rankings: 

106: 1. Aiden Wells, Sioux Falls Jefferson; 2. Korbin Bunch, Sturgis; 3. Brendon Oehme, Brandon Valley; 4. Jagar McCarthy, Rapid City Central; 5. Gage Lohr, Watertown; 6. Shea Richter, Rapid City Stevens; 7. Jacob Mason, Pierre; 8. Alex Seimonsma, West Central; HM (Honorable Mention) Kayden Tchida, Sisseton; HM Owen Serck, Beresford/Alcester-Hudson; HM, Wyatt Pickard, Madison; HM Owen Fischer, Milbank. 

113: 1. Trevon Oehme, Brandon Valley; 2. Teryn Zebroski, Sturgis; 3. Alex Oedekoven, Pierre; 4. Tyler Woodring, Tea Area; 5. Brayden Collins, Rapid City Stevens; 6. Ryan Tschetter, Rapid City Central; 7. Steve Lamont, Harrisburg; 8. Tate Hemboldt, Brookings; HM Hudson Cisar, Sioux Falls Lincoln; HM Leo Strup, Watertown; HM Logan Tyndall, Belle Fourche; HM Cruse Allhiser, Mitchell. 

120: 1. Sloan Johannsen, Watertown; 2. Corbin Zent, Rapid City Stevens; 3. Jesse Johnson, Brandon Valley; 4. Riley Schmidt, Rapid City Central; 5. Tegan Zebroski, Sturgis; 6. Carter Ractliffe, Harrisburg; 7. Karson Vessells, West Central; 8. Emory Johnson, Harrisburg; HM John Jeffrey, Spearfish; HM Drek Ranschau, Sioux Falls Jefferson; HM Ridley Waldo, Aberdeen Central; HM, Hunter Wilson, Tea Area. 

126: 1. Rayden Zens, Aberdeen Central; 2. Jackson Tschetter, Tea Area; 3. Braden Le, Watertown; 4. Jacob Williams, Rapid City Stevens; 5. Lincoln Schoenhard, Pierre; 6. Dee Daniels, Sturgis; 7. Graham Wilde, Sioux Falls Jefferson; 8. Orlando Whiting, West Central; HM Zander Nielsen, Brandon Valley; HM Turner Gordon, Sioux Falls Lincoln; HM Alejandro Martinez, Douglas/Rapid City Christian/New Underwood; HM Riley Williams, Sioux Falls Washington. 

132: 1. Maddix Slykhuis, Tea Area; 2. Jordon Oehme, Brandon Valley; 3. Weston Everson, Watertown; 4. Holden Hawkins, Sisseton; 5. John Motrude, Dell Rapids; 6. Beau Peters, Sturgis; 7. Tate Huff, Aberdeen Central; 8. Dylan Sloan, Yankton; HM Longdon Klinkhammer, West Central; HM Ramsey Williams, Lennox; HM Parker Graveman, Spearfish; HM Eliot Ellenbecker, Sioux Falls Lincoln. 

138: 1. Alex Mentzer, Brandon Valley; 2. Wyatt Stuntebeck, Tea Area; 3. Thane Elshere, Sturgis; 4. Tristan Spencer, Pierre; 5. Nolan Miles, Brookings: 6. Bentley Williams; Sioux Falls Lincoln; 7. Ayden Dooley, Sioux Falls Jefferson; 8. Devyn Anderson, Chamberlain; HM Caleb Hodges, Madison; HM Dylan O’connor, Harrisburg; HM Brody Aesoph, Aberdeen Central; HM Jacob Johnson, Milbank. 

145: 1. Moses Gross, Huron; 2. Mason Schrempp, Aberdeen Central; 3. Michael Robb, Vermillion; 4. Maverick Simons, Sturgis; 5. Brayden Christensen, Milbankk; 6. Nathan Briggs, Watertown; 7. Dawson Wallen, Sioux Falls Lincoln; 8. Quinn Long, Chamberlain; HM Connor Siemonsma, West Central; HM Aiden Kracht, Spearfish, HM Carson Roach, Dell Rapids; HM Blake Johnson, Madison. 

152: 1. Peyton Tryon, Harrisburg; 2. Kale Crowser,  Douglas/Rapid City Christian/New Underwood; 3. Chandler Carda, West Central; 4. Kalvin Ketelson, Sturgis; 5. Levi Veskrna, Brandon Valley; 6. Bryce Reuer, Chamberlain; 7. Austin Eimers, Tea Area; 8. Marcus Pitkin, Watertown; HM Dillian Wornkey, Rapid City Stevens; HM Bengamin Nielan, Sioux Falls Jefferson; HM Quinten Carlson, Spearfish; HM Padraig Fulton, Vermillion. 

160: 1. Corter Doney, Rapid City Stevens; 2. Jagger Tyler, Mitchell; 3. Deegan Houska, Pierre; 4. Ian Johnson, Watertown; 5. Logan O’Connor, Harrisburg; 6. Thomas McCoy, Belle Fourche; 7. Keanan Sheridan, Sioux Falls O’Gorman; 8. Carson Lohr, Tea Area; HM Rayce Whiting, West Central; HM Robert Watkins, Beresford/Alcester-Hudson; HM Beauty Moon, Huron; HM Evan Wilson, Spearfish. 

170: 1. Sam Werdel, Tea Area; 2. Jax Kettwig, Watertown; 3. Soren Aadland, Harrisburg; 4. Aidan Kenable, Sioux Falls O’Gorman; 5. Justin Zirpel, West Central; 6. Trey Lewis, Pierre; 7. Graydon Bakke, Rapid City Stevens; 8. Mason Schlup, Spearfish; HM Zander Idem, Sioux Falls Washington; HM Tate Schlueter, Milbank; HM, Sam Haar, Lennox.

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. Mason Schultz, Sisseton; 8. Israel Caldron, Brookings; HM Jackson Maag, Watertown; HM Brandon Simunek, Harrisburg; HM Swade Ries, Chamberlain; HM Lane Knutson, Sioux Falls Washington. 

195: 1. Gavin Stotts, Pierre; 2. Aiden Werlinger, Sturgis; 3. Brock Eitrem, Watertown; 4. Tanner Vanscoy, Rapid City Stevens; 5. Rollie French, Vermillion; 6. Landon Schurch, Beresford/Alcester-Hudson; 7. Caleb Loehr, Brookings; 8. Cole Dunlavy, Aberdeen Central; HM Kish Eberline, Sioux Falls Lincoln; HM Gabe Gebhard, West Central; HM Quinn Carr, Dell Rapids; HM Seth Foote, Mitchell. 

220: 1. Rocky Wiedmann, Todd County; 2. Zac Juelfs, Sturgis; 3. James Olson, Brookings; 4. Samson Flakus, Aberdeen Central; 5. Griffin Schneider, Tea Area; 6. Elijah Botchee, Pierre; 7. Aiden Schroder, Harrisburg; 8. Delvon Spears-Witte, Brandon Valley; HM Aaron Larson, Beresford/Alcester-Hudson; HM Brody Knapp, Rapid City Central; HM Asher Piel, Spearfish; HM Matthew Peters, Watertown. 

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