EAGLE BUTTE – Aberdeen Central had a record-setting day at the Region 3A Wrestling Tournament on Saturday.

The Golden Eagles scored a tourney record 302 points and qualified all 14 wrestlers for the upcoming state tournament.

“The team effort was the highlight,” said Central coach Donnie Bowden. “We set the scoring record for the region tournament, 302 points, so I think you got to take your hats off to all the kids.”

The Golden Eagles were close to setting the record a year ago, but came up just short. They left no doubt on Saturday.

“We were a point off last year at 280. It would have set it by a half a point,” Bowden said. “We beat our goal by 22 points.”

A big key in piling up that team point title was getting extra points while racking up wins along the way.

“Bonus points do a lot,” Bowden said. “When you can go out there and win, that’s great, but when you can separate yourself and get a fall, you can get a tech fall, or a major decision, you’re really setting your team up for something great.”

While Central was favored to win the team championship, no one knew about the unmatched points total.

“That’s our expectation,” Bowden said of winning the team crown. “This is something that we knew we could do, was it something that we could score this many points, I don’t know, but we went in there and did it.”

Central received individual championships from Jackson Dargatz, Eston Foss, Will Allen, Tate Huff, Ridley Waldo, Mason Schrempp, Elias Biegler, Grayden Timm, and Cole Dunlavy.

“We had nine champs. That’s nothing to scoff at,” Bowden said. “That’s pretty hard to do.”

Central also added three runner-up finishes, a third place and a fourth showing.

As a result, the Golden Eagles did what they could to help set themselves up for the state tournament. Bowden said his wrestlers are ready.

“We’re battle tested. We’ve been to tournaments bigger than our state tournament. … We’ve been through the fire,” Bowden said. “We’ve wrestled everyone in the state within our class, so we’re ready.”

While it was a big day for the Golden Eagles, they still have unfinished business with the most important tournament of the season on top for Thursday through Saturday at The Monument in Rapid City.

“It was a great day,” Bowden said. “We’re happy with what we did, but we’re going to turn our focus to the bigger tournament next week and see what we can get done.”

106 Jackson Dargatz 1st

Quarterfinals – Jackson Dargatz (Aberdeen Central) received a bye
Semifinals – Jackson Dargatz (Aberdeen Central) over Blaze Sevigny (Mitchell) (TF 17-0 4:33)
1st Place Match – Jackson Dargatz (Aberdeen Central) over Gable Uhrig (Pierre T.F. Riggs) (Dec 9-8)

113 Esten Foss 1st
Quarterfinals – Esten Foss (Aberdeen Central) over Xavier Sanchez-Gonzalez (Cheyenne-Eagle Butte/Dupree/Tiospaye Topa) (Fall 0:34)
Semifinals – Esten Foss (Aberdeen Central) over Carter Downs (Madison) (Fall 0:51)
1st Place Match – Esten Foss (Aberdeen Central) over Carter Nelson (Huron) (MD 9-0)

120 Paxton Ewing 4^th

Quarterfinals – Paxton Ewing (Aberdeen Central) over Demetrius Sanchez-Gonzalez (Cheyenne-Eagle Butte/Dupree/Tiospaye Topa) (Fall 0:41)
Semifinals – Noah Bennett (Mitchell) over Paxton Ewing (Aberdeen Central) (TF 16-0 4:34)
Cons. Semis – Paxton Ewing (Aberdeen Central) over Alec Pester (Huron) (Fall 0:58)
3rd Place Match – Wyatt Pickard (Madison) over Paxton Ewing (Aberdeen Central) (MD 9-1)

126 Will Allen 1st
Quarterfinals – Will Allen (Aberdeen Central) received a bye
Semifinals – Will Allen (Aberdeen Central) over Brody Neilan (Chamberlain) (Dec 8-3)
1st Place Match – Will Allen (Aberdeen Central) over Carson Wolf (Madison) (Fall 5:42)

