
WATERTOWN – Aberdeen Central had three runner-up finishes on the way to taking third place in team points during the Watertown Invitational girls’ wrestling tournament on Friday.
Pierre won the team title with Canton second.
Groton’s Liza Krueger won the individual championship at 100 pounds.
Central’s Allison Neitzel was second at 138, Lin Paw Jone was second at 145, and Lilly Nelson was second at 165.
Other Golden Eagles with top five finishes included Madison Little who was third at 100, Jasmin Maas who was third at 132, Rakyrah Wallace who was third at 138, Ula Martin who was fifth at 145, and Grace Reszler who was fifth at 152.
“I am proud of the way my wrestlers competed,” said Central coach Jake Flakus. “Great start to the year and gives us a lot to work on for the future.”
Other area place winners included Webster’s Brooke Grajczyk third at 145, Miller-Highmore-Harrold’s Kyler Forman third at 165, Morah Swartzendruber fourth at 107, Dana Wallace fourth at 120, Mohrgan Werdel fourth at 126, and Gabby Werdel fourth at 132; and Milbank’s Kyra Tostenson third at 185, and Mackenzie Mueller fifth at 145.
Team Points: Pierre 205, Canton 190, Aberdeen Central 129.5, Watertown 102, Miller-Highmore-Harrold 87.5, Yankton 67, Brookings 59, Huron 59, Kingsbury County 47, Groton 28, Milbank 24.5, Ortonville, Minn. 23, Webster 20, Doland 18, Clark-Willow Lake 8, Baltic 7, Tiospa Zina 4, Marion-Freeman 2, Britton-Hecla 0, Canby, Minn. 0.
CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES
100, Liza Krueger, Groton, pinned Shaylee Speck, Pierre, 3:22; 107, Brooke Warejcka, Canton, pinned Charlie Sah, Huron, 5:09; 114, Brooklyn Randall, Watertown, pinned Gemma Stangeland, Pierre, 1:55; 120, Finley Evjen, Canton, pinned Olivia Anderson, Watertown, :38;
126, Dani Ringstmeyer, Pierre, pinned Kami Erickson, Brookings, 3:45; 132, Lexie Hillmer, Pierre, pinned Jersey Folkens, Canton, 3:21; 138, Kezrey Benning, Pierre, pinned Allison Neitzel, Aberdeen Central, 1:21; 145, Ireland Templeton, Pierre, pinned Lin Paw Jone, Aberdeen Central, 3:07;
152, (Round Robin) first place, Jaidyn Giedd, Kingsbury County; second place, Abbigail Lewis, Pierre; 165, (Round Robin) first place, Reganne Miles, Doland; second place, Lilly Nelson, Aberdeen Central; 185, (Round Robin) first place, Allison Konrad, Watertown; second place, Kori Wallner, Canton; 235, (Round Robin) first place, Eden Hach, Watertown; second place, Natalie Long, Canton.
Third Place Matches
100, Madison Little, Aberdeen Central, def. Jewel Gannon, Canton, 12-7; 107, Chloe Caton, Yankton, pinned Morah Swartzendruber, Miller-Highmore-Harrold, 3:09; 114, Nayeli Ortega, Canton, pinned Bailey Tekrony, Brookings, :34; 120, Lily Toft, Brookings, pinned Dana Wallace, Miller-Highmore-Harrold, 2:43;
126, Marin Rhode, Canton, pinned Mohrgan Werdel, Miller-Highmore-Harrold, :39; 132, Jasmin Maas, Aberdeen Central, pinned Gabby Werdel, Miller-Highmore-Harrold, 4:53; 138, Rakyrah Wallace, Aberdeen Central, pinned Say Glay, Huron, 2:27;
145, Brooke Grajczyk, Webster, pinned Lakynn Qualseth, Canton, 3:20; 152, (Round Robin) third place, Winry Yaggie, Yankton; fourth place, Kenzie King, Canton; 165, (Round Robin) third place, Kyler Forman, Miller-Highmore-Harrold; fourth place, Anna Folkens, Canton; 185, (Round Robin) third place, Kyra Tostenson, Milbank; fourth place, Kyanna Traversie-Johnson, Pierre; 235, (Round Robin), Izzy Baldwin, Canton; fourth place, Brylee Pelle, Pierre.
