Two Britton-Hecla wrestlers earned fourth place finishes in a strong field of 14 teams at the Kingsbury County Tournament on Saturday.
Placing fourth for the Braves were Bryce Hawkinson at 144 pounds and Tucker Hardy at 285. Hardy knocked off two wrestlers that were ranked in the state to rebound from a first round pin.
Britton-Hecla was back in action at a quadrangular in Chester last night Tuesday and will compete in a tournament at Groton Friday and Saturday.
Braves’ boss Josh Hawkinson said he has seen improvement from his squad and wins will be important down the home stretch of the season.
“Some of our younger kids have kind of been thrown to the wolves in some of these tournaments, but they are starting to hold their own,” said Hawkinson. “This time of year every win is important for seeding in the regional tournament.”
The Braves are still bothered by injuries. Collin Beaner is expected back next week, Colton Chapin was scheduled for an MRI on Tuesday and Max Suther is out with an elbow injury. Dustin Stabnow also missed the Saturday tournament due to illness.
TEAM POINTS: Canby, MN 203, Kingsbury County 195.5, Brookings 177.5, Faulkton Area 158.5, Redfield Area 137, Sioux Falls Washington 128.5, Groton Area 111, Warner-Northwestern 82, Lyman 64, Hamlin-Castlewood 49, Ipswich-Leola-Bowdle 46, Sioux Valley 36, Britton-Hecla 33, Tiospa Zina 4
106 POUNDS : Lincoln Kilker (BH) lost by tech fall to Logan Smith (Faulkton Area) 17-0 5:29; lost dec. to Chase Henriksen (Kingsbury County) 13-1 120 POUNDS : Max Suther (BH) pinned by Kasey Hermann (Redfield) 1:21; pinned by Ben Parsons (Sioux Falls Washington) 3:41 138 POUNDS: Bryce Heitkamp (BH) pinned by Greyson Nielson
(Kingsbury County) :40; pinned by Kamryn Rhodes (Faulkton Area) :36
144 POUNDS: Bryce Hawkinson (BH) dec. Tate Everson (Hamlin/ Castlewood) 7-2; lost dec. to Christian Ehresmann (Groton Area) 14-4; dec. Mason Mathis (Brookings) 3-2; lost dec. to Landon Coyle (Faulkton Area) 1-0
165 POUNDS: Ben Suther (BH) pinned by Korbin Kucker (Groton Area) 5:48; lost dec. to Blake Kannegieter (Brookings) 8-6 175 POUNDS : Dashel Davidson (BH)pinnedDrewBrinkman(Brookings) :59; pinned by Lane Knutson (Sioux Falls Washington) :58; pinned by Zach Hagemann (Brookings) :39 285 POUNDS: Tucker Hardy (BH) pinned by Grady Fey (Redfield) :43; pinned Brayden Satter (Warner-Northwestern) :56; dec. Owen Vandeweerd (Sioux Valley) 4-2; pinned Louie Thiry (Lyman) 2:37; pinned by Gavin Noyes (Canby) 4:26
