PIERRE – Aberdeen Central experienced mixed results at the East-West Dual Tournament Saturday in Pierre. The Golden Eagles defeated Rapid City Central 69-6, before falling to Sturgis 42-16 and Rapid City Stevens 41-25, and concluded the day with a 70-3 win over Spearfish.

“It started out with Central where we kind of widened the gap against them,” said Golden Eagles coach Donnie Bowden. “We won a few more matches than we did the first time around against them.”

He pointed out solid victories from Porter Lozenski and Sam Flakus in the dual. Flakus defeated an opponent who finished third at state last season.

“Then we ran into the beast that is Sturgis. The score makes it look lopsided, but we competed really hard,” Bowden said. “That is just such a balanced and strong team. They have a really nice dual team. They have really tough kids.”

Bowden said the Eagles competed hard, but were unable to win some of the close matches.

“We didn’t win as many matches as we thought we could,” Bowden said. “We had some tight ones there with some opportunities, but we felt pretty good about the way we competed.”

Central then came up short against Stevens.

“That was one that we were hoping to get the win with,” Bowden said. “It was close, and we had opportunities to do it, we just ultimately gave up too many bonus points in that one. It comes to the bonus-point game and we got on the backside.”

The Eagles finished on a high note by dominating Spearfish.

“We kind of left the gym feeling pretty good about ourselves,” Bowden said.

He said the dual tourney gave the Eagles another chance to see some of the state’s best wrestlers from the western part of the state.

“It’s good to see those teams from out west, because they compete hard,” Bowden said. “They just have hard-nosed kids.”

Central heads to Watertown on Thursday for duals against Harrisburg and Watertown. The Eagles will host the annual Lee Wolf Tournament on Saturday at Golden Eagles Arena. Action starts at 9:30 a.m.

Aberdeen Central 69, Rapid City Central 6
182: Cole Dunlavy (ABCE) over Brody Knapp (RCC) (Fall 1:24) 195: Samson Flakus (ABCE) over Jaxon Morrison (RCC) (MD 11-1) 220: Bryce Beitelspacher (ABCE) over Alex Wells (RCC) (Fall 2:25) 106: Pierce Hurd (RCC) over Paxton Ewing (ABCE) (Fall 1:08);

113: Porter Lozenski (ABCE) over Ryan Tschetter (RCC) (Dec 5-4) 120: Ridley Waldo (ABCE) over (RCC) (For.) 126: Rayden Zens (ABCE) over Logan Brown (RCC) (Dec 10-4) 132: Tate  Huff (ABCE) over Luther Morrison (RCC) (Fall 2:25) 138: Brody Aesoph (ABCE) over Tate Winter (RCC) (Fall 2:44);

285: Jacob Krenz (ABCE) over (RCC) (For.) 145: Mason Schrempp (ABCE) over Jacoby Parker (RCC) (TF 17-2 5:21) 152: Elias Biegler (ABCE) over Joseph Sammeli (RCC) (Fall 1:35) 160: Logan Opitz (ABCE) over (RCC) (For.) 170: Ayden Gisi (ABCE) over Ian Hook (RCC) (Fall 4:25).

Sturgis Brown 42, Aberdeen Central 16

195: Aiden Werlinger (STBR) over Samson Flakus (ABCE) (Dec 5-0) 220: Zak Juelfs (STBR) over Bryce Beitelspacher (ABCE) (Fall 1:45) 106: Korbin Bunch (STBR) over Paxton Ewing (ABCE) (TF 15-0 4:53) 113: Teryn Zebroski (STBR) over Porter Lozenski (ABCE) (MD 9-0);

120: Tegan Zebroski (STBR) over Ridley Waldo (ABCE) (Dec 4-2) 126: Rayden Zens (ABCE) over Dee Daniels (STBR) (Dec 6-1) 132: Beau Peters (STBR) over Tate Huff (ABCE) (Dec 9-2) 138: Thayne Elshere (STBR) over Jacob Bellefeuille (ABCE) (Fall 4:50) 285: Jacob Krenz (ABCE) over Dakarai Osborne (STBR) (Fall 1:21);

145: Mason Schrempp (ABCE) over Dawson Inhofer (STBR) (MD 14-5) 152: Kalvin Ketelsen (STBR) over Elias Biegler (ABCE) (Dec 7-1) 160: Logan Opitz (ABCE) over Zhoel Irion (STBR) (Dec 3-2) 170: Preston Ray (STBR) over Ayden Gisi (ABCE) (Dec 2-1) 182: Reese Jacobs (STBR) over Cole Dunlavy (ABCE) (Fall 3:03).

Rapid City Stevens 41, Aberdeen Central 25
220: Bryce Beitelspacher (ABCE) over Tate Crosswait (RCS) (Fall 0:49) 106: Shea Richter (RCS) over Paxton Ewing (ABCE) (MD 12-1) 113: Brayden Collins (RCS) over Porter Lozenski (ABCE) (Dec 4-2) 120: Corbin Zent (RCS) over Ridley Waldo (ABCE) (MD 10-0);

126: Rayden Zens (ABCE) over Jacob Williams (RCS) (Fall 5:19) 132: Joe Juenger (RCS) over Tate  Huff (ABCE) (Dec 8-5) 138: Jacob Bellefeuille (ABCE) over Brayden Voorhees (RCS) (Dec 9-7) 285: Jacob Krenz (ABCE) over Kaiden Strong (RCS) (Fall 1:19) 145: Dillian Wornkey (RCS) over Brody Aesoph (ABCE) (Fall 2:28);

152: Corter Doney (RCS) over Mason Schrempp (ABCE) (Dec 9-3) 160: Graydon Bakke (RCS) over Elias Biegler (ABCE) (Fall 3:42) 170: Logan Opitz (ABCE) over Landon Mitsos (RCS) (MD 12-3) 182: Tanner VanScoy (RCS) over Cole Dunlavy (ABCE) (Fall 2:31) 195: Ayden Kellogg (RCS) over Samson Flakus (ABCE) (Fall 3:02).

Aberdeen Central 70, Spearfish 3
285: Jacob Krenz (ABCE) over (SPEA) (For.) 145: Mason Schrempp (ABCE) over Dominick Mills (SPEA) (Fall 0:30) 152: Elias Biegler (ABCE) over (SPEA) (For.) 160: Logan Opitz (ABCE) over Jacob Ellingson (SPEA) (Dec 3-2);

170: Ayden Gisi (ABCE) over Mason Schlup (SPEA) (Dec 5-2) 182: Cole Dunlavy (ABCE) over (SPEA) (For.) 195: Samson Flakus (ABCE) over (SPEA) (For.) 220: Bryce Beitelspacher (ABCE) over Asher Peil (SPEA) (Fall 3:49) 106: Paxton Ewing (ABCE) over (SPEA) (For.);

113: Porter Lozenski (ABCE) over (SPEA) (For.) 120: John Jeffery (SPEA) over Ridley Waldo (ABCE) (Dec 7-1) 126: Rayden Zens (ABCE) over Parker Graveman (SPEA) (MD 10-2) 132: Tate Huff (ABCE) over Dago Rodriguez (SPEA) (Fall 4:37) 138: Jacob Bellefeuille (ABCE) over (SPEA) (For.).