By 605 Sports Staff

PIERRE — The fate of the field, the participants in the upcoming state dual wrestling tournament, will soon be in the hands of the South Dakota High School Activities Association.

There are a number of duals across South Dakota on Thursday and Friday, those duals will count toward the qualifying process. 

From the SDHSAA website, “Last Day for Team Duals for Seeding is Saturday February 8, 2025 b. Teams must compete in a minimum of eight regular-season varsity duals to be considered as eligible for the SDHSAA State Dual Championships.”

According to the SDHSAA website the top-10 teams by seed point will be evaluated for qualification. Evaluation will be done by criteria in order, much as individuals are determined. 

Qualifications will be, in order: Head-to-Head, Common Opponents, Power Point Average, Last year’s place @ State Duals, Last year’s place @ State Individual, Coin Flip. 4. Should a tie exist for the tenth qualifying spots for a top-eight seeding, the following criteria shall be applied to break the tie (if multiple teams are tied, items a through e shall be used in consecutive order to break the tie either positively or negatively, and the remaining teams will then be re-evaluated beginning with “a”): a. If teams have identical point averages and are tied for one of the qualifying seeds, direct head-tohead competition in duals would be used to separate the tie. If teams have met multiple times, the higher winning percentage will determine the head-to-head winner. b. Total Opponent’s Dual Winning Percentages (All opponents team dual wins divided by all opponents team dual matches) c. Team with the lowest average number of forfeits per dual (The team with the fewest forfeits on average in regular season duals shall get the seed) d. Team with the highest average team points in all regular season varsity duals e. Coin flip 5. In order to qualify for, medal and place at the State Dual Team Championships, teams must be able to fill: a. Ten of the fourteen weight classes in Class A in all State Championship Dual Matches b. Eight of the fourteen weight classes in Class B in all State Championship Dual Matches 6. Eight teams will qualify for the quarterfinal round of team dual competition.

(Seed Points as of 02/06/2025)

Class B Seed Points: 1. Canton, 16-0, 45.500; 2. Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall, 8-1, 45.444; 3. Kingsbury County, 14-1, 45.067; 4. Winner, 10-1, 44.636; 5. Bon Homme/Avon, 13-0, 44.462; 6. Stanley County, 8-0, 44.000; 7. Clark/Willow Lake, 12-2, 43.174; 8. Custer, 10-3, 43.538; 9. Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes, 9-2, 43.364; 10. Parkston, 7-2, 43.222. 

Class A Seed Points: 1. Sturgis, 11-0, 46.727; 2. Aberdeen Central, 21-1, 44.455; 3. Rapid City Stevens, 7-3, 43.700; 4. Watertown, 11-2, 43.692; 5. West Central 11-1, 43.333; 6. Harrisburg, 18-6, 43.125; 7. Brandon Valley 13-4, 42.647; 8. Madison, 7-3, 42.200; 9. Pierre, 7-5, 41.917; 10. Tea Area, 13-7, 41.500.