10 Sioux Falls area boys wrestlers win state titles, many more place

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The South Dakota High School Activities Association's boys state wrestling tournament wrapped Saturday, and 10 wrestlers from the Sioux Falls area earned state championships.

Here's how the local athletes who placed performed, listed in order by placement and weight class.

State Champs​

Caden Roe (Class A 106 pounds, West Central): beat Pierre T.F. Riggs' Noah Horsley by 15-0 tech fall, beat Belle Fourche's Caden Swaney by 16-1 tech fall, beat Watertown's Braylon Schell by 9-8 decision, beat Sturgis Brown's Sullivan Sigman by 5-0 decision

Cael Vander Broek (Class B 113 pounds, Canton): beat Garretson's Blake Benson by 18-2 tech fall, beat Parker's Brody Preheim by 10-0 major decision, beat Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes' Rhys Truman by 4-2 decision, beat Sisseton's Kayden Tchida 4-1 in the sudden victory round

Brendon Oehme (Class A 120 pounds, Brandon Valley): beat Cheyenne-Eagle Butte's Demetrius Sanchez-Gonzalez by pin in 1:50, beat Harrisburg's Griffin Felder by pin in 4:22, beat Beresford/Alcester-Hudson's Owen Serck by 19-3 tech fall, beat Sturgis Brown's Tyler Baldwin by 4-1 decision in the sudden victory round

Beckett Rehorst (Class A 126 pounds, Brandon Valley): beat Yankton's Ethan Smith by pin in 1:44, beat Sturgis Brown's Tarver Zebroski by 19-4 tech fall, beat Aberdeen Central's Mason Backous by 21-9 major decision, beat West Central's Karson Vessells by 4-1 decision

Tyler Woodring (Class A 138 pounds, Tea Area): beat Sioux Falls Washington's Mekhi Morgado by 17-1 tech fall, beat Aberdeen Central's Will Allen by pin in 1:02, beat Harrisburg's Steven Lamont by 4-1 decision, beat Sturgis Brown's Mason Hagen by pin in 5:07

Conner Giedd (Class B 157 pounds, Canton): beat Custer's David Lewis by pin in 0:33, beat Bon Homme/Avon's Weston Bierema by pin in 2:46, beat Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes' Vincent Lenz by 16-0 tech fall, beat Parkston's Gage Reichert by pin in 2:58

Slaton Jones (Class A 165 pounds, O'Gorman): beat West Central's Jett Whiting by 20-3 tech fall, beat Brookings' Mason Mathis by 13-11 decision, beat Watertowns Markus Pitkin by 5-3 decision, beat Yankton's Shayce Platt by 13-2 major decision

Levi Veskrna (Class A 175 pounds, Brandon Valley): beat Dell Rapids' Breck Evans by 17-1 tech fall, beat Dakota Valley's Bennett Lukken by 19-3 tech fall, beat Sturgis Brown's Gavin Werlinger by 13-2 major decision, beat Aberdeen Central's Grayden Timm by 7-3 decision

Aidan Kranz (Class B 190 pounds, Canton): beat Harding County's Will Erk by pin in 0:51, beat Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall's Ethan Harris by pin in 0:23, beat Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes' Garret Westendorf by 12-1 major decision, beat Bon Homme/Avon's Isaiah Crownover by 9-2 decision

Elijah Schunke (Class A 285 pounds, Brandon Valley): beat Chamberlain's Cooper Gerard by pin in 0:44, beat Sioux Falls Jefferson's Noah Duran by pin in 1:09, beat Sioux Falls Lincoln's Carlos Rodriguez Jr. by pin in 1:56, beat O'Gorman's Rip Siemonsma by 11-6 decision

Second Place​

Bode Walker (Class B 106 pounds, Canton): beat Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes' Bentley Veurink by 17-2 tech fall, beat Miller/Highmore-Harrold's Will Hosman by 21-10 major decision, beat Redfield's Jace Edgar by 6-4 decision, lost to Winner's Apollo Willuweit by 7-2 decision

