High school wrestling: Flandreau girls finish fifth, boys finish 14th at Les Tlustos Invite

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BROOKINGS – The Flandreau Fliers took part in the Les Tlustos Invitational in Brookings on Saturday afternoon with the girls team finishing fifth and the boys team finishing 14th.

GIRLS

The Fliers finished with 13 team points which put them behind Rapid City Central (21.0), Dell Rapids (31.0), Brookings (33.0) and Mitchell (36.0).

Jayden Lange finished first in the 142-pound bracket, picking up pins over Rapid City Central’s Stephani Viesca and Saige Hinricher of Brookings.

Julie Pitsenberger finished second at 126 pounds, pinning Mikayla Hight of Dell Rapids and falling in a 7-5 decision to Faith Caldron of Brookings.

BOYS

The Fliers finished with 47 team points at the event, finishing ahead of Dell Rapids, who had 32 team points. Pierre won the team title with 287.5 points, West Central finished in second with 172.5 points and Canby finished third with 169 points.

Brayden Wiese finished in third place at 126 pounds and began his run by pinning Canby’s Clayton Drietz in the quarterfinals. Wiese was pinned by West Central’s Orlando Whiting in the semifinal before pinning Madison’s Carson Wolf in the consolation semifinals. Weise won the third-place match by a 10-6 decision over Griffin Gimenez of Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial.

Karter Headrick placed third at 170, winning three of his four matches. Headrick pinned Israel Caldron of Brookings in the quarterfinals before falling to Harrisburg’s Soren Aadland by an 8-0 major decision in the semifinals. Headrick won his final two matches, pinning Quad County’s Noal Hildahl in the consolation semifinals and defeating Nick Wagner by a 13-10 decision in the third-place match.

Teague Bergjord finished eighth at 106 pounds and lost all three matches at the invitational. Bergjord lost to Josiah Kauffman by a 12-7 decision in the first round, was pinned by Ryder Antony in the third round of the consolation bracket and lost to Kauffman by an 11-6 decision in the seventh-place match.

Caleb Pitsenberger finished eighth at 152 pounds and went 1-3 at the invitational. Pitsenberger was pinned by Harrisburg’s Logan O’Connor in the quarterfinals but rebounded to win a 6-4 decision over Madison’s Tyan Braskamp in the second round of the consolation bracket. Pitsenberger was pinned in the seventh-place match by Blake Kannegieter of Brookings.

UP NEXT

The Fliers will be in action again on Tuesday when they travel for a triangular in Howard with Deuel/Deubrook Area.