South Dakota state wrestling qualifiers, region champions decided Saturday

The Daily Republic, Mitchell, S.D.
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Feb. 21—Nearly 450 wrestlers locked up their trips to the South Dakota State Wrestling Tournament Saturday, filling in the 16-man Class A and Class B brackets.

Below are results from the placement matches in each region. The top-four finishers in each weight class qualify for the state meet, which starts Thursday in Rapid City.

Region 3A

Saturday at Chamberlain

Team scores: 1. Pierre 249; 2. Mitchell 225; 3. Chamberlain 163; 4. Aberdeen Central 147; 5. Huron 137; 6. Milbank 123; 7. Cheyenne-Eagle Butte/Dupree 19.

READ MORE: Mitchell sends 12 to the state tournament

Individual results

106: Championship: Rayden Zens (Aberdeen Central) 34-6, Fr. over Spencer Eldeen (Mitchell) 25-12, Jr. (Fall 2:43); Third: Lincoln Schoenhard (Pierre) 12-12, 7th. over Wiley Elwood (Chamberlain) 11-18, 8th. (Fall 2:42)

113: Championship: Noah Williams (Pierre) 24-8, Jr. over Mason Schrempp (Aberdeen Central) 26-11, 8th. (Dec 13-11); Third: Devyn Anderson (Chamberlain) 26-18, Fr. over Jacob Johnson (Milbank) 15-14, Fr. (Dec 5-3)

120: Championship: Moses Gross (Huron) 30-7, 8th. over Nate Williams (Pierre) 21-12, Jr. (MD 16-3); Third: Jacob Bellefeuille (Aberdeen Central) 23-19, So. over Brandon Sparks (Mitchell) 21-11, Jr. (Fall 0:20)

126: Championship: Jagger Tyler (Mitchell) 31-3, So. over Brock Martin (Aberdeen Central) 27-7, Jr. (MD 11-3); Third: Blake Judson (Pierre) 25-4, Jr. over Dominic Santiago (Chamberlain) 35-12, Jr. (Dec 10-3)

132: Championship: Kahlor Hindman (Pierre) 26-8, Sr. over Brock Sparks (Mitchell) 32-6, Jr. (MD 8-0); Third: Brayden Christensen (Milbank) 24-14, So. over Bryce Reuer (Chamberlain) 18-21, Fr. (Dec 7-0)

138: Championship: Hayden Shaffer (Pierre) 26-4, Jr. over Braydon Steuck (Aberdeen Central) 27-13, Jr. (MD 10-0); Third: Thomas Powell (Chamberlain) 29-11, Jr. over Kaden Krause (Milbank) 12-7, Jr. (Dec 6-4)

145: Championship: Gabe Skustad (Chamberlain) 41-4, Sr. over Tyson Johnson (Pierre) 28-3, Sr. (TB-1 3-1); Third: Kaiser Ruth (Huron) 20-8, Sr. over Conner Thelen (Mitchell) 9-17, Jr. (Dec 7-0)

152: Championship: Tucker Vilhauer (Mitchell) 27-10, Jr. over Deegan Houska (Pierre) 21-13, So. (MD 16-4); Third: Barrett Schneck (Milbank) 27-10, So. over Trey Neilan (Chamberlain) 30-19, Sr. (Dec 6-0)

160: Championship: Lucas Hofer (Huron) 17-4, Sr. over Tyson Degen (Mitchell) 25-7, Sr. (Dec 11-7);Third: Jayden Wiebe (Pierre) 13-13, So. over Garret Ristau (Chamberlain) 25-22, Sr. (Dec 3-0)

170: Championship: Samuel Calvert (Aberdeen Central) 29-12, Sr. over Tate Elwein (Mitchell) 22-16, Sr. (Dec 7-1); Third: Leyton Raffety (Milbank) 20-19, Jr. over Lucas Chamberlin (Pierre) 18-16, Fr. (MD 12-2)

182: Championship: Tyson Lien (Huron) 31-1, Sr. over Joe VanOverschelde (Mitchell) 32-5, Jr. (Dec 7-4); Third: Hunter Stambach (Cheyenne-Eagle Butte/Dupree) 23-4, Sr. over Gavin Stotts (Pierre) 24-11, So. (Dec 3-0)

195: Championship: Toby Schneck (Milbank) 30-5, Sr. over Noah Hutmacher (Chamberlain) 33-10, So. (Fall 3:56); Third: Jacob Larson (Pierre) 22-10, Sr. over Blake Fredericks (Mitchell) 24-13, Sr. (MD 10-1)

220: Championship: Regan Bollweg (Pierre) 22-0, Sr. over Wyatt Winter (Mitchell) 30-8, Sr. (Dec 7-2); Third: Tristan Cardona (Huron) 19-10, Sr. over Gunner Ristau (Chamberlain) 31-16, Sr. (Dec 7-2)

285: Championship: Beau Foote (Mitchell) 19-3, Jr. over Preston Taylor (Pierre) 26-5, Sr. (Fall 2:39); Third: Sebastian Cardona (Huron) 26-7, Sr. over Canyon Burkard (Chamberlain) 34-10, Fr. (Dec 6-5)

Region 2B

Saturday at Salem

Team scores: 1. Canton 306, 2. McCook Central/Montrose 205, 3. Howard 183, 4. Elk Point-Jefferson 176, 5. Parker 128, 6. Tri-Valley 109, 7. Flandreau 79, 8. Marion/Freeman 74, 9. Garretson 28, 10, Viborg-Hurley 24, 11. Chester Area 13.

