A Triangular the Lee Wolf and Senior Night

It's been a down year as far as dual results go for the team but there have been many bright spots. The team is filled with inexperience but has a group of Seniors that have been good leaders and are having success. On Jan 30th we went to Watertown for a triangular against Watertown and Harrisburg. Both duals didn't end well for Aberdeen as Watertown beat us 62-15 and Harrisburg won 55-14. Senior Brenden Salfrank continued his dominant season with a pair of tech falls. The only other wrestler to win both was Senior Connor Bockorny with a pin and a forfeit. Senior Garrett Mitzel won a match against his Harrisburg opponent and Sophomore, Brock Martin won against the Watertown kid.


Lee Wolf
Two days later was the annual Lee Wolf tournament held in Golden Eagles Arena. The team wrestled pretty well earning a 6th place finish in the 16 team field. Canton edged out Watertown for the title followed by Bismark Century, Winner and Chamberlain. Here is how we fared at each weight class.


106: Jacob Bellefuille 6th place finish 3-3 on the day with 1 pin
113: Brenden Salfrank Champion. after a tech fall then a pin he won a hard fought match in the semi finals 5-2 against Canton's Andy Meyer and in the finals a 6-3 win against Aden Braun from Jamestown to bring home the title.
113: Logan Optiz went 1-2 on the day picking up a major decision.
120: Avery Ligon went 1-2 on the day getting a pin.
126: Brock Martin 7th place finish 3-2 on the day. 2 pins and a major decision
132: Braden Senger 1-2 on the day.
138: Open
145: Brayden Steuck 2-3 on the day
152: Sam Calvert 1-2 with a tech fall.
160: Garrett Mitzel 4th place finish getting a pin in the quarter finals then another one in the wrestlebacks to advance to the 3rd place match.
170: Dyaln Schaunaman 6th place finish earning a fall along the way.
182: Open
195: Dillon Stoebner 3rd Place. A pin to advance to the semi's then a pin in the wrestlebacks. He followed that with a tech fall over Ristau from Chamberlain to finish in 3rd place.
220: Landon Merkel. The first year Sophomore went 0-2 on the day but you can see the improvement as the year has gone on.
285: Connor Bockorny He took down the 4 seed from Canton, Zach Richardson, to advance to the semi finals where he got to face National Champion Nash Hutmacher from Chamberlain. Connor ended up wrestling for 5th place where he beat Huron's Sebastian Cardona


Senior Night
The Brookings dual was the last dual for the season and an opportunity to recognize this years Seniors. Brookings was dealing with some sickness so they came to town with a limited squad. Aberdeen defeated them 52-19. There were a lot of forfeits but picking up wins for the Eagles were: Brock Martin with a major decision, Calvin Beadle with a pin, and Senior, Dillon Stoebner with a pin.  The Bobcats didn't bring any JV kids so the middle school held a Blue Gold dual. Lots of good wrestling during that dual.


This weekend the varsity travels to Yankton for a triangular against them and Brandon Valley on Friday night. The ESD Middle School tournament is Saturday in Watertown where a lot of Aberdeen kids will be participating. On Sunday the Aberdeen Central youth tourney will be happening. This tourney was pushed back this year because of the Super Bowl. Come on out to Golden Eagles Arena and see the little ones in action.


The following weekend is the Huron Tourney for the Varsity. This is the last event before the post season. That same day the JV will be wrestling in the Bob Gibbons JV tourney while most of the middle schoolers will be in Pierre for the Middle School State Tourney. This will wrap up the JV and middle school seasons. On Sunday, NSU and the youth club is hosting the Midwest Youth duals. right now we have 7 teams committed to it. They are: Aberdeen, Watertown, Sturgis, South Border, Carrington, Bismarck Gorillas and the Bison Wrestling Club. This event continues to grow with quality teams, we hope to continue that in the future.


On Feb 22 is the Region 3A tourney for the Varsity kids. The top 4 qualify for the state tournament in Sioux Falls. This region tourney will be held in Aberdeen this year so make it a point to stop out and watch some really good wrestling. There are 9 teams in our region, Aberdeen, Chamberlain, Cheyenne-Eagle Butte, Huron, Milbank, Mitchell, Pierre and Todd County. Lots of ranked kids from some of the best programs in the state. The action begins at 10:00


Additionally, Aberdeen is hosting the AAU Region tourney on Sunday, March 15th. We are looking for volunteers as this is a big event. If you would like to help out in any form let me know or email us at aberdeenwrestling@nvc.net
(concession help will be hired out so don't need volunteers for that) :)




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