Aberdeen Central showed why it is one of the elite wrestling programs in the state on Saturday.

The Golden Eagles won the boys’ team crown, and had three individual champs during the Lee Wolf Invitational at a packed Golden Eagles Arena.

“I think the kids competed hard. I think that’s the big thing. You can see the effort in kids,” said Central coach Donnie Bowden. “Even when we fell in some places, they still gave good efforts. That’s a good thing. That’s where we want to be. We want to put out as much effort as possible. Now, it’s just about getting a little bit smarter with our wrestling, and get in the situation we want to be in.”

Esten Foss, Mason Schrempp, and Elias Biegler all won their respective weight classes.

Foss gained a measure of revenge against a pair of quality Class B foes en route to winning the 113-pound title over Kayden Tchida of Sisseton 7-6. Foss also avenged a previous set to Roukyn Robbins of Winner in the semifinals.

“I knew it was going to be good competition with the B schools,” Foss said, “but I trusted that all the matches I had this year I’ve learned from. I lost to both of those guys this year.”

Foss said that he has been putting in the work and it is paying off.

“I’ve been working hard to improve, because I’ve had bad tendencies for a few years,” Foss said, “and just working to improve on those now. It’s really improved my wrestling.”

Schrempp won his first Lee Wolf title, defeating Sisseton’s Holden Hawkins 7-6 in the final at 157 pounds. While the match came down to the closing seconds, Schrempp believed he would win.

“I’m confident on my feet. It’s my best position, but I shouldn’t be in that position anyways,” Schrempp. “I go out there to dominate, not hold on in close matches like that.”

While there was a large crowd on hand, Schrempp said he tries to focus only on his matches.

“After five years I don’t even notice it,” Schrempp said. “Go out there and do what you love to do on the mat, and everything will take care of itself.”

Biegler defended his Lee Wolf title from a year ago. He said was more in control of his matches this time around.

He said while trying to focus on his match, he couldn’t help but watch a bit of the Schrempp match right before his.

“I tried to zone in a little bit, but I couldn’t help peaking over here from behind the bleachers,” Biegler said. “That was a great match and I’m just happy to see my teammate succeed.”

Making his second straight Lee Wolf championship even more meaningful is the fact that it was Biegler’s 100th career victory.

“It means a lot. I’ve kind of had linear progression since freshman year,” Biegler said. “I was getting beat out of every tournament. I’d probably had over twice as many losses as wins, and that ratio just kept on getting better and better as the years went on.”

Sisseton’s Ian Metz scored a big win over Watertown’s Brody Randall in the finals at 126. Randall was an undefeated state champion at Hamlin a year ago.

Metz is coming off a knee injury and has only wrestled a handful of matches this season. He had a lead, lost it, and then came up with a pin to break a 7-7 tie.

“My shape was bad. That’s why I lost my lead,” Metz said. “I got too tired and couldn’t wrestle the way I wanted to.”

He credited his practice partner Tchida for getting him prepared for the season.

“Just practicing with my partner Kayden Tchida every day,” Metz said, “just getting into those positions every day, just wrestling there, and getting better in positions.”

Jacksen Carter of Wessington Springs-Woonsocket-Wolsey-Wessington defeated Central’s Tate Huff in the championship at 132 pounds.

Carter said his conditioning, which included a 28-day camp in Missouri this past summer, played a key role.

“You can give it all to training,” Carter said. “Through the whole summer I didn’t stop wrestling at all.”

The sophomore, who is coming off his only loss of the season, said he felt good all day on the way to winning the title.

“I was ready coming into the match. Warmed up really well, just feeling myself through the whole tournament,” Carter said. “Just knew I could get on my attacks, and if I did get on my attacks I knew I could win the match.”

Josh Kannegieter of Clark-Willow Lake took care of business with a first-period pin in the 175-pound championship.

“At the beginning of the day they said it might be one of the toughest one-day tournaments,” Kannegieter said, “so just go out there, be aggressive, do your stuff, and see what happens.”

The senior, who finished fourth at state last year, wants to cap off his prep career in a big way.

“I want to be a state champion, just like everyone else,” Kannegieter said. “One step at a time and hopefully get there.”

The Stan Opp Outstanding Wrestler Award went to Ryken Orel of Winner.

Central hosts Brookings in a dual on Thursday.

“I’m proud of the effort that we had,” Bowden said. “I’m proud of the kids, I’m proud of the coaching staff. It was a great weekend to finish a great week.”

