Wilson, Eimers, Haines claim Championship titles at Yankton Invite
On Saturday, Feb. 8 the Tea Area High School wrestling team competed in the Yankton Invite.
The Titan boys earned second place as a team with Slater Wilson claiming Championship honors at 120 pounds and Dawson Eimers claiming the Championship at 165 pounds. Parker Wilson and Chase DeBoer earned runner-up honors. Other Titans reaching the podium included Henry Fortin who took third, Kade Eimers fifth, Sam Bullis seventh, Trevin Audiss sixth, Beau Werdel eighth, Jeremiah Wilgers sixth, Gabriel Bastemeyer fifth, and Jaeden Waltner fifth.
Complete results are as follows:
106—Varsity - Champ. Round 1 - Kade Eimers (Tea Area) over Colby Even (Vermillion) (TF 16-0 2:16); Varsity - Quarterfinals - Blaze Sevigny (Mitchell) over Kade Eimers (Tea Area) (Dec 8-2); Varsity - Cons. Round 2 - Kade Eimers (Tea Area) over Colton Archer (Yankton) (TF 18-0 1:39); Varsity - Cons. Round 3 - Kade Eimers (Tea Area) over Daniel Mason (Pierre T.F. Riggs) (Dec 9-2); Varsity - Cons. Semis - William O`Connor (O`Gorman) over Kade Eimers (Tea Area) (Fall 2:49); Varsity - 5th Place Match - Kade Eimers (Tea Area) over Blaze Sevigny (Mitchell) (M. For.)
113—Varsity - Champ. Round 1 - Henry Fortin (Tea Area) received a bye; Varsity - Quarterfinals - Henry Fortin (Tea Area) over Grayson Pischke (West Central) (Dec 7-0); Varsity - Semifinals - Max Schoenhard (Rapid City Stevens) over Henry Fortin (Tea Area) (MD 14-1); Varsity - Cons. Semis - Henry Fortin (Tea Area) over Damian Janish (Yankton) (Dec 3-0); Varsity - 3rd Place Match - Henry Fortin (Tea Area) over Matt Roob (Vermillion) (TB-1 9-5)
120—Varsity - Champ. Round 1 - Slater Wilson (Tea Area) received a bye; Varsity - Quarterfinals - Slater Wilson (Tea Area) over Braedy Sievers (Dakota Valley) (Fall 5:06); Varsity - Semifinals - Slater Wilson (Tea Area) over Shea Richter (Watertown) (Inj. [time]); Varsity - 1st Place Match - Slater Wilson (Tea Area) over Noah Bennett (Mitchell) (Dec 7-2)
132—Varsity - Champ. Round 1 - Kaydin Sorensen (Sioux Falls Jefferson) over Sam Bullis (Tea Area) (Fall 1:45); Varsity - Cons. Round 1 - Sam Bullis (Tea Area) over Evan Gurney (Yankton) (Fall 1:55); Varsity - Cons. Round 2 - Sam Bullis (Tea Area) over Landen Adams (Dakota Valley) (Dec 1-0); Varsity - Cons. Round 3 - Alejandro Martinez (Douglas/Rapid City Christian/New Underwood) over Sam Bullis (Tea Area) (Fall 1:59); Varsity - 7th Place Match - Sam Bullis (Tea Area) over Evan Jackman (Yankton) (Dec 10-6)
138—Varsity - Champ. Round 1 - Trevin Audiss (Tea Area) received a bye; Varsity - Quarterfinals - Trevin Audiss (Tea Area) over Xavier Walker (Vermillion) (Fall 1:31); Varsity - Semifinals - Aidan Callahan (Rapid City Stevens) over Trevin Audiss (Tea Area) (TF 17-1 4:00); Varsity - Cons. Semis - Rowdy Menning (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Trevin Audiss (Tea Area) (MD 11-2); Varsity - 5th Place Match - Keanu lee (O’Gorman) over Trevin Audiss (Tea Area) (M. For.)
