RAPID CITY – Aberdeen Central put seven individual wrestlers on the podium and ended the day in fourth place as a team during at the Rapid City Girls’ Invitational, which wrapped up Saturday at The Monument.

“We got fourth as a team, and one of the teams above us was from North Dakota,” noted Central coach Jake Flakus, “so to be up there with other South Dakota teams, I was really pleased with the effort.”

The Golden Eagles were led by runner-up showings from Jasmine Maas (115 pounds) and Lilly Nelson (170).

“We had some really good performances,” Flakus said. “Getting second in a tournament like that is a really big accomplishment. Everyone wrestled well, and a lot of them wrestled above their seedings.”

Rakyrah Wallace (140) finished third, while Avery Bendewald (105) was fourth and Allison Neitzel (145) was fifth. Lin Paw Jone (155) claimed sixth place, and Mila Hobbs (135) placed eighth.

Those efforts spurred the Golden Eagles to a fourth place finish out of 43 teams. Bismarck ran off with the team title, followed by Watertown and Spearfish. Central was just four points back of the third place Spartans.

“I think that kind of lit a fire under some of them that we can be a really good team as a whole,” Flakus said. “After they saw we were in first for a lot of day one, it went beyond a lot of their individual success. … I’m hoping that leads into the rest of the season that as a team we are going to set the expectation that we are going to perform really well.”

Central is home to host Pierre in an Eastern South Dakota Conference dual on Tuesday.

“That will be a good dual,” Flakus said. “Pierre has a lot of good wrestlers and we’re going to have to be ready for them.”

100 – Paisley Stewart

Cons. Round 6 – Aliyah Steveson (Tea Area) 7-2 won in sudden victory – 1 over Paisley Stewart (Aberdeen Central) 6-5 (SV-1 9-6)

105 – Avery Bendewald, Fourth place

Semifinal – Vanessa Anderson (Watertown) 9-2 won by fall over Avery Bendewald (Aberdeen Central) 6-4 (Fall 3:07)

Cons. Semi – Avery Bendewald (Aberdeen Central) 6-4 won by fall over Charlie Huston (Belle Fourche) 4-3 (Fall 0:25)

3rd Place Match – Averi Thielges (Bismarck) 10-1 won by fall over Avery Bendewald (Aberdeen Central) 6-4 (Fall 2:16)

115 – Jasmine Maas, Second place

Semifinal – Jasmine Maas (Aberdeen Central) 8-1 won by decision over Frankie Kranz (Mitchell) 4-3 (Dec 19-12)

1st Place Match – Brooklynn Randall (Watertown) 5-0 won by fall over Jasmine Maas (Aberdeen Central) 8-1 (Fall 3:02)

115 – Avyn Waldo 

Cons. Round 6 – Sydney Johnson (Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon) 6-3 won by fall over Avyn Waldo (Aberdeen Central) 4-4 (Fall 4:54)

135 – Mila Hobbs, Eighth place

Cons. Round 6 – Mila Hobbs (Aberdeen Central) 5-6 won by decision over Leona Vickers (Worland) 2-2 (Dec 4-1)

Cons. Round 7 – Haddison Mundorf (Valentine Girls) 6-2 won by decision over Mila Hobbs (Aberdeen Central) 5-6 (Dec 6-0)

7th Place Match – Darla Barnes (Lemmon) 6-3 won by decision over Mila Hobbs (Aberdeen Central) 5-6 (Dec 4-3)

140 – Rakyrah Wallace, Third place

Semifinal – Kezrey Benning (Pierre T.F. Riggs) 8-1 won by decision over Rakyrah Wallace (Aberdeen Central) 8-2 (Dec 6-1)

Cons. Semi – Rakyrah Wallace (Aberdeen Central) 8-2 won by fall over Jocelyn Thoms (Lennox) 6-2 (Fall 4:01)

3rd Place Match – Rakyrah Wallace (Aberdeen Central) 8-2 won by decision over Skye Guthmiller (Sioux Valley) 11-3 (Dec 10-5)

145 – Allison Neitzel, Fifth place

Cons. Round 6 – Allison Neitzel (Aberdeen Central) 7-4 won by fall over Rosearia Rohrer (Lennox) 3-2 (Fall 2:10)

Cons. Round 7 – Allison Neitzel (Aberdeen Central) 7-4 won by fall over Eddy Adkins (Lead-Deadwood) 7-2 (Fall 2:02)

Cons. Semi – Dani Grooms (Sheridan) 4-2 won by fall over Allison Neitzel (Aberdeen Central) 7-4 (Fall 3:42)

5th Place Match – Allison Neitzel (Aberdeen Central) 7-4 won by fall over Shelby Werlinger (Sturgis Brown) 6-5 (Fall 3:28)

155 – Grace Reszler 

Cons. Round 6 – Amelia Hendrixson (Sioux Falls Lincoln) 8-5 won by fall over Grace Reszler (Aberdeen Central) 5-4 (Fall 4:47)

155 – Lin Paw Jone, Sixth place

Cons. Round 6 – Lin Paw Jone (Aberdeen Central) 8-4 won by decision over Makita Raysor (Spearfish) 7-2 (Dec 11-6)

Cons. Round 7 – Lin Paw Jone (Aberdeen Central) 8-4 won by major decision over Taylor DeJong (Mitchell) 6-2 (MD 21-11)

Cons. Semi – Katie Snyder (Hot Springs) 11-2 won by fall over Lin Paw Jone (Aberdeen Central) 8-4 (Fall 0:22)

5th Place Match – Samantha Dreiske (Lemmon) 6-3 won by fall over Lin Paw Jone (Aberdeen Central) 8-4 (Fall 4:39)

170 – Lilly Nelson, Second place

Semifinal – Lilly Nelson (Aberdeen Central) 6-2 won by fall over Bella Morteo (Rapid City Stevens) 8-1 (Fall 5:14)

1st Place Match – Rhiannen Heimdal (Harrisburg) 5-0 won by fall over Lilly Nelson (Aberdeen Central) 6-2 (Fall 1:23)