By 605 Sports Staff

Philip Area’s Burk Blasius was named Dakota Grappler’s Wrestler of the Week after a runner-up performance at the Rumble on the Red tournament in Fargo, North Dakota. 

Blasius reached the finals of a very tough tournament, losing 2-0 to three-time North Dakota state champion, LJ Araujo. 

There are no changes in the top-five Class B teams as Canton received 163 points in this week's Dakota Grappler rankings, ahead of Philip Area (142) and Custer (113). Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes (104) and Winner Area (89) round out the top-five teams. 

The biggest mover in this week’s team rankings is Wagner which jumped from No. 11 to No. 6 (83 points) points after an 8th-place finish at the Floyd Farrand Invitational. 

Webster’s Headen Jorgenson takes over the top spot at 138 after knocking off former No. 1 Kellen Hurd (MHH), 6-2 in the finals of the Webster Holiday Tournament. 

A number of wrestlers moving to different weight classes reflected in this week’s poll.  

Clark/Willow Lake’s Cooper Pommer moves from No. 8 at 120 to No. 3 at 113. Wagner’s Karstyn Lhotak moves from No. 4  at 138 to No. 2  at 132. A number of changes in the (144) weight class as Philip Area’s Jace Blasius goes from No. 3 at 150 to No. 1 at 144. Groton Area’s Christian Ehresmann also moved from 150 to 144 where he is ranked No. 3 this week.

(All rankings provided by Dakota Grappler)

Dynamite Dozen: 1. Burk Blasius, Philip Area; 2. Ayson Rice, Canton; 3. Jackson Remmers, Howard; 4. Tray Weiss, Custer; 5. Grady Fey, Redfield; 6. Traun Cook, Canton; 7. Caleb Rickenbach, Hot Springs; 8. Maxton Brozik, Winner Area; 9. Ashton Keller, Canton; 10. Levi Wieman, Parker; 11. Haeden Jorgenson, Webster Area, 12. Kellan Hurd, MHH. 

Class B Week 3 team rankings: 1. Canton 163; 2. Philip Area, 142; 3. Custer, 113; 4. Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes 104; 5. Winner Area, 89; 6. Wagner, 83; 7. Miller/Hghmore-Harrold, 82; T-8. Tri-Valley, 68; T-8. Howard, 68; 10. Parker, 62; 11. Redfield, 52; 12. Bon Homme/Avon, 50; 13. Parkston, 48; 14. Faulkton Area, 44, 15. Lead-Deadwood, 43.

Dual Rankings: 1. Canton; 2. Bon Homme/Avon; 3. Miller/Highmore-Harrold; 4. Custer; 5. Parker; 6. KWLPG; 7. Philip Area; 8. Clark/Willow Lake. 

Class B individual rankings: 

106 - 1. Carter Kendrick, Canton; 2. Rylan Robbins, Winner Area, 8th; 3. Judd Hansen, Burke/Gregory, 10; 4. Gatlin Cordes, Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall Badlands Brawlers;  5. Chase Hurd, Miller/Highmore-Harrold, 8th; 6. Ryvr Larson, Bon Homme/Avon, 9; 7. Cade Galikowski, Clark/Willow Lake, 8; 8. Maddon Odland, Redfield; 9. Maxwell Anderson, Lemmon/McIntosh, 8; 10. Bodie VanDerBoom, Newell, 9; 11. John “Ryder” Weiss Hot Springs, 7; 12. Owen Bundle, Tri-Valley, 9; 

113 - 1. Tyler Trant, Custer, 11; 2. Brody Randall, Hamlin/Castlewood; 3. Cooper Pommer, Clark/Willow Lake, 10; 4. Brody Gossen, Marion/Freeman; 5. Landon Walker, Canton, 11; 6. Sean Roseland, Faulkton Area, 9; 7. Ronkyn Robbins, Winner Area; 8. Landon Flogstad, McCook Central/Montrose, 11; 9. Maddux Risse, Bennett County, 8; 10. Parker Millard, Lead-Deadwood; 11. Jaymin VanDerWerff, Miller/Highmore-Harrold, 9; 12. Cobin Palsma, Bon Homme/Avon. 

