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Week 5 Class A Wrestling Rankings - Rapid City Stevens jump to No. 2 in Class A Wrestling Poll
Rapid City Stevens wrestler Shea Richter is part of the No. 2 ranked Class A team in South Dakota
Rodney Haas - 605 Sports
Jan 2, 2024
 

By 605 Sports Staff

After a strong showing at the Rumble on the Red wrestling tournament in Fargo, ND the Rapid City Stevens wrestling team vaulted to No. 2 in this week’s Dakota Grappler wrestling rankings. 

Sturgis remains the No. 1 ranked team with 192 points, ahead of Stevens (165) and Pierre (134). Watertown (119) and Brandon Valley (118) round out the top-five ranked teams this week. 

Two new No. 1’s this week as Watertown’s Gage Lohr jumped into the No. 1 slot at 120 and Pierre’s Lucas Chamberlain is the new No. 1 at 165. 

After winning the Floyd Farrand Invitational over the weekend Watertown continues to climb in the rankings. The Arrows jump from No. 6 to No. 4 this week. Brock Eitrem (190) jumped from No. 8 to No. 2 this week. 

Biggest tournament of the week is the Dan Pansch Invitational in Brandon Valley on Saturday.

(All rankings provided by Dakota Grappler)

  • Wrestlers of the Week - Holden Hawkins, Sisseton (144)

Dynamite Dozen: 1. Navarro Schunke, Brandon Valley; 2. Sloan Johannsen, Watertown; 3. Trevon Oehme, Brandon Valley; 4. Moses Gross, Huron; 5. Keenan Sheridan, O’Gorman; 6. Sam Werdel, Tea Area; 7. Trey Lewis, Pierre; 8. Logan O’Connor, Harrisburg; 9. Gage Lohr, Watertown; 10. Micah Hach. Watertown; 11. Chance Carda, Pierre; 12. Tristan Spencer, Pierre. 

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

Week 5 Team Rankings: 1. Sturgis, 192; 2. Rapid City Stevens 165; 3. Pierre, 134; 4. Watertown, 119; 5. Brandon Valley, 118; 6. Tea Area, 104; 7. West Central, 87; 8. Aberdeen Central, 83; 9. Brookings, 82; 10. O’Gorman, 64; 11. Rapid City Central, 57; 12. Harrisburg, 54. 

  Class A Individual rankings: 

106 - 1. Pierce Hurd, Rapid City Central; 2. Tyler Baldwin Sturgis; 3. Shea Richter, Rapid City Stevens; 4. Beckett Rehorst, Brandon Valley; 5. Kaden Haakinson, West Central; 6. Slater Wilson, Tea Area; 7. Owen Serck, Beresford/Alcester-Hudson; 8. Chase Matthews, Watertown; HM. Gable Uhrig Pierre; HM. Esten Foss, Aberdeen Central; HM. Isaac Kauffman; Evan Folk, Milbank. 

 

113 - 1. Tate Hemboldt, Brookings; 2. Max Schoenhard, Rapid City Stevens; 3.  Tarver Zebroski, Sturgis; 4. Aden Candelaria, Rapid City Central; 5. Bentley Klinkhammer, West Central; 6. Kayden Tchida, Sisseton; 7. Walker West , Pierre; 8. Noah Bennett, Mitchell; HM. Josiah Kauffman, Sioux Falls Lincoln; HM. Paxton Ewing, Aberdeen Central;  HM. Keanu Lee, O’Gorman; HM. Roman Anderson, Brandon Valley. 

 

120 - 1. Gage Lohr, Watertown; 2. Corbin Zent, Rapid City Stevens; 3. Brendon Oehme, Brandon Valley; 4. Tyler Woodring, Tea Area; 5.  Alex Oedekoven, Pierre; 6. John Jeffrey, Spearfish; 7. Benjamin Nadig, Sturgis; 8. Owen Fischer, Milbank; HM. Wyatt Pickard, Madison; HM. Levi Quam,  Brookings; HM. Will Allen, Aberdeen Central; HM. Dexton Miller, Beresford/Alecster-Hudson. 

 

126 - 1. Sloan Johannsen, Watertown; 2. Rayden Zens, Aberdeen Central; 3. Aiden Wells, Sioux Falls Jefferson; 4. Tegan Zebroski, Sturgis; 5. Karson Vessells, West Central; 6. Brayden Collins, Rapid City Stevens; 7. Hudson Cisar, Sioux Falls Lincoln; 8. Steven  Lamont, Harrisburg; HM. Ian Metz, Sisseton; HM. Ryan Tschetter, Rapid City Central; HM. Slaton Jones, O’Gorman; HM. Lincoln Schoenhard, Pierre. 

132 - 1. Nolan Miles, Brookings; 2. Dee Daniels, Sturgis; 3. Aiden Callahan, Rapid City Stevens; 4. Bentley Williams, Lincoln; 5. Parker Graveman, SPR; 6. Graham Wilde. Jefferson;; 7. Tate Huff, Aberdeen Central; 8. Derek Hanson, Watertown; HM. Logan Brown, Rapid City Central; HM. Orlando Whiting, West Central; HM. Aaron Tucker, Brandon Valley; HM. Penn Long Mitchell.

