Led by Aiden Schoenhard’s third-place finish, the Tiger pulled in four medals at the Lee Wolf Invitational wrestling tournament in Aberdeen on Saturday.
Schoenhard took third at 220 pounds with a 7-5 win over Class A’s eighth-ranked Matthew Peters of Watertown. To get there, Schoenhard (ranked third in Class B) defeated Layne Moser of Winner Area 16-1 tech, was pinned by Class A’s sixth-ranked Bryce Beitelspacher of Aberdeen Central and pinned Lykken Parlett of Bismarck Century.
Jesse Bearsheart took fourth place at 170 pounds. Bearsheart, who rose to being ranked number four this week, beat Dylan Murray of Redfield 7-1 before getting pinned by Aidan Kenable of Sioux Falls O’Gorman. He pinned Kamryn Meek of Winner Area, earning a forfeit win and beating Ayden Gisi of Aberdeen Central 7-2. In the third-place match, Bearsheart was pinned for a second time by Kenable.
Wyatt Wientjes earned sixth place at 132 pounds. In a back and forth day, Wientjes pinned Sutton Powers of Chamberlain, was beaten 6-1 by sixth-ranked Haeden Jorgenson of Webster Area, pinned Aiden Zavesky of Huron, beat Holden Hight of Sioux Falls O’Gorman 9-6, and then lost 10-2 to Braden Le of Watertown and 8-7 to Tate Huff of Aberdeen Central.
Riley Kerner came in eighth at 285 pounds. Kerner’s win was a 3:47 pin over teammate Axton Gates. He lost his other three matches by pin to Micah Hach of Watertown, Bryan Ramirez of Huron and Daniel Vazquez of Sioux Falls O’Gorman.
Lee Wolf Invitational
Team Scores: Watertown 230.5, Aberdeen Central 229, Bismarck Century, North Dakota 177, Winner Area 147.5, Miller/Highmore- Harrold 118, Redfield 96.5, Sioux Falls O’Gorman 86.5, Sisseton 79, Chamberlain 77, Wessington Springs/ Woonsocket/ Wolsey-Wessington 72.5, Jamestown, North Dakota 71, Huron 65, Clark/Willow Lake 51.5, Mobridge-Pollock 51.5, Webster Area 22, Lemmon/McIntosh 15, Doland 0, Viborg-Hurley/Irene-Wakonda 0.
132: Wyatt Wientjes (25-14) sixth place: pinned Sutton Powers, Chamberlain, 3:06; was defeated by Haeden Jorgenson, Webster Area, 6-1; pinned Aiden Zavesky, Huron, 4:46; defeated Holden Hight, Sioux Falls O’Gorman, 9-6; was defeated by Braden Le, Watertown, 10-2 major decision; was defeated by Tate Huff, Aberdeen Central, 8-7.
138: Mark Sandquist (23-14): was pinned by Sam Schlepuetz, Jamestown, 4:46; was defeated by Jacob Bellefueille, Aberdeen Central, 12-6.
145: Brayden Wientjes (11-12): was pinned by Cade Kuemper, Watertown, 2:44; won by forfeit; was pinned by Noah Kramer, Aberdeen Central, 2:43.
152: Remmington Ford (14-19): was defeated by Zach Stair, Bismarck Century, 9-4; was pinned by Cordell Rychlik, Aberdeen Central, 4:09
170: Jesse Bearsheart (26-9) fourth place: defeated Dylan Murray, Redfield, 7-1; was pinned by Aidan Kenable, Sioux Falls O’Gorman, 5:43; pinned Kamryn Meek, Winner Area, :35; won by forfeit over Kellen Cihak-Brozik, Winner Area; defeated Ayden Gisi, Aberdeen Central, 7-2; was pinned by Kenable, 2:08.
220: Aiden Schoenhard (26-6) third place: defeated Layne Moser, Winner Area, 16-1 tech fall; was pinned by Brice Beitelspacher, Aberdeen Central, 4:27; pinned Lykken Parlett, Bismarck Century, 4:48; defeated Matthew Peters, Watertown, 7-5.
220: Wyatt Ziegler (5-12): was pinned by Ethan Skarnagel, Sisseton, 1:12; was defeated by Parker Mathis, Winner Area, 16-1 tech fall.
285: Riley Kerner (10-19) eighth place: was pinned by Micah Hach, Watertown, :03; pinned Axton Gates, Mobridge-Pollock, 3:47; was pinned by Bryan Ramirez, Huron, 4:08; was pinned by Daniel Vazquez, Sioux Falls O’Gorman, 1:56.
285: Axton Gates (7-13): was pinned by Grady Fey, Redfield, :31; was pinned by Riley Kerner, Mobridge-Pollock 3:47.
Girls 126: Jasmin Perez: was pinned by Peyton Heilman, Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon, 1:20; pinned Kaitlynn Payne, Watertown, 2:40; was defeated by Wendi Silverthorn, Viborg-Hurley, 5-4.
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