The Blue Dragons wrestling team finished in 9th place with 65.5 points at the Wagner Invitational. Tri-Valley won the tournament with 194.5 points followed by Wagner (171 pts.), Parkston (145.5 pts.), and Elk Point-Jefferson (128.5 pts.). The team has been hit by the injury bug more this week which left us a bit short-handed. We were able to enter some unattached wrestlers allowing them some varsity level experience. Tyler Willems, Colby Pierret, Brady Bonte, and Matt Bankes led the way by placing in the top four. This tournament use to be the dual format, but changed to an individual tournament this year. There was some tremendous wrestling throughout the day. We are nearing the completion of our regular season. This coming weekend we travel to Clark for the Big East/LCC conference tournament. This will begin at 10:00. From there we begin our post-season at Flandreau with our district tournament. The wrestlers have appreciated your support and look forward to seeing you at our post-season tournaments.
In the tournament, Tyler Willems wrestled well in earning his placing. Tyler has been wrestling with confidence lately and it has shown in his matches. Continuing with this effort has promise for him in his drive for a state tournament berth. Colby Pierret wrestled his best tournament of the season. It is good to see Colby put this together at this time of year. He will need to continue this type of effort to accomplish his goals. Brady Bonte continued with his recent dominance with two falls while earning his championship. He has been very focused lately and looks to be on a path to reaching his goals. Matt Bankes showed great composure in his first round match. After falling behind early, he battled back to take the lead and then earn the fall. If he is able to keep his focus during matches, he has a great chance to end his senior season at the state tournament. I was really proud of our other wrestlers in this tournament. They were underdogs in many matches, but went out at wrestled hard each match. I know the results haven't been the best at the varsity level for some of these guys, but I believe our young kids are going to benefit from this season of adversity. They will rise up to the challenge as they mature in their careers.
Individual results are below:
106 - Tait Johnson
* lost by major decision to Dylan Rice (FL) 8 - 0
* lost by decision to Zach Sykora (BH) 7 - 0
106 - Jared Fitzgerald
* lost by fall to Blake Bietz (Park) 0:41
* lost by decision to Dawson Petrik (W) 9 - 3
113 - John Houg
* lost by fall to Jared Hueser (EPJ) 0:39
* lost by fall to Brandon Steenholdt (V) 0:44
120 - Tyler Willems
* won by fall over Alex Norby (EPJ) 3:09
* lost by fall to Ryan Schuman (TV) 3:00
* won by technical fall over Carter Kratz (V) 17 - 2
* lost by major decision to Wes Dvorak (Park) 16 - 3
* 4th place finish
120 - Jacob Fitzgerald
* lost by fall to Sage Zephier (W) 3:08
* lost by fall to Grady Carley (PH) 2:57
126 - Colby Pierret
* lost by major decision to Lincoln Stoebner (BH) 10 - 2
* won by fall over Dane Bryant (F) 0:35
* won by fall over Cody Davis (EPJ) 1:43
* won by fall over Cameron Fanning (Park) 4:04
* lost by decision to Lincoln Stoebner (BH) 5 - 1
* 4th place finish
132 - Brady Schleuter
* lost by fall to Austin Oyen (TV) 0:59
* won by decision over Michael Cremer (M/F) 10 - 4
* lost by fall to Lane Blasius (PH) 0:47
145 - Tony Weiland
* lost by fall to David Kocer (W) 0:43
* lost by fall to Brady Soulek (W) 0:50
152 - Sean McPadden
* won by fall over Thomas Mitzel (BH) 1:22
* lost by fall to Rick Heiman (AH) 5:15
* lost by major decision Aaron Staum (EPJ) 8 - 0
160 - Adrian Mendoza
* lost by fall to Derek Dickerson (W) 3:29
* lost by fall to Brandon Potter (F) 1:40
195 - Brady Bonte
* won by fall over Andrew Semmler (Park) 2:55
* won by fall over Bryce Sayler (M/F) 2:24
* 1st place finish
220 - Matt Bankes
* won by fall over Elijah Heth (W) 4:28
* lost by fall to Thad Johnson (TV) 1:41
* won by fall over Gavin Devries (PH) 3:37
* lost by fall to Austin Bertram (Park) 0:37
* 4th place finish
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