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Central finishes ninth at ESD Golf Tournament

Aberdeen Central’s Ridgly Wasem watches his tee shot on the sixth hole at Lee Park Golf Course at the Hub City Invitational earlier this season. Wasem shot an 80 at the ESD Tournament Monday in Brookings. Photo by John Davis taken 9/1/2026

BROOKINGS – Aberdeen Central finished ninth with a team total of 327 during the Eastern South Dakota Conference Golf Tournament on Monday.

The Golden Eagles were led by Ridgly Wasem, who finished 29th with an 80. Brady Heilman also fired an 80 and placed 31st.

Brookings won the team championship with a score of 303, two strokes better than Brandon Valley.

Mitchell’s Asher Dannenbring won the individual title with a 70.

The golfers will now head to Aberdeen for the State AA Tournament Monday and Tuesday at Lee Park Golf Course.

Team Points: 1, Brookings 303; 2, Brandon Valley 305; 3, Watertown 308; 4, Pierre, 308; 5, Harrisburg 311; 6, Yankton 311; 7, Mitchell 313; 8, Tea Area 326; 9, Aberdeen Central 327; 10, Huron 358.

Top 15 Finishers

1, Asher Dannenbring, Mitchell, 70; 2, Johnathan Lake, Watertown, 73; 3, Andrew Heinze, Brookings, 74; 4, Jack Baszler, Brookings, 74; 5, Landon Baker, Tea Area, 75; 6, Max Vincelli, Brandon Valley, 75; 7, Max Stemwedel, Watertown, 75; 8, Caleb Hutton, Pierre, 75; 9, Lincoln McInerney, Brandon Valley, 75; 10, Elijah Larson, Yankton, 75;

11, Beckham McPeck, Pierre, 76; 12, Gavin Weir, Harrisburg, 76; 13, Dawson Drake, Harrisburg, 77; 14, Jalen Dwire, Harrisburg, 77; 15, Cooper Shuman, Brandon Valley, 77.

Aberdeen Central golfers: 29, Ridgly Wasem, 80; 31, Brady Heilman, 80; 35, Cole Brust, 82; 46, Ben Golz, 85; 56, Eli Schauer, 91; 59, Maddox Dinger, 100.

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