Titans take first at team at Tri-Valley, Parker Wilson records 100th win

On Jan. 18 the Tea Area High School wrestling team took home first place as a team in the Tri-Valley Invitational. Another highlight at the event was Parker Wilson capturing his 100th career victory, becoming just the tenth Titan to achieve that milestone. 

Also at Tri-Valley, Tyler Woodring captured first place at 126 pounds and Chase DeBoer claimed first at 285 pounds. 

Complete results are as follows: 

113—Varsity - Champ. Round 1 - Henry Fortin (Tea Area) received a bye; Varsity - Quarterfinals - Henry Fortin (Tea Area) over Preston Aesoph (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) (TF 19-2 4:38); Varsity - Semifinals - Roukyn Robbins (Winner Area) over Henry Fortin (Tea Area) (Dec 7-0); Varsity - Cons. Semis - Henry Fortin (Tea Area) over Legend Frederick (Tri-Valley) (Fall 4:19); Varsity - 3rd Place Match - Henry Fortin (Tea Area) over Preston Aesoph (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) (MD 12-0)

120—Varsity - Champ. Round 1 - Slater Wilson (Tea Area) received a bye; Varsity - Quarterfinals - Slater Wilson (Tea Area) over Trace Urban (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) (TF 19-4 1:51); Varsity - Semifinals - DeVonne Sessler (Bon Homme/Avon) over Slater Wilson (Tea Area) (Dec 13-9); Varsity - Cons. Semis - Slater Wilson (Tea Area) over Teague Bergjord (Flandreau) (Dec 7-2); Varsity - 3rd Place Match - Slater Wilson (Tea Area) over Owen Bunde (Tri-Valley) (Dec 5-3)

126—Varsity - Champ. Round 1 - Tyler Woodring (Tea Area) received a bye; Varsity - Quarterfinals - Tyler Woodring (Tea Area) over JD Chavez (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) (Fall 1:16); Varsity - Semifinals - Tyler Woodring (Tea Area) over zach pederson (Flandreau) (Fall 1:00); Varsity - 1st Place Match - Tyler Woodring (Tea Area) over Talon Ping (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) (Fall 0:38)

132—Varsity - Champ. Round 1 - Sam Bullis (Tea Area) over Bence Bonte (Garretson) (TF 17-2 5:26); Varsity - Quarterfinals - Carter Leibeg (Chester) over Sam Bullis (Tea Area) (Fall 3:59); Varsity - Cons. Round 2 - Sam Bullis (Tea Area) over Exavian Aungie (Andes Central/Dakota Christian) (Dec 14-8); Varsity - Cons. Round 3 - Sam Bullis (Tea Area) over Tayden Pechota (Winner Area) (MD 13-2); Varsity - Cons. Semis - Sam Bullis (Tea Area) over Alex McFarland (Tri-Valley) (Fall 4:58); Varsity - 3rd Place Match - Kaydin Sorensen (Sioux Falls Jefferson) over Sam Bullis (Tea Area) (Dec 11-7)

138—Varsity - Champ. Round 1 - Cole Hendrixson (Tri-Valley) over Dalton Cooper (Tea Area) (Fall 1:13); Varsity - Cons. Round 1 - Dalton Cooper (Tea Area) received a bye; Varsity - Cons. Round 2 - Kia McCauley (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) over Dalton Cooper (Tea Area) (TF 15-0 2:03)

144—Varsity - Champ. Round 1 - Jerimiah Friman (Parker) over Trevin Audiss (Tea Area) (Dec 8-6); Varsity - Cons. Round 1 - Trevin Audiss (Tea Area) over Ben Dougan (Chester) (Fall 0:51); Varsity - Cons. Round 2 - Trevin Audiss (Tea Area) over Dante DeGeest (Hamlin/Castlewood) (TF 19-3 2:45); Varsity - Cons. Round 3 - Jaden Bult (Bon Homme/Avon) over Trevin Audiss (Tea Area) (TF 15-0 4:26)

150—Varsity - Champ. Round 1 - Parker Wilson (Tea Area) over Johnny Alpizar (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) (TF 18-3 2:18); Varsity - Quarterfinals - Parker Wilson (Tea Area) over Weston Bierema (Bon Homme/Avon) (Fall 3:31); Varsity - Semifinals - Iden Myers (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) over Parker Wilson (Tea Area) (TF 15-0 2:13); Varsity - Cons. Semis - Parker Wilson (Tea Area) over Michael Even (Parker) (TF 19-4 2:57); Varsity - 3rd Place Match - Parker Wilson (Tea Area) over Calvin Caba (Bon Homme/Avon) (Fall 0:56)

