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It was a good weekend for the Bon Homme-Scotland-Avon girls wrestling team as they finished in fourth at Pierre and took the team championship at Chamberlain on the next day. Pierre Girls Wrestling Tournament The Bon Homme-Scotland-Avon girls had three place winners at the 31-team Governor Girls Wrestling Tournament January 19 finishing in fourth place with 80 points. The top ten teams were: Pierre T.F. Riggs 171, Harrisburg 101.5, Rapid City Stevens 83, Bon Homme-Scotland-Avon 80, Spearfish 68, Rapid City Central 67, Viborg-Hurley-Irene-Wakonda 67, Sturgis Brown 64, Aberdeen Central 62, and Custer 61. Peyton Hellmann won all three matches by pin claiming the championship at 138 with a bye and winning by fall over Jayda Steinke (Pierre) in 1:37, over Jillian Heisler (Spearfish) in 1:38 and in the championship over Jaidynn Giedd (Kingsbury County) in 1:57. Britney Rueb lost in the finals at 126 to a wrestler she met in the state finals last year, Regina Stoeser (Harrisburg), 4-9 to finish second. Earlier she won by three pins over Cameron Talkington (Harrisburg) in :55, over Kendalyn Pesch (Douglas) in 1:28 and over Mathilde Matsuda (Spearfish) in 2:56. Hadlee Kracht went 3-2 on the day losing to Anna Henstein (Rapid City Central) by fall in 5:50, came back to win the next three matches with a 10-1 decision over Ula Martin (Aberdeen Central), over Destinee Wagner (Harrisburg) by medical forfeit, by a 12-0 decision over Kanyn Padden (Hill City), before losing to Brooklyn Baird (Sturgis Brown) by fall in :33. Leah Whittington-132 lost to Gabby Werdel (Miller) by fall in 4:46, advanced with a bye and lost by fall to Kyla Logan (Doland) in 2:28. Ashley Tolsma-165 was 2-2 on the day winning by fall over Eddy Atkins (Lead-Deadwood) in :48, lost to Rhiannen Heimdal (Harrisburg) by fall in 3:07, won by fall over Ava VandeWeerd (Sioux Valley) in :46, before losing to Kyanne Traversie-Johns (Pierre) in 4:06. Hope Kemnitz-185 was 1-2 losing to Keely Mogen-Frankfort (Hot Springs) by fall in 2:00, advancing with a bye, won by fall in 3:30 over Darah Colbert (Lead-Deadwood) and lost by fall in 1:15 to Rayna Miller (Viborg-Hurley-Irene-Wakonda). Bailey Kemnitz wrestled in the round robin at 138B winning by fall over Wounsina Homer (Todd County) in 1:49 and by fall over Kylie Munce (Stanley County) in :17, before losing by fall to Trystyn Jangula (Hill City) in 1:41 finishing in second. Chamberlain Tournament With seven place winners including five champions, Bon Homme-Scotland-Avon won the team title at the 15-team River City Rumble Girls Wrestling Tournament in Chamberlain January 20. Champions were Britney Rueb, Hadlee Kracht, Peyton Hellmann, Bailey Kemnitz and Hope Kemnitz. Ashley Tolsma finished second and Leah Whittington placed third. Britney Rueb-120 won by fall over Brie Dollick (Upton, Wyoming) in 1:10, over Aine Graesser (Chamberlain) by fall in 4:25 and decisioned Danny Borja (Mitchell) 5-0 in the championship. Hadlee Kracht-126 won all three matches by pin: over Liliana Luque (Mitchell) in :44, over Julie Pitsenberger (Flandreau) in :43 and in the championship over Shelby Shrake (Chamberlain) in 1:19. Bailey Kemnitz and Leah Whittington wrestled in the four-person round robin at 132. Bailey won by fall over Evelyn Olson (Chamberlain) in 1:15, decisioned Leah 11-6 and won by fall over Tiana Benton (Mitchell) in :36. Leah won by fall over Benton (Mitchell) in :54, lost to Bailey and lost by fall to Olson (Chamberlain) in :58. Peyton Hellmann-138 won all three matches by fall over Mackenzie Mueller (Milbank) in 1:26, over Kayeleigh Bowden (Huron) in 1:35 and in the championship over Jaclyn Kyte (Yankton) in 3:04. Ashley Tolsma wrestled in a four-person round robin at 165 losing by fall to Taylor DeJong (Mitchell) in 3:04, winning by fall over LaRae Severson (Kimball-White Lake-PlatteGeddes) in 1:34 and winning by fall over Ravyn Whitlow (Douglas-Rapid City Christian-New Underwood) in 3:02. Hope Kemnitz wrestled in the three-person round robin at 185 winning by fall over Paola Fernandez (Huron) and decisioning Kyra Tostenson (Milbank) 18-16. Team points: Bon Homme-Scotland-Avon 123, Mitchell 86.5, Chamberlain 62, Douglas-Rapid City Christian-New Underwood 59, Yankton 52, Kimball-White Lake-PlatteGeddes 51, Huron 49, Sisseton 25, Sioux Falls O’Gorman 23, Upton, Wyoming 13, Faith 7, Milbank 6, Flandreau 2, Cheyenne-Eagle Butte-Dupree 0, Todd County 0 When leaving Pierre, the girls said they were going to win at Chamberlain. They wrestled well to make their statement come true, and we are proud of their accomplishment. Individual wins are very important because to get to the state tournament each has to finish in the top 16 in their weight class because there is no region tournament for the girls. Coming action The next competition will be the tournament in Aberdeen January 27.