132 Porter Lozenski 2nd
Quarterfinals – Porter Lozenski (Aberdeen Central) received a bye
Semifinals – Porter Lozenski (Aberdeen Central) over Jade Wilkens (Madison) (TF 16-0 5:20)
1st Place Match – Alex Oedekoven (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Porter Lozenski (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 2:00)

138 Tate Huff 1st
Quarterfinals – Tate Huff (Aberdeen Central) over Evan Hirsch (Mitchell) (TF 16-0 2:20)
Semifinals – Tate Huff (Aberdeen Central) over Patrick Iron Cloud (Todd County) (Fall 2:49)
1st Place Match – Tate Huff (Aberdeen Central) over Rowdy Menning (Pierre T.F. Riggs) (TF 16-0 2:57)

144 Ridley Waldo 1st
Quarterfinals – Ridley Waldo (Aberdeen Central) over Teagan Lien (Huron) (Fall 1:13)
Semifinals – Ridley Waldo (Aberdeen Central) over Sutton Powers (Chamberlain) (Fall 3:07)
1st Place Match – Ridley Waldo (Aberdeen Central) over Caleb Hodges (Madison) (Inj. [time])

150 Owen Ward 2nd
Quarterfinals – Owen Ward (Aberdeen Central) received a bye
Semifinals – Owen Ward (Aberdeen Central) over Max Hunsley (Pierre T.F. Riggs) (TF 17-0 3:29)
1st Place Match – Moses Gross (Huron) over Owen Ward (Aberdeen Central) (TF 20-3 4:00)

157 Mason Schrempp 1st
Quarterfinals – Mason Schrempp (Aberdeen Central) over Angelo Medina (Huron) (Fall 0:37)
Semifinals – Mason Schrempp (Aberdeen Central) over Tripp Schrempp (Cheyenne-Eagle Butte/Dupree/Tiospaye Topa) (TF 15-0 2:41)
1st Place Match – Mason Schrempp (Aberdeen Central) over Porter Hunsley (Pierre T.F. Riggs) (Fall 2:22)

165 Elias Biegler 1^st

Quarterfinals – Elias Biegler (Aberdeen Central) received a bye
Semifinals – Elias Biegler (Aberdeen Central) over Tyan Braskamp (Madison) (Fall 0:18)
1st Place Match – Elias Biegler (Aberdeen Central) over Xavier Donovan (Chamberlain) (MD 9-0)

175 Grayden Timm 1^st

Quarterfinals – Grayden Timm (Aberdeen Central) over Sam Larson (Pierre T.F. Riggs) (TF 18-1 3:30)
Semifinals – Grayden Timm (Aberdeen Central) over Adam Willis (Madison) (Fall 1:55)
1st Place Match – Grayden Timm (Aberdeen Central) over Chisum Blum (Chamberlain) (TF 16-0 4:53)

190 Cole Dunlavy 1st
Quarterfinals – Cole Dunlavy (Aberdeen Central) received a bye
Semifinals – Cole Dunlavy (Aberdeen Central) over Kalo Steely (Pierre T.F. Riggs) (Fall 1:15)
1st Place Match – Cole Dunlavy (Aberdeen Central) over Cole  Klingbile (Madison) (Fall 0:42)

215 Ryker Meister 2nd
Quarterfinals – Ryker Meister (Aberdeen Central) received a bye
Semifinals – Ryker Meister (Aberdeen Central) over Sawyer Hegg (Madison) (Inj. [time])
1st Place Match – Elijah Boutchee (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Ryker Meister (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 2:20)

285 Joran Foss 3rd
Quarterfinals – Joran Foss (Aberdeen Central) over Devin Binger (Pierre T.F. Riggs) (Fall 1:48)
Semifinals – Ashten Dorhout (Madison) over Joran Foss (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:04)
Cons. Semis – Joran Foss (Aberdeen Central) over Natan Blue Coat (Cheyenne-Eagle Butte/Dupree/Tiospaye Topa) (Fall 1:20)
3rd Place Match – Joran Foss (Aberdeen Central) over Carter Brave (Todd County) (Fall 1:20)

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