State of South Dakota
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EIGHTY-SEVENTH SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2012
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924T0851
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HOUSE COMMEMORATION NO. 1051
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Introduced by: Representatives Venner, Perry, and Sly and Senator Gray
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A LEGISLATIVE COMMEMORATION, Honoring the T.F. Riggs High School Wrestling
Team of Pierre, South Dakota, for an excellent season and for its victorious performance at
the 2012 Class A State Wrestling Championship Tournament.
WHEREAS, the Pierre Riggs High School Wrestling Team became the 2012 Class A State
Champions under the guidance and direction of head coach Ryan Noyes and assistant coach
Chad Uhrig; and
WHEREAS, the Pierre Riggs High School Wrestling Team went undefeated in South
Dakota tournaments, winning the Watertown Invite, the Valentine (Nebraska) Invite, the
Mitchell Invite, the Brookings Invite, the East vs. West Duals, the ESD Tournament, and the
Region Tournament; and
WHEREAS, the Pierre Riggs Governors went undefeated in duals, winning fifteen dual
matches by a combined margin of 347 points to 105 points; and
WHEREAS, ten Pierre Riggs wrestlers earned All-Conference honors; and
WHEREAS, ten Pierre wrestlers earned Class A State Tournament honors including Jebben
Keyes (4
th place), Tanner Monfore (3
rd place), Caleb Stoltenburg, (1
st place), Dawson Monfore
(3
rd place), Seth Scott (5
th place), Kyle Sarringar (5
th place), Chase Lettau (4
th place), Trey Maier
(4
th place), Lane Lettau (3
rd place), and Dylan Bennett (6
th place); and
WHEREAS, the Pierre Riggs High School Wrestling Team exemplified teamwork,
commitment, focus, and sportsmanship in achieving its goals on the road to a South Dakota
Class A State Championship:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT COMMEMORATED, by the Eighty-seventh Legislature of
the State of South Dakota, that the Pierre T.F. Riggs High School Wrestling Team be
congratulated on winning the 2012 State Class A Wrestling Tournament.