To see complete results of the tournament, click on the following link:

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Aberdeen Central results

B106: Jackson Dargatz 3rd
Champ. Round 1 – Jackson Dargatz (Aberdeen Central) over Gus Tobin (Winner) (TF 19-4 3:46)
Quarterfinals – Jackson Dargatz (Aberdeen Central) over William O`Connor (O`Gorman) (Dec 5-0)
Semifinals – Kaden Haakinson (West Central) over Jackson Dargatz (Aberdeen Central) (TF 18-1 5:49)
Cons. Semis – Jackson Dargatz (Aberdeen Central) over Braylon Schell (Watertown) (Fall 2:29)
3rd Place Match – Jackson Dargatz (Aberdeen Central) over William O`Connor (O`Gorman) (SV-1 7-4)

B113: Paxton Ewing 5th
Champ. Round 1 – Paxton Ewing (Aberdeen Central) over Colton Bairey (Chamberlain) (Fall 1:09)
Quarterfinals – Kayden Tchida (Sisseton) over Paxton Ewing (Aberdeen Central) (MD 14-2)
Cons. Round 2 – Paxton Ewing (Aberdeen Central) received a bye
Cons. Round 3 – Paxton Ewing (Aberdeen Central) over Carter Nelson (Huron) (Dec 8-6)
Cons. Semis – Roukyn Robbins (Winner) over Paxton Ewing (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:42)
5th Place Match – Paxton Ewing (Aberdeen Central) over Bentley Klinkhammer (West Central) (Dec 7-5)

B113: Esten Foss 1st
Champ. Round 1 – Esten Foss (Aberdeen Central) received a bye
Quarterfinals – Esten Foss (Aberdeen Central) over Bentley Klinkhammer (West Central) (Dec 4-0)
Semifinals – Esten Foss (Aberdeen Central) over Roukyn Robbins (Winner) (Dec 8-3)
1st Place Match – Esten Foss (Aberdeen Central) over Kayden Tchida (Sisseton) (Dec 7-3)

B120: Will Allen 6th
Champ. Round 1 – Will Allen (Aberdeen Central) over Alec Pester (Huron) (Fall 2:26)
Quarterfinals – Rylan Robbins (Winner) over Will Allen (Aberdeen Central) (Dec 7-1)
Cons. Round 2 – Will Allen (Aberdeen Central) over Mason  Hoff (Bismarck Century) (TF 23-3 5:00)
Cons. Round 3 – Will Allen (Aberdeen Central) over Jaymin VanDerWerff (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) (MD 17-3)
Cons. Semis – Brody Gossen (West Central) over Will Allen (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 3:43)
5th Place Match – Cooper Pommer (Clark/Willow Lake) over Will Allen (Aberdeen Central) (Dec 4-0)

B120: Mason Backous
Champ. Round 1 – Cooper Pommer (Clark/Willow Lake) over Mason Backous (Aberdeen Central) (Dec 14-7)
Cons. Round 1 – Mason Backous (Aberdeen Central) over Chase Dunsmore (Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington) (For.)
Cons. Round 2 – Jaymin VanDerWerff (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) over Mason Backous (Aberdeen Central) (MD 18-6)

B126: Jude Sumner 6th
Champ. Round 1 – Jude Sumner (Aberdeen Central) over Maxwell Anderson (Lemmon) (TF 16-1 1:56)
Quarterfinals – Karson Vessells (West Central) over Jude Sumner (Aberdeen Central) (TF 19-4 2:19)
Cons. Round 2 – Jude Sumner (Aberdeen Central) over Keigen Deibert (Viborg-Hurley/Irene-Wakonda) (Fall 1:22)
Cons. Round 3 – Jude Sumner (Aberdeen Central) over Hudson Peters (Winner) (Dec 12-10)
Cons. Semis – Talon  Ping (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) over Jude Sumner (Aberdeen Central) (TF 18-0 1:28)
5th Place Match – Kasey Hermann (Redfield) over Jude Sumner (Aberdeen Central) (MD 10-0)

B132: Tate Huff 2nd
Champ. Round 1 – Tate Huff (Aberdeen Central) over Cade Werdel (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) (Fall 1:23)
Quarterfinals – Tate Huff (Aberdeen Central) over Alex Siemonsma (West Central) (Fall 1:08)
Semifinals – Tate Huff (Aberdeen Central) over Chase Hurd (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) (TF 16-0 3:23)
1st Place Match – Jackson Carter (Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington) over Tate Huff (Aberdeen Central) (Dec 8-3)

