Districts
Tea
March 4th
–Flyer
–Tournament Registration
-Everyone registered with AAU is invited to wrestle at districts as long as they reside in the district boundaries.
-Brandon Valley is District 9
-Wrestlers can weigh in at any weight class, but if they advance to Regions they must weigh in at the same weight division as they wrestled in Districts.
*If you register a wrestler at a weight for districts but they do not make that weight or are able to drop down a weight class this can be done only at Districts.
-Wrestlers may move up in age division, but this can only be done at Districts.
*If a wrestler advances to Regions, they will wrestle at the same age and weight as they wrestled at Districts
-Top 8 from each age and weight division qualify for Regions Tournament.
-If a wrestler places in the top 8 at District Tournament, they will automatically be registered in the SDWCA Region 5 Tournament
-Matcats association will reimburse wrestlers entry fee at the end of the season banquet for Districts Tournament
***Important***
Coaching – You must have an AAU coaching membership (don’t wait to get this it can take a few days to get results from the background check, before you receive your membership card) to coach matside at all SDWCA postseason tournaments. You will need to have this stamped at the Districts to be able to coach your wrestler at Regions, and you need it stamped at District AND Region Tournaments to be able to coach matside at the State Tournament.
Regions
Yankton
March, 11th
–Flyer
-Brandon Valley is Region 5 (Districts 9&10 make up Region 5)
-Wrestlers must weigh in at or below the weight they qualified at, and will be bracketed based on placing in District Tournament (NO WEIGHT ALLOWANCE)
-Top 3* from each age and weight division qualify for State Tournament
*each year 1 age division from our region (Region 5) sends 4 wrestlers in each weight class to the state tournament. This year (2023) Region 5 will send 4 Midget wrestlers.
-Qualifiers for the State Tournament will automatically be registered for the State Tournament
-Matcats association will reimburse wrestlers entry fee at the end of the season banquet for Regions Tournament
Future Regions Locations
-2024 West Central
Congratulations to the 2023 Region 5 Qualifiers
Tots
– Asher Genz, Jack Ringling, Lincoln Decker, Finn Meyers, Kason Wolf, Eli McGovern, James Wiese, Dominic Groenewold, Maverick Meyer, Tayber Sehr, Blake Tommeraasen
Bantam
– Crue Benson, Cooper Genz, Huxley Meyers, Grahm Vanderham, Abram McGovern, Mathis Anderson, Trey Carda, Jaxon Teymer, Roman Weiss, Gideon Witte, Sawyer Johnson, Lincoln Kiefer, Ralph Crawford
Midget
– Benjamin Wiese, Owen Bach, Wyatt Veskrna, Sam Riedmann, Bryan Blomgren, Maddox Evans, Andrew Tille, Henry Crawford, Hayden Wolf, Tucker Kiefer
Novice
– Jonah Elder, Gavin Carda, Miles Hoiland, Jayden Whipple, Breckin Ball, Everett LaMont, Peyton Johnson, Cayle Mulder, Tyson Carda, Jack Tinker, Jameson Plautz, Parker Ripperger, Enrique Castillo
Schoolboy
– Isaac Weerheim, Braylon Bach, Chase Arend, Kaleb Lohff, Mason Carda, Harvey Scheuer, Braden Shoemaker, Rylan Sandersfeld, Cooper Veld, Harmon Kramer, Grant Blomgren, Cody Lindekugel
Girls A
– Mya Kiefer, Alayna Whipple
Girls B
– Ellie Irvine, Avery Christensen, Gracie Peters
Girls C
– Kendall Clayton
State
Aberdeen
March 24th-26th
-Contact Matcats email for Hotel info
-Wrestlers must weigh in at or below the weight they qualified at, and will be bracket based on placing in Region Tournament.
-Matcats association will reimburse wrestlers entry fee at the end of the season banquet for state tournament
–Flyer
2023 State Qualifiers
Tots
49 – James Wiese
53 – Dominic Groenewold
Bantam
70 – Roman Weiss
76 – Lincoln Kiefer
Midget
59 – Benjamin Wiese
67 – Wyatt Veskrna
82 – Bryan Blomgren
89 – Maddox Evans
96 – Hank Crawford
104 – Hayden Wolf
Girls B
82 – Avery Christensen
91 – Gracie Peters
Novice
64 – Jonah Elder
68 – Gavin Carda
100 – Jack Tinker
Schoolboy
80 – Bode Walker
90 – Braylon Bach
125 – Braden Shoemaker
140 – Harmon Kramer
180 – Cody Lindekugel
Girls C
110 – Kendall Clayton
Cadet (16U)
100 – Beckett Rehorst
138 – Aaron Tucker
195 – Juul Heggen
-2024 Rapid City, March 15-17
2022 SDWCA State Participants
Champions
– Nehemiah Elder Midget 53
– Tyson Carda Midget 89
2nd
– James Wiese Tots 43
– Gavin Carda Midget 63
– Aaron Tucker Schoolboy 120
– Hudson Parliament 16U 220
3rd
– Roman Anderson Schoolboy 115
4th
– Levi Veskrna 16U 138
5th
– Maddox Evans Bantam 76
– Breyson Barthman Novice 60
– Grant Blomgren Novice 150
– Braden Shoemaker Schoolboy 110
6th
– Wyatt Veskrna Midget 59
– Isaac Weerheim Novice 68
7th
– Ben Wiese Bantam 53
8th
– Issac Irvine Schoolboy 150
– Ethan Tucker 16U 138
– Ellie Irvine Girls A 60
Participants
– Dominic Groenewold Tots 46
– Cooper Genz Tots 53
– Mathias Anderson Tots 57
– Sam Riedmann Bantam 65
– Hayden Wolf Bantam 83
– Tucker Kiefer Midget 113
– Bode Walker Novice 72
– Ben Spahr Novice HWT
– Jacoby Fisher Schoolboy 105
– Cohen Hartz 16U 160