Kaden Haakinson (Class A 113 pounds, West Central): beat Harrisburg's Desmond Walter by 17-2 tech fall, beat Aberdeen Central's Paxton Ewing by 19-3 tech fall, beat Madison's Charles Aldana by 22-6 tech fall, lost to Rapid City Central's Pierce Hurd by 4-2 decision

Karson Vessells (Class A 126 pounds, West Central): beat Brookings' Briggs Archer by pin in 2:40, beat Madison's Wyatt Pickard by 18-2 tech fall, beat Watertown's Brody Randall by 6-3 decision, lost to Brandon Valley's Beckett Rehorst by 4-1 decision

Brody Gossen (Class A 132 pounds, West Central): beat Madison's Alex Zwak by 15-0 tech fall, beat Beresford/Alcester-Hudson's Bennett Farley by pin in 0:40, beat Mitchell's Noah Bennett by 9-1 major decision, lost to Watertown's Shea Richter by 11-2 major decision

Graham Wilde (Class A 144 pounds, Sioux Falls Jefferson): beat Brandon Valley's Aaron Tucker by 5-1 decision, beat Sturgis Brown's Josiah Drummer by 4-0 decision, beat Beresford/Alcester-Hudson 2-1 in the sudden victory round, lost to Pierre T.F. Riggs Alex Oedekoven 3-1 in the tiebreaker round

Braden Shoemaker (Class A 150 pounds, Brandon Valley): beat Watertown's Keslar Swenson by 17-0 tech fall, beat Aberdeen Central's Porter Lozenski by 9-4 decision, beat Lennox's Ramsey Williams by 13-3 major decision, lost to Sturgis Brown's Benjamin Nadig by 9-6 decision

Chase Adam (Class B 215 pounds): beat Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall's Patrick Trask by pin in 2:47, beat Hot Springs' Von Mogen-Frankfort by 17-5 major decision, beat Winner's Mason Curtis by 14-7 decision, lost to Wagner's Gannon Knebel by 17-1 tech fall

Rip Siemonsma (Class A 285 pounds, O'Gorman): beat Spearfish's Alex Cudmore by pin in 1:28, beat Milbank's Lawson Novy by 17-0 tech fall, beat Mitchell's Rocky Clark by 5-4 decision, lost to Brandon Valley's Elijah Schunke by 11-6 decision

Third Place​

William O'Connor (Class A 113 pounds, O'Gorman): beat Vermillion's Colby Even by 18-1 tech fall, beat Huron's Carter Nelson by 13-2 major decision, lost to Rapid City Central's Pierce Hurd by 17-2 tech fall, beat Watertown's Jonah Anderson by 10-1 major decision, beat Madison's Charles Aldana by 9-8 decision

Bentley Klinkhammer (Class A 120 pounds, West Central): beat Rapid City Central's Ace Godfrey by pin in 2:00, beat Aberdeen Central's Esten Foss by 3-2 decision, lost to Sturgis Brown's Tyler Baldwin by 4-1 decision, beat Watertown's Chase Mathews 4-1 in the sudden victory round, beat Foss by 3-2 decision

Steven Lamont (Class A 138 pounds, Harrisburg): beat Lennox's Kedren Fergen by pin in 3:28, beat Pierre T.F. Riggs' Rowdy Menning by 13-2 major decision, lost to Tea Area's Tyler Woodring by 4-1 decision, beat Brookings' Micah Stern by 5-0 decision, beat Watertown's Kutler Swenson by 12-2 major decision

Hudson Cisar (Class A 144 pounds, Sioux Falls Lincoln): beat O'Gorman's Easton Scheidt by pin in 1:27, lost to Beresford/Alcester-Hudson's Dexton Miller by 10-3 decision, beat Watertown's Max Stroup by pin in 1:43, beat Sturgis Brown's Josiah Drummer by 10-1 major decision, beat Harrisburg's Tristan Stoeser by 4-2 decision, beat West Central's Langdon Klinkhammer by 6-4 decision

