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Golden Eagles finish second at Huron tourney

Aberdeen Central’s Mason Schrempp, right, ties up with Watertown’s Weston Everson, center, during their 126 pound match Friday night at the Aberdeen Civic Arena. Schrempp won the 126-pound championship at the Huron Invitational on Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 2/11/2022

HURON – Aberdeen Central had 12 individual place winners, including one champion, on the way to a second place finish in the team standings at the Huron Invitational wrestling tournament on Saturday. the Golden Eagles were runner-up to Winner.

“It was a good tournament for us to go down to,” said Central coach Donnie Bowden. “Everyone found success on some level.”

The Eagles were led by Mason Schrempp who won the 126-pound championship. He wrestled just twice on the day.

“He was dominant in both and is kind of keeping it on a roll,” Bowden said.

Rayden Zens and Tate Huff both finished second for Central.

Zens dropped an 8-7 decision to Karson Kaiser of Winner.

“That was kind of one where we were the aggressor and we were attacking, but every time we’d get close to the edge we’d kind of hesitate for a second and then that kid would score,” Bowden said.

Huff dropped a decision to Maxton Brozik of Winner.

“He went up against another game Winner opponent,” Bowden said.

Central’s three heaviest wrestlers all finished third: Bryce Beitelspacher at 195, Samson Flakus at 220 and Jacob Krenz at heavyweight.

“They all found some wins today,” Bowden said. “They all found different ways to win and got a little bit more consistent, which helps to solidify our lineup a little bit on the back half.”

Other Central placewinners included Ayden Gisi, Noah Kramer, Logan Opitz and Dylan Schaunaman who were fifth, and Elias Biegler and Ryker Meister who were sixth.

Meanwhile, Katrina Gibson finished sixth in a tournament at Harrisburg.

“Katrina had a pretty good tournament. She beat the third ranked girl in the state in the quarterfinals,” Bowden said. “She’s a very smart girl. She picks up things quick. She’s just really finding her stride right now.”

Central now heads to the Region 3A Tournament Saturday in Milbank.

Brody Aesoph

Champ. Round 1 – Brody Aesoph (Aberdeen Central) over Austin Blare (Winner) (For.)

Quarterfinals – Will Pavlish (Yankton) over Brody Aesoph (Aberdeen Central) (Dec 6-0)

Cons. Round 2 – Brody Aesoph (Aberdeen Central) received a bye

Cons. Round 3 – Noah Kramer (Aberdeen Central) over Brody Aesoph (Aberdeen Central) (Dec 2-0)

Bryce Beitelspacher

Champ. Round 1 – Bryce Beitelspacher (Aberdeen Central) received a bye

Quarterfinals – Bryce Beitelspacher (Aberdeen Central) over Vaden Griel (Yankton) (Fall 0:55)

Semifinals – Charley Pravecek (Winner) over Bryce Beitelspacher (Aberdeen Central) (MD 16-2)

Cons. Semis – Bryce Beitelspacher (Aberdeen Central) over Dah  Moo (Huron) (Fall 2:45)

3rd Place Match – Bryce Beitelspacher (Aberdeen Central) over Aiden Geraets (Dell Rapids) (Fall 4:49)

Elias Biegler

Champ. Round 1 – Paul McGlone (Yankton) over Elias Biegler (Aberdeen Central) (Dec 3-1)

Cons. Round 1 – Elias Biegler (Aberdeen Central) received a bye

Cons. Round 2 – Elias Biegler (Aberdeen Central) over Brock Gisselbeck (Hamlin) (Dec 6-0)

Cons. Round 3 – Elias Biegler (Aberdeen Central) over Lah Doh Soe (Huron) (Dec 7-1)

Cons. Semis – Will  Radke (Huron) over Elias Biegler (Aberdeen Central) (Dec 1-0)

5th Place Match – Kaden Krause (Milbank) over Elias Biegler (Aberdeen Central) (Dec 7-2)

Samson Flakus

Champ. Round 1 – Samson Flakus (Aberdeen Central) received a bye

Quarterfinals – Samson Flakus (Aberdeen Central) over Alex Jensen (Beresford/Alcester-Hudson) (Fall 1:53)

Semifinals – Caleb McGregor (Webster Area) over Samson Flakus (Aberdeen Central) (MD 15-5)

Cons. Semis – Samson Flakus (Aberdeen Central) over Brandon  Schmidt (Dell Rapids) (Fall 0:50)