 

138 - 1. Tristan Spencer, Pierre; 2. Joe Juenger, RCS; 3. Caleb Hodges, Madison; 4. Beau Peters, Sturgis; 5. Tyler Wurth, Harrisburg; 6. Ridley Waldo, Aberdeen Central; 7. Leo Stroup, Watertown; 8. Hayden McGuire, Brandon Valley; HM. Langdon Klinkhammer, West Central; HM. Devyn Anderson, Chamberlain; HM. Kanin Klentz, Beresford/Alcester-Hudson; HM. Brady Kuhnert, Jefferson.

 

144 - 1. Jacob Williams, Stevens; 2. Holden Hawkins, Sisseton; 3. Jackson Boonstra, Dakota Valley; 4. Zander Nielsen, Brandon Valley; 5. Holden Hight, O’Gorman; 6. John Mortrude, Dell Rapids; 7. Kalvin Ketelson, Sturgis; 8. Parker Wilson, Tea Area; HM. Hudson Shaffer, Pierre; HM. Riley Dighton, Belle Fourche; HM. Ramsey Williams, Lennox. HM. Owen Ward, Aberdeen Central. 

 

150 - 1. Moses Gross, Huron; 2. Joseph Nadig, Sturgis; 3. Jackson Tschetter, Tea Area; 4. Brayden Voorhees, RC Stevens; 5. Jacoby Parker, RC Central; 6. Austin Osborn, Jefferson; 7. Joe French, Milbank; 8. Sterne Pankratz, O’Gorman; HM. Landon Lewis, Watertown HM. Xavier McGuire, Brandon Valley; HM. Max Hunsley, Pierre; HM. Lincoln Peters. Harrisburg. 

 

157 - 1. Mason Schrempp, Aberdeen Central; 2. Michael Roob, Vermillion; 3. Jaxon Ducheneuax, Pierre; 4. Zhoel Irion, Sturgis; 5. Keaton Vessells, West Central; 6. Carson Lohr, Tea Area; 7. Aiden Russell, D/RCC/NU; 8. Aiden Kracht, Spearfish; HM. Teegan Stauffacher, Harrisburg; HM. Carter Dahl, Jefferson; HM. Dawson Wallen, Lincoln; HM. Bryce Reuer, Chamberlain. 

 

 

165 -1. Lucas Chamberlain, Pierre; 2. Chandler Carda, West Central; 3. Dawson Eimers, Tea Area; 4. Preston Ray, Sturgis; 5. Carsen Tibbitts, Douglas/Rapid City Christian/New Underwood; 6. Tucker Erdahl Watertown; 7. Jacob Ellingson, Spearfish; 8. Noah Kramer, Aberdeen Central; HM. Tayge Privett, Harrisburg; HM. Robert Watkins, BAH; HM. Padraig Fulton, Vermillion; HM. Zander Eidem, Washington.

 

175 - 1. Keenan Sheridan, O’Gorman; 2. Sam Werdel, Tea Area; 3. Trey Lewis Pierre; 4. Lane Knutson Washington; 5. Gabe Stern, Brookings; 6. Kelson Dirk, Sturgis; 7. Soren Aadland, Harrisburg; 8. Gavin Chapman, Brandon Valley; HM. Tate Schlueter, Milbank; HM. Rayce Whiting, West Central; HM. Sean Foote, Mitchell; HM. Joseph Tunge, Lincoln. 

 

190 - 1. Chance Carda, Pierre; 2. Brock Eitram, Watertown; 3. Joey Fitzpatrick, Brookings; 4. Elijah Schunke, Brandon Valley; 5. Quinn Carr, Dell Rapids; 6. Aidan Kanable, O’Gorman; 7. Kashmir Eberline, Lincoln; 8. Aiden Werlinger, Sturgis; HM. Cole Dunlavy, Aberdeen Central; HM. Mason Schultz, Sisseton; HM. Ian Hook, RC  Central; HM. Kolt Fox, Lakota Tech. 

 

215 - 1. Zak Juelfs, Sturgis; 2. Rollie French, Vermillion; 3. Noah Bailous, Brandon Valley; 4. Ayden Kellogg, Stevens; 5. Quinn Carr, Dell Rapids; 6. Rip Siemonsma, O’Gorman; 7. Chase DeBoer, Tea Area; 8. Ayden Gisi, Aberdeen Central; HM.  Seth Foote, Mitchell; HM. Gabe Gebhard West Central; HM. Bryan Remirez, Huron; HM. Asher Peil, Spearfish.

 

285 - 1. Navarro Schunke, Brandon Valley; 2. Micah Hach, Watertown; 3. Gavin Pischke, West Central; 4. Rocky Clark, Mitchell; 5. Gavin Van Emmerik, Tea Area; 6. Dakarai Osborne, Sturgis; 7. Tate Crosswait, Stevens; 8. Lucas Giersberg, Douglas/RCC/NU; HM. Samson Flakus, Aberdeen Central; HM. Edly Amaro, Yankton; HM. Braden Peterson Lincoln; HM. Daniel Vazquez, O’Gorman.