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THE POTTER COUNTY NEWS, GETTYSBURG, SOUTH DAKOTA
THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2017
Wrestlers bring home
championships and team
honors from Salem tourney
The weekend was a chance for
the Potter County wrestlers to
test themselves against the best
in the state. Five of the top teams
in South Dakota were in Salem,
SD for the McCook / Central
wrestling Invite on Saturday,
Dec. 30. The Battlers hung with
them and finished eighth in team
points out of the 19 teams in attendance. Very few of the 16 man
brackets had any byes included.
Lucas Smith and Carl Cronin
have both moved down a weight
class in the last two weeks. Smith
wrestled for the second time this
year at 138 pounds and Cronin
moved down to 113 pounds over
the Christmas break. Both of
them came home with championship medals and the brackets
from their tournament weight
classes. Brothers Joey (132
pounds) and Jesse Wheeler (152
pounds) won their finals matches
to each place fifth. Joey learned
to keep a cool head under pressure and watched as his opponent was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct and Jesse
received satisfaction by beating
the opponent who sent him to the
back side of the bracket earlier
in the day. Alex Martinez at 170
pounds and Preston Worth at 195
pounds wrestled in the auxiliary
gym most of the day, which was
interesting when all the noise
and cheering brought out a bat
that circled in confusion for a
few matches. They each finished
the day in sixth. Chance Stuwe
took another week off to rest his
injury.
106 pounds Brayden Schlachter:
fall to Jordan Rueb (BH / S);
0-10 decision to Parker Eldeen
(PAR).
113 pounds Carl Cronin: win
by pin in 1:09 over Izaak Reed
(B/AH); win by pin in 3:15 over
Braxton Trowbridge (CA N);
2-0 decision in OT over Wyatt
Turnquist (WIN); 3-1 decision
over Hayden Gilbertson (KC) to
become champion.
132 pounds Joey W heeler:
win by pin in 1:14 over Dimitri
Davis (una); fall to Bryce Smart
(MCM); win by pin in 0:24 over
Logan Schlim (una); 4-2 decision
over Paul Winker (HOW); 1-9
decision to Scott Peterson (CAN);
8-6 decision over Travis Leber
(PAR) to place fifth.
138 pounds Lucas Smith: win
by pin in 0:28 over Landan Debus (WIN); 13-6 decision over
Isaac Feldhaus (HOW); win by
pin in 0:57 over Zach Sykora
(BH/S); win by technical fall in
5:28 over Dalton Bodewitz (MF)
to become champion.
152 pounds Jesse Wheeler: win
by pin in 1:57 over Tyler Eddy;
fall to Vladik Johnson (BG);
win by pin in 1:53 over Riley
Hellmann (BH/S); 1-2 decision
to Shaeden Scheidt (CAN); 3-1
decision over Vladik Johnson
(BG) to place fifth.
160 pounds Jonathan Wheeler: fall to Dawson Hawkins
(MCM); bye; fall to Kyle Lauback
(CAN).
170 pounds Alex Martinez:
win by pin in 1:28 over Jordan
Ide (PAR); 2-11 decision to Aidyn
Feldhaus (HOW); win by pin
in 2:40 over Boston Morehart
(PHIL); win by pin in 4:05 over
Tanner Peterson (una); 0-10 decision to Kyle Seibel (CAN); fall to
Sam Wente (DV) to place sixth.
195 pounds Preston Worth: win
by forfeit; fall to Caleb Brandt
(WW); win by pin in 3:35 over
Mitchell Kistner (DV); win by
pin in 0:47 over Lathan Norling
(B/AH); fall to Jayden Schroeder
(WIN); fall to Cade Fortuna (BG)
to place sixth.
285 Drake Davis: fall to Geoffrey DeVries (PHIL); bye; fall to
Adam Miller (CAN).
Team points and abbreviations: 1. Canton (CAN) 198; 2.
Philip Area (PHIL) 188; 3. Berestford/Alcestor Hudson (B/AH)
172; 4. Winner (WIN) 152.5; 5.
Howard (HOW) 112; 6. Burke/
Gregory (BG) 111; 7. McCook
Central/Montrose (MCM) 106;
8. Potter County 105.5; 9. Bon
Homme/Scotland (BH/S) 92.5;
10. Parker (PAR) 80; 11. Mt. Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica Stickney
(MVPC) 74; 12. Flandreau (FL)
72; 13. Dakota Valley (DV) 63; 14.
Wolsey/Wessington (WW) 62; 15.
Wessington Springs/Woonsocket
(WSW) 44; 16. Kingsbury County
(KC) 34.5; 17. Marion/Freeman
(MF) 29; 18. Lyman (LYM) 17;
19. Andes Central/Dakota Christian (ACDC) 0.
Lucas Smith (Vern and Nancy) drives his opponent from Howard forward to get the
takedown in his quarterfinal match at the McCook Central/Montrose Invitational
tournament this Saturday. Smith won the 138 pound division.
Jesse Wheeler (Janelle Wheeler and Ed Wheeler, Jr) snaps down his opponent, Shaedon
Scheidt of Canton, before trying to spin behind to get a takedown for two points. The
Battler wrestlers competed in Salem, SD on Saturday against several of the top teams in
the state.
Photos by Janet G. Cronin
3rd Annual Tolstoy
Wind Chiller 5K run/walk
Saturday, Jan. 21 • 10 a.m.
Good Luck at
State Junior
Snow Queen
We are proud of you!
The regular meeting of the
Gettysburg School Board will be
held on Wednesday, Jan. 11 at
5 p.m. in the school conference
room.
Discussion items on the agenda
include construction, Potter
County Sportsman’s clay target
We’ll be back!
Pre-registrations due: Jan. 9 -- $25
(guarantees awesome long sleeve t-shirt)
Facebook at Tolstoy Windchiller
For more information/to enter:
Text/call/email Katie Nold 605-769-1570
[email protected]
Joann Rader 605.769.1906
All proceeds go to Labs For Liberty.
School board meets next Wednesday
We Love You,
Your Family
Watch this space
next week for news
from the
Gettysburg
School
team, set election date, approve
wage increase, auditorium, administrative reports, and executive session for personnel.
The meetings are open to the
public and anyone interested is
encouraged to attend.
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