The 22-23 season is right around the corner and a pre-season South Dakota “Elite 8” ranking is out and it has some of this year’s outstanding wrestlers on the list. **Remember this list can change and does throughout the wrestling season and is always debatable and is meant for entertainment purposes. So here it goes.
Honorable mentions: Burk Blasius (Philip Area) 28-0, Jr. Maddix Slykhuis (Tea Area) 44-1, Sr. Maxton Brozik (Winner Area) 44-1, Jr., Trevon Oehme (Brandon Valley) 34-4, Jr., Jagger Tyler (Mitchell) 37-2, Sr., Corter Doney (RC Stevens) 30-9, Sr., Tanner Meyers (Canton) 42-2, Sr., Gavin Braun (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) 48-5, So.
#8 Moses Gross (10) Huron 37-3 last season, Fargo AA
#7 Ayson Rice (Canton) @126 35-4, Jr.
#6 Isaac Crownover (Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon) @182 46-2, Sr.
#5 Sloan Johannsen (Watertown) @113 47-0, Jr.
#4 Reese Jacobs (Sturgis) @170 44-1, Sr.
#3 Owen Hansen (Burke/Gregory) @132 46-1, Sr.
#2 Alex Mentzer (Brandon Valley) @138 48-0, Sr.
#1 Navarro Schunke (Brandon Valley) @285 48-0, Jr.
Feel free to debate or help make these ranking in the future. email me
