RAPID CITY Young grapplers gathered March 28-30 at Summit Arena in The Monument at Rapid City for the 2025 South Dakota Wrestling Coaches Association State Tournament.
The Huron Youth Wrestling Club sent 24 wrestlers among the 1,661 wrestlers who participated in the event. Three Tigers had seven wrestlers make the championship match of their weight class.
Margo Wachter (girls 6u 46-pound class) and Tatyn Hins (boys 8u 53-pound class) brought home Hurons two titles.
Multiple other Heartland young wrestlers won titles. Beau Iribeck (boys 6u 53 pounds), Hunter Marx (boys 12u 72 pounds), and Cade Gaikowski (boys 16u 113 pounds) won titles for Clark/Willow Lake.
Redfield had a pair of championship winners, Rolfie Betten, who took first in boys 16u 285-pound class and Jackson Hekrdle, who won the boys 8u heavyweight class.
Kyla Logan won a title in the 19u girls 140-pound weight class for Doland while Chase Henriksen won a title for Kingsbury County in the boys 19u 113-pound class.
Miller had one title winner, Tyson Vanderwerff, in the boys 8u 40-pound weight class. Pony Hills also had one winner, Mary Tanke (girls 8u 61 pounds).
2025 SDWCA state tournament
Summit Arena, Rapid City
(Heartland place winners)
Clark Willow Lake
Cade Gaikowski, 1st, boys 16u 113-pound class
Beau Iribeck, 1st, boys 6u 53-pound class
Hunter Marx, 1st, boys 12u 72-pound class
Gavin Marx, 2nd, boys 12u 93-pound class
Claire Noethlich, 2nd, girls 8u 70-pound class
Kaden Wookey, 2nd, boys 16u 120-pound class
Kooper Wookey, 2nd, boys 14u 115-pound class
William Johnson, 3rd, boys 10u 104-pound class
Wyatt Hofer, 4th, boys 8u 53-pound class
Tyce Iribeck, 4th, boys 6u 37-pound class
Alyssa Johnson, 4th, girls 6u 49-pound class
Isaac Johnson, 4th, boys 16u 138-pound class
Carter Severson, 6th, boys 12u 138-pound class
Elsie Noethlich, 7th, girls 6u 43-pound class
Mason Severson, 7th, boys 14u 140-pound class
Gracyn Marx, 8th, girls 6u 46-pound class
De Smet
Dane Frankfurth, 2nd, boys 6u 40-pound class
Lawrence Nelson, 2nd, boys 8u heavyweight
Addie DeJong, 3rd, girls 12u 110-pound class
Payden Coughlin, 4th, girls 14u 120-pound class
Liam Gunnon, 4th, boys 16u 165-pound class
Sam Crowe, 5th, boys 16u 190-pound class
Aubree DeJong, 5th, girls 12u 80-pound class
Juan Gutierrez, 5th, boys 16u 175-pound class
Blaikyn Pillar, 6th, girls 10u 96-pound class
Lillian Albrecht, 8th, girls 10u 65-pound class
Owen Anderson, 8th, boys 16u 165-pound class
Lyndi McCloud, 8th, girls 6u 53-pound class
Doland
Kyla Logan, 1st, girls 19u 140-pound class
Highmore
Easton Kutz, 2nd, boys 12u 64-pound class
Kaydence Hobert, 4th, girls 14u 130-pound class
Karen Mitchell, 4th, girls 12u 100-pound class
Avery Pekarek, 4th, girls 10u 60-pound class
Havyn Bonnichsen, 5th, girls 10u 96-pound class
Mesa Ping, 5th, girls 12u 60-pound class
Bridger Carroll, 6th, boys 6u 49-pound class
Gentry Robb, 6th, girls 8u 61-pound class
Bentley Werdel, 8th, boys 12u 93-pound class
Huron
Tatyn Hins, 1st, boys 8u 53-pound class
Margo Wachter, 1st, girls 6u 46-pound class
Josiah Cardenas, 2nd, boys 8u 50-pound class
Noah Hofer, 2nd, boys 14u 100-pound class
Teagan Lien, 2nd, boys 19u 165-pound class
Evangeline Wachter, 2nd, girls 8u 61-pound class
Leah Waldner, 2nd, girls 10u 125-pound class
Tommie Feldhaus, 4th, boys 6u 57-pound class
Reva McGaugh, 4th, girls 19u 115-pound class
Ernest Wallette, 4th, boys 16u 113-pound class
Quintin Brock, 5th, boys 8u 50-pound class
December Chase, 5th, girls 14u heavyweight
Kadrian Moreno, 5th, boys 16u 120-pound class
Macy Smith, 6th, girls 8u 76-pound class
Kenadie Campbell, 7th, girls 12u 160-pound class
Kingsen VanOverschelde, 8th, boys 6u 53-pound class
Kingsbury County
Chase Hendricksen, 1st, boys 19u 113-pound class
Jaylynn Johnson, 3rd, girls 19u 100-pound class
Kaleb Johnson, 3rd, boys 19u 175-pound class
Donovan Sandven, 4th, boys 19u 165-pound class
Izabella Bendorf, 5th, girls 19u 125-pound class
Sutton Murphy, 5th, boys 19u 144-pound class
Greyson Nielson, 5th, boys 19u 157-pound class
Miller
Tyson VanDerWerff, 1st, boys 8u 40-pound class
Easton VanDerWerff, 2nd, boys 16u 94-pound class
Milo Gates, 3rd, boys 8u 65-pound class
Colsen Kolda, 3rd, boys 10u 59-pound class
Emmitt Waldrop, 3rd, boys 10u 123-pound class
Hazel Wells, 3rd, girls 10u 55-pound class
Adrian Winter, 4th, boys 8u 91-pound class
Tobias Jones, 6th, boys 10u 63-pound class
Rowdy Jones, 7th, boys 12u 68-pound class
Morah Swartzendruber, 7th, girls 14u 112-pound class
Alice Hieb, 8th, girls 8u 70-pound class
Pony Hills
Mary Tanke, 1st, girls 8u 61-pound class
Kaddilac Coleman, 2nd, boys 12u 60-pound class
Kix Coleman, 5th, boys 10u 53-pound class
Kactus Coleman, 6th, boys 10u 50-pound class
Redfield
Rolfie Betten, 1st, boys 16u 285-pound class
Jackson Hekrdle, 1st, boys 8u heavyweight
Camden Murray, 2nd, boys 19u 285-pound class
Deagan Maher, 2nd, boys 12u 150-pound class
Collin Dean, 3rd, boys 19u 165-pound class
Jace Edgar, 3rd, boys 14u 95-pound class
Titus Edgar, 3rd, boys 10u 53-pound class
Tripp Glanzer, 3rd, boys 8u 83-pound class
Brody Rude, 3rd boys 12u 82-pound class
Hunter Cole, 4th, boys 10u 67-pound class
Cruz Kemlicka, 4th, boys 14u 90-pound class
Kasper Weisz, 4th, boys 8u 70-pound class
Jhet Betten, 5th, boys 12u heavyweight
Gage Edgar, 5th, boys 12u 77-pound class
Kane Jandel, 6th, boys 6u 40-pound class
Corbin Swanson, 7th, boys 8u 50-pound class
Wolsey-Wessington
Jacksen Carter, 3rd, boys 19u 138-pound class
Callen Carter, 5th, boys 10u 104-pound class
Leave a Reply