120 - 1. Tray Weiss, Custer, 11; 2. Talon Ping, Miller/Highmore-Harrold, 10; 3. Zach Bartels, Canton; 4.  Easton Tschetter, Marion/Freeman, 8; 5. Tukker Boe, Philip Area, 12; 6. Ashton Hill, Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington; 7. Vincent Lenz K/WL/P-G; 8. Nicholas Schlachter, Potter County, 12; 9. Neil Hicks, Bennett County, 11;  10. Cody Zell, Kingsbury County; 11. Parker Randall, McCook Central/Montrose; 12. Ryker Gauger, Deuel/Deubrook Area 9. 

126 - 1. Maxton Brozik, Winner Area, 12; 2. Kasen Konstanz, K/WL/P-G, 12; 3. Trystan Traupel, MCM; 4. Kaydin Carter, WS/W/W-W; 5. Aiden Schrempp, Canton, 9; 6. Tate Steffensen, Sioux Valley; 7. Drew Janke, Lead-Deadwood, 11; 8.  Connor Glasford, Tri-Valley; 9. Alex Kuchta, Parker; 10. Tracey Miller, Webster, Webster Area; 11.  Landon Bame, Stanley County; 12. Keegan Hill, MV/P/C-S, 9. 

132 - 1. Ashton Keller, Canton; 2. Karstyn Lhotak Wagner, 12; 3. Gavin Braun, K/WL/P-G, 11; 4. Cole Hendrixson, Tri-Valley, 9; 5. Jackson Kaul, Bon Homme/Avon; 6. Riley Scott, Custer, 10; 7. Gage Anderson, Lemmon/McIntosh, 11; 8. Conner Zens, Redfield, 10; 9. Jordan Schafer, M/H-H, 9; 10. Luke Swatek, Elk Point-Jefferson; 11. Carter Schulte, Faulkton Area; 12. Witt Myers, Stanley County, 9. 

138 - 1.  Headen Jorgenson, Webster Area, 10; 2. Kellan Hurd, MHH, 11; 3. Karson Keiser, Winner Area, 11; 4. Gavin Risse, Bennett County, 11;  5. Mekhi Hayes, Lead-Deadwood; 6. Treyson Richter, Tri-Valley, 9; 7. Johnny Lenz, KWLPG, 10; 8. Spencer Sargent, Stanley County, 11; 9. Austin Vig, Clark/Willow Lake; 10. Jeremiah Friman Parker, 11; 11. Calvin Caba, Bon Homme/Avon. 9; 12. Chase Adam, Canton. 

144 - 1. Jace Blasius, Philip Area, 11; 2. Iden Myers, Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes, 11; 3. Christian Ehresmann, Groton Area, 11; 4. Miles Renner, Lead-Deadwood; 5. Teague Granum, Canton, 11; 6. Conner Giedd, Kingsbury County; 7. Teagan Foreman, MHH, 12; 8. Gavin Kloos, Deuel/Deubrook Area, 9; Michael Even, Parker, 11; 10. Ethan Rearick, WS/W/W-W, 11. Tyler Tjeerdsma, Bon Homme/Avon; 12. Lathan Gabriel, Philip Area, 9.

150 - 1. Ayson Rice, Canton, 12; 2. Tate Miller, Howard; 3. Carter Sommer, Parkston, 11; 4.  Carter Konechne, K/WL/P-G, 8; 5. Riley Pankratz, Parker, 10; 6. Kellen Griffith, Lyman, 12; 7. Kai Rusch, Custer; 8. Kahle Hill, Wagner; 9. Luke Guthmiller, Bon Homme/Avon, 10; 10. Sheldon Balderston, Kingsbury County, 12; 11. CJ Fitzsimmons, Deuel/Deubrook Area; 12. Brechen Frederick, Tri-Valley. 

