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Gillen wins title, Golden Eagles third at girls’ ESD tourney

Aberdeen Central’s Madyson Gillen tries to pin Mitchell’s Emma Trode during their 113 pound match at a dual earlier this season at the Golden Eagles Arena. Gillen won a championship at the ESD Tournament in Mitchell on Tuesday. Photo by John Davis taken 12/29/2022
MITCHELL – Aberdeen Central had one individual champion and finished third in the team standings at the girls' Eastern South Dakota Conference Tournament in Mitchell on Tuesday.The Golden Eagles finished with 66 points, three points behind second place finisher Harrisburg. Pierre won the team title with a score of 152.Central assistant coach Jake Flakus was proud of how the team wrestled.“I think they wrestled hard, even in the matches that we lost,” Flakus said. “They were kind of getting after it and trying some stuff, and some of them we just came up short. You never want to come up short, but it wasn’t for a lack of effort.”Flakus was also happy with the matches that the team did win.“In the matches that we won, we got a lot of pins, so we kind of dominated in that aspect,” Flakus said. “So overall, I was pretty happy with the results.”Madyson Gillen was the lone champion for the Golden Eagles. Gillen won in a 6-2 decision over Pierre’s Lexie Hillmer in the ti

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