144—Varsity - Champ. Round 1 - Parker Wilson (Tea Area) over Hugh Roles (Spearfish) (Fall 4:35); Varsity - Quarterfinals - Parker Wilson (Tea Area) over Tallen Lightfield (Pierre T.F. Riggs) (Fall 3:42); Varsity - Semifinals - Parker Wilson (Tea Area) over Lincoln Schoenhard (Pierre T.F. Riggs) (MD 17-3); Varsity - 1st Place Match - Joe Juenger (Rapid City Stevens) over Parker Wilson (Tea Area) (TF 18-2 3:46)
157—Varsity - Champ. Round 1 - Porter Hunsley (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Beau Werdel (Tea Area) (Dec 4-3); Varsity - Cons. Round 1 - Beau Werdel (Tea Area) received a bye; Varsity - Cons. Round 2 - Beau Werdel (Tea Area) over Owen Petersen (Watertown) (Fall 1:35); Varsity - Cons. Round 3 - Shayce Platt (Yankton) over Beau Werdel (Tea Area) (Dec 4-1); Varsity - 7th Place Match - James Fitzpatrick (Brookings) over Beau Werdel (Tea Area) (Dec 7-1)
165—Varsity - Dawson Eimers (Tea Area) over Owen LeMeier (Sioux Falls Lincoln) (TF 17-2 1:54); Varsity - Champ. Round 1 - Dawson Eimers (Tea Area) over Kamden Needham (Yankton) (Fall 1:02); Varsity - Quarterfinals - Dawson Eimers (Tea Area) over Kaiden Allen (Mitchell) (TF 17-1 2:00); Varsity - Semifinals - Dawson Eimers (Tea Area) over Padraig Fulton (Vermillion) (Fall 0:38); Varsity - 1st Place Match - Dawson Eimers (Tea Area) over Ayden Dooley (Sioux Falls Jefferson) (Dec 6-2)
175—Varsity - Champ. Round 1 - Jeremiah Wilgers (Tea Area) over Hunter Lahr (Sioux Falls Roosevelt) (TF 17-2 3:58); Varsity - Quarterfinals - Gabriel Stern (Brookings) over Jeremiah Wilgers (Tea Area) (TF 19-4 3:15); Varsity - Cons. Round 2 - Jeremiah Wilgers (Tea Area) over Cade Kuemper (Watertown) (Fall 4:26); Varsity - Cons. Round 3 - Jeremiah Wilgers (Tea Area) over Carter Dahl (Sioux Falls Jefferson) (Fall 4:36); Varsity - Cons. Semis - Sam Glesiah (Sioux Falls Jefferson) over Jeremiah Wilgers (Tea Area) (MD 13-3); Varsity - 5th Place Match - Tucker Mason (Rapid City Stevens) over Jeremiah Wilgers (Tea Area) (Fall 1:52)
190—Varsity - Champ. Round 1 - Gabriel Bastemeyer (Tea Area) over Mason Fosness (Mitchell) (Fall 1:26); Varsity - Quarterfinals - Gabriel Bastemeyer (Tea Area) over Kalo Steely (Pierre T.F. Riggs) (Fall 5:14); Varsity - Semifinals - Kishmar Eberline (Sioux Falls Lincoln) over Gabriel Bastemeyer (Tea Area) (TF 18-2 3:23); Varsity - Cons. Semis - Blake Kannegieter (Brookings) over Gabriel Bastemeyer (Tea Area) (Dec 12-9); Varsity - 5th Place Match - Gabriel Bastemeyer (Tea Area) over Sameer Hamed (Sioux Falls Jefferson) (Fall 2:14)
215—Varsity - Champ. Round 1 - Jaeden Waltner (Tea Area) over Aaron Damian Martinez (Sioux Falls Lincoln) (Fall 1:46); Varsity - Quarterfinals - Jaeden Waltner (Tea Area) over Sylvan Kent (Douglas/Rapid City Christian/New Underwood) (Fall 3:24); Varsity - Semifinals - Rip Siemonsma (O`Gorman) over Jaeden Waltner (Tea Area) (Fall 2:52); Varsity - Cons. Semis - Cooper Dykstra (Sioux Falls Jefferson) over Jaeden Waltner (Tea Area) (Dec 6-1); Varsity - 5th Place Match - Jaeden Waltner (Tea Area) over Cooper Bernard (Dakota Valley) (MD 10-0)
285—Varsity - Champ. Round 1 - Chase DeBoer (Tea Area) over Jacob Emerson (Vermillion) (Fall 0:47); Varsity - Quarterfinals - Chase DeBoer (Tea Area) over Noah Duran (Sioux Falls Jefferson) (Fall 3:54); Varsity - Semifinals - Chase DeBoer (Tea Area) over Elijah Boutchee (Pierre T.F. Riggs) (Dec 9-2); Varsity - 1st Place Match - Micah Hach (Watertown) over Chase DeBoer (Tea Area) (Fall 0:24)
For the Titan girls, Lainey Haines claimed Championship honors at 132 pounds. Emery Voelker took fourth place.
Complete results for the Titan girls are as follows:
107—Varsity - Champ. Round 1 - Emery Voelker (Tea Area) over Layne Heasley (Pierre T.F. Riggs) (Fall 0:32); Varsity - Quarterfinals - Emery Voelker (Tea Area) over Trinity Kurtenbach (Sioux Valley) (Fall 3:14); Varsity - Semifinals - Olivia Anderson (Watertown) over Emery Voelker (Tea Area) (Fall 1:36); Varsity - Cons. Semis - Emery Voelker (Tea Area) over Kendall Clayton (Brandon Valley) (Fall 0:48); Varsity - 3rd Place Match - Chalie Sah (Huron) over Emery Voelker (Tea Area) (Fall 1:52)
120—Varsity - Champ. Round 1 - Harper Kracht (Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon) over Bailey Miller (Tea Area) (Fall 0:16); Varsity - Cons. Round 1 - Kailee Schneider (Brandon Valley) over Bailey Miller (Tea Area) (Dec 9-8)
132—Varsity - Champ. Round 1 - Lainey Haines (Tea Area) received a bye; Varsity - Quarterfinals - Lainey Haines (Tea Area) over Daytona Paris (Burke/Gregory) (Fall 1:12); Varsity - Semifinals - Lainey Haines (Tea Area) over Mathilde Matsuda (Spearfish) (Dec 9-5); Varsity - 1st Place Match - Lainey Haines (Tea Area) over Danny Borja (Mitchell) (Fall 3:17)