MITCHELL – With 191 points, Pierre Governor Boys Wrestling finished second Saturday at the Jerry Opbroek Invitational at Mitchell High School. Pierre was 8 1/2 points behind winner Sturgis.
The Governors had four weight-class winners: Tristan Spencer at 138 pounds, Jaxon Ducheneaux at 145, Deegan Houska at 160 and Josh Rydberg at 285. Alex Oedekoven was the runner-up at 113 pounds, Chance Carda was second at 182 and EJ Boutchee was the runner-up at 220.
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Jacob Mason – 4th
Champ. Round 1 – bye
Quarterfinal – def. Noah Bennett (Mitchell), 11-0 (major decision)
Semifinal – lost to Shea Richter (Rapid City Stevens), 6-5
Cons. Semi – def. Wyatt Pickard (Madison), 21-8 (major decision)
3rd Place Match – lost to Owen Fischer (Milbank), 4-3
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Alex Oedekoven – 2nd
Champ. Round 1 – def. Carter Downs (Madison) – pin (1:39 1st period)
Quarterfinal – def. Dexton Miiler (Beresford/Alcester-Hudson),16-0 (technical fall)
Semifinal – def. Leo Stroup (Watertown), 5-0
1st Place Match – lost to Teryn Zebroski (Sturgis), 8-6 (sudden victory – 1)
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Lincoln Schoenhard – 4th
Champ. Round 1 – bye
Quarterfinal – def. Riley Neugebauer (Parkston) – pin (1:59 2nd period)
Semifinal – lost to Sloan Johannsen (Watertown), 19-4 (technical fall)
Cons. Semi – def. Colton Blow (Mitchell) – pin (0:56 2nd period)
3rd Place Match – lost to Corbin Zent (Rapid City Stevens), 6-4
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Hudson Shaffer
Champ. Round 1 – lost to Wyatt Anderson (Parkston), 6-0
Cons. Round 1 – bye
Cons. Round 2 – lost to Joe Juenger (Rapid City Stevens), 5-0
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Tristan Spencer – 1st
Champ. Round 1 – bye
Quarterfinal – def. Brayden Voorhees (Rapid City Stevens), 15-0 (technical fall)
Semifinal – def. Carter Sommer (Parkston), 11-0 (major decision)
1st Place Match – def. Thayne Elshere (Sturgis), 14-5 (major decision)
145
Jaxon Ducheneaux – 1st
Champ. Round 1 – bye
Quarterfinal – def. Ez Duran (Rapid City Stevens) – pin (0:50 1st period)
Semifinal – def. Dawson Inhofer (Sturgis), 9-2
1st Place Match – def. Brayden Christensen (Milbank), 5-4
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Deegan Houska – 1st
Champ. Round 1 – bye
Quarterfinal – def. Nolan Mentele (Howard) – pin (0:47 1st period)
Semifinal – def. Peyton Fridrich (Beresford/Alcester-Hudson) – pin (Fall 1:37 3rd period)
1st Place Match – def. Graydon Bakke (Rapid City Stevens) – pin (1:12 3rd period)
182
Chance Carda – 2nd
Champ. Round 1 – bye
Quarterfinal – def. Breckin Culbert (Parkston) – pin (1:01 2nd period)
Semifinal – def. Tanner VanScoy (Rapid City Stevens) – pin (1:26 1st period)
1st Place Match – lost to Reese Jacobs (Sturgis), 13-6
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Gavin Stotts – 3rd
Champ. Round 1 – bye
Quarterfinal – def. Ayden Kellogg (Rapid City Stevens), 11-3 (major decision)
Semifinal – lost to Brock Eitreim (Watertown), 4-2 (ultimate tie breaker)
Cons. Semi – def. Jesse Schneck (Milbank) – pin (1:49 1st period)
3rd Place Match – def. Landon Schurch (Beresford/Alcester-Hudson), 5-1
220
EJ Boutchee – 2nd
Champ. Round 1 – bye
Quarterfinal – bye
Semifinal – def. Matthew Peters (Watertown), 14-4 (major decision)
1st Place Match – lost to Zak Juelfs (Sturgis) – pin (0:26 3rd period)
285
Josh Rydberg – 1st
Champ. Round 1 – bye
Quarterfinal – def. Tayt Gran (Madison) – pin (0:53 1st period)
Semifinal – def. Landon Novy (Milbank) – pin (0:24 1st period)
1st Place Match – def. Kaiden Strong (Rapid City Stevens), 3-2
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