Tayge Privett (Class A 175 pounds, Harrisburg): beat Madison's Adam Willis by pin in 0:46, beat Pierre T.F. Riggs' Will Eilers by 18-1 tech fall, lost to Aberdeen Central's Grayden Timm by 12-2 major decision, beat Lennox's Grant Larson by pin in 2:50, beat Sturgis Brown's Gavin Werlinger by 13-8 decision

Anneyso Ahmed (Class A 190 pounds, Brandon Valley): beat Madison's Brody Nielsen by pin in 1:31, beat Watertown's Cade Kuemper by 6-2 decision, lost to Sturgis Brown's Kelson Dirk by 15-0 tech fall, beat Brookings' Blake Kannegieter by 4-2 decision, beat Sioux Falls Lincoln's Wyatt Kleinschmit by 8-5 decision

Cody Lindekugel (Class A 215 pounds, Brandon Valley): beat Todd County/White River's Carver Rahn by pin in 2:48, beat Brookings' Zach Hagemann by 7-2 decision, lost to Sturgis Brown's Zhoel Irion by 10-2 major decision, beat Rapid City Central's Morgan Woods by pin in 4:38, beat Sioux Falls Washington's Hayes Peterson 4-1 in the sudden victory round

Carlos Rodriguez Jr. (Class A 285 pounds, Sioux Falls Lincoln): beat Todd County/White River's Carter Brave by pin in 1:32, beat Madison's Ashten Dorhout by 10-3 decision, lost to Brandon Valley's Elijah Schunke by pin in 1:56, beat Milbank's Lawson Novy by 9-1 major decision, beat Mitchell's Rocky Clark by 2-1 decision

Fourth Place​

Macyn Gardner (Class A 106 pounds, O'Gorman): beat Dakota Valley's Darian Feese by 17-0 tech fall, beat Vermillion's Parker Wingen by 7-3 decision, lost to Sturgis Brown's Sullivan Sigman by 8-1 decision, beat Belle Fourche's Caden Swaney by pin in 0:58, lost to Watertown's Braylon Schell by 18-3 tech fall

Langdon Klinkhammer (Class A 144 pounds, West Central): beat Rapid City Central's Tucker Larson by pin in 1:36, lost to Harrisburg's Tristan Stoeser by 7-4 decision, beat O'Gorman's Easton Scheidt by 15-0 tech fall, beat Brandon Valley's Aaron Tucker by 10-4 decision, beat Beresford/Alcester-Hudson's Dexton Miller by 4-0 decision, lost to Sioux Falls Lincoln's Hudson Cisar by 6-4 decision

Logan Johns (Class A 157 pounds, Harrisburg): beat Chamberlain's Brylee Brennan by 21-3 tech fall, lost to Aberdeen Central's Ridley Waldo by 10-0 major decision, beat Brookings' Luke VanVlymen by 11-1 major decision, beat Belle Fourche's Riley Dighton by 9-0 major decision, beat Rapid City Central's Tate Winter by 8-5 decision, lost to Waldo by 11-3 major decision

Wyatt Kleinschmit (Class A 190 pounds, Sioux Falls Lincoln): beat Pierre T.F. Riggs' Alex Eilers by pin in 3:45, lost to Sturgis Brown's Kelson Dirk by pin in 0:53, beat Rapid City Central's Jaxon Woods by 16-0 tech fall, beat Watertown's Cade Kuemper by 4-2 decision, beat Vermillion's Padraig Fulton by 10-8 decision, lost to Brandon Valley's Anneyso Ahmed by 8-5 decision

Hayes Petersen (Class A 215 pounds, Sioux Falls Washington): beat Tea Area's Jaeden Waltner by 13-1 major decision, beat Rapid City Central's Morgan Woods by pin in 3:42, lost to Yankton's Edly Amaro by 8-2 decision, beat Brookings' Zach Hagemann by pin in 2:18, lost to Brandon Valley's Cody Lindekugel 4-1 in the sudden victory round

