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With four champions, the Bon Homme-Scotland-Avon girls wrestling team took second place at the Yankton Girls Tournament February 3. Britney Rueb won the 120-pound division and was voted by the coaches as the outstanding wrestler. Other champions were Hadlee Kracht-126 who also won the pinners award, Peyton Hellmann-138 and Ashley Tolsma-165. Leah Whittington was second at 132, and Hope Kemnitz finished fourth at 185. Britney Rueb-120 had a bye, won by fall over Lainey Haines (Tea Area) in 1:51 and in the championship won by fall over third-rated Danny Borja (Mitchell) in 3:09. Hadlee Kracht-126 had three pins over Josie Althoff (Watertown) in :10, over Liliana Luque (Mitchell) in :52 and over Avah Grismer (Watertown) in :39 winning first place in the round robin format. Leah Whittington-132 lost her first match to Daytona Paris (Burke-Gregory) by a 9-16 decision, but came back to win her next three matches all by pin over Jaelyn Fergen (Lennox) in 3:25, over Tiana Benton (Mitchell) in 1:31 and over Mikaila Thieschafer (Rapid City Stevens) in 1:43 for second place in the round robin format. Peyton Hellmann-138 won three matches by fall over Jenna Morrow (Rapid City Stevens) in 1:13, over Katelyn Yexley (Watertown) in 2:46 and over fifth-rated Jaclyn Kyte (Yankton) in 1:49 to take first place in the round robin format. Ashley Tolsma-165 had quite a day winning four matches defeating three wrestlers listed above her in the current preseeds for state - over Emma Wentjes (Watertown) by fall in 3:01, over Blair Merkwan (Vermillion) by fall in :42, by decision 14-9 over Taylor DeJong (Mitchell) and by fall over Summer Marnette (Rapid City Stevens) in 4:27 finishing first in the round robin format. Hope Kemnitz-185 was in a tough round-robin featuring the second and third rated wrestlers in the weight class, losing by fall to Allison Konrad (Watertown) in 1:52, to Brianna Johnson (Tea Area) by fall in 3:34 and to Tallie Brehm (Rapid City Stevens) by fall in 2:59 to finish fourth. Watertown won with 98 points followed by Bon Homme-Scotland-Avon 94, Rapid City Stevens 72, Mitchell 67, Tea Area 41. Lennox 26, Yankton 22, Burke-Gregory 16, Vermillion 5 and Britton-Hecla, Dakota Valley and Sioux Falls O'Gorman all with 0. We told the girls how important these late season tournaments are and the need to defeat wrestlers who are seeded above them in order to qualify for state. They stepped it up and wrestled well. Congratulations to Britney and Hadlee.