B132: Porter Lozenski 6th
Champ. Round 1 – Porter Lozenski (Aberdeen Central) over Brylee Brennan (Chamberlain) (TF 18-0 3:18)
Quarterfinals – Porter Lozenski (Aberdeen Central) over Nolan Songer (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) (Fall 1:20)
Semifinals – Jackson Carter (Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington) over Porter Lozenski (Aberdeen Central) (MD 14-1)
Cons. Semis – Kutler Swenson (Watertown) over Porter Lozenski (Aberdeen Central) (Dec 4-1)
5th Place Match – Boe Iverson (Sisseton) over Porter Lozenski (Aberdeen Central) (Dec 9-2)

B144: Brody Beitlespacher
Champ. Round 1 – Sutton Powers (Chamberlain) over Brody Beitlespacher (Aberdeen Central) (TF 20-3 5:03)
Cons. Round 1 – Brody Beitlespacher (Aberdeen Central) over Prestyn Haugen (Chamberlain) (Dec 7-0)
Cons. Round 2 – Ethan Rearick (Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington) over Brody Beitlespacher (Aberdeen Central) (TF 19-4 3:42)

B144: Ridley Waldo 6th
Champ. Round 1 – Ridley Waldo (Aberdeen Central) over Maddox Splonskowski (Bismarck Century) (Fall 1:25)
Quarterfinals – Ridley Waldo (Aberdeen Central) over Ethan Rearick (Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington) (Dec 7-3)
Semifinals – Ryken Orel (Winner) over Ridley Waldo (Aberdeen Central) (For.)
Cons. Semis – Sutton Powers (Chamberlain) over Ridley Waldo (Aberdeen Central) (For.)
5th Place Match – Orlando Whiting (West Central) over Ridley Waldo (Aberdeen Central) (M. For.)

B138: Brody Aesoph
Champ. Round 1 – Brody Aesoph (Aberdeen Central) over Brayden Wientjes (Mobridge-Pollock) (Fall 1:28)
Quarterfinals – Karson Keiser (Winner) over Brody Aesoph (Aberdeen Central) (MD 14-3)
Cons. Round 2 – Ashton Hill (Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington) over Brody Aesoph (Aberdeen Central) (Dec 4-1)

B165: Elias Biegler 1st
Champ. Round 1 – Elias Biegler (Aberdeen Central) over Tyler Oines (O`Gorman) (Fall 1:15)
Quarterfinals – Elias Biegler (Aberdeen Central) over August Bartels (Winner) (Fall 1:17)
Semifinals – Elias Biegler (Aberdeen Central) over Collin Dean (Redfield) (Fall 1:15)
1st Place Match – Elias Biegler (Aberdeen Central) over Elliot Bratland (Clark/Willow Lake) (MD 11-2)

B165: Gabe Sumner
Champ. Round 1 – Landen Lewis (Watertown) over Gabe Sumner (Aberdeen Central) (TF 17-2 2:00)
Cons. Round 1 – Gabe Sumner (Aberdeen Central) received a bye
Cons. Round 2 – August Bartels (Winner) over Gabe Sumner (Aberdeen Central) (Dec 8-7)

B157: Mason Schrempp 1st
Champ. Round 1 – Mason Schrempp (Aberdeen Central) received a bye
Quarterfinals – Mason Schrempp (Aberdeen Central) over Bayze Helgeson (Bismarck Century) (Fall 1:15)
Semifinals – Mason Schrempp (Aberdeen Central) over Keaton Vessells (West Central) (TF 19-4 3:08)
1st Place Match – Mason Schrempp (Aberdeen Central) over Holden Hawkins (Sisseton) (Dec 4-2)

B157: Kaylor Swenson 5th
Champ. Round 1 – Jed Blare (Winner) over Kaylor Swenson (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:26)
Cons. Round 1 – Kaylor Swenson (Aberdeen Central) received a bye
Cons. Round 2 – Kaylor Swenson (Aberdeen Central) over Bayze Helgeson (Bismarck Century) (Fall 2:33)
Cons. Round 3 – Kaylor Swenson (Aberdeen Central) over Jerrod Larsen (Chamberlain) (Fall 4:58)
Cons. Semis – slaton jones (O`Gorman) over Kaylor Swenson (Aberdeen Central) (TF 17-2 3:21)
5th Place Match – Kaylor Swenson (Aberdeen Central) over Markus Pitkin (Watertown) (Fall 2:39)