Gunnar Swenson (Class B 285 pounds, Canton): beat Bon Homme/Avon's Randall Powers by 6-0 decision, beat Kingsbury County's Breyton Johnson by pin in 1:32, lost to Groton Area's Gavin Englund by 5-0 decision, beat Tri-Valley's Luke Nehlich by pin in 4:58, lost to Sioux Valley's Owen Vandeweerd by 2-1 decision

Fifth Place​

Josiah Kaufmann (Class A 138 pounds, Sioux Falls Lincoln): lost to Brookings' Micah Stern by pin in 5:23, beat Huron's Brady Meyer by 17-1 tech fall, beat Pierre T.F. Riggs' Rowdy Menning by 15-2 major decision, beat Aberdeen Central's Will Allen by 11-9 decision, lost to Watertown's Kutler Swenson by 6-0 decision, beat Stern by 10-8 decision

Tristan Stoeser (Class A 144 pounds, Harrisburg): beat Watertown's Max Stroup by pin in 1:20, beat West Central's Langdon Klinkhammer by 7-4 decision, lost to Pierre T.F. Riggs' Alex Oedekoven by 4-3 decision, lost to Sioux Falls Lincoln's Hudson Cisar by 4-2 decision, beat Beresford/Alcester-Hudson's Dexton Miller by 7-2 decision

Trevin Audiss (Class A 150 pounds, Tea Area): beat Rapid City Stevens' Maverick Johnson by pin in 0:54, lost to Lennox's Ramsey Williams by 10-3 decision, beat Beresford/Alcester-Hudson's Kanin Klentz by 14-5 major decision, beat Aberdeen Central's Porter Lozenski 4-1 in the sudden victory round, lost to Pierre T.F. Riggs' Jordan Schafer by 20-5 tech fall, beat Williams by medical forfeit

Keanu Lee (Class A 157 pounds, O'Gorman): beat Beresford/Alcester-Hudson's Caden Schurch by pin in 2:40, lost to Rapid City Central's Tate Winter by 7-3 decision, beat Chamberlain's Brylee Brennan by 12-4 major decision, beat Sturgis Brown's Jace Thurman by 11-3 major decision, lost to Aberdeen Central's Ridley Waldo by 13-3 major decision, beat Winter by 12-1 major decision

Greyson Deelstra (Class A 165 pounds, Sioux Falls Lincoln): beat Sturgis Brown's Evan Juelfs by 4-2 decision, lost to Watertown's Markus Pitkin by 2-1 decision, beat Aberdeen Central's Kaylor Swenson by 17-4 major decision, beat Rapid City Stevens' Tucker Mason by 13-3 major decision, lost to Pierre T.F. Riggs' Porter Hunsley by 8-1 decision, beat Douglas/Rapid City Christian's Paiden Sandal by 14-1 major decision

Sixth Place​

Isaac Kaufmann (Class A 126 pounds, Sioux Falls Lincoln): lost to Pierre T.F. Riggs' Bode Minder by pin in 3:31, beat Beresford/Alcester-Hudson's Sebastian Castillo by pin in 4:46, beat Madison's Wyatt Pickard by pin in 2:54, beat Rapid City Central's Aden Candelaria by pin in 3:17, lost to Aberdeen Central's Mason Backous by pin in 0:56, lost to Sturgis Brown's Tarver Zebroski by 6-1 decision

Seventh Place​

Aaron Halbur (Class A 120 pounds, Tea Area): lost to Harrisburg's Griffin Felder by 6-2 decision, beat Cheyenne-Eagle Butte's Demetrius Sanchez-Gonzalez by 16-0 tech fall, beat Rapid City Stevens' Max Schoenhard by 4-0 decision, lost to Aberdeen Central's Esten Foss by pin in 2:25, beat Felder by medical forfeit

