I recently ordered a new crystal ball.
I was so excited when it arrived just in time to make my annual State A and B wrestling championship predictions. The State B will be at Wachs Arena in Aberdeen and the State A at the Watertown Civic Arena. Both two-day events open at 10 this morning.
However, when I opened the box, the Acme Company had sent me a snow globe by mistake.
All I foresee in the future now is snow.
Bummer.
I pulled my old crystal ball out of the recycling bin and duct-taped it up. Good as old, cloudy, but this is what I foresee:
State B
Team champ: Parkston.
106 pounds: Duncan Stoebner of Bon Homme will win the title over Kelby Hawkins of Groton.
113: Bailey Neises of Howard over Joseph Veskrna of Burke/Gregory.
120: Luke Loudenburg of Howard over Dominick Schooler of Hill City.
126: Ryan Schuman of Tri-Valley over Thomas Howe of Garretson.
132: Austin Oyen of Tri-Valley over Jakob Weisbrod of Clark/Willow Lake.
138: Evan Donahue of Howard over Myles Bialas of Parkston.
145: Alex Davies of Canton over Jace Christiansen of Flandreau.
152: Zach Schuman of Tri-Valley over Lane Blasius of Philip Area.
160: David Kocer of Wagner over Tyson Mitzel of Aberdeen Roncalli.
170: Jared McClug of Webster over James Jungwirth of Howard.
182: Kase Jacobs of Canton over Dakota Petersen of Flandreau.
195: Eugene Martin of Kingsbury County over Chad Sjurson of Webster.
220: Brody Peterson of Lemmon/McIntosh over Brady Reiff of Parkston.
285: Tate Gress of Harding County over Dalton Locke of Groton.
State A
Team champ: Pierre.
106 pounds: Chase O'Conner of Sioux Falls Washington will win the title over Tyler Waterson of Spearfish-Lead-Deadwood.
113: Brady Burghardt of Watertown over Rance Sivertson of Spearfish-Lead-Deadwood.
120: Troy Kiggens of SF Roosevelt over David Potratz of SF Washington.
126: Chet Glanzer of Huron over Alan Heidinger of Rapid City Central.
132: Tanner Monfore of Pierre over Garrett Peterson of RC Stevens.
138: Griffin Hieb of Aberdeen Central over Caleb Stoltenburg of Pierre.
145: Blake Stone of RC Central over Mitch Johnson of Aberdeen Central.
152: Brett Bye of Vermillion over Cole Hemmah of Sturgis.
160: Reagan Francom of Huron over James Hisek of Yankton.
170: Dawson Monfore of Pierre over Grayson Neuharth of Aberdeen Central.
182: Aero Amo of RC Central over Tyler Kleinsasser of Huron.
195: Nate Rotert of Spearfish-Lead-Deadwood over Trey Maier of Pierre.
220: Jarran Jensen of RC Central over Taylor Lambert of Dakota Valley.
285: Tanner Lambert of Dakota Valley over Matt Halter of Huron.
John Papendick is the managing news-sports editor for the American News: jpapendick@aberdeennews.com.
Twitter: @jpapendick