Individual results

106: Championship: Trystan Traupel (McCook Central/Montrose) 44-5, 8th. over Tate Miller (Howard) 32-9, 8th. (Fall 5:37); Third: Riley Tschetter (Marion/Freeman) 26-13, 7th. over Brayden Wiese (Flandreau) 27-16, Fr. (MD 8-0)

113: Championship: Teague Granum (Canton) 32-5, 8th. over Dakota Buck (McCook Central/Montrose) 39-11, Sr. (Dec 5-3); Third: Riley Pankratz (Parker) 16-14, 7th. over Trent Feldhaus (Howard) 25-12, 8th. (Fall 1:10)

120: Championship: Ayson Rice (Canton) 32-0, Fr. over Dylan McGregor (McCook Central/Montrose) 28-15, 8th. (TF-1.5 2:24 (19-3)); Third: Brody Dybvig (Tri-Valley) 18-12, 7th. over Karsyn Feldhaus (Howard) 16-10, Fr. (Inj. 1:32)

126: Championship: Weston Remmers (McCook Central/Montrose) 24-5, 8th. over Kale Ask (Canton) 27-7, So. (TB-1 7-4); Third: Joseph Weis (Elk Point-Jefferson) 21-21, Sr. over Andrew Even (Parker) 31-18, Fr. (Fall 1:23)

132: Championship: Andy Meyer (Canton) 33-2, Jr. over Jackson Remmers (McCook Central/Montrose) 31-3, Fr. (SV-1 6-1); Third: Riley Genzlinger (Howard) 29-4, Sr. over Landon Reiser (Tri-Valley) 10-7, 7th. (Dec 6-0)

138: Championship: Braden Sehr (Canton) 26-1, Sr. over Lucas Hueser (Elk Point-Jefferson) 28-11, So. (Fall 3:28); Third: Porter Jensen (Tri-Valley) 34-15, Sr. over Jack Neises (Howard) 16-13, So. (MD 12-3)

145: Championship: Lane Miller (Howard) 36-0, Sr. over Skyler Swatek (Elk Point-Jefferson) 23-9, Sr. (Dec 4-2); Third: Ashton Keller (Canton) 34-7, Fr. over Carter Randall (McCook Central/Montrose) 24-8, Fr. (Inj. 3:41)

152: Championship: John Callies (Howard) 34-2, Jr. over Seth Peterson (Canton) 30-7, Sr. (Dec 8-3); Third: Grayson Jacobs (Elk Point-Jefferson) 16-10, Fr. over Tathan Headrick (Flandreau) 18-7, Jr. (Dec 10-6)

160: Championship: Jaden Dominisse (Canton) 31-2, Sr. over Ty Beyer (Howard) 30-8, Jr. (Dec 3-0); Third: Ben Swatek (Elk Point-Jefferson) 36-6, So. over Ethan Ortman (Marion/Freeman) 24-15, Sr. (Dec 3-2)

170: Championship: Luke Richardson (Canton) 31-5, Jr. over Gavin Jacobs (Elk Point-Jefferson) 35-7, So. (Dec 3-1); Third: Kade Grocott (McCook Central/Montrose) 31-13, Fr. over Kolby Peters (Flandreau) 13-10, So. (Fall 2:12)

182: Championship: Jacobi Krouse (McCook Central/Montrose) 40-6, Sr. over Tanner Meyers (Canton) 31-6, So. (Dec 4-2); Third: Isaac Nehlich (Tri-Valley) 27-17, Fr. over Noah McDermott (Elk Point-Jefferson) 20-18, So. (Fall 4:49)

195: Championship: Charlie Patten (Parker) 40-5, So. over Austin Hoiten (McCook Central/Montrose) 35-12, So. (MD 11-1); Third: Josh Merkle (Canton) 35-6, So. over Alex Andresen (Tri-Valley) 28-18, Sr. (Fall 2:58)

220: Championship: Marshall Baldwin (Canton) 37-2, Jr. over Ethan Nehlich (Tri-Valley) 32-6, Sr. (Inj. 0:00); Third: Clayton Smith (Marion/Freeman) 27-8, Sr. over Levi Wieman (Parker) 24-24, Fr. (Fall 1:17)

285: Championship: Zach Richardson (Canton) 31-2, Sr. over Collin Graves (Viborg-Hurley) 35-8, Sr. (Dec 11-4); Third: Drake Peed (Elk Point-Jefferson) 9-2, Sr. over Geoff Dunkelberger (Parker) 34-11, Sr. (Fall 0:51)

Region 3B

Saturday in Wagner

READ MORE: Winner Area cruises to Region 3B title

Team scores: 1. Winner Area 252.5; 2. Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes 205.5; 3. Burke/Gregory 122; 4. Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon 116.5; 5. Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington 110.5; 6. Mount Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney 107; 7. Wagner 102; 8. Parkston 87; 9. Miller/Highmore-Harrold, 67; T10. Andes Central/Dakota Christian 6 ; T10. Hanson 6; 12. Sunshine Bible Academy 4; 13. Lower Brule 0.