157 - 1. Kale Crowser, Philip Area; 2. Andrew Even, Parker, 12; 3. Wyatt Anderson, Parkston, 10; 4. Brody Dybvig, Tri-Valley; 5. Riley Roberts, Wagner, 12; 6. Jaxon Quail. Deuel/Deubrook Area; 7. Jackson Caba, Bon Homme/Avon; 8. Ryder Rowland, MHH, 12; 9. Hayden Roggow, Stanley County; 10. Aiden Kranz, Canton. 10; 11. Garrett Cramer, Faulkton Area, 12; 12. Collin Dean, Redfield.  

165 - 1. Jackson Remmers, Howard, 12; 2. Thane Simmons, Philip Area, 12; 3. Lucas Lenz, KWLPG; 4. Carter Randall, MCM; 5. Jhett Breen, Wagner, 12; 6. Colby Kolda, MHH, 11; 7. Landyn Reiser, Tri-Valley, 10; 8. Elliot Brantland, Clark/Willow Lake, 11; 9. Tate Tolsma, MVPCS, 11; 10. John Halverson, Canton; 11. Kaleb Johnson, Kingsbury County, 11; 12. Tyce Gropper, Bennett County, 10. 

175 - 1. Burk Blasius, Philip Area; 2. Weston Remmers, Howard; 3. Ryder Bailey, Custer; 4. Kolter Kramer, Parkston, 11; 5. Hunter Kunz, Hot Spring, 9; 6. Ethan Hess, Lead-Deadwood; 7. Josh Kannegieter, Clark/Willow Lake, 11; 8. Kolton VLcek, Bon Hommme/Avon; 9. Tyson Eddy, WS/W/W-W; 10. Dylan Buseman, Parker, 9; 11. Kellen Cihak-Brozik; 12. Gavin Neu, Canton. 

190 - 1. Parker Noem, Custer, 12; 2. Gannon Knebel, Wagner, 10; 3. Jhett Eklund, Burke/Gregory, 11; 4.  Quinn Moon, Philip Area; 5. Alex Pudwill, Warner/Northwestern, 12; 6. Isaiah Crownover, Bon Homme/Avon; 7. Camden Murray, Redfield, 11; 8. Colby Harrell, MHH, 12; 9. Tristan Baloun, Faulkton Area, 10; 10. Rylan Shrake, Stanley County, 12; 11. Dylan Meade, Lead-Deadwood; 12. Trevor Ryan, Viborg-Hurley/Irene-Wakonda.

215 - 1. Caleb Rickenbach, Hot Springs, 12; 2. Levi Wieman, Parker, 12; 3. Isaac Nehlich, Tri-Valley, 12; 4. Tim Bouza, Wagner; 5. Lincoln Dikoff, Faulkton Area, 11; 6. Chase McGillivary, Redfield, 12; 7. Hunter Richmond, Canton, 11; 8. Connor Johnson, Kingsbury County, 12; 9. Cade Braun, Burke/Gregory; 10. Preston Cavalier, 11. Zayne Severyn, Custer; 12. Jensen Fitch, Philip Area, 11. 

285 - 1. Grady Fey, Redfield, 12; 2. Traun Cook, Canton 12; 3. Stetson Shelbourn, Winner Area, 12; 4. Louie Thiry, Lyman, 12; 5. Colton Niles, Newell, 12; 6. Parker Bode, Faulkton Area, 12; 7. Owen Vanderweerd, Sioux Valley, 10; 8. Noah Smith, Hamlin/Castlewood, 12; 9. Randall Powers, Bon Homme/Avon; 10. Aiden Novak, MV/P/C-S; 11.  Dalton Deffenbaugh, KWLPG, 10; 12. Gabe Reeve, St. Thomas More, 11.