Complete Aberdeen Central results
Wylynn Drevlow
Bye; Jersey Folkens (Canton) over Wylynn Drevlow (Aberdeen Central) (MD 13-2); Wylynn Drevlow (Aberdeen Central) over Alexis Tollakson (Ortonville) (Dec 9-6); Izy Bendorf (Kingsbury County) over Wylynn Drevlow (Aberdeen Central) (Dec 9-3); 7th Place Match – Madison Brown (Yankton) over Wylynn Drevlow (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 3:55).
Arianna Goldade
Bye; Finley Evjen (Canton) over Arianna Goldade (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 0:47); Jocelynn Rose (Aberdeen Central) over Arianna Goldade (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 2:49).
Eva Hinkle
Mohrgan Werdel (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) over Eva Hinkle (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:58); Eva Hinkle (Aberdeen Central) over Jeryn Fieber (Watertown) (Fall 1:41); Mia Holmstrom (Clark/Willow Lake) over Eva Hinkle (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 0:32).
Mila Hobbs
Mila Hobbs (Aberdeen Central) over Alyssa McCracken (Canton) (Fall 4:14); Ireland Templeton (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Mila Hobbs (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:41); Mila Hobbs (Aberdeen Central) received a bye; Jaclyn Kyte (Yankton) over Mila Hobbs (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 2:25); 7th Place Match – Mila Hobbs (Aberdeen Central) over Baw Eh (Huron) (Fall 0:45).
Jayda Hoffman
Jayda Hoffman (Aberdeen Central) over Kayla Nunez (Huron) (Fall 0:46); Kezrey Benning (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Jayda Hoffman (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:13); Jayda Hoffman (Aberdeen Central) over Emily Nolasco (Baltic) (Fall 2:17); Katie Maack (Aberdeen Central) over Jayda Hoffman (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 2:51); 7th Place Match – Jayda Hoffman (Aberdeen Central) over Kayla Nunez (Huron) (Fall 1:26).
Madison Little
Madison Little (Aberdeen Central) over Rachel Unruh (Kingsbury County) (Fall 0:18);
Madison Little (Aberdeen Central) over Jewel Gannon (Canton) (Dec 1-0); Shaylee Speck (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Madison Little (Aberdeen Central) (Dec 4-2); Madison Little (Aberdeen Central) over Hailey Schafer (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) (MD 11-0); 3rd Place Match – Madison Little (Aberdeen Central) over Jewel Gannon (Canton) (Dec 12-7).
Katie Maack
Say Glay (Huron) over Katie Maack (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:17); Katie Maack (Aberdeen Central) received a bye; Katie Maack (Aberdeen Central) over Erin Legg (Canton) (Fall 1:18); Katie Maack (Aberdeen Central) over Jayda Hoffman (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 2:51); Say Glay (Huron) over Katie Maack (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 0:24); 5th Place Match – Brynn Mulder (Canton) over Katie Maack (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 3:22).
Jasmine Maas
Jasmine Maas (Aberdeen Central) over Hannah Zeigler (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) (Fall 0:36); Jasmine Maas (Aberdeen Central) over Izy Bendorf (Kingsbury County) (TF 16-1 2:58); Jersey Folkens (Canton) over Jasmine Maas (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 3:12); Jasmine Maas (Aberdeen Central) over Hannah Zeigler (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) (Fall 0:16); 3rd Place Match – jasmine Maas (Aberdeen Central) over Gabby Werdel (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) (Fall 4:53).
