PIERRE – Aberdeen Central had a marquee victory, before falling against its next foe during the East-West Dual Wrestling Tournament in Pierre on Saturday.

The Golden Eagles rolled past Rapid City Central 65-13 before knocking off unbeaten Sturgis 29-27. However, Central then fell to Rapid City Stevens 32-24, and then wrapped the day with a 71-3 victory over Spearfish.

“We kind of built some momentum through the first one, got our hands on people, kind of got the nerves out and built into the Sturgis dual,” said Central coach Donnie Bowden. “They’re a monster of a team and everyone just knuckled up and did it. They did what they had to do to keep it close or to go find bonus points. And we beat them and then kind of a slid and had a setback in that Stevens dual. We just had some things not go our way and then we rebounded through the Spearfish dual. So I guess you could say, we kind of had some ups and downs.”

The Eagles needed every single point in order to take down Sturgis, one of the elite teams in the state.

“It was good. It was a complete dual. You had everything in it,” Bowden said. “You had some pins, you had some guys that fought off bonus points that kept their scores close. We had some younger guys step up and fulfill their role. They just went out and did it.”

However, Central was unable to keep the momentum going against Stevens.

“They’re kind of a matchup nightmare for us,” Bowden said.

Going 3-1 on the day was a solid showing, but Bowden is already looking ahead to a demanding schedule this upcoming week.

“We’ll be happy with it for right now,” Bowden said, “(Sunday) we have to get back to work, because we’ve got a tough week coming.”

That week includes duals against Brandon Valley and Yankton at Yankton on Tuesday, duals against Watertown at Harrisburg at Harrisburg on Thursday, and hosting the annual Lee Wolf Tournament on Saturday at Golden Eagles Arena.

Aberdeen Central 65, Rapid City Central 13
157: Mason Schrempp (ABCE) over (RCC) (For.) 165: Zack Soderlin (RCC) over Elias Biegler (ABCE) (TF 16-0 5:43) 175: Ryker Meister (ABCE) over Hoyt Anderson (RCC) (Fall 2:54) 190: Cole Dunlavy (ABCE) over Ian Hook (RCC) (Fall 2:33);

215: Ayden Gisi (ABCE) over Alex Wells (RCC) (TF 16-0 1:59) 285: Bryce Beitelspacher (ABCE) over Kane Wirkus (RCC) (Fall 0:39) 106: Pierce Hurd (RCC) over Esten Foss (ABCE) (TF 15-0 2:25) 113: Paxton Ewing (ABCE) over (RCC) (For.) 120: Porter Lozenski (ABCE) over Connor Salazar (RCC) (Fall 5:48);

126: Rayden Zens (ABCE) over (RCC) (For.) 132: Logan Brown (RCC) over Tate Huff (ABCE) (Dec 3-2) 138: Ridley Waldo (ABCE) over Luther Morrison (RCC) (Fall 0:56) 144: Owen Ward (ABCE) over Adrian Good Iron (RCC) (Fall 3:56) 150: Grayden Timm (ABCE) over Jacoby Parker (RCC) (Fall 1:58)

Aberdeen Central 29, Sturgis 27
165: Elias Biegler (ABCE) over Preston Ray (STBR) (Fall 3:49) 175: Kelson Dirk (STBR) over Ryker Meister (ABCE) (Fall 3:32) 190: Aiden Werlinger (STBR) over Cole Dunlavy (ABCE) (Dec 3-2) 215: Zak Juelfs (STBR) over Ayden Gisi (ABCE) (Dec 6-2);

285: Bryce Beitelspacher (ABCE) over Dakarai Osborne (STBR) (Fall 0:40) 106: Tyler Baldwin (STBR) over Esten Foss (ABCE) (Dec 4-0) 113: Teryn Zebroski (STBR) over Paxton Ewing (ABCE) (Dec 7-1) 120: Porter Lozenski (ABCE) over Benjamin Nadig (STBR) (Dec 9-7) 126: Rayden Zens (ABCE) over Tegan Zebroski (STBR) (Dec 7-1);

132: Tate Huff (ABCE) over Dee Daniels (STBR) (Dec 6-5) 138: Beau Peters (STBR) over Ridley Waldo (ABCE) (Dec 1-0) 144: Owen Ward (ABCE) over Kalvin Ketelsen (STBR) (Fall 5:08) 150: Joseph Nadig (STBR) over Grayden Timm (ABCE) (Fall 5:22) 157: Mason Schrempp (ABCE) over Zhoel Irion (STBR) (Dec 3-2) (ABCE Unsportsmanlike -1.0).

Rapid City Stevens 34, Aberdeen Central 22
175: Ryker Meister (ABCE) over Teagen Smith (RCS) (Fall 1:04) 190: Tate Crosswait (RCS) over Cole Dunlavy (ABCE) (DQ) 215: Ayden Kellogg (RCS) over Ayden Gisi (ABCE) (MD 10-2) 285: Kaiden Strong (RCS) over Bryce Beitelspacher (ABCE) (Dec 8-4);

106: Shea Richter (RCS) over Esten Foss (ABCE) (Dec 8-1) 113: Max Schoenhard (RCS) over Paxton Ewing (ABCE) (Dec 4-0) 120: Corbin Zent (RCS) over Porter Lozenski (ABCE) (MD 10-2) 126: Rayden Zens (ABCE) over Brayden Collins (RCS) (Dec 8-2) 132: Aidan Callahan (RCS) over Tate Huff (ABCE) (Dec 5-4);

138: Joe Juenger (RCS) over Ridley Waldo (ABCE) (Dec 3-0) 144: Jacob Williams (RCS) over Owen Ward (ABCE) (TF 16-1 5:02) 150: Grayden Timm (ABCE) over Brayden Voorhees (RCS) (MD 8-0) 157: Mason Schrempp (ABCE) over Tyler Johnson (RCS) (Fall 2:28) 165: Elias Biegler (ABCE) over Tucker Mason (RCS) (Fall 0:21) (ABCE Gross Miscounduct -3.0).

Aberdeen Central 71, Spearfish 3
190: Ryker Meister (ABCE) over (SPEA) (For.) 215: Ayden Gisi (ABCE) over (SPEA) (For.) 285: Samson Flakus (ABCE) over Alex Cudmore (SPEA) (Fall 0:42) 106: Esten Foss (ABCE) over (SPEA) (For.);

113: Paxton Ewing (ABCE) over Michael Zoller (SPEA) (TF 21-4 6:00) 120: John Jeffery (SPEA) over Porter Lozenski (ABCE) (Dec 8-2) 126: Rayden Zens (ABCE) over Seth Norman (SPEA) (Fall 1:46) 132: Tate Huff (ABCE) over Parker Graveman (SPEA) (Dec 11-9) 138: Ridley Waldo (ABCE) over Kaden Gonzales (SPEA) (Fall 3:02);

144: Owen Ward (ABCE) over Mick Bosh (SPEA) (Fall 2:36) 150: Grayden Timm (ABCE) over Dominick Mills (SPEA) (Dec 10-3) 157: Mason Schrempp (ABCE) over Aiden Kracht (SPEA) (Fall 1:06) 165: Elias Biegler (ABCE) over Jacob Ellingson (SPEA) (Fall 1:49) 175: Cordell Rychlik (ABCE) over (SPEA) (For.).