Individual results

106: Championship: Maxton Brozik (Winner Area) 27-2, Fr. over Kasen Konstanz (KWLPG) 31-1, Fr. (Dec 10-6); Third: Karstyn Lhotak (Wagner) 29-13, Fr. over Gavin Braun (Parkston) 22-7, 8th. (Dec 4-2)

113: Championship: Hadley Tobin (MVPCS) 19-2, Jr. over Kellan Hurd (MHH) 38-6, 8th. (Dec 10-7); Third: Iden Myers (KWLPG) 20-11, 8th. over Kayden Carter (WSWWW) 28-12, Fr. (Dec 2-0)

120: Championship: Jhett Breen (Wagner) 29-8, Fr. over Kyler Konstanz (KWLPG) 27-3, Sr. (Fall 3:32); Third: Kaleb Osborn (Winner Area) 24-6, Jr. over Landon Boyd (Mount Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney) 10-15, Fr. (Fall 0:57)

126: Championship: Owen Hansen (Burke/Gregory) 35-3, So. over Brady Bierema (BHSA) 18-8, So. (Fall 0:31); Third: Porter Neugebauer (Parkston) 29-10, So. over Jude Sargent (Winner Area) 18-18, Fr. (Dec 4-1)

132: Championship: Chase Varilek (KWLPG) 35-2, Jr. over Joey Hoverson (WSWWW) 29-7, So. (Fall 1:31); Third: Griffin Tobin (MVPCS) 25-11, Jr. over Landon Sudbeck (Parkston) 25-14, Sr. (Dec 4-0)

138: Championship: Bradyn Lhotak (Wagner) 32-9, Sr. over Aaron Gilchrist (Winner Area) 34-7, Sr. (Dec 18-12); Third: Carter Lenz (KWLPG) 25-6, So. over Brandon Bosworth (MVPCS) 26-11, Sr. (Dec 6-2)

145: Championship: Kaden Keiser (Winner Area) 36-0, Jr. over Jordan Vosika (Burke/Gregory) 20-9, Sr. (Inj. 0:00); Third: Drew Gerlach (MVPCS) 25-9, So. over Riley Roberts (Wagner) 27-18, Fr. (Dec 4-2)

152: Championship: Isaac Crownover (BHSA) 32-6, So. over Riley Orel (Winner Area) 29-3, So. (Fall 2:39); Third: Keegan Haider (WSWWW) 33-5, So. over Rylan Peck (Burke/Gregory) 21-13, Fr. (Inj. 0:00)

160: Championship: Jack Kruger (Winner Area) 30-5, So. over Grayson Hanson (KWLPG) 26-5, Jr. (Inj. 0:00); Third: Noah Mahoney (Parkston) 24-10, Jr. over Gunnar Stephens (Burke/Gregory) 26-18, So. (Fall 1:12)

170: Championship: Sam Kruger (Winner Area) 34-0, Sr. over Tucker Even (Burke/Gregory) 30-7, Sr. (Tech Fall at 4:27 (17-1)); Third: Tate Hoffman (MHH) 37-11, So. over Holden Havlik (KWLPG) 28-9, 8th. (Fall 4:58)

182: Championship: Spencer Hanson (KWLPG) 34-3, Sr. over Joey Cole (Winner Area) 19-7, Jr. (MD 14-3); Third: Nolan Dvorak (Wagner) 29-16, Jr. over Tyler Eddy (WSWWW) 18-10, Sr. (Fall 1:47)

195: Championship: Levi Nightingale (KWLPG) 31-3, Jr. over Jordan Gall (BHSA) 33-2, Sr. (Dec 2-1); Third: Charley Pravecek (Winner Area) 21-13, Jr. over Taron Serr (Burke/Gregory) 25-12, Jr. (Dec 3-1)

220: Championship: Preston Norrid (Winner Area) 24-1, Sr. over Cole Pranger (MVPCS) 26-5, Jr. (Dec 7-5); Third: Rhoss Oliver (Burke/Gregory) 28-7, Sr. over Jacob Novak (KWLPG) 6-10, Jr. (MD 8-0)

285: Championship: Quinten Christensen (WSWWW) 34-1, Jr. over Achilles Willuweit (Winner Area) 25-3, Jr. (Dec 4-3); Third: Kellen Cassidy (MVPCS) 23-4, Jr. over Kameron Styles (KWLPG) 21-14, Jr. (Fall 3:13)