Seven B-H Matmen Place

Seven B-H Matmen Place

The Britton-Hecla wrestling squad opened its season on a successful note on Saturday with seven grapplers placing in the top four in a tournament at Clark.

Coach Josh Hawkinson’s crew also competed in a triangular in Clark last night Tuesday with Redfield and Clark-Willow Lake. This week the Braves travel to the Faulkton Invitational on Saturday.

Bryce Hawkinson at 138, Collin Beaner at 152, and Connor Glines at 170 each brought home second place finishes. Ben Suther, wrestling unattached, and Tucker Hardy at 285 placed third, and Lincoln Kilker in the 9098-pound bracket and Dane Hansen at 195 were fourth.

The Braves placed fifth as a team in the 11-team field, scoring 83 points.

“The kids wrestled really well, even the ones that didn’t place,” said Hawkinson. “They showed up to wrestle, and I think that is the first time we have put up 83 points since at least 2010. And we did it agasint some pretty quality kids.”

Hawkinson also gave credit to strong support from hometown fans.

“Our hometown Britton crowd put everybody else in the gym to shame. It was fun to have that kind of support, and I think it really clicked with the boys. They’re starting to see how this can work the next four years.”

The Braves boss noted that the season-opening action will help his squad fine tune things.

“We just need to clean a lot of little things up and pick up on little things we’re missing when we’re wrestling. We were really good at taking shots but need to emphasize the setup and how important that is before you take that shot.”

TEAM POINTS: Kingsbury County 186, Faulkton Area 162, Pierre JV 118, Clark-Willow Lake 105, Britton-Hecla 83, Canton JV 69, Webster Area 50, Ortonville, MN 49, Groton Area 25, Tiospa Zina 4, Doland 0

90-98 POUNDS: Lincoln Kilker (BH) lost dec. to Isaac Johnson (Clark/ Willow Lake) 6-2; pinned Aiden Ostrom (Canton JV) :38; pinned by Isaac Johnson (Clark/Willow Lake) 5:00

106 POUNDS: Tanner Atkinson (BH) pinned by Rogen Albrecht (Kingsbury County) 5:33; pinned by Shane Sehr (Canton JV) 1:41

120 POUNDS: Bryce Heitkamp (BH) pinned by Kellen Antonson (Groton Area) 1:14; pinned by Cody Zell (Kingsbury County) 1:29

138 POUNDS: Bryce Hawkinson (BH) dec. Cole Noon (Faulkton Area) 7-3; pinned Trace Shoemaker (Webster Area) 3:05; Gannon Gilligan (Kingsbury County) won in 5-3 (3OT)

145 POUNDS: Colton Chapin (BH) pinned Jase Kroger (Canton JV) 1:39; pinned by Dylan Zell (Kingsbury County) :21; pinned by Ethan Johnson (Kingsbury County) :19

152 POUNDS: Collin Beaner (BH) pinned Ryland Richardson (Canton JV) 1:01; pinned Kaleb Johnson (Kingsbury County) 5:52; dec. Max Hunsley (Pierre JV) 8-1; lost dec. to Josh Kannegieter (Clark/Willow Lake) 9-2

152 POUNDS: Ben Suther (BH) won by forfeit over Tyson Polston (Pierre JV); pinned by Josh Kannegieter (Clark/Willow Lake) 1:13; dec. Kaleb Johnson (Kingsbury County) 6-4; dec. Tyson Polston (Pierre JV) 7-4

160 POUNDS: Dustin Stabnow (BH) pinned by Chase Chambers (Clark/ Willow Lake) :55; pinned by Sean Thompson (Pierre JV) 3:17

160 POUNDS: Dashel Davidson (BH) pinned by Lucas Chamberlin (Pierre JV) 1:05; pinned Easten Ekern (Groton Area) :30; pinned by Chase Chambers (Clark/Willow Lake) :47

170 POUNDS: Conner Glines (BH) pinned Braeden Johnson (Clark/Willow Lake) :56; lost dec. to Tucker Anderson (Kingsbury County) 3-1

182 POUNDS: Jerard Satterlee (BH) pinned by Ethan Martinmaas (Pierre JV) 2:13; pinned by Marshall Holz (Kingsbury County) 3:33

182 POUNDS: Landyn Fredrick (BH) pinned by Tristen Baloun (Faulkton Area) :58; pinned by Riley Popp (Clark/ Willow Lake) 1:21

195 POUNDS: Dane Hansen (BH) pinned by Lincoln Dikoff (Faulkton Area) :34; pinned by Breyten Johnson (Kingsbury County) 2:03

285 POUNDS: Tucker Hardy (BH) pinned Alex Hughes (Pierre JV) 2:07; lost dec. to Parker Bode (Faulkton Area) 8-1; pinned Tyler Lease (Canton JV) :39; pinned Thomas Baumann (Canton JV) 2:09

285 POUNDS: Keegan Mix (BH) pinned by Storm Laughter (Tiospa Zina) :27; pinned by Tyler Lease (Canton JV) 2:24

Seven Britton-Hecla matmen placed among the top four at their season-opening tournament in Clark on Saturday. From left to right are Dane Hansen, Ben Suther, Connor Glines, Bryce Hawkinson, Tucker Hardy, Lincoln Kilker, and Collin Beaner. (Josh Hawkinson Photo)

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