LEAD – Custer won four individual weight classes and finished runner-up in five others as the Wildcats also captured the team championship at the Region 4B wrestling tournament Saturday in Lead.
The Wildcats received first-place finishes from Tray Weiss, Riley Scott, Jonathan Lewis, and Ryder Bailey.
Other titles went to Carter Kendrick, Jace Blasius, Gage Ravellette, Blair Blasius, and Burk Blasius of Philip Area, Gage Anderson of Lemmon/McIntosh, Chase Hanson of Stanley County, Caleb Rickenbach of Hot Springs, Aiden Schoenhard of Mobridge-Pollock, and Louie Thiry of Lyman.
Team Points: Custer 271.5, Philip Area 247, Stanley County 130, Mobridge-Pollock 102, Lead-Deadwood 98, Lyman 90, Hot Springs 79, Bennett County 63, Lemmon/McIntosh 55, Harding County 50, Newell 49, St. Thomas More 47.5, Faith 20, McLaughlin 14, Hill City 8, Red Cloud 0.
106 Pounds
Championship: Carter Kendrick (Philip Area) 11-1, 8th. over Tyler Trant (Custer) 41-10, So. (Dec 9-6)
Third Place: Maddux Risse (Bennett County) 36-13, 7th. over Maxwell Anderson (Lemmon/McIntosh) 14-15, 7th. (Fall 2:10)
113 Pounds
Championship: Tray Weiss (Custer) 49-3, So. over Neil Hicks (Bennett County) 29-11, So. (TF-1.5 5:15 (16-1))
Third Place: Tukker Boe (Philip Area) 10-4, Jr. over Cooper Mackaben (Faith) 18-15, Fr. (Fall 1:58)
120 Pounds
Championship: Gage Anderson (Lemmon/McIntosh) 35-5, So. over Drew Janke (Lead-Deadwood) 22-17, So. (Dec 8-1)
Third Place: Connor Owens (Custer) 22-19, So. over Asher Peterson (Philip Area) 15-18, Jr. (Dec 5-2)
126 Pounds
Championship: Chase Hanson (Stanley County) 34-5, Sr. over Landon Woodward (Custer) 38-4, Sr. (MD 13-4)
Third Place: Gavin Risse (Bennett County) 35-11, So. over Westin Edwards (St. Thomas More) 20-16, Jr. (Dec 5-2)
132 Pounds

Championship: Riley Scott (Custer) 42-9, Fr. over Lincoln Wickstrom (Harding County) 32-12, Fr. (Dec 4-0)
Third Place: Wyatt Wientjes (Mobridge-Pollock) 32-16, Jr. over Spencer Sargent (Stanley County) 19-16, So. (Dec 5-3)
138 Pounds
Championship: Jace Blasius (Philip Area) 34-3, So. over Tyson Durham (St. Thomas More) 32-10, Sr. (SV-1 3-1)
Third Place: Mekhi Hayes (Lead-Deadwood) 17-16, Jr. over Leighton Sander (Custer) 35-25, So. (Dec 6-4)
145 Pounds
Championship: Gage Ravellette (Philip Area) 28-6, Sr. over Miles Renner (Lead-Deadwood) 26-7, Jr. (Fall 5:31)
Third Place: Hayden Roggow (Stanley County) 27-15, So. over Kai Rusch (Custer) 24-19, Jr. (SV-1 2-0)
152 Pounds
Championship: Blair Blasius (Philip Area) 24-2, Sr. over Colton Brady (Stanley County) 27-12, So. (Fall 1:15)
Third Place: Remmington Ford (Mobridge-Pollock) 19-22, Sr. over Wyatt Head (Harding County) 21-14, Sr. (Dec 4-3)
160 Pounds
Championship: Jonathan Lewis (Custer) 32-6, Sr. over Tance Wagner (Lyman) 44-6, Sr. (Inj. 0:00)
Third Place: Thane Simons (Philip Area) 30-9, Jr. over Case Kolda (Stanley County) 21-18, Fr. (Fall 2:07)
170 Pounds
Championship: Burk Blasius (Philip Area) 22-1, Jr. over Parker Noem (Custer) 35-8, Jr. (Dec 5-2)
Third Place: Jesse Bears Heart (Mobridge-Pollock) 32-10, Sr. over Rory McManus (Lyman) 39-13, Jr. (Fall 4:42)
182 Pounds
Championship: Ryder Bailey (Custer) 35-6, Jr. over Mason Heath (Philip Area) 17-6, Sr. (Fall 4:37)
Third Place: Dylan Webb (Hot Springs) 26-17, Sr. over Ethan Hess (Lead-Deadwood) 9-9, Jr. (Fall 3:00)
195 Pounds

Championship: Caleb Rickenbach (Hot Springs) 38-5, Jr. over Zayne Severyn (Custer) 27-11, Jr. (MD 9-1)
Third Place: Gunner Johnson (Lyman) 31-7, Sr. over Quinn Moon (Philip Area) 14-11, Jr. (Fall 4:06)
220 Pounds
Championship: Aiden Schoenhard (Mobridge-Pollock) 33-7, Sr. over Jensen Fitch (Philip Area) 12-2, So. (Dec 9-5)
Third Place: Grey Gilbert (Harding County) 36-10, Sr. over Dylan Meade (Lead-Deadwood) 18-12, Jr. (Fall 2:32)
285 Pounds
Championship: Louie Thiry (Lyman) 36-10, Jr. over Grady Lehrkamp (Custer) 23-10, Sr. (Inj. 0:00)
Third Place: Colton Niles (Newell) 25-12, Jr. over Riley Kerner (Mobridge-Pollock) 14-22, Fr. (Fall 2:36)