A LEGISLATIVE COMMEMORATION, Honoring T.F. Riggs High School Wrestling Team of Pierre, South Dakota, for an excellent season and for its victorious performance at the 2013 Class A State Wrestling Tournament.

    WHEREAS, the Pierre Riggs High School Wrestling Team became the 2013 Class A State Champions under the guidance and direction of head coach Ryan Noyes, assistant coach Shawn Lewis, and team volunteers Troy Wiebe, Chad Uhrig, Bill Kaiser, Mike Stroup, and Brandon Lowery; and

    WHEREAS, the Pierre Riggs High School Wrestling Team won the Watertown tournament, the Rapid City Invitational which boasts thirty-two teams from four states, the Valentine (Nebraska) Invitational, the Mitchell Invitational, the East vs.West Wrestling Duals, the ESD Tournament, the Region Tournament, and the State Tournament; and

    WHEREAS, the Pierre Riggs High School Wrestling Team's 2013 dual record was seventeen to two, with its only two losses to New Jersey and Wisconsin, at The Clash, arguably the best tournament in the Nation; and

    WHEREAS, the Pierre Riggs High School Wrestling Team has lost only one dual in South Dakota in the past three years and has been ESD champions for the past two years; and

    WHEREAS, ten Pierre wrestlets earned individual Class A State Tournament honors including: Spencer Sarringar (4^th place), Jebben Keyes (2^nd place), Tanner Monfore (6^th place), Caleb Stoltenburg (2^nd place), Seth Scott (3^rd place), Dawson Monfore (2^nd place), Kyle Sarringar (3^rd place), Trey Maier (2^nd place), Lane Lettau (3^rd place), and Dylan Bennett (6^th place); and

    WHEREAS, the Pierre T.F. Riggs High School Wrestling Team exemplified teamwork, commitment, focus, and sportsmanship in achieving its goals at the South Dakota Class A State

Championship:

    NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT COMMEMORATED, by the Eighty-Eighth Legislature of the State of South Dakota, that the Pierre T.F. Riggs High School Wrestling Team be congratulated on winning the 2013 Class A State Wrestling Tournament.