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South Dakota state individual wrestling tournament results, updates from Day 2

Jonathan Fernandez, Sioux Falls Argus Leader
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The South Dakota high school individual state championship wrestling tournament continued on Friday in the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls.

Sturgis Brown ended day two where they ended day one: still atop the Class A boy's standings. The Scoopers ended day two with 180.5 points.

Three-time consecutive Class A state champions Brandon Valley dropped from third to fourth. Pierre and Aberdeen Central finished the day in second and third while West Central, Tea Area and Sioux Falls Lincoln all finished in the top 10.

On the day Canton wrestling coach Jeremy Ask was honored for his 25 years of service as a head coach in the sport, the C-Hawks jumped to first place in the Class B boys' standings, passing Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall. Canton leads Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall by 8.5 points entering Saturday.

S.F. Washington’s Brayden Pueppke is pinned down by S.F. Jefferson’s Austin Osborn on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024 at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls.
S.F. Washington’s Brayden Pueppke is pinned down by S.F. Jefferson’s Austin Osborn on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024 at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls.

Pierre remained in first place in the girls' standings, but Canton cut the deficit to only one point after trailing by over 27 after day one. Harrisburg finished day two in third but are nearly 40 points behind Canton.

Brandon Valley’s girls wrestling team dropped two spots from day one, ending day two in 10th place while Tea jumped two spots to 15th.

Team Standings:

Class A Boys – 1, Sturgis Brown, 180.5; 2, Pierre T.F. Riggs, 155.0; 3, Aberdeen Central, 118.0; 4, Brandon Valley, 112.5; 5, West Central, 111; 6, Tea Area, 95.0; 7, Rapid City Central, 88.5; 8, Watertown, 84.5; 9, Rapid City Stevens, 75.5; 10, Sioux Falls Lincoln, 66.5; 11, Harrisburg, 61.0; 12, Brookings, 58.0; 13, Sisseton, 46.0; 14, O’Gorman, 42.5; 15, Sioux Falls Jefferson, 41.0; 16, Vermillion, 30.5; 17, Mitchell, 27.0; 18, Huron, 26.0; 19, Milbank, 25.0; 20, Madison, 21.0; 21, Dakota Valley, 16.0; 22, Sioux Falls Washington, 13.5; 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, 146.0; 2, Phillip/Kadoka Area/Wall, 138.5; 3, Custer, 105.0; 4, Winner Area, 102.5; 5, Wagner, 96.5; 6, Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes, 95.5; 7, Miller/Highmore-Harrold, 71.0; 8, Howard, 61.0; 9, Parker, 59.0; 9, Tri-Valley, 59.0; 11, Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey Wessington, 53.0; 12, Bon Homme/Avon, 49.0; 13, Redfield, 48.0; 14, McCook Central/Montrose, 43.0; 15, Parkston, 41.5; 16, Kingsbury County, 41.0; 17, Faulkton Area, 35.0; 18, Burke/Gregory, 32.0; 19, Clark/Willow Lake, 31.5; 20, Webster Area, 31.0; 21, Marion/Freeman, 29.0; 22, Groton Area, 25.0; 23, Bennett County, 24.0; 24, Hamlin/Castlewood, 22.5; 25, Warner/Northwestern, 19.0; 26, Lemmon/McIntosh, 18.0; 27, Mobridge-Pollock, 17.0; 28, Stanley County, 15.0; 29, Hot Springs, 14.0; 30, Deuel/Deubrook Area, 11.0; 30, 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/Plankinton/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, 128.0; 2, Canton, 127.0; 3, Harrisburg, 88.5; 4, Aberdeen Central, 77.0; 5, Watertown, 73.5; 6, Lakota Tech, 69.0; 7, Sturgis Brown, 63.0; 8, Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon, 60.0; 9, Rapid City Central, 54.5; 10, Brandon Valley, 53.0; 11, Brookings, 50.0; 12, Spearfish, 46.0; 13, Rapid City Stevens, 36.0; 14, Viborg-Hurley/Irene-Wakonda, 33.0; 15, Tea Area, 31.0; 16, Lead-Deadwood, 28.0; 16, Sully Buttes, 28.0; 18, Lemmon/McIntosh, 26.5; 19, Sioux Valley, 24.0; 20, McCook Central/Montrose, 23.5; 21, Custer, 22.0; 21, Sioux Falls Jefferson, 22.0; 23, Doland, 21.0; 24, Ipswich/Bowdle, 20.0; 24, Kimball/WhiteLake/Platte-Geddes, 20.0; 24, Mitchell, 20.0; 24, Sioux Falls Lincoln, 20.0; 24, Todd County, 20.0; 24, West Central, 20.0; 30, Hill City, 19.0; 31, Beresford/Alcester-Hudson, 18.0; 31, Hot Springs, 18.0; 33, Groton Area, 16.0; 33, Kingsbury County, 16.0; 35, Lennox, 13.0; 36, Belle Fourche, 11.5, 37, St. Thomas More, 11.0; 38, Webster Area, 10.0; 39, Harding County, 9.0; 39, Mobridge-Pollock, 9.0; 41, Clark/Willow Lake, 8.0; 42, Huron, 6.0; 42, Madison, 6.0; 44, Douglas/Rapid City Christian/New Underwood, 4.0; 44, Yankton, 4.0; 46, Bennett County, 3.0; 46, Dell Rapids, 3.0; 46, Milbank, 3.0; 46, Pine Ridge, 3.0; 46, Red Cloud, 3.0; 46, Sioux Falls Washington, 3.0; 52, Vermillion, 1.0; 53, Burke/Gregory, 0.0; 53, Canistota, 0.0; 53, Chamberlain, 0.0; 53, Dakota Valley, 0.0; 53, Flandreau, 0.0; 53, Marion/Freeman, 0.0; 53, O’Gorman, 0.0; 53, Sioux Falls Roosevelt, 0.0; 53, Sisseton, 0.0; 53, Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington, 0.0

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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