The Pierre girls wrestling team easily captured the team title at Friday’s Governor Girls Wrestling Invitational.
Pierre racked up 171 points, well ahead of Harrisburg (101.5) and Rapid City Stevens (83). Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon (80) and Spearfish (68) rounded out the top-five teams.
The Governors recorded a number of high finishes but had just one champion, Abbigail Lewis (152) who improved her record to 24-0.
Other South Dakota champions were Groton Area’s Liza Krueger (100), Rapid City Central’s Irini Poka (107), Lemmon/McIntosh’s Quinn Butler (120), Harrisburg’s Regina Stoeser (126), Sioux Valley’s Summer Guthmiller (132), Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon’s Peyton Hellman (138), Hot Springs’ Sarah Rickenbach (144), Viborg-Hurley/Irene-Wakonda’s Gia Miller (165), Custer’s Jessica Hite (185) and Todd County’s Unique Clairmont (250).
Individual Results:
100 – 1st Place Match: Liza Krueger (Groton) 16-3, Fr. over Mataya Jacobs (Rapid City Central) 26-7, 8th. (Dec 6-3); 3rd Place Match: Shaylee Speck (Pierre T.F. Riggs) 21-6, Fr. over Annalee Pierson (Sturgis Brown) 22-6, 7th. (Fall 2:00).
107 – 1st Place Match: Irini Poka (Rapid City Central) 25-3, Fr. over Sydney Uhrig (Pierre T.F. Riggs) 20-2, Sr. (Dec 9-4); 3rd Place Match: Haven Baker (Spearfish) 24-12, Fr. over Ava Litsey (South Border) 27-9, 7th. (Fall 4:19).
114 – 1st Place Match: Alyssa Nitschke (South Border) 26-8, 8th. over Madyson Gillen (Aberdeen Central) 22-6, Sr. (Dec 6-0); 3rd Place Match: Langston Huffman (Rapid City Central) 19-3, 7th. over Hadley Bryant (Harrisburg) 21-6, 7th. (MD 14-2).
120 – 1st Place Match: Quinn Butler (Lemmon/McIntosh) 23-1, So. over Dani Ringstmeyer (Pierre T.F. Riggs) 25-4, Jr. (Fall 4:08); Brooklynn Baird (Sturgis Brown) 29-9, So. over Alexis Bryant (McCook Central/Montrose) 14-3, So. (M. For.)
126 – 1st Place Match: Regina Stoeser (Harrisburg) 19-0, So. over Britney Rueb (Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon) 12-1, So. (Dec 9-4); Cateri Yellow Hawk (Sully Buttes) 18-6, So. over Mathilde Matsuda (Spearfish) 26-4, So. (SV-1 6-4).
132: 1st Place Match: Summer Guthmiller (Sioux Valley) 26-3, Fr. over Kezrey Benning (Pierre T.F. Riggs) 24-5, So. (Fall 1:51); 3rd Place Match: Tahnie Yellow Hawk (Sully Buttes) 20-9, Fr. over Jasmine Maas (Aberdeen Central) 20-9, 8th. (Dec 4-1).
138 – 1st Place Match: Peyton Hellmann (Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon) 23-0, Jr. over Jaidynn Giedd (Kingsbury County) 14-5, 7th. (Fall 1:57); 3rd Place Match: Madison Snyder (Sturgis Brown) 32-7, Sr. over Brooke Grajczyk (Webster Area) 15-5, 8th. (Dec 11-6)
145 – 1st Place Match: Sarah Rickenbach (Hot Springs) 25-1, Fr. over Ireland Templeton (Pierre T.F. Riggs) 16-2, Jr. (Dec 3-1); 3rd Place Match: Sammie Reil (Harrisburg) 17-9, Jr. over Marieda Kalahar (Rapid City Stevens) 31-5, Jr. (Fall 3:30).
152: 1st Place Match: Abbigail Lewis (Pierre T.F. Riggs) 24-0, Fr. over Trinity Zopp (Lead-Deadwood) 11-3, Sr. (Dec 6-0); 3rd Place Match: Katrina Gibson (Aberdeen Central) 23-5, Sr. over Emerson Skuodas (Harrisburg) 9-7, So. (Fall 2:28).
165: 1st Place Match: Gia Miller (Viborg-Hurley/Irene-Wakonda) 17-2, Sr. over Rhiannen Heimdal (Harrisburg) 20-6, So. (Fall 1:42); 3rd Place Match: Brittney Hanson (Hill City) 12-3, Sr. over Kyanne Traversie-Johnson (Pierre T.F. Riggs) 6-9, Jr. (Fall 1:56)
185: 1st Place Match: Jessica Hite (Custer) 21-5, Fr. over Keely Mogen-Frankfort (Hot Springs) 15-8, So. (Fall 4:56); 3rd Place Match: Marlee Heltzel (Spearfish) 19-13, 8th. over Rayna Miller (Viborg-Hurley/Irene-Wakonda) 20-10, Fr. (Fall 1:35)
250: 1st Place Match: Unique Clairmont (Todd County) 12-5, So. over Heavenly Thompson (Pierre T.F. Riggs) 15-11, Sr. (Fall 3:36): Bailey Kokesh (Rapid City Stevens) 4-3, Sr. over Destiny Triplet (Douglas) 13-7, Jr. (Fall 2:43)
