Eight Bon Homme/Scotland/ Avon girls traveled to Aberdeen on February 20 for the Region 3 Girls Wrestling Tournamentwithalleightplacing. JasmineRuelas-Hertz-114, Peyton Hellmann-145, and Hope Kemnitz-185 claimed region championships; with Ashley Tolsma-152 second; Hadlee Kracht-126 third; Sydney Johnson-107 and Harper Kracht-120 fourth, with Bailey Kemnitz-138 placing fifth.

Sydney Johnson-107 won by fall over Morah Swartzendruber (Miller Highmore-Harold) in 3:43, lost by fall to Avery Bendewald (Aberdeen) in 2:00, won by fall over Jadelynn McCall (Winner) in 4:22, and in the consolation match lost to Layne Heasley (Pierre) by a 12-1 decision finishing fourth.

Jasmine Ruelas-Hertz-114 won all three matches by fall with less than two minutes on the mat with wins over Suedawn Homer (Todd County) in :15, over Reva McGaugh (Huron) in :53, and in the championshipoverBaileyYost (Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/ Wolsey-Wessington) in :14 for first.

HarperKracht-120hadabye, won by fall over Moo B Say (Huron) in 1:04, lost by tech fall to eighth-rated Frankie Kranz (Mitchell) in 2:33, won a 13-6 decision over Aine Graesser (Chamberlain) , and in the consolation match lost by fall to fourth-rated Gracie Lobbins (Madison)in:43toplacefourth.

Hadlee Kracht-126 had a bye, won by fall over Camilla Von Eye (Huron) in 1:14, lost by fall to Jasmine Maas (Aberdeen) in 1:00, won by fall over Mohrgan Werdel (Miller/ Highmore-Harold) in 1:13, and in the consolation match won by fall over Danny Borja (Mitchell) in 2:27 for third.

Bailey Kemnitz-138 which had 13 wrestlers, the most in any of the twelve weight classes, had a bye, lost her first match by fall to Camille Rearick (Wessington Springs/ Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington) in 3:14, came back to win her next two matches by fall over Baw Eh (Huron) in 1:35 whichwasher50thcareerwin, and over Lexis Moe (Madison) in :53, lost to Gabby Werdel (Miller/Highmore-Harold) 12-0, and won by fall over Miley Janek (Burke/Gregory) in 1:08 to finish fifth. Bailey, a Freshman,finishedherseason at 33-22.

Peyton Hellmann-145 had a bye, won by fall over Devrah Meyer (Madison) in 2:59, and in the championship won by fall over second-rated Ireland Templeton (Pierre) in 2:36 for first.

AshleyTolsma-152hadabye, won a 6-0 decision over Grace Reszler (Aberdeen), and in the championship lost by fall to number-one rated Abbigail Lewis (Pierre) in 3:42 to finish second.

Hope Kemnitz-185 had two byes, and in the championship won a 3-1 decision over Kyanne Traversie-Johnson (Pierre) for first.

Pierre T.F. Riggs (12 wrestlers) won the first-ever region 3tournamentwith225.5points, followed by Aberdeen Central (11)-172.5, Bon Homme/Scotland/ Avon (8 wrestlers) was third with 147, Mitchell (9) was fourth with 97.5, Miller/ Highmore-Harold (7)-88, Huron (8)-63.5, Madison (5)-57, Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/ Wolsey-Wessington(2)40,ToddCounty(8)-34.5,Chamberlain (5)-34, Burke/Gregory (4)-31.5, Kimbell/White Lake/ Platte-Geddes (2)-28, Winner (2)-8, Lyman (2)-4, and Ethan/ Parkston (2)-3.

Congratulations to the state qualifiers. They have worked hard all season; we wish them luck at Rapid City.