Lynx lock in third at Floyd Farrand Invite

Lynx wrestlers landed an impressive third-place finish against 17 of South Dakota’s top wrestling programs that competed at the Floyd Farrand Invitational Dec. 29-30 at Lincoln High School.

Brandon Valley was bested by Harrisburg, who took the title with 203 points, followed by Watertown in secondat 191. The Lynx tallied 173.5 points to claim the third-place finish, just 2.5 points ahead of fourth-place Sturgis. 

“This is one of the tougher tournaments in the state, so we were happy with our showing,” said Coach Derek Outland. “I thought we did a good job of fighting through some tough spots throughout the tournament and took advantage of the opportunities we had over the two days.”

BV’s rise to a top-three finish was led by freshman Isaac Klinkhammer, who wrestled his way to the top of the podium in the 120-pound weight class. Klinkhammer secured the title win behind a 10-1 major decision against Lincoln’s Beau Beavers.  

BV also boasts a trio of wrestlers who brought home runner-up honors from the two-day holiday break event.

Second place was awarded to senior Creighton Klinkhammer in the 145-pound class. He secured two quick pins and a decision before succumbing to a familiar foe, Trey Hage of Vermillion.

Kobi Terpstra registered a trio of victories by decision before losing a 5-0 decision to Tyson Stoebner of Lennox en route to his second-place finish in the 138-pound weight class. 

Damion Schunke claimed second in the 160-pound division, losing the 7-5 title decision to Bailey Brengle of Sturgis.

Freshman Tate Johnson (126) earned a third-place finish, while sophomores Jack Smith (132), Jorey Sorenson (160) and Sam Lembcke (195) all came away with fifth-place efforts from the two-day meet. 

“We still have several areas where we can improve and will continue to work to make progress,” Outland said.  “The schedule picks up now the next two months as we move closer to the state tournament.  We compete this Friday at Huron in our first ESD dual, and Saturday we will be hosting our home tournament, which begins at 9:00. 

BV now heads into a stretch of ESD Conference meets, including a Friday evening road dual at Huron, Saturday’s Lynx Invite and a triangular against Yankton and Aberdeen Central at Aberdeen on Friday, Jan. 12.

Teams scheduled to compete at the 9 a.m. Lynx Invite include Bon Homme-Scotland, Canton, Chamberlain, Dell Rapids, Flandreau, Fulda-Murray County Central, Garretson, Harrisburg, Huron, Lennox, Luverne, O’Gorman, Roosevelt, Tea, Tri-Valley, Vermillion, West Central, Yankton and of course, the Lynx.

 

Floyd Farrand Invitational

Dec. 29-30 at S.F. Lincoln

Team scores – Harrisburg 203; Watertown 191; Brandon Valley 173.5; Sturgis 171; Vermillion 129.5; Lennox 112; S.F. Roosevelt 104; Wagner 96; Spearfish 90.5; Parkston 75; S.F. O’Gorman 70; Brookings 62.5; Milbank 60; S.F. Lincoln 48; Garretson 45; Tea Area 28; S.F. Washington 25.

 

Lynx results - 106: Nolan Archer (Brk) p. Caleb Klatt (BV) 5:26; Consolation: Klatt p. Braxten Rozeboom (Garr) 1:53; Kelton Olson (Stur) md. Klatt 15-2. 113: Carson Askdal (B) p. Landon Sudbeck (park) 4:40; Jacob Wood (Stur) p. Askdal 4:45; Consolation: Askdal tf. Hunter Abraham (Garr) 3:07 (16-1); Connor Klinkhammer (Brk) md. Askdal 8-0; 7th place: Ryan Hirschkorn (Harr) dec. Askdal 6-2. 120: Isaac Klinkhammer (BV) tf. Eli Leonhardt (SFR) 5:39 (26-11); Klinkhammer p. Jacob Marshall (Harr) 1:13; Klinkhammer p. Shae Owens (Stur) 1;44; Championship: Klinkhammer md. Beau Beavers (SFL) 10-1. 126: Tate Johnson (BV) p. Shawn Florey (Lenn) 0:49; Johnson sv. Max Sailor (Spear) 4-2; Lucus Anglin (Ver) dec. Johnson 5-4; Johnson p. Dylan Hage (Harr) 0:29; Third place: Johnson p. Chayce Schleuter (Garr) 1:40. 132: Jack Smith (BV) tf. Josh Brunz (O’G) 4:56 (20-5); Ryne Shisler (Ver) dec. Smith 4-2; Consolation: Smith p. Jakob Thomas (Tea) 2:10; Smith p. Mac Young (Wat) 1:14; Jacob Hanssen (Harr) dec. Smith 1-0; Fifth place: Smith p. Rocky Berg (Park) 4:01. 138: Kobi Terpstra (BV) dec. Mason Schroeder (Ver) 5-0; Terpstra dec. Reece Jacobs (Stur) 3-1; Terpstra dec. Tigh Hight (O’G) 6-2; Championship: Tyson Stoebner (Len) dec. Terpstra 5-0. 145: Creighton Klinkhammer (BV) p. Logan Heidinger (Par) 0:43; Klinkhammer p. Logan Halma (SFR) 0:32; Klinkhammer dec. Wren Jacobs (Stur2-0; Championship: Trey Hage (Ver) dec. Klinkhammer 9-3. 152: Damion Schunke (BV) p. Quinton Abrahamson (Unatt) 4:10; Schunke tf. Jordan Dahl (O’G) 3:55 (15-0); Schunke tf. Tashon Clark (Spear) 3:55 (15-0); Championship: Bailey Brengle (Stur) dec. Schunke 7-5. 160: Jorey Sorenson (BV) p. Joel Druin (Ver) 2:41; Tanner Cady (Wat) md. Sorenson 10-2; Consolation: Sorenson dec. Simon Tiede (SFW) 8-3; Sorenson dec. Lexan Thorson (Unatt) 7-3; Jake Sailer (Stur) dec. Sorenseon 9-4; Fifth: place Sorenson p. Carter Slykhuis (Tea) 0:41. 170: Nathan Ihnen (BV) receives bye; Jacob Schoon (Brk) tf. Ihnen 3:31 (16-0); Consolation: Jacob Murphy (SFL) p. Ihnen 4:37. 182: Jayden Hartford (Wat) p. Tyler Small (BV) 3:58; Consolation: Small receives bye; PJ Parmelee (Tea) p. Small 2:16. 195: Sam Lembcke (BV) p. Tanner Kettwig (Milb) 3:00; KJ St. Pierre (Wag) p. Lembcke 3:28; Consolation: Lembcke p. Tice McVay (Stur) 4:17; Ledgend Thorson (Wat) p. Lembcke 4:15; Seventh place: Lembcke p. Evan Hehr (Spear) 3:49. 220: Brody Surrell (Ver) p. Zach Luke (BV) 0:51; Consolation: Luke receives bye; Lincoln Stahl (Wat) md. Luke 10-2. 285: Sam Krohnke (BV) p. Austin Abrahamson (Unatt) 1:10; Krohnke dec. Clayton Smith (Stur) 5-0; Sam Detert (Har) dec. Krohnke 4-2; Dawson Lensing (Wag) p. Krohnke 4:18; Fifth place: Krohnke dec. Kenley Lambert (O’G) 3-0.