Champions crowned at Class A and B State Wrestling Tournaments
RAPID CITY, S.D. – The 2021 State Wrestling Championships wrapped up Saturday at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center.
Brandon Valley captured its first ever state wrestling title by winning the Class A crown with 188 points.
Rapid City Stevens finished second with 166.5.
Meanwhile, Canton won its fourth straight Class B state wrestling title.
The C-Hawks finished with 216.5 points followed by Winner Area and Philip Area.
Featured Highlights from Saturday, Feb. 27
Class B
Boys 160 Finals – Burk Blasius, Philip Area def. Jaden Dominisse, Canton Dec. 3-2
Class A
Girls 112 Finals – Maraia Kruske, Spearfish def. Shea Irion, Spearfish Fall 5:56
Girls 124 Finals – Paige Denke, RC Stevens def. Regina Stoeser, Harrisburg Dec. 8-2
Boys 152 Finals – Riley Benson, RC Stevens def. Ben Althoff, Watertown Dec. 14-12
Boys 160 Finals – Wren Jacobs, Sturgis def. Isaac Klinkhammer, Brandon Valley OT 4-2
State Wrestling Champions from the Black Hills Region
Class A Boys
120 – Logan Graf, RC Stevens
138 – Cael Larson, RC Central
152 – Riley Benson, RC Stevens
160 – Wren Jacobs, Sturgis
170 – Reese Jacobs, Sturgis
Class A Girls
112 – Maraia Kruske, Spearfish
124 – Paige Denke, RC Stevens
143 – Taylor Graveman, Spearfish
Class B Boys
152 – McCoy Peterson, Philip Area
160 – Burk Blasius, Philip Area
195 – Cody Donnelly, Philip Area
Class A Final Team Scores
1 Brandon Valley 188.0
2 RC Stevens 166.5
3 Pierre 144.0
4 Watertown 137.0
5 Harrisburg 118.5
6 Sturgis 113.5
7 Mitchell 103.0
8 Chamberlain 70.0
9 Brookings 68.0
10 Tea Area 67.5
11 RC Central 63.0
12 Huron 60.0
13 Dell Rapids 58.5
14 Aberdeen Central 56.5
15 West Central 50.0
16 Vermillion 45.5
17 SF O`Gorman 41.5
18 Spearfish 38.0
19 Milbank 26.0
20 Madison 24.5
21 Beresford/Alcester-Hudson 22.5
22 SF Washington 16.0
23 Yankton 14.0
24 SF Lincoln 12.0
25 Cheyenne-Eagle Butte/Dupree 11.0
26 Lennox 9.0
27 Dakota Valley 7.0
28 SF Roosevelt 4.0
29 Douglas 2.0
30 Belle Fourche 0.0
Class B Final Team Scores
1 Canton 216.5
2 Winner Area 188.5
3 Philip Area 176.0
4 Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes 129.0
5 Redfield Area 110.0
6 Wessington Sprigs/Woonsocket/Wosley-Wessington 70.0
7 McCook Central/Montrose 66.0
8 Elk Point-Jefferson 65.0
9 Mt. Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney 61.0
10 Burke/Gregory 60.5
11 Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon 53.0
11 Howard 53.0
13 Wagner 49.5
14 Hot Springs 38.5
15 Clark/Willow Lake 35.0
16 Groton Area 31.0
17 Parker 29.0
18 Miller/Highmore-Harrold 24.0
19 Kingsbury Co 23.0
20 Custer 22.0
20 Sisseton 22.0
22 Webster Area 21.5
23 Newell 19.0
24 Harding Co 18.0
24 Parkston 18.0
26 Hill City 14.0
27 Faulkton Area 13.0
27 Marion/Freeman 13.0
29 Lead-Deadwood 12.0
29 Sioux Valley 12.0
31 Viborg-Hurley 11.0
32 Stanley County 10.0
33 Tri-Valley 6.5
34 Ipswich/Leola/Bowdle 5.0
34 Lyman 5.0
34 Mobridge-Pollock 5.0
37 Bennett County 3.0
37 Flandreau 3.0
37 Hamlin/Castlewood 3.0
40 Lemmon/McIntosh 2.0
41 Britton-Hecla 1.0
41 Warner/Northwestern 1.0
43 Deuel 0.0
43 Potter Co 0.0
43 St. Thomas More 0.0
43 Sully Buttes 0.0
43 Tiospa Zina 0.0