Britton-Hecla’s Bryce Hawkinson won the 144pound championship and three other local matmen finished among the top six in a tournament held in Faulkton on Saturday.
Tucker Hardy earned the runner-up spot at 285 pounds, Ben Suther was fourth at 165, and Lincoln Kilker placed sixth at 106.
The Braves hosted their only home meet of the season last week Tuesday, dropping a 60-21 decision to Clark-willow Lake and falling 48-30 to Redfield. Hawkinson and Dashel Davidson recorded pins and Ben Suther a hardfought decision in the C-WL duel, and Kilker and Tanner Atkinson earned pins against Redfield.
This week Coach Josh Hawkinson’s squad will compete in the Northeast Conference tournament on Thursday in Milbank to wrap up its pre-Christmas schedule.
“We were down on numbers for the triangular with some sickness and injuries,” said Hawkinson. “It would have been nice to wrestle it at full force. But it was awesome to wrestle in front of a big home crowd. It was great having the gym that loud. The kids and us coaches noticed!
“On Saturday I saw some improvement,” added Hawkinson. “I thought a few of the boys are starting to turn it up a bit on the mat and it shows. Hopefully, we will return back to full force after Christmas and continue the year injury-free.”
Faulkton Tournament
TEAM POINTS: Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes 222, Clark-Willow Lake 170, Milbank 164, Faulkton 156.5, Oakes 147, Aberdeen Central JV 104, Warner-NW 96, Britton-Hecla 68.5, Mobridge-Pollock 62, Potter County 36.5, Ipswich-Leola 32.5, Sunshine Bible Academy 20.5, McLaughlin 11, Sisseton 0
106 POUNDS: Lincoln Kilker (BH) dec. Cain Hogg (Faulkton Area) 15-5; pinned by Hayes Holter (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) :20; pinned by Evan Folk (Milbank) :47; lost tech fall to Benny Pommer (Clark/Willow Lake) 15-0 (2:36)
120 POUNDS: Tanner Atkinson (BH) pinned by Sean Roseland (Faulkton Area) 1:08; pinned by Vincent Lenz (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) 1:22
126 POUNDS : Max Suther (BH) dec. Tucker Baloun (Faulkton Area) 5-3; pinned by Isaac Johnson (Clark/Willow Lake) 1:01; pinned by Gunner Fuegen (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes)
144 POUNDS: Bryce Hawkinson (BH) won by pin; dec. Carter Konechne (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) 31 (OT); won 6-1 dec. in championship match
165 POUNDS: Ben Suther (BH) pinned by Dustin Dirksen (Warner/ Northwestern) 4:50; won tech fall over Lane Johnson (Milbank) 19-0 (3:26); dec. Reese Rabe (Milbank) 5-1; pinned by Dustin Dirksen (Warner/Northwestern) 4:38
190 POUNDS: Dashel Davidson (BH) pinned by Carter Ptacek (Oakes) :31; pinned by Damian McIntosh (Aberdeen Central) 1:23
285 POUNDS: Tucker Hardy (BH) pinned Foster Bode (Faulkton Area) 1:38; pinned Carson Leonhardt (Faulkton Area) :44; pinned by Landon Novy (Milbank) 3:25
Clark-Willow Lake 60 Britton-Hecla 21
106: Cade Gaikowski (CWL) pinned Lincoln Kilker :54; 113: Kaden Wookey (CWL) won by forfeit; 120: Cooper Pommer (CWL) pinned Tanner Atkinson :48; 126: Isaac Johnson (CWL) pinned Max Suther 5:08; 132: Damian Severson (CWL) pinned Bryce Heitkamp 3:33; 138: Taylor Merkel (CWL) won by forfeit 144: Bryce Hawkinson (BH) pinned Logan Foster :59; 150: Austin Vig (CWL) pinned Colton Chapin 1:46); 157: Matt Batchelor (CWL) won by forfeit; 165: Ben Suther (BH) dec. Bryce Klancke 8-7); 175: Josh Kannegieter (CWL) won by forfeit; 190: Dashel Davidson (BH) pinned Riley Popp :48); 215: Collin Gaikowski (CWL) won by forfeit; 285: Tucker Hardy (BH) won by forfeit
Redfield 48 Britton-Hecla 30
106: Lincoln Kilker (BH) pinned Caleb Nelson; 113: Maddon Odland (RED) won by forfeit; 120: Tanner Atkinson (BH) pinned Tate Neuharth 1:41; 126: Kasey Hermann (RED) pinned Max Suther :42; 132: Conner Zens (RED) pinned Bryce Heitkamp :38); 138: Marken Cazeau (RED) won by forfeit 144: Bryce Hawkinson (BH) won by forfeit; 150: Colton Chapin (BH) won by forfeit; 157: Collin Dean (RED) won by forfeit; 165: Ben Suther (BH) won by forfeit; 175: Double forfeit; 190: Camden Murray (RED) pinned Dashel Davidson 4:31; 215: Chase Mcgillivary (RED) won by forfeit; 285: Grady Fey (RED) pinned Tucker Hardy 1:22
