MILBANK – The depth of Milbank helped the Bulldogs capture the team championship at the Northeast Conference Wrestling Tournament on Thursday.

Milbank racked up 173 points, despite having just one individual champion. The Bulldogs had six runner-up finishes, two third-place finishes and a pair of fourth-place finishes.

Sisseton ended up with four individual champs, while Redfield finished with three.

Eight of the weight class winners remained undefeated on the season, led by Hamlin-Castlewood’s Brody Randall who improved to 10-0 at 113 pounds. Ian Metz of Sisseton (126) and Connor Zens of Redfield (132) both moved to 9-0, while Redfield’s Grady Fey (285) improved to 8-0.

Team Points: Milbank 173, Clark-Willow Lake 141.5, Redfield 119, Sisseton 115, Webster 87, Britton-Hecla 73, Hamlin-Castlewood 62, Groton 60, Deuel-Deubrook Area 51, Tiospa Zina 3.

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES

106, Kayden Tchida, Sisseton, def. Cade Gaikowski, Clark-Willow Lake, 10-0; 113, Brody Randall, Hamlin, pinned Evan Folk, Milbank, 5:25; 120, Cooper Pommer, Clark-Willow Lake, def. Owen Fischer, Milbank, 5-1; 126, Ian Metz, Sisseton, pinned Jaden Buchanan, Hamlin, 4:30;

132, Connor Zens, Redfield, pinned Jacob Johnson, Milbank, 1:47; 138, Haeden Jorgenson, Webster, technical fall over Taylor Merkel, Clark-Willow Lake, 16-1; 145, Holden Hawkins, Sisseton, def. Bryce Hawkinson, Britton-Hecla, 15-5; 152, Christian Ehresmann, Groton, def. Gavin Kloos, Deuel, 7-4; 157, Collin Dean, Redfield, pinned Gage Baumgarn, Webster, 3:46;

165, Elliot Bratland, Clark-Willow Lake, pinned Ben Suther, Britton-Hecla, 5:17; 175, Tate Schleuter, Milbank, pinned Josh Kannegieter, Clark-Willow Lake, 5:13; 190, Mason Schulz, Sisseton, def. Jesse Schneck, Milbank, 12-4; 215, Chase McGillivary, Redfield, pinned Hunter Reede, Milbank, 2:28; 285, Grady Fey, Redfield, pinned Landon Novy, Milbank, :16.

Third Place Matches

106, Maddon Odland, Redfield, def. Tayten Kurkowski, Webster, 3-0; 113, Kaden Wookey, Clark-Willow Lake, pinned Lincoln Krause, Groton, :46; 120, Jake Wipf, Redfield, pinned Tanner Atkinson, Britton-Hecla, :34; 126, Tacey Miller, Webster, pinned Ryker Gauger, Deuel, 2:05;

132, John Yonker, Hamlin, def. Walker Zoellner, Groton, 6-0; 138, Reed Gray, Sisseton, pinned Jace Jonason, 1:40; 145, Zane Miller, Deuel, def. Keaton Johnson, Milbank, 11-3; 152, Joe French, Milbank, def. Tate Everson, Hamlin, 7-0; 157, Collin Beaner, Britton-Hecla, pinned Nollen Sheeley, Milbank, 4:03;

165, Reese Rabe, Milbank, def. Hughin Current, Sisseton, 5-4; 175, Dashel Davidson, Britton-Hecla, pinned Ben Hoeft, Groton, :48; 190, Isaac Nelson, Webster, def. Riley Popp, Clark-Willow Lake, 12-7; 215, Collin Gaikowski, Clark-Willow Lake, pinned Matthew Angiolelli, Webster, :38; 285, Gavin Englund, Groton, pinned Tucker Hardy, Britton-Hecla, 3:40.