3rd Place Match – Samson Flakus (Aberdeen Central) over Alex Jensen (Beresford/Alcester-Hudson) (Fall 1:33)

Ayden Gisi

Champ. Round 1 – Ayden Gisi (Aberdeen Central) received a bye

Quarterfinals – Ayden Gisi (Aberdeen Central) over TJ Lien (Huron) (Fall 1:48)

Semifinals – Tyrus Bietz (Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon) over Ayden Gisi (Aberdeen Central) (Dec 2-0)

Cons. Semis – Jesse Schneck (Milbank) over Ayden Gisi (Aberdeen Central) (Dec 6-2)

5th Place Match – Ayden Gisi (Aberdeen Central) over TJ Lien (Huron) (Fall 0:53)

Brenden Grove

Champ. Round 1 – Luke Guthmiller (Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon) over Brenden Grove (Aberdeen Central) (Dec 8-7)

Cons. Round 1 – Brenden Grove (Aberdeen Central) received a bye

Cons. Round 2 – Collin Patrick (Yankton) over Brenden Grove (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 2:03)

Tate Huff

Champ. Round 1 – Tate Huff (Aberdeen Central) received a bye

Quarterfinals – Tate Huff (Aberdeen Central) over Caden Zomer (Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon) (Fall 2:39)

Semifinals – Tate Huff (Aberdeen Central) over Peyton Bischoff (Huron) (Fall 1:12)

1st Place Match – Maxton Brozik (Winner) over Tate Huff (Aberdeen Central) (Dec 6-0)

Noah Kramer

Champ. Round 1 – Moses Gross (Huron) over Noah Kramer (Aberdeen Central) (MD 9-1)

Cons. Round 1 – Noah Kramer (Aberdeen Central) received a bye

Cons. Round 2 – Noah Kramer (Aberdeen Central) over Ulises Ministro (Huron) (Fall 1:34)

Cons. Round 3 – Noah Kramer (Aberdeen Central) over Brody Aesoph (Aberdeen Central) (Dec 2-0)

Cons. Semis – Konner Osborn (Winner) over Noah Kramer (Aberdeen Central) (Dec 1-0)

5th Place Match – Noah Kramer (Aberdeen Central) over Kaydin Carter (Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington) (Fall 1:55)

Jacob Krenz

Champ. Round 1 – Jacob Krenz (Aberdeen Central) received a bye

Quarterfinals – Jacob Krenz (Aberdeen Central) over Landon Novy (Milbank) (Fall 2:52)

Semifinals – Quinton Christensen (Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington) over Jacob Krenz (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 2:28)

Cons. Semis – Jacob Krenz (Aberdeen Central) over Stetson Shelbourn (Winner) (Fall 3:30)

3rd Place Match – Jacob Krenz (Aberdeen Central) over Chris Wirth (Beresford/Alcester-Hudson) (Fall 1:47)

Ryker Meister

Champ. Round 1 – Ryker Meister (Aberdeen Central) received a bye

Quarterfinals – Quinn Carr (Dell Rapids) over Ryker Meister (Aberdeen Central) (Dec 9-3)

Cons. Round 2 – Ryker Meister (Aberdeen Central) over Hser Wah (Huron) (Fall 2:54)

Cons. Round 3 – Ryker Meister (Aberdeen Central) over Max Diedrichsen (Yankton) (Fall 1:24)

Cons. Semis – Leyton Raffety (Milbank) over Ryker Meister (Aberdeen Central) (Dec 11-8)

5th Place Match – Aaron Larson (Beresford/Alcester-Hudson) over Ryker Meister (Aberdeen Central) (MD 8-0)

Adam Moore

Champ. Round 1 – Brody Randall (Hamlin) over Adam Moore (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:20)

Cons. Round 1 – Calvin Caba (Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon) over Adam Moore (Aberdeen Central) (Dec 8-6)

Logan Opitz

Champ. Round 1 – Logan Opitz (Aberdeen Central) received a bye

Quarterfinals – Logan Opitz (Aberdeen Central) over Jaymison Bjorum (Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon) (SV-1 8-6)

Semifinals – Chase Chambers (Hamlin) over Logan Opitz (Aberdeen Central) (Dec 12-7)

Cons. Semis – Joseph French (Milbank) over Logan Opitz (Aberdeen Central) (Dec 9-3)

5th Place Match – Logan Opitz (Aberdeen Central) over Colt Dunkelberger (Huron) (Fall 3:58)

