SIOUX FALLS – A pair of Aberdeen Central wrestlers will vie for state titles, while eight total Golden Eagles will earn state placer medals after the second day of the Class A state tournament Friday.

Grayden Timm (175 pounds) and Owen Ward (190) each won their semifinals match in convincing fashion, spurring the Golden Eagles to big wins in the consolation rounds, as well.

“They’ve been having a dominant tournament,” said Central coach Donnie Bowden of Timm and Ward. “They went out there in the semifinal matches and Grayden got a major and Owen followed it up with a pin. That got everything sparked for that last round (of consolation semifinals) we were building into and the bonus points just kept coming.”

Central remained in fourth place in team points after Friday’s action. Sturgis retained a commanding hold on the top spot.

Bowden said he liked the way his team responded after Thursday’s matches in which some calls didn’t fall in Central’s favor.

“It’s a hard thing to come back from a loss,” Bowden noted. “It’s pretty easy to go into a hole and start thinking negative and once you start doing that it kind of spirals. But all these guys came back. You can look at every one of them. … Jackson Dargatz lost first round and now he’s in for third and fourth. That’s a long way back. Ridley Waldo losing in the semifinal and having to wrestle again a half hour, 45 minutes later to get into third and fourth. These guys are very tough and very resilient.“

In addition to Ward and Timm, Central will have four wrestlers competing for third place in Esten Foss (120), Mason Backous (126), Dargatz (132) and Waldo (157). Will Allen (138) and Porter Lozenski (150) will both wrestle for seventh.

In Class B action, nine wrestlers have earned spots in today’s title matches. That group includes Kayden Tchida of Sisseton at 113, Cash Edgar of Faulkton at 120, Talon Ping of Miller-Highmore-Harrold at 132, Jacksen Carter of Wessington Springs-Woonsocket-Wolsey-Wessington at 138, Haeden Jorgenson of Webster, and Chase Hurd of Miller-Highmore-Harrold at 144, Bryce Hawkinson of Britton-Hecla at 150, Holden Hawkins of Sisseton at 175, and Gavin Englund of Groton at 285.

Action resumes this morning for placing matches with championships matches set for this afternoon.

Aberdeen Central results

106: Henry Gillen

Champ. Round 1 – Colton Archer (Yankton) over Henry Gillen (Aberdeen Central) (MD 14-2)

Cons. Round 1 – Josh Deming (Brookings) over Henry Gillen (Aberdeen Central) (Dec 7-2)

113: Paxton Ewing

Champ. Round 1 – Paxton Ewing (Aberdeen Central) over Daniel Mason (Pierre T.F. Riggs) (TF 17-2 5:39)

Quarterfinals – Kaden Haakinson (West Central) over Paxton Ewing (Aberdeen Central) (TF 19-3 3:31)

Cons. Round 2 – Jonah Anderson (Watertown) over Paxton Ewing (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 3:26)

120: Esten Foss

Champ. Round 1 – Esten Foss (Aberdeen Central) over Kadrian Moreno (Huron) (Fall 1:48)

Quarterfinals – Bentley Klinkhammer (West Central) over Esten Foss (Aberdeen Central) (Dec 3-2)

Cons. Round 2 – Esten Foss (Aberdeen Central) over Hunter Mellon (Brookings) (Fall 0:44)

Cons. Round 3 – Esten Foss (Aberdeen Central) over Aaron Halbur (Tea Area) (Fall 2:25)

Cons. Semis – Esten Foss (Aberdeen Central) over Owen Serck (Beresford/Alcester-Hudson) (Fall 2:03)

126: Mason Backous

Champ. Round 1 – Mason Backous (Aberdeen Central) over Sebastian Castillo (Beresford/Alcester-Hudson) (MD 14-5)

Quarterfinals – Mason Backous (Aberdeen Central) over Bode Minder (Pierre T.F. Riggs) (Dec 4-0)

Semifinals – Beckett Rehorst (Brandon Valley) over Mason Backous (Aberdeen Central) (MD 21-9)

