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Maas, Krueger, Knittel win titles at Watertown, Central seventh

Aberdeen Central’s Jasmine Maas, right, tries to score back points on Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon’s Kadlee Kracht, left, during their 126 pound semifinal match last season at the Lee Wolf Invitational at the Golden Eagles Arena. Maas won the championship of the 115-pound division at a tournament in Watertown on Friday. Photo by John Davis taken 2/1/2025

WATERTOWN – A trio of area wrestlers captured individual championships during the Watertown Invitational girls’ wrestling tournament on Friday.

Aberdeen Central’s Jasmin Maas, Groton’s Liza Krueger, and Ipswich’s Sophia Knittel each found their way to the top of the podium during the tourney. Central finished seventh as a team with Clark-Willow Lake seventh. Canton won the team crown.

Krueger won the 110-pound championship, Knittel captured the 135 title, and Maas topped the field at 115.

Central also received runner-up finishes from Rakyrah Wallace at 140 and Lilly Nelson at 170, and a third-place finish from Lin Paw Jone at 155 to lead a total of 10 Golden Eagles who placed at the tourney.

“I’m proud of the way my girls wrestled,” said Central coach Jake Flakus. “Jasmin Maas wrestled really well all the way to a first-place finish. Paisley Stewart placed in the varsity tournament as a seventh-grader.”

Central heads west next weekend for a pair of duals on Thursday before competing in the Rapid City Invitational on Friday and Saturday.

Aberdeen Central results

Avery Bendewald

Champ. Round 1 – Avery Bendewald (Aberdeen Central) over Jaylynn Johnson (Kingsbury County) (Fall 3:39)
Champ. Round 2 – Avery Bendewald (Aberdeen Central) over Charlee Ann Winter (Canton) (Fall 4:31)
Quarterfinals – Hailey Schafer (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) over Avery Bendewald (Aberdeen Central) (TF 15-0 5:26)
Cons. Round 4 – Aubrey Fischer (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Avery Bendewald (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 3:48)

Pearl Brage
Champ. Round 1 – Reegan Cook (Tiospa Zina) over Pearl Brage (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 0:28)
Cons. Round 1 – Pearl Brage (Aberdeen Central) received a bye
Cons. Round 2 – Kenzie King (Canton) over Pearl Brage (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 0:26)

Caylee Claymore
Champ. Round 1 – Reva McGaugh (Huron) over Caylee Claymore (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:04)
Cons. Round 1 – Caylee Claymore (Aberdeen Central) received a bye
Cons. Round 2 – Avyn Waldo (Aberdeen Central) over Caylee Claymore (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 0:42)

Arianna Goldade
Champ. Round 1 – Arianna Goldade (Aberdeen Central) received a bye
Champ. Round 2 – Arianna Goldade (Aberdeen Central) over Addyson Waldrop (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) (Fall 0:48)
Quarterfinals – Olivia Anderson (Watertown) over Arianna Goldade (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 3:20)
Cons. Round 4 – Arianna Goldade (Aberdeen Central) over Aurora Hammer (Sioux Falls Lincoln) (TF 19-3 2:39)
Cons. Round 5 – Gemma Stangeland (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Arianna Goldade (Aberdeen Central) (MD 10-0)
7th Place Match – Arianna Goldade (Aberdeen Central) over Abby Blaha (Pierre T.F. Riggs) (Fall 0:37)

Lyric Harrelson
Champ. Round 1 – Izy Bendorf (Kingsbury County) over Lyric Harrelson (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:38)
Cons. Round 1 – Jersey Lewis (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Lyric Harrelson (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 0:47)

Mila Hobbs
Champ. Round 1 – Gabby Werdel (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) over Mila Hobbs (Aberdeen Central) (Dec 8-6)
Cons. Round 1 – Mila Hobbs (Aberdeen Central) received a bye
Cons. Round 2 – Mila Hobbs (Aberdeen Central) over Chyanne Guerdet (Clark/Willow Lake) (Fall 3:24)
Cons. Round 3 – Mila Hobbs (Aberdeen Central) over Kaydence Hobert (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) (Fall 4:04)
Cons. Semis – Ramsie Hinricher (Brookings) over Mila Hobbs (Aberdeen Central) (MD 12-1)
5th Place Match – Erin Legg (Canton) over Mila Hobbs (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:41)