Beau Price

Champ. Round 1 – Beau Price (Aberdeen Central) received a bye

Quarterfinals – Isaac Crownover (Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon) over Beau Price (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 0:17)

Cons. Round 2 – Beau Price (Aberdeen Central) received a bye

Cons. Round 3 – Aaron Larson (Beresford/Alcester-Hudson) over Beau Price (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:53)

Cordell Rychlik

Champ. Round 1 – Tate Schlueter (Milbank) over Cordell Rychlik (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 3:58)

Cons. Round 1 – Cordell Rychlik (Aberdeen Central) over Griffin Storm (Huron) (Fall 1:23)

Cons. Round 2 – Troy Randall Jr. (Hamlin) over Cordell Rychlik (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 3:44)

Dylan Schaunaman

Champ. Round 1 – Dylan Schaunaman (Aberdeen Central) over Kaden St. Pierre (Hamlin) (Fall 1:31)

Quarterfinals – Barrett Schneck (Milbank) over Dylan Schaunaman (Aberdeen Central) (MD 11-3)

Cons. Round 2 – Dylan Schaunaman (Aberdeen Central) over Forfeit Forfeit (Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon) (For.)

Cons. Round 3 – Dylan Schaunaman (Aberdeen Central) over Jensen Christensen (Beresford/Alcester-Hudson) (MD 13-4)

Cons. Semis – Cole Ochsner (Huron) over Dylan Schaunaman (Aberdeen Central) (MD 10-2)

5th Place Match – Dylan Schaunaman (Aberdeen Central) over Braydin LaBore (Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington) (Dec 15-8)

Mason Schrempp

Champ. Round 1 – Mason Schrempp (Aberdeen Central) received a bye

Quarterfinals – Mason Schrempp (Aberdeen Central) over Forfeit Forfeit (Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon) (For.)

Semifinals – Mason Schrempp (Aberdeen Central) over Jeran Sammons (Huron) (Fall 3:15)

1st Place Match – Mason Schrempp (Aberdeen Central) over John Mortrude (Dell Rapids) (MD 13-2)

Rayden Zens

Champ. Round 1 – Rayden Zens (Aberdeen Central) received a bye

Quarterfinals – Rayden Zens (Aberdeen Central) over Collin Patrick (Yankton) (Fall 3:09)

Semifinals – Rayden Zens (Aberdeen Central) over Haeden Jorgenson (Webster Area) (Fall 1:17)

1st Place Match – Karson Keiser (Winner) over Rayden Zens (Aberdeen Central) (Dec 8-7)

GIRLS

Kaylee Efraimson

Champ. Round 1 – Kaylee Efraimson (Aberdeen Central) received a bye

Champ. Round 2 – Morgan  Lee (Viborg-Hurley) over Kaylee Efraimson (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 2:18)

Cons. Round 2 – Kaylee Efraimson (Aberdeen Central) received a bye

Cons. Round 3 – Summer Guthmiller (Sioux Valley) over Kaylee Efraimson (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:12)

Autum Gauer

Quarterfinals – Ciara McFarling (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Autum Gauer (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 0:52)

Cons. Round 1 – Jenessa Skyberg (Brandon Valley) over Autum Gauer (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 2:25)

Katrina Gibson

Champ. Round 1 – Katrina Gibson (Aberdeen Central) over Kori Wallner (Canton) (Fall 3:33)

Quarterfinals – Katrina Gibson (Aberdeen Central) over Gracie Delgado (Dakota Valley) (Fall 2:40)

Semifinals – Gia Miller (Viborg-Hurley) over Katrina Gibson (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:17)

Cons. Semis – Morgan Lantaff (Harrisburg) over Katrina Gibson (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 2:53)

5th Place Match – Gracie Delgado (Dakota Valley) over Katrina Gibson (Aberdeen Central) (For.)

Eva Hinkle

Champ. Round 1 – Eva Hinkle (Aberdeen Central) received a bye

Champ. Round 2 – Emma McConniel (Marion/Freeman/Freeman Academy/Canistota/Menno) over Eva Hinkle (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 0:34)

Cons. Round 2 – Eva Hinkle (Aberdeen Central) over Ariyana Bhakta (Dakota Valley) (Fall 4:16)

Cons. Round 3 – Gladys Portillo (Brandon Valley) over Eva Hinkle (Aberdeen Central) (Dec 13-6)

Ula Martin

Champ. Round 1 – Kezrey Benning (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Ula Martin (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:16)

Cons. Round 1 – Rylee Bird (Dell Rapids) over Ula Martin (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 0:57)

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