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RAPID CITY – The Flandreau Fliers were represented well over the weekend as two wrestlers competed at this year’s SDHSAA State Tournament. Jayden Lange finished in third place at 142 pounds and Julie Pitsenberger competed in two matches at The Monument in Rapid City.
Lange advanced to the semifinals with a pair of pins on Thursday defeating St. Thomas More’s Teagan Vining in the first round (1:11) and Sioux Valley’s Summer Guthmiller in the second round (2:46).
On Friday, she fell by fall to Yankton’s Nevaeh Leonard at 4:52 in the semifinals. Leonard, the top seed, had given Lange one of her two previous losses earlier in the season.
“Jayden stayed focused and wasn’t going to let that loss stop her,” said Chamblin.
She bounced back to pin Marieda Kalahar of Rapid City Stevens at 3:49 of the consolation semifinals to earn the right to wrestle in the third-place match.