Wyatt Davidson (Class A 132 pounds, Harrisburg): lost to Beresford/Alcester-Hudson's Bennett Farley 8-5 in the sudden victory round, beat Madison's Alex Zwak by 16-2 major decision, beat Pierre T.F. Riggs' Walker West by 8-4 decision, lost to Aberdeen Central's Jackson Dargatz by 8-0 major decision, beat Dell Rapids' Camden Tebay by pin in 0:34

Alex Siemonsma (Class A 138 pounds, West Central): lost to Aberdeen Central's Will Allen by pin in 5:56, beat Sioux Falls Washington's Mekhi Morgado by pin in 1:46, beat Spearfish's Kadin Gonzales by 8-1 decision, lost to Brookings' Micah Stern by 8-6 decision, beat Allen by 11-4 decision

Noah Duran (Class A 285 pounds, Sioux Falls Jefferson): beat Dell Rapids' Charlie Becker by pin in 5:22, lost to Brandon Valley's Elijah Schunke by pin in 1:09, beat Harrisburg's Cooper Hodge by 4-1 decision, lost to Madison's Ashten Dorhout by pin in 1:52, beat Sturgis Brown's Tyce Uherka by pin in 0:49

Eighth Place​

Isaac Weerheim (Class A 113 pounds, Brandon Valley): beat Mitchell's Micah Bennett by 3-2 decision, lost to Madison's Charles Aldana by 24-8 tech fall, beat Vermillion's Colby Even by 9-7 decision, lost to Watertown's Jonah Anderson by pin in 4:28, lost to Huron's Carter Nelson by 4-2 decision

Griffin Felder (Class A 120 pounds, Harrisburg): beat Tea Area's Aaron Halbur by 6-2 decision, lost to Brandon Valley's Brendon Oehme by pin in 4:22, beat Yankton's Brooks DeLozier by 8-4 decision, lost to Watertown's Chase Mathews by injury default, lost to Halbur by medical forfeit

Aaron Tucker (Class A 144 pounds, Brandon Valley): lost to Sioux Falls Jefferson's Graham Wilde by 5-1 decision, beat Aberdeen Central's Jude Sumner by pin in 3:58, beat Chamberlain's Sutton Powers by 7-0 decision, lost to West Central's Langdon Klinkhammer by 10-4 decision, lost to Sturgis Brown's Josiah Drummer by 16-7 major decision

Shane Sehr (Class B 144 pounds, Canton): beat Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall's Tel Gropper by pin in 4:00, lost to Webster Area's Haeden Jorgenson by pin in 0:59, beat Elk Point-Jefferson's Bode Fennel by pin in 2:21, lost to Tri-Valley's Cole Hendrixson by pin in 1:20, lost to Kingsbury County's Cody Zell by medical forfeit

Camdyn Ockenga (Class B 150 pounds, Canton): lost to Faulkland Area's Sean Roseland by 3-1 decision, beat Hot Springs' Dain Alldredge by pin in 4:38, beat Clark/Willow Lake's Isaac Johnson 2-1 in a tie break, lost to Elk Point-Jefferson's Luke Swatek by 4-0 decision, lost to Roseland by 21-10 major decision

Dylan Johnson (Class A 165 pounds, Harrisburg): beat Aberdeen Central's Kaylor Swenson by 1-0 decision, lost to Yankton's Shayce Platt by 5-4 decision, beat Sturgis Brown's Evan Juelfs by 3-1 decision, lost to Douglas/Rapid City Christian's Paiden Sandal by 9-1 major decision, lost to Rapid City Stevens' Tucker Mason by 6-1 decision

Wyatt Tuntland (Class B 165 pounds, Canton): beat Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall's Oakley Menzel by pin in 4:26, lost to Hamlin/Castlewood's Tate Everson by pin in 5:22, beat Custer's Blaise Arp by 7-4 decision, lost to Parkston's Quayden Culbert by 6-4 decision, lost to Clark/Willow Lake's Austin Vig by 15-0 tech fall

This article originally appeared on Sioux Falls Argus Leader: 10 Sioux Falls area boys wrestlers win state titles, many more place

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