MILLER -- Tyson Mitzel added another championship to his resume and Aberdeen Roncalli had three wrestlers in the finals during the Miller Invitational on Saturday.
Howard won the tournament with 170-1/2 points, while Faulkton was second with 153. Roncalli was seventh with 66-1/2.
"It was a really good day for us," said Roncalli coach Justin Briese. "We brought five guys and placed three."
Mitzel led the Cavaliers by remaining unbeaten on the season and winning the 160-pound title.
However, a few of his teammates moved up a spot or two from where they normally finish.
Zach Sumner at 182 and Matt Schlosser at 195 both grabbed runnerup finishes on the day.
"We had a couple of guys win a semifinal match," Briese pointed out. "We picked up a couple of good wins there."
Not only that, but sophomore Riley Johnsen finished fourth at 170, marking the first time he has ever placed in a varsity tournament.
"He was pretty excited," Briese said. "He just wrestled really well."
In the marquee match of the day, Faulkton's Robbie Aesoph defeated Groton's Dalton Locke in double overtime in the heavyweight championship in a battle of two of the state's premier big men.
Howard's Luke Loudenburg was selected the Most Valuable Wrestler on the day.
Roncalli will have its home opener on Thursday when the Cavaliers host Groton and Sisseton in a double dual at Roncalli Gym. Groton takes on Sisseton at 6 p.m., followed by Roncalli vs. Sisseton and then Roncalli vs. Groton.
"It's good to get a home match," Briese said. "We don't get a lot of them, so when we do get them the guys really enjoy them."
Team Points: Howard 170-1/2, Faulkton 153, McCook Central-Montrose 141, Groton 115, Miller-Highmore-Harrold 114-1/2, Clark-Willow Lake 112-1/2, Aberdeen Roncalli 66-1/2, Ipswich-Leola 36, Sioux Valley 32, Marion-Freeman 24, Wessington Springs-Woonsocket-Wessington 19-1/2, Unattached 7.
|CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES|
106 -- Kelby Hawkins, Groton, pinned JC Forman, Miller-Highmore-Harrold, 1:30.
113 -- Bailey Neises, Howard, pinned Carl Bruening, McCook Central-Montrose, :38.
120 -- Luke Loudenburg, Howard, def. Michael Weidenbach, Miller-Highmore-Harrold, 5-1.
126 -- Lane Peterson, Ipswich-Leola, def. Trent Lunders, McCook Central-Montrose, 9-2.
132 -- Jakob Weisbrod, Clark-Willow Lake, technical fall over Brook Anderson, Groton, 17-2.
138 -- Evan Donahue, Howard, pinned Alex Marsh, Ipswich-Leola, 2:32.
145 -- Paul Waring, Miller-Highmore-Harrold, def. Riley Potter, Faulkton, 8-4.
152 -- Kent Hall, Faulkton, def. Devon Gnat, Miller-Highmore-Harrold, 3-2 2OT.
160 -- Tyson Mitzel, Aberdeen Roncalli, technical fall over Brandon Potter, Faulkton, 17-2.
170 -- Austin Thomas, Faulkton, def. Brady Atherton, Clark-Willow Lake, 11-2.
182 -- Tre Blasdell, Miller-Highmore-Harrold, def. Zach Sumner, Aberdeen Roncalli, 9-3.
195 -- Tad Reiner, McCook Central-Montrose, def. Matt Schlosser, Aberdeen Roncalli, 14-2.
220 -- Logan Tonak, Clark-Willow Lake, pinned Robert Hoiten, McCook Central-Montrose, :50.
Hwt. -- Robbie Aesoph, Faulkton, def. Dalton Locke, Groton, 2-1 2 OT.
|Third Place Match|
106, Jordan Scheier, McCook Central-Montrose, def. Josh Weisbrod, Clark-Willow Lake, 10-5; 113, Rayce Harder, Groton, pinned Nick Strasburg, Sioux Valley, 1:30; 120, Oliver Aesoph, Faulkton, def. Jess Karber, Clark-Willow Lake, 9-6; 126, Cole Hodges, Howard, pinned Tristan Ashdown, Miller-Highmore-Harrold, 1:43;
132, Adonis Ruml, Howard, pinned Cole Lauck, McCook Central-Montrose, 4:05; 138, William Edgar, Faulkton, def. Jaxson Brueggeman, Miller-Highmore-Harrold, 2-1; 145, Kevin Schuelke, Clark-Willow Lake, pinned Seth York, Marion-Freeman, 2:19; 152, Tanner Henkel, Howard, def. Dalton Combs, McCook Central-Montrose, 13-2; 160, Jerry Kappenman, McCook Central-Montrose, def. Kaleb Haas, Howard, 5-1;
170, Tyler Scott, Groton, pinned Riley Johnsen, Aberdeen Roncalli, 2:35; 182, Nick Pardy, Howard, def. John Hoiten, McCook Central-Montrose, 7-6; 195, Jacob Fouberg, Wessington Springs-Woonsocket-Wessington, def. Ray Edgar, Faulkton, 2-1; 220, Alec Lee, Faulkton, def. Trenton Duncan, Groton, 10-3; Hwt., Kurt Zulk, Howard, pinned Cade Goodfellow, Sioux Valley, 1:52.