B150: Owen Ward 2nd
Champ. Round 1 – Owen Ward (Aberdeen Central) over Malachi Anderson (Sisseton) (Fall 0:56)
Quarterfinals – Owen Ward (Aberdeen Central) over Hunter Helgeson (Bismarck Century) (TF 17-2 4:33)
Semifinals – Owen Ward (Aberdeen Central) over Gage Anderson (Lemmon) (Dec 12-8)
1st Place Match – Moses Gross (Huron) over Owen Ward (Aberdeen Central) (TF 19-3 2:31)

B215: Ryker Meister 4th
Champ. Round 1 – Ryker Meister (Aberdeen Central) over Cassius `DuMarce (Sisseton) (Fall 1:05)
Quarterfinals – Ryker Meister (Aberdeen Central) over Rip Siemonsma (O`Gorman) (Fall 5:38)
Semifinals – Ole Taylor (Bismarck Century) over Ryker Meister (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:19)
Cons. Semis – Ryker Meister (Aberdeen Central) over Wyatt Zeigler (Mobridge-Pollock) (TF 18-2 1:52)
3rd Place Match – Holden Havlik (Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington) over Ryker Meister (Aberdeen Central) (MD 14-4)

B175: Isaac Price 6th
Champ. Round 1 – Isaac Price (Aberdeen Central) over Hunter Frederick (Chamberlain) (Fall 1:14)
Quarterfinals – Keenan Sheridan (O`Gorman) over Isaac Price (Aberdeen Central) (TF 17-2 1:19)
Cons. Round 2 – Isaac Price (Aberdeen Central) received a bye
Cons. Round 3 – Isaac Price (Aberdeen Central) over Cain Grocott (West Central) (Fall 4:29)
Cons. Semis – Grayden Timm (Aberdeen Central) over Isaac Price (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 0:41)
5th Place Match – Cade Kuemper (Watertown) over Isaac Price (Aberdeen Central) (Dec 7-4)

B175: Grayden Timm 3rd
Champ. Round 1 – Grayden Timm (Aberdeen Central) received a bye
Quarterfinals – Grayden Timm (Aberdeen Central) over Cade Kuemper (Watertown) (Fall 5:42)
Semifinals – Brayden  Morris (Bismarck Century) over Grayden Timm (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:19)
Cons. Semis – Grayden Timm (Aberdeen Central) over Isaac Price (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 0:41)
3rd Place Match – Grayden Timm (Aberdeen Central) over Chisum Blum (Chamberlain) (Fall 0:52)

B190: Cole Dunlavy 3rd
Champ. Round 1 – Cole Dunlavy (Aberdeen Central) received a bye
Quarterfinals – Cole Dunlavy (Aberdeen Central) over Mason Harris (O`Gorman) (Fall 2:56)
Semifinals – Legend Benedict (Winner) over Cole Dunlavy (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 4:43)
Cons. Semis – Cole Dunlavy (Aberdeen Central) over Dusty Rose (Chamberlain) (Fall 0:51)
3rd Place Match – Cole Dunlavy (Aberdeen Central) over Evan Bartels (Winner) (Fall 0:54)

B285: Joran Foss 3rd
Champ. Round 1 – Joran Foss (Aberdeen Central) received a bye
Quarterfinals – Joran Foss (Aberdeen Central) over Daniel  Vazquez  (O`Gorman) (Dec 7-1)
Semifinals – Darion Bitz (Bismarck Century) over Joran Foss (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:14)
Cons. Semis – Joran Foss (Aberdeen Central) over Dalton Rathjen (Redfield) (Fall 4:00)
3rd Place Match – Joran Foss (Aberdeen Central) over Daniel  Vazquez  (O`Gorman) (Dec 4-1)

B285: Cesar Ortiz 7th
Champ. Round 1 – Cesar Ortiz (Aberdeen Central) received a bye
Quarterfinals – Darion Bitz (Bismarck Century) over Cesar Ortiz (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 0:37)
Cons. Round 2 – Cesar Ortiz (Aberdeen Central) received a bye
Cons. Round 3 – Daniel  Vazquez  (O`Gorman) over Cesar Ortiz (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:34)
7th Place Match – Cesar Ortiz (Aberdeen Central) received a bye