Cons. Semis – Mason Backous (Aberdeen Central) over Isaac Kauffman (Sioux Falls Lincoln) (Fall 0:56)

132: Jackson Dargatz

Champ. Round 1 – Camden Tebay (Dell Rapids) over Jackson Dargatz (Aberdeen Central) (Dec 10-4)

Cons. Round 1 – Jackson Dargatz (Aberdeen Central) over Brayden Moser (Spearfish) (Dec 4-2)

Cons. Round 2 – Jackson Dargatz (Aberdeen Central) over Slater Wilson (Tea Area) (Dec 6-1)

Cons. Round 3 – Jackson Dargatz (Aberdeen Central) over Wyatt Davidson (Harrisburg) (MD 8-0)

Cons. Semis – Jackson Dargatz (Aberdeen Central) over Noah Bennett (Mitchell) (Dec 6-1)

138: Will Allen

Champ. Round 1 – Will Allen (Aberdeen Central) over Alex Siemonsma (West Central) (Fall 5:56)

Quarterfinals – Tyler Woodring (Tea Area) over Will Allen (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 1:02)

Cons. Round 2 – Will Allen (Aberdeen Central) over Luther Morrison (Rapid City Central) (Dec 6-4)

Cons. Round 3 – Josiah Kauffman (Sioux Falls Lincoln) over Will Allen (Aberdeen Central) (Dec 11-9)

144: Jude Sumner

Champ. Round 1 – Josiah Drummer (Sturgis Brown) over Jude Sumner (Aberdeen Central) (TF 21-4 5:51)

Cons. Round 1 – Aaron Tucker (Brandon Valley) over Jude Sumner (Aberdeen Central) (Fall 3:58)

150: Porter Lozenski

Champ. Round 1 – Porter Lozenski (Aberdeen Central) over Kruse Brennan (Chamberlain) (Fall 5:46)

Quarterfinals – Braden Shoemaker (Brandon Valley) over Porter Lozenski (Aberdeen Central) (Dec 9-4)

Cons. Round 2 – Porter Lozenski (Aberdeen Central) over Jacob Milliron (Brookings) (Fall 4:10)

Cons. Round 3 – Trevin Audiss (Tea Area) over Porter Lozenski (Aberdeen Central) (SV-1 4-1)

157: Ridley Waldo

Champ. Round 1 – Ridley Waldo (Aberdeen Central) over Trevor Cordell (Tea Area) (TF 15-0 1:08)

Quarterfinals – Ridley Waldo (Aberdeen Central) over Logan Johns (Harrisburg) (MD 10-0)

Semifinals – Caleb Hodges (Madison) over Ridley Waldo (Aberdeen Central) (TF 21-4 4:54)

Cons. Semis – Ridley Waldo (Aberdeen Central) over Keanu Lee (O`Gorman) (MD 13-3)

165: Kaylor Swenson

Champ. Round 1 – Dylan Johnson (Harrisburg) over Kaylor Swenson (Aberdeen Central) (Dec 1-0)

Cons. Round 1 – Kaylor Swenson (Aberdeen Central) over Jerrod Larsen (Chamberlain) (Fall 0:50)

Cons. Round 2 – Greyson Deelstra (Sioux Falls Lincoln) over Kaylor Swenson (Aberdeen Central) (MD 17-4)

175: Grayden Timm

Champ. Round 1 – Grayden Timm (Aberdeen Central) over Theodore Volk (Spearfish) (Fall 0:53)

Quarterfinals – Grayden Timm (Aberdeen Central) over Landen Lewis (Watertown) (TF 18-0 3:10)

Semifinals – Grayden Timm (Aberdeen Central) over Tayge Privett (Harrisburg) (MD 12-2)

190: Owen Ward

Champ. Round 1 – Owen Ward (Aberdeen Central) over Norman Wilson (Lakota Tech) (Fall 0:24)

Quarterfinals – Owen Ward (Aberdeen Central) over Lucas Chaparro (Huron) (Fall 2:55)

Semifinals – Owen Ward (Aberdeen Central) over Padraig Fulton (Vermillion) (Fall 2:47)