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Golden Eagles have two runner-up finishes at Pierre

Aberdeen Central’s Maddy Little, right, tries to turn Yankton’s Chloe Caton, center, during their 100 pound match recently at the Golden Eagles Arena. Little finished second at the Pierre Invitational on Friday. Photo by John Davis taken 1/16/2025

PIERRE – Aberdeen Central had two girls make the finals on the way to a tie for eighth place in the team standings at the Pierre Girls’ Invitational Wrestling Tournament on Friday.

Madison Little at 100 pounds and Rakyrah Wallace at 138 both finished runner-up for the Golden Eagles who scored 70 team points. Pierre won the event with 161.5 points.

There were numerous area wrestlers who finished with top four finishes at the tournament.

Jasmin Perez of Mobridge-Pollock was second at 107 pounds, Tahnie Yellow Hawk of Sully Buttes was third at 132, Reganne Miles of Doland was third at 165, Hailey Schafer of Miller-Highmore-Harrold was fourth at 100, Gabby Werdel of Miller-Highmore-Harrold was fourth at 138, Brooke Grajczyk of Webster was fourth at 145, and Kyra Tostenson of Milbank was fourth at 185.

Central returns to action on Thursday when the Golden Eagles host a triangular with Harrisburg and Watertown at Golden Eagles Arena.

Aberdeen Central results

Madison Little
Champ. Round 1 – Madison Little (Aberdeen Central) over Sydney Caven (Pierre T.F. Riggs) (TF 19-3 5:19)
Quarterfinals – Madison Little (Aberdeen Central) over Hailey Schafer (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) (TF 18-3 3:43)
Semifinals – Madison Little (Aberdeen Central) over Kaia Hunter (Bennett County) (Dec 7-3)
1st Place Match – Shaylee Speck (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Madison Little (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 5:42)

Katie Maack
Champ. Round 1 – Gabby Werdel (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) over Katie Maack (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:13)
Cons. Round 1 – Miley Janek (Burke/Gregory) over Katie Maack (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 2:31)

Jasmine Maas

Champ. Round 1 – Jasmine Maas (Aberdeen Central) over Hadley Schomp (Bennett County) (Fall 0:53)
Quarterfinals – Jasmine Maas (Aberdeen Central) over Cateri Yellow Hawk (Sully Buttes) (Fall 1:07)
Semifinals – Dani Ringstmeyer (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Jasmine Maas (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 3:46)
Cons. Semis – Hadlee  Kracht (Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon) over Jasmine Maas (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 2:49)

Allison Neitzel
Champ. Round 1 – Allison Neitzel (Aberdeen Central) over Joyah Tilberg (Rapid City Central) (Fall 1:52)
Quarterfinals – Mathilde Matsuda (Spearfish) over Allison Neitzel (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 4:40)
Cons. Round 2 – Allison Neitzel (Aberdeen Central) over Khloe Sauers (Harrisburg) (Fall 0:41)
Cons. Round 3 – Kyla Logan (Doland) over Allison Neitzel (Aberdeen Central) (TF 15-0 3:44)

Lilly Nelson
Champ. Round 1 – Lilly Nelson (Aberdeen Central) over Cecilia Anderson (Britton-Hecla) (Fall 0:39)
Quarterfinals – Lilly Nelson (Aberdeen Central) over Jayda Steinke (Pierre T.F. Riggs) (Fall 1:21)
Semifinals – Rhiannen  Heimdal (Harrisburg) over Lilly Nelson (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 2:15)
Cons. Semis – Zoey Holtz (Douglas/Rapid City Christian/New Underwood) over Lilly Nelson (Aberdeen Central) (Dec 7-0)

Lin Paw Jone

Champ. Round 1 – Lin Paw Jone (Aberdeen Central) over BreAnna Ganaden (Douglas/Rapid City Christian/New Underwood) (Fall 0:48)
Quarterfinals – Lin Paw Jone (Aberdeen Central) over Tiara Faehnrich (Custer) (Fall 4:21)
Semifinals – Peyton Hellmann (Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon) over Lin Paw Jone (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:27)
Cons. Semis – Brooke Grajczyk (Webster Area) over Lin Paw Jone (Aberdeen Central) (Dec 12-7)

Rakyrah Wallace
Champ. Round 1 – Rakyrah Wallace (Aberdeen Central) over Eleanor Jacobs (Sturgis Brown) (Fall 3:47)
Quarterfinals – Rakyrah Wallace (Aberdeen Central) over Cheyenne Fuller (Sully Buttes) (Fall 3:56)
Semifinals – Rakyrah Wallace (Aberdeen Central) over Addi Viox (Harrisburg) (Dec 1-0)
1st Place Match – Summer Guthmiller (Sioux Valley) over Rakyrah Wallace (Aberdeen Central) (TF 17-1 2:22)

Rike Wiedenhoever
Champ. Round 1 – Rike Wiedenhoever (Aberdeen Central) over Emalee Von Eye (Douglas/Rapid City Christian/New Underwood) (Fall 0:49)
Quarterfinals – Summer Guthmiller (Sioux Valley) over Rike Wiedenhoever (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:37)
Cons. Round 2 – Miley Janek (Burke/Gregory) over Rike Wiedenhoever (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:39)

Jashila Williams
Champ. Round 1 – Anna Henstein (Rapid City Central) over Jashila Williams (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:16)
Cons. Round 1 – Payden Coughlin (Kingsbury County) over Jashila Williams (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 0:59)

You can browse the entire event on Trackwrestling using the following link.
https://www.trackwrestling.com/tw/predefinedtournaments/VerifyPassword.jsp?tournamentId=903950132

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