Ula Martin
Ula Martin (Aberdeen Central) over Amayar Zaw (Huron) (Fall 0:30); Ula Martin (Aberdeen Central) over Reegan Cook (Tiospa Zina) (Fall 1:25); Brooklynn Randall (Watertown) over Ula Martin (Aberdeen Central) (MD 12-0); Nayeli Ortega (Canton) over Ula Martin (Aberdeen Central) (Dec 7-3); 5th Place Match – Ula Martin (Aberdeen Central) over Reva McGaugh (Huron) (Fall 3:09).
Allison Neitzel
Allison Neitzel (Aberdeen Central) received a bye; Allison Neitzel (Aberdeen Central) over Peytynn Travers (Pierre T.F. Riggs) (Fall 1:20); Allison Neitzel (Aberdeen Central) over Say Glay (Huron) (Fall 0:43); 1st Place Match – Kezrey Benning (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Allison Neitzel (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:21).
Lilly Nelson
Lilly Nelson (Aberdeen Central) over Cecilia Anderson (Britton-Hecla) (Fall 0:34); Lilly Nelson (Aberdeen Central) over Kyler Forman (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) (Fall 3:01); Lilly Nelson (Aberdeen Central) over Anna Folkens (Canton) (Fall 0:55); Reganne miles (Doland) over Lilly Nelson (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:57).
Lin Paw Jone
Lin Paw Jone (Aberdeen Central) received a bye; Lin Paw Jone (Aberdeen Central) over Mackenzie Mueller (Milbank) (Fall 1:19); Lin Paw Jone (Aberdeen Central) over Brooke Grajczyk (Webster Area) (Fall 2:47); 1st Place Match – Ireland Templeton (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Lin Paw Jone (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 3:07).
Stella Person
Lilly Toft (Brookings) over Stella Person (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 0:33); Stella Person (Aberdeen Central) received a bye; Stella Person (Aberdeen Central) over Layla Crowe (Kingsbury County) (Fall 0:39); Jocelynn Rose (Aberdeen Central) over Stella Person (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:37); 7th Place Match – Jersey Lewis (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Stella Person (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:53).
Grace Reszler
Winry Yaggie (Yankton) over Grace Reszler (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 4:25); Jaidynn Giedd (Kingsbury County) over Grace Reszler (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:46); Abbigail Lewis (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Grace Reszler (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 0:56); Grace Reszler (Aberdeen Central) over Galilea Cruz (Ortonville) (For.); Kenzie King (Canton) over Grace Reszler (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 4:58).
Say Ri
Marin Rhode (Canton) over Say Ri (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 0:16); Aza Scavariel (Milbank) over Say Ri (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:24)
Jocelynn Rose
Payden Coughlin (Kingsbury County) over Jocelynn Rose (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 0:27); Jocelynn Rose (Aberdeen Central) received a bye; Jocelynn Rose (Aberdeen Central) over Arianna Goldade (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 2:49); Jocelynn Rose (Aberdeen Central) over Stella Person (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:37); Lilly Toft (Brookings) over Jocelynn Rose (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 0:38); 5th Place Match – Payden Coughlin (Kingsbury County) over Jocelynn Rose (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 0:28).
Rakyrah Wallace
Rakyrah Wallace (Aberdeen Central) received a bye; Rakyrah Wallace (Aberdeen Central) over Erin Legg (Canton) (Fall 1:29); Kezrey Benning (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Rakyrah Wallace (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 5:16); Rakyrah Wallace (Aberdeen Central) over Brynn Mulder (Canton) (Fall 0:37); 3rd Place Match – Rakyrah Wallace (Aberdeen Central) over Say Glay (Huron) (Fall 2:27).
Jashila Williams
Dani Ringstmeyer (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Jashila Williams (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 0:44); Jashila Williams (Aberdeen Central) received a bye; Alexis Brenden (Yankton) over Jashila Williams (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:05).


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