157—Varsity - Champ. Round 1 - Beau Werdel (Tea Area) over Vincent Even (Tri-Valley) (TF 18-1 1:46); Varsity - Quarterfinals - Carter Konechne (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) over Beau Werdel (Tea Area) (MD 13-1); Varsity - Cons. Round 2 - Beau Werdel (Tea Area) over Derek Wiemann (Sioux Falls Jefferson) (Fall 0:29); Varsity - Cons. Round 3 - Beau Werdel (Tea Area) over Mason Ahlers (Chester) (Fall 0:48); Varsity - Cons. Semis - Beau Werdel (Tea Area) over Jack Aashiem (Lennox) (Dec 3-0); Varsity - 3rd Place Match - Luke Guthmiller (Bon Homme/Avon) over Beau Werdel (Tea Area) (MD 13-2)

165—Varsity - Champ. Round 1 - Dawson Eimers (Tea Area) received a bye; Varsity - Quarterfinals - Dawson Eimers (Tea Area) over Joseph Morrill (Sioux Falls Jefferson) (Fall 1:02); Varsity - Semifinals - Dawson Eimers (Tea Area) over Ayden Dooley (Sioux Falls Jefferson) (Dec 5-0); Varsity - 1st Place Match - Lucas Lenz (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) over Dawson Eimers (Tea Area) (Fall 5:46)

175—Varsity - Champ. Round 1 - Jeremiah Wilgers (Tea Area) over Joseph Skluzak (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) (Fall 4:57); Varsity - Quarterfinals - Justin Klein (Flandreau) over Jeremiah Wilgers (Tea Area) (TF 17-0 4:56); Varsity - Cons. Round 2 - Jeremiah Wilgers (Tea Area) over Lawrence `Quincy` Emery (Chester) (Fall 4:14); Varsity - Cons. Round 3 - Jeremiah Wilgers (Tea Area) over Cole Schleuter (Garretson) (Fall 1:27); Varsity - Cons. Semis - Kenyon Kuiper (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) over Jeremiah Wilgers (Tea Area) (Fall 3:34); Varsity - 5th Place Match - Kellen Cihak-Brozik (Winner Area) over Jeremiah Wilgers (Tea Area) (MD 16-5)

190—Varsity - Champ. Round 1 - Gabriel Bastemeyer (Tea Area) received a bye; Varsity - Quarterfinals - Gabriel Bastemeyer (Tea Area) over Xavier Yount (Tri-Valley) (Fall 4:59); Varsity - Semifinals - Gabriel Bastemeyer (Tea Area) over Legend Benedict (Winner Area) (M. For.); Varsity - 1st Place Match - Isaiah Crownover (Bon Homme/Avon) over Gabriel Bastemeyer (Tea Area) (TF 18-0 2:00)

215—Varsity - Champ. Round 1 - Jaeden Waltner (Tea Area) received a bye; Varsity - Quarterfinals - Jaeden Waltner (Tea Area) over Cody Sassaman (Bon Homme/Avon) (Fall 3:02); Varsity - Semifinals - Karter Headrick (Flandreau) over Jaeden Waltner (Tea Area) (Fall 0:44); Varsity - Cons. Semis - Jaeden Waltner (Tea Area) over Aiden Hilbelink (Chester) (MD 11-3); Varsity - 3rd Place Match - Jaeden Waltner (Tea Area) over Chris Baas (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) (TF 16-0 3:36)

285—Varsity - Champ. Round 1 - Chase DeBoer (Tea Area) received a bye; Varsity - Quarterfinals - Chase DeBoer (Tea Area) over Juul Heggen (Garretson) (Fall 1:02); Varsity - Semifinals - Chase DeBoer (Tea Area) over Derek Fenenga (Winner Area) (Fall 3:08); Varsity - 1st Place Match - Chase DeBoer (Tea Area) over Luke Nehlich (Tri-Valley) (Fall 4:24)

The Titan girls were in action on Jan. 17 in Harrisburg. Lainey Haines took third place. Complete results are as follows: 

132—Champ. Round 1 - Lainey Haines (Tea Area) received a bye; Quarterfinals - Lainey Haines (Tea Area) over Sofia Delgado (Yankton) (Fall 0:48); Semifinals - Lexie Hillmer (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Lainey Haines (Tea Area) (Dec 14-7); Cons. Semis - Lainey Haines (Tea Area) over Bailey Kemnitz (Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon) (TF 18-0 2:05); 3rd Place Match - Dani Ringstmeyer (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Lainey Haines (Tea Area) (MD 14-5)