Addilyn Hofer
Quarterfinals – Kendis Sackreiter (Brookings) over Addilyn Hofer (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 0:45)
Cons. Round 1 – Addilyn Hofer (Aberdeen Central) received a bye
Cons. Semis – Kori Wallner (Canton) over Addilyn Hofer (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 0:25)
5th Place Match – Amelia Larson (Sioux Falls Lincoln) over Addilyn Hofer (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:22)

Jayda Hoffman

Champ. Round 1 – Marin Rhode (Canton) over Jayda Hoffman (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 3:23)
Cons. Round 1 – Jayda Hoffman (Aberdeen Central) received a bye
Cons. Round 2 – Jayda Hoffman (Aberdeen Central) over Layla Crowe (Kingsbury County) (Dec 7-5)
Cons. Round 3 – Zoe Nichols (Clark/Willow Lake) over Jayda Hoffman (Aberdeen Central) (Dec 5-3)
7th Place Match – Jayda Hoffman (Aberdeen Central) over Eh Ku Shee (Huron) (TF 19-1 2:50)

Lylah Irwin
Champ. Round 1 – Emily Downs (Marion/Freeman) over Lylah Irwin (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:20)
Cons. Round 1 – Mya Shee (Huron) over Lylah Irwin (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:50)

Katie Maack
Champ. Round 1 – Katie Maack (Aberdeen Central) over Sofia Vergara (Sioux Falls Lincoln) (Fall 1:34)
Quarterfinals – Tyleena Yazzie (Sioux Falls Roosevelt) over Katie Maack (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 4:17)
Cons. Round 2 – Katie Maack (Aberdeen Central) over Claire Halvorson (Webster Area) (Fall 0:34)
Cons. Round 3 – Katie Maack (Aberdeen Central) over Baw Eh (Huron) (Fall 1:35)
Cons. Semis – Skye Guthmiller (Sioux Valley) over Katie Maack (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 0:41)
5th Place Match – Tyleena Yazzie (Sioux Falls Roosevelt) over Katie Maack (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:07)

Jasmine Maas
Champ. Round 1 – jasmine Maas (Aberdeen Central) received a bye
Champ. Round 2 – jasmine Maas (Aberdeen Central) over Sawyer Opsahl (Ipswich) (Fall 0:23)
Quarterfinals – jasmine Maas (Aberdeen Central) over Cadence Bochek (Clark/Willow Lake) (TF 17-2 3:50)
Semifinals – jasmine Maas (Aberdeen Central) over Addie DeYoung (Kingsbury County) (Fall 0:51)
1st Place Match – jasmine Maas (Aberdeen Central) over Nayeli Ortega (Canton) (Fall 1:17)

Maria Mathern
Champ. Round 1 – Maria Mathern (Aberdeen Central) received a bye
Champ. Round 2 – Alexis Bryant (McCook Central/Montrose) over Maria Mathern (Aberdeen Central) (TF 20-2 3:18)
Cons. Round 2 – Maria Mathern (Aberdeen Central) received a bye
Cons. Round 3 – Maria Mathern (Aberdeen Central) over Isabella Olson (Sioux Falls Lincoln) (Fall 0:54)
Cons. Round 4 – Hadley Gjerde (Clark/Willow Lake) over Maria Mathern (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 2:35)

Ellie Muller
Champ. Round 1 – Kami Erickson (Brookings) over Ellie Muller (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 2:41)
Cons. Round 1 – Ellie Muller (Aberdeen Central) received a bye
Cons. Round 2 – Eh Ku Shee (Huron) over Ellie Muller (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 0:55)

Allison Neitzel
Champ. Round 1 – Allison Neitzel (Aberdeen Central) received a bye
Quarterfinals – Allison Neitzel (Aberdeen Central) over Mackenzie Mueller (Milbank) (For.)
Semifinals – Kezrey Benning (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Allison Neitzel (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:26)
Cons. Semis – Allison Neitzel (Aberdeen Central) over Grace Reszler (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:31)
3rd Place Match – Lakynn Qualseth (Canton) over Allison Neitzel (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:38)

