MILBANK – All 14 Pierre boys wrestlers, including six region champions, qualified for state wrestling Saturday at the 3A regional tournament at Milbank High School.
Pierre’s 2022 regional champions are Alex Oedekoven at 108 pounds, Blake Judson at 138, Deegan Houska at 152, Jayden Wiebe at 160, Lucas Chamberlin at 170 and Chance Carda at 182.
Runners-up in their weight classes were Lincoln Schoenhard at 113, Noah Williams at 120, Hayden Shaffer at 145, Gavin Stotts at 195 and Elijah Boutchee at 220.
Pierre easily won the team championship with 278.5 points, 83 more than Mitchell’s 195.5. Chamberlain was third with 179.5.
SDHSAA state wrestling will begin Thursday at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls. DRG Media Group Sports’ Brian Oakland will have regular updates starting in the 9:00 AM hour Thursday and Friday mornings on 1060/103.1 KGFX and have live coverage of every individual state championship match starting at around 5:00 PM on Friday on KGFX. Then on Saturday, the Pierre boys will defend their dual state title. Coverage will begin at 10:30 AM on Saturday on KGFX. All this can also be heard at the KGFX page at the DRG News app and drgnews.com.
106 – Alex Oedekoven – Region Champion
Quarterfinal – bye
Semifinal – def. Owen Fischer (Milbank), pin – 1:36 1st period
Championship – def. Spencer Eldeen (Mitchell), pin – 1:24 1st period
113 – Lincoln Schoenhard – 2nd
Quarterfinal – bye
Semifinal – def. Xavier Donovan (Chamberlain), pin – 1:16 1st period
Championship – lost to Tate Huff (Aberdeen Central), 6-0
120 – Noah Williams – 2nd
Quarterfinal – bye
Semifinal – def. Jacob Johnson (Milbank), 16-0 technical fall
Championship – lost to Rayden Zens (Aberdeen Central), 8-5
126 – Nate Williams – 3rd
Quarterfinal – def. Tripp Schrempp (Cheyenne-Eagle Butte/Dupree), 15-0 technical fall
Semifinal – lost to Dominic Santiago (Chamberlain), 5-2
Consolation Semifinal – def. Penn Long (Mitchell), pin – 1:20 1st period
3rd Place – def. Tripp Schrempp (Cheyenne-Eagle Butte/Dupree), pin – 1:19 1st period
132 – Tristan Spencer – 3rd
Quarterfinal – bye
Semifinal – lost to Brock Sparks (Mitchell), 6-4 sudden victory-1
Consolation Semifinal – def. Isaac Halfred (Cheyenne-Eagle Butte/Dupree), pin – 1:54 1st period
3rd Place – def. Quinn Long (Chamberlain), pin 1:45 1st period
138 – Blake Judson – Region Champion
Quarterfinal – def. Aebrie Waugh (Todd County), pin – 0:30 1st period
Semifinal – def. Bryce Reuer (Chamberlain), 8-0) major decision
Championship – def. Brandon Sparks (Mitchell), 15-0 technical fall
145 – Hayden Shaffer – 2nd
Quarterfinal – bye
Semifinal – def. Logan Opitz (Aberdeen Central), pin – 0:37 1st period
Championship – lost to Jagger Tyler (Mitchell), 11-3 major decision
152 – Deegan Houska – Region Champion
Quarterfinal – bye
Semifinal – def. Cordell Rychlik (Aberdeen Central), pin – 0:38 1st period
Championship – def. Tucker Vilhauer (Mitchell), 11-3 major decision
160 – Jayden Wiebe – Region Champion
Quarterfinal – def. Cameron Dekle (Cheyenne-Eagle Butte/Dupree), pin – 0:15 1st period
Semifinal – def. Cole Ochsner (Huron), 5-0
Championship – def. Dylan Schaunaman (Aberdeen Central), 9-2
170 – Lucas Chamberlin – Region Champion
Quarterfinal – bye
Semifinal – def. Ayden Gisi (Aberdeen Central), pin – 1:49 2nd period
Championship – def. Swade Reis (Chamberlain), 6-0
182 – Chance Carda – Region Champion
Quarterfinal – bye
Semifinal – def. Leyton Raffety (Milbank), pin – 1:43 1st period
Championship – def. Joe VanOverschelde (Mitchell), forfeit
195 – Gavin Stotts – 2nd
Quarterfinal – bye
Semifinal – def. Bryce Beitelspacher (Aberdeen Central), pin – 0:18 3rd period
Championship – lost to Noah Hutmacher (Chamberlain), pin – 1:01 2nd period
220 – Elijah Boutchee – 2nd
Quarterfinal – def. Jackson Reno (Huron), pin – 1:01 1st period
Semifinal – def. Connor Degen (Mitchell), 9-5
Championship – lost to Rocky Wiedman (Todd County), 4-1
285 – Josh Rydberg – 3rd
Quarterfinal – def. Landon Novy (Milbank), pin – 0:28 1st period
Semifinal – lost to Canyon Burkard (Chamberlain), 3-1
Consolation Semifinal – def. Jacob Krenz (Aberdeen Central), pin – 1:31 1st period
3rd Place – def. Bryan Ramirez (Huron), pin – 1:24 1st period
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