![]() ![]() “My season has had its ups and downs and there’s been some lingering injuries but you just try to battle through it.” ![]() “Our coaches talked about it being our last ride, so I’m just trying to wrestle every match like it’s my last,” Gerlach said. This time, he’s assured of a medal but Gerlach wants to go out on a high note. Gerlach, of Plankinton, qualified for the state tournament in 20 but did not place. ![]() Gerlach looked like a man on a mission on Thursday, winning both of his matches by technical fall by a combined score of 33-3. The state tournament, it’s a great experience and just knowing that I worked my butt off to get here, it’s a great feeling.” “I was actually out for two weeks with a shoulder injury,” Brennan said. Brennan already has a pin against Erickson this season, coming in 27 seconds at the Harrisburg tournament on Jan. She’s a very humble person and she is so sweet, she’s always willing to help and she’s deserving of the success she’s having.”īrennan now faces Brookings’ Maya Erickson, who is 16-6 on the season and seeded No. “She is a really, really good wrestler and she just told me that I’d have a lot of fun on the team again. She wrestled a bunch against her when I was younger. “She’s one of the main reasons I came back out. Then came a conversation before the season with KWLPG’s star female wrestler Akane Metcalfe, who will wrestle for another potential state title on Friday at 106 pounds. She recalled how much fun wrestling was but she gave up the sport and played basketball for a while. Good things happen to kids who put in that hard work.”īrennan said she wrestled in the third and fourth grade, in part because her younger brother wrestled and she became his practice partner. “She’s a good kid and comes from a good, hard-working farm family. “It’s her first year wrestling and she gets better every time she’s on the mat,” KWLPG coach Thomas Konechne said. I was thinking that both of us could win that match but I knew I had to be mentally tough and I’d be able to get her.” “I had her at the beginning of the year and I was waiting for this match. “That girl is really good,” Brennan said. But Brennan said after her quarterfinal win that she had a good feeling about a potential rematch. Brennan trailed 2-0 in the match but was riding on top in the second period when she was able to turn Baldwin to her back and finish out the pin.īaldwin was 32-9 entering the meet, and pinned Brennan in 50 seconds at Lyman’s Mid-Dakota Bride of the Monster tournament on Jan. 3 Hattie Baldwin, of Pierre, with a pin in 3 minutes and 45 seconds. 6 seed in her bracket at 154 pounds, knocked off No. And Thursday night at the state wrestling tournament was one of those reminders of why she has a deeply held love for the sport.īrennan, the No. This year, as a sophomore, she was called back to the Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes wrestling team. 2 Abraham Myers, of Sioux Falls Washington.īut no matter how the bracket shapes up, Hutmacher remains committed to setting aside the details and just going out to wrestle.īrennan makes strong first impression at state for KWLPGĮlena Brennan gave up wrestling for a few years. 3 seed, or Watertown’s Matthew Peters, the No. Should Hutmacher advance to the state title match for his shot at redemption, his opponent will either be Sturgis’ Zak Juelfs, the No. The first step for Hutmacher’s quest for a championship on Friday will be getting past Todd County’s Rocky Wiedman, the No. “There’s a lot of pride to making sure Chamberlain is known for big guys who are here to compete,” Hutmacher said. There’s also the recent run on talent in the upper weight divisions for Chamberlain wrestling, which more or less started with Hutmacher’s older brother, Nash, a four-time state champion and carries on through the likes of Noah Hutmacher and Burkard. “When it’s time to focus, we focus, but when there’s time to have a little fun, we know how to keep it interesting, too,” Hutmacher said. Hutmacher frequently pairs up with Canyon Burkard, the Cubs’ standout at 285 pounds, and the two biggest men in the wrestling room push each other to get better, with Hutmacher testing Burkard’s agility and Burkard, in turn, trying Hutmacher’s strength. It helps to have a quality training partner, too. On his way to a 36-1 record heading into Friday, Hutmacher has recorded 33 total pins with 17 coming in less than a minute, which includes a 43-second fall in Thursday’s first round. The last of which may be the most important, as Hutmacher has made a habit of rolling through opponents.
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