Lilly Nelson
Champ. Round 1 – Lilly Nelson (Aberdeen Central) received a bye
Quarterfinals – Lilly Nelson (Aberdeen Central) over Sophia Larsen (Canton) (Fall 3:39)
Semifinals – Lilly Nelson (Aberdeen Central) over Nevaeh Schanbeck (Watertown) (Dec 5-2)
1st Place Match – Jaidynn Giedd (Kingsbury County) over Lilly Nelson (Aberdeen Central) (Dec 9-7)

Lin Paw Jone
Champ. Round 1 – Lin Paw Jone (Aberdeen Central) over Madison Ballis (Brookings) (Fall 1:24)
Quarterfinals – Lin Paw Jone (Aberdeen Central) over Devrah Meyer (Madison) (Dec 8-4)
Semifinals – Summer Guthmiller (Sioux Valley) over Lin Paw Jone (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:20)
Cons. Semis – Lin Paw Jone (Aberdeen Central) over Amelia Hendrixson (Sioux Falls Lincoln) (Fall 1:20)
3rd Place Match – Lin Paw Jone (Aberdeen Central) over Alyssa McCracken (Canton) (Fall 0:40)

Grace Reszler

Champ. Round 1 – Grace Reszler (Aberdeen Central) received a bye
Quarterfinals – Lakynn Qualseth (Canton) over Grace Reszler (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:13)
Cons. Round 2 – Grace Reszler (Aberdeen Central) over Lexis Moe (Madison) (Fall 2:35)
Cons. Round 3 – Grace Reszler (Aberdeen Central) over Kolby Glanzer (Huron) (Fall 4:22)
Cons. Semis – Allison Neitzel (Aberdeen Central) over Grace Reszler (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:31)
5th Place Match – Grace Reszler (Aberdeen Central) over Brooklyn Robinson (Marion/Freeman) (TF 15-0 3:06)

Say Ri

Champ. Round 1 – Say Ri (Aberdeen Central) received a bye
Quarterfinals – Finley Evjen (Canton) over Say Ri (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 0:24)
Cons. Round 2 – Gwynith Stack (Sioux Falls Lincoln) over Say Ri (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 0:40)

Paisley Stewart
Champ. Round 1 – Jewel Gannon (Canton) over Paisley Stewart (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:50)
Cons. Round 1 – Paisley Stewart (Aberdeen Central) over Hannah Bradley (Marion/Freeman) (Fall 0:53)
Cons. Round 2 – Paisley Stewart (Aberdeen Central) over Emily Downs (Marion/Freeman) (Fall 1:25)
Cons. Round 3 – Paisley Stewart (Aberdeen Central) over Surianna Walker (Sioux Falls Washington) (Dec 6-5)
Cons. Semis – Sydney Caven (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Paisley Stewart (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:54)
5th Place Match – Kori Ringstmeyer (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Paisley Stewart (Aberdeen Central) (Dec 6-2)

Martina Thompson
Champ. Round 1 – Amelia Hendrixson (Sioux Falls Lincoln) over Martina Thompson (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 0:19)
Cons. Round 1 – Martina Thompson (Aberdeen Central) received a bye
Cons. Round 2 – Devrah Meyer (Madison) over Martina Thompson (Aberdeen Central) (Inj. [time])

Avyn Waldo
Champ. Round 1 – Avyn Waldo (Aberdeen Central) received a bye
Champ. Round 2 – Nayeli Ortega (Canton) over Avyn Waldo (Aberdeen Central) (TF 17-0 4:27)
Cons. Round 2 – Avyn Waldo (Aberdeen Central) over Caylee Claymore (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 0:42)
Cons. Round 3 – Avyn Waldo (Aberdeen Central) over Chevelle Brakke (Pierre T.F. Riggs) (Fall 1:52)
Cons. Round 4 – Dayani Long (Sioux Falls Washington) over Avyn Waldo (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 0:59)

Rakyrah Wallace
Champ. Round 1 – Rakyrah Wallace (Aberdeen Central) over Claire Halvorson (Webster Area) (Fall 0:40)
Quarterfinals – Rakyrah Wallace (Aberdeen Central) over Macy Johnke (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) (Fall 0:23)
Semifinals – Rakyrah Wallace (Aberdeen Central) over Skye Guthmiller (Sioux Valley) (Fall 2:28)
1st Place Match – Lexie Hillmer (Pierre T.F. Riggs) over Rakyrah Wallace (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 4:55)

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