Weiss takes seventh at state

Hill City had four state qualifiers this year: Hunter Way at 126 lbs., Braden Weiss at 132 lbs., Jaxon Johnson at 138 lbs. and Tanner Davis at 220 lbs.

 First time qualifiers were Hunter Way and Jaxon Johnson!

Second time qualifiers were Braden Weiss and Tanner Davis.

The Rangers got rolling the second day of the tournament as Way, Weiss and Davis all picked up wins with Weiss eventually qualifying for the medal rounds and placing seventh place overall in his weight bracket.  Congratulations to the Ranger wrestling team.

Complete results for the State B Tournament for the Rangers are as follows.

SDHSAA State Championships Results for Hill City

B-126

Hunter Way (20-13) place is unknown and scored 3.0 team points.

Champ. Round 1 - Keaton Rohlfs (Redfield Area) 38-13 won by fall over Hunter Way (Hill City) 20-13 (Fall 1:48)

Cons. Round 1 - Hunter Way (Hill City) 20-13 won by fall over Wyatt Wientjes (Mobridge-Pollock) 16-16 (Fall 2:05)

Cons. Round 2 - Weston Remmers (McCook Central/Montrose) 27-7 won by fall over Hunter Way (Hill City) 20-13 (Fall 2:19)

B-132

Braden Weiss (30-13) placed 7th and scored 8.0 team points.

Champ. Round 1 - Parker Geditz (Faulkton Area) 31-9 won by decision over Braden Weiss (Hill City) 30-13 (Dec 12-5)

Cons. Round 1 - Braden Weiss (Hill City) 30-13 won by decision over Landon Reiser (Tri-Valley) 10-9 (Dec 6-0)

Cons. Round 2 - Braden Weiss (Hill City) 30-13 won by fall over Riley Genzlinger (Howard) 30-6 (Fall 5:00)

Cons. Round 3 - Thane Simons (Philip Area) 30-9 won by fall over Braden Weiss (Hill City) 30-13 (Fall 1:08)

7th Place Match - Braden Weiss (Hill City) 30-13 won by injury default over Andy Meyer (Canton) 35-5 (Inj. 0:00)

B-138

Jaxon Johnson (19-15) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points.

Champ. Round 1 - Lucas Hueser (Elk Point-Jefferson) 31-13 won by decision over Jaxon Johnson (Hill City) 19-15 (Dec 7-0)

Cons. Round 1 - Gage Ravellette (Philip Area) 15-18 won by decision over Jaxon Johnson (Hill City) 19-15 (Dec 8-4)

B-220

Tanner Davis (27-7) place is unknown and scored 3.0 team points.

Champ. Round 1 - Grady Fey (Redfield Area) 38-9 won by decision over Tanner Davis (Hill City) 27-7 (Dec 3-0)

Cons. Round 1 - Tanner Davis (Hill City) 27-7 won by fall over Devan Appel (Sisseton) 10-18 (Fall 2:46)

Cons. Round 2 - Levi Wieman (Parker) 27-26 won by decision over Tanner Davis (Hill City) 27-7 (Dec 5-2)