Jim Kocer, Assistant Coach
In their last tournament of the regular season, six Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon girls competed in the Yankton Tournament on February 6 with three receiving medals: Hadlee Kracht-130 was second, Jasmine Ruelas-Hertz third, and Bailey Kemnitz-140 sixth. Tatum Palsma-100 lost by fall to eventual sixth-place finisher Aliyah Stevenson (Tea) in 2:48, won by fall over Kaelynn Rasmussen (Dakota Valley) in :56, and lost to eventual fifth-place finisher Paisely Stewart (Aberdeen) by fall in 1:51. Sydney Johnson-115 lost to eventual seventh-place finisher Nayeli Ortega (Canton) by technical fall in 2:58, won by fall over Gloria Leonel (Madison) in 1:52, and lost a 2-1 decision to eventual sixth-place finisher Nika Rasmussen (Lennox). Jasmine Ruelas-Hertz-120 was 5-1 on the day, won by fall over Cheyenne Christie (Beresford/Alcester-Hudson) in :26, lost 9-3 to eventual runner-up Brooklynn Smith (Rapid City Stevens), won by fall over Kimber Baker (Spearfish) in 1:44, won by fall over Gemma Stangeland (Pierre) in 1:32, won a 16-2 major decision over Danny Borja (Mitchell), and in the consolation match won a 7-2 decision over Alexis Brenden (Yankton) for third. Harper Kracht-125 won by fall over Jayda Hoffman (Aberdeen) in 3:14, lost by fall to eventual third-place finisher Emery Voelker (Tea) in 2:48, and lost to sixth-place finisher Rae Fryer (Sisseton) by fall in 2:24. Hadlee Kracht-130 was 3-1 winning by fall over Claire Halvorson (Webster) in :24, over Jersey Lewis (Pierre) in 1:19, and over Daytona Paris (Burke/ Gregory) in 1:12 before losing to top-rated Regina Stoesser (Harrisburg) by fall in 2:35 to place second. Bailey Kemnitz-140 was 3-3 losing by fall to eventual fourth-place finisher Kenzie King (Canton) in 2:27, won by fall over Sofia Vergara (Sioux Falls Lincoln) in 3:10, won by fall over Eliana Zent (Rapid City Stevens) in 4:33, won by fall over Cameron Talkington (Harrisburg) in :39, lost by technical fall to eventual third-place finisher Kezrey Benning (Pierre) in 3:14, and in a consolation match, lost by fall to Brooke Grajczyk (Watertown) in 1:48 to finish sixth. Canton won with 223 points, followed by Aberdeen-163, Pierre-147, Watertown-140.5, Rapid City Stevens-131, Spearfish-113.5, Harrisburg-106.5, Rapid City Central-92.5, Madison-80, Bon Homme/Scotland/ Avon tenth at 67 points listing the top ten of 42 teams. The next competition is the Region 3 Tournament in Mitchell on February 20.