BRANDON – It was a tale of two duals for the Aberdeen Central boys’ wrestling squad Thursday night.

The Golden Eagles fell to powerhouse Brandon Valley 45-27 and rolled past Yankton 75-6 in a pair of Eastern South Dakota Conference matchups.

“It was two completely different duals,” said Central coach Donnie Bowden. “It was good to be in a dog fight and there was some confidence on the other end.”

Central grabbed five individual wins against Brandon Valley and fell just short in a couple of others that would have split the 14 matches evenly.

“All in all I thought that we had some pretty good effort. To be able to take those five matches that we did against Brandon Valley and then have a shot at a couple others to split with them, it shows us where we’re at,” Bowden said. “We know that we still have to improve and those improvements are coming, so it’s pretty exciting on that end. Obviously, we’d like to win way more than we lose, but it’s nice to kind of see where you’re at and use them as a measuring stick, and know that you’re doing the right things in some areas.”

Rayden Zens, Elias Biegler, Cole Dunlavy, Samson Flakus and Bryce Beitelspacher each went 2-0 on the night for Central.

The Golden Eagles girls’ wrestlers defeated Brandon Valley 36-18 and Yankton 36-12 in duals that featured a variety of forfeits.

Bowden said the girls are getting better each time out.

“We continue to get more and more competitive on that end,” he said, “because it’s just experience on that side.”

The Central girls compete in a tournament in Harrisburg today, while the Central boys will be at the Harrisburg Dual Tournament on Saturday.

“I think we just continue to grow from one contest to the next,” Bowden said following Thursday’s action. “This kind of just solidified some things that we’re doing right, and showed some more flaws that we need to fix.”

Brandon Valley 45, Aberdeen Central 27
126: Rayden Zens (ABCE) over Aaron Tucker (BRVA) (Fall 1:24) 132: Jordon Oehme (BRVA) over Tate  Huff (ABCE) (TF 20-5 5:30) 138: Alex Mentzer (BRVA) over Brody Aesoph (ABCE) (Fall 2:41) 145: Trason Oehme (BRVA) over Noah Kramer (ABCE) (Fall 4:40);

152: Elias Biegler (ABCE) over Levi Veskrna (BRVA) (Dec 8-6) 160: Gavin Chapman (BRVA) over Logan Opitz (ABCE) (MD 18-6) 170: Lucas Slack (BRVA) over Ayden Gisi (ABCE) (Fall 0:17) 182: Cole Dunlavy (ABCE) over Elijah Schunke (BRVA) (Fall 0:55) 195: Samson Flakus (ABCE) over Noah Bailous (BRVA) (Fall 3:54);

220: Bryce Beitelspacher (ABCE) over Charles Hermann (BRVA) (Fall 1:34) 285: Navarro Schunke (BRVA) over Jacob Krenz (ABCE) (Fall 5:40) 106: Brendon Oehme (BRVA) over Will Allen (ABCE) (Fall 3:21) 113: Landon Walker (BRVA) over Porter Lozenski (ABCE) (Dec 3-2) 120: Trevon Oehme (BRVA) over Ridley Waldo (ABCE) (Dec 6-3).

Aberdeen Central 75, Yankton 6
132: Tate Huff (ABCE) over Dylan Sloan (YANK) (Dec 9-6) 138: Joelton Reimnitz-Hahn (YANK) over Brody Aesoph (ABCE) (Fall 2:52) 145: Noah Kramer (ABCE) over   (YANK) (For.) 152: Elias Biegler (ABCE) over Chase Howe (YANK) (Fall 0:27)’

160: Logan Opitz (ABCE) over Josh Swenson (YANK) (Fall 2:48) 170: Ayden Gisi (ABCE) over Asa Swenson (YANK) (Fall 2:36) 182: Cole Dunlavy (ABCE) over (YANK) (For.) 195: Samson Flakus (ABCE) over Peyton Eustace (YANK) (Fall 1:38) 220: Bryce Beitelspacher (ABCE) over Edly Amaro (YANK) (Fall 3:20)

285: Jacob Krenz (ABCE) over Derrick Biel (YANK) (Fall 0:16); 106: Will Allen (ABCE) over Damian Janish (YANK) (Fall 2:27) 113: Porter Lozenski (ABCE) over   (YANK) (For.) 120: Ridley Waldo (ABCE) over Devon Coke (YANK) (Fall 5:54) 126: Rayden Zens (ABCE) over Dominic Cadena (YANK) (Fall 0:40).

GIRLS

Aberdeen Central 36, Brandon Valley 18
106: Mary-Katherine Joseph (BRVA) over Avery Bendewald (ABCE) (Fall 0:35) 113: Madyson Gillen (ABCE) over Kendall Clayton (BRVA) (Fall 1:21) 120: Grace Carson (BRVA) over Kalyn Rohrbach (ABCE) (Fall 3:23) 126: Ula Martin (ABCE) over Ljiljana Shellum (BRVA) (Fall 2:47);

132: Jasmine Maas (ABCE) over (BRVA) (For.) 142: Lin Paw Jone (ABCE) over (BRVA) (For.) 154: Katrina Gibson (ABCE) over Annala Davis (BRVA) (Fall 2:58) 170: Fantasia Felcher (BRVA) over (ABCE) (For.) 285: Autum Gauer (ABCE) over (BRVA) (For.)

Aberdeen Central 36, Yankton 12
106: Avery Bendewald (ABCE) over (YANK) (For.) 113: Madyson Gillen (ABCE) over (YANK) (For.) 120: Kalyn Rohrbach (ABCE) over (YANK) (For.) 126: Jaclyn Kyte (YANK) over Ula Martin (ABCE) (Fall 3:38);

132: jasmine Maas (ABCE) over (YANK) (For.) 142: Nevaeh Leonard (YANK) over Lin Paw Jone (ABCE) (Fall 3:15) 154: Katrina  Gibson (ABCE) over (YANK) (For.) 170: Double Forfeit 190: Double Forfeit 285: Autum Gauer (ABCE) over   (YANK) (For.)