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South Dakota state individual wrestling tournament results: Sturgis Brown, Canton, Pierre girls win state titles

The Sturgis Brown boy's wrestling team poses for the class A boy's state wrestling championship on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024 at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls.
The Sturgis Brown boy's wrestling team poses for the class A boy's state wrestling championship on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024 at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls.

The South Dakota high school state individual wrestling tournament came to a close Saturday, and the Sturgis Brown boys wrestling team, Canton boys and Pierre girls each walked away with a team state championship.

Sturgis Brown won the Class A state championship with 197.5 points, knocking off the three-time consecutive champions Brandon Valley, who finished fifth this year.

West Central jumped the Lynx to finish in fourth place with 127 points. Tea Area finished just outside the top five while Sioux Falls Lincoln, Harrisburg, Sioux Falls Jefferson and O’Gorman all finished in the top 15.

The Canton boy's wrestling team poses for their 7th consecutive state title win on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024 at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls.
The Canton boy's wrestling team poses for their 7th consecutive state title win on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024 at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls.

Canton’s boy wrestling continued their run of dominance in Class B, winning their seventh consecutive state title with 170.5 points.

Philip/Kadoka/Wall finished second in Class B, 19 points behind the C-Hawks.

The Pierre girls held on to complete their own 3-peat, edging out Canton by .5 points.

The Pierre girl's wrestling pose for their state championship win on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024 at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls.
The Pierre girl's wrestling pose for their state championship win on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024 at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls.

The Harrisburg girls team finished in third place with 102.5 points. The Brandon Valley girls jumped one spot to finish the tournament in ninth place.

Team Standings:

Class A Boys – 1, Sturgis Brown, 197.5; 2, Pierre T.F. Riggs, 176.0; 3, Aberdeen Central, 139.0; 4, West Central, 127.0; 5, Brandon Valley, 123.5; 6, Tea Area, 105.0; 7, Rapid City Central, 104.0; 8, Watertown, 88.5; 9, Rapid City Stevens, 86.5; 10, Sioux Falls Lincoln, 78.5; 11, Harrisburg, 66.0; 12, Brookings, 64.0; 13, Sisseton, 46.0; 14, Sioux Falls Jefferson, 45.0; 15, O’Gorman, 42.5; 16, Vermillion, 30.5; 17, Huron, 30.0; 18, Mitchell, 27.0; 19, Milbank, 26.0; 20, Madison, 21.0; 21, Dakota Valley, 18.0; 22, Sioux Falls Washington, 17.5; 23, Douglas/Rapid City Christian/New Underwood, 12.0; 23, Lennox, 12.0; 23, Spearfish, 12.0; 26, Yankton, 9.0; 27, Lakota Tech, 8.0; 28, Dell Rapids, 7.0; 29, Beresford/Alcester-Hudson, 6.0; 29, Flandreau, 6.0; 31, Chamberlain, 4.0; 32, Belle Fourche, 3.0

Class B Boys – 1, Canton, 170.5; 2, Philip/Kadoka/Wall, 151.5; 3, Custer, 115.0; 4, Winner Area, 114.5; 5, Wagner, 103.5; 6, Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes, 96.5; 7, Miller/Highmore-Harrold, 90.0; 8, Howard, 68.0; 8, Parker, 68.0; 10, Tri-Valley, 61.0; 11, Redfield, 57.0; 12, Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington, 55.0; 13, Bon Homme/Avon, 51.0; 13, McCook Central/Montrose, 51.0; 15, Parkston, 45.5; 16, Kingsbury County, 44.0; 17, Faulkton Area, 36.0; 18, Clark/Willow Lake, 33.5; 19, Burke/Gregory, 33.0; 20, Webster Area, 31.0; 21, Marion/Freeman, 29.0; 22, Hamlin/Castlewood, 27.5; 23, Bennett County, 26.0; 24, Groton Area, 25.0; 25, Lemmon/McIntosh, 23.0; 26, Stanley County, 19.0; 26, Wanrer/Northwestern, 19.0; 28, Hot Springs, 17.0; 28, Mobridge-Pollock, 17.0; 30, Deuel/Deubrook Area, 15.0; 31, Sioux Valley, 11.0; 32, Lead-Deadwood, 9.0; 33, Britton-Hecla, 7.0; 34, Elk Point-Jefferson, 5.0; 35, Harding County, 4.0; 35, Mount Vernon/Plankiton/Corsica-Stickney, 4.0; 37, McLaughlin, 3.0; 38, Chester, 1.0; 38, Garretson, 1.0; 38, Lyman, 1.0; 41, Ipswich/Bowdle, 0.0; 41, Newell, 0.0; 41, Potter County, 0.0; 41, St. Thomas More, 0.0; 41, Sully Buttes, 0.0; 41, Viborg-Hurley/Irene-Wakonda, 0.0

Girls – 1, Pierre T.F. Riggs, 139.0; 2, Canton, 138.5; 3, Harrisburg, 102.5; 4, Aberdeen Central, 86.0; 5, Lakota Tech, 81.0; 6, Watertown, 80.5; 7, Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon, 69.0; 8, Sturgis Brown, 63.0; 9, Brandon Valley, 59.0; 10, Rapid City Central, 57.5; 11, Brookings, 56.0; 12, Spearfish, 52.0; 13, Rapid City Stevens, 40.0; 14, Viborg-Hurley/Irene-Wakonda, 39.0; 15, Tea Area, 35.0; 16, Sully Buttes, 32.0; 17, McCook Central/Montrose, 27.5; 18, Lead-Deadwood, 27.0; 19, Custer, 26.0; 20, Lemmon/McIntosh, 25.5; 21, Mitchell, 25.0; 22, Sioux Valley, 24.0; 23, Hill City, 23.0; 24, Beresford/Alcester-Hudson, 22.0; 24. Sioux Falls Jefferson, 22.0; 24, Sioux Falls Lincoln, 22.0; 27, Doland, 21.0; 27, West Central, 21.0; 29, Groton Area, 20.0; 29, Hot Springs, 20.0

Jonathan Fernandez covers high school and college sports for the Argus Leader. Contact him at jfernandez1@argusleader.com. Follow him on Twitter at @JFERN31

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