Ryan Presler of Brandon, South Dakota, has advanced to the semifinals of the Jeopardy Teen! tournament show on NBC. Ryan Presler is the son of Kraig and Joann Presler. Kraig is a 1979 graduate of Brooten high school.
During his senior year at BHS in the fall 1978 season, Kraig was one of nine seniors on a 7-2 Buccaneers football squad coached by Keith Krebsbach (head coach) and Jerry Lindstrom (assistant coach). In the winter wrestling season, Kraig Presler was a co-captain with Mark Walz of the Prairie Conference regular season and tournament champion Buccaneers. He was also an individual Prairie Conference tournament champion, New London Invitational champion and the Region 5 champion and Class 1A state entrant at 105 pounds.
The 1978-79 Brooten wrestling team went 12-0 in the regular season, including closer, hard-fought wins over Melrose (by a 31-24 score), Atwater (27-26), Browerville (36-26), Raymond (27-25) and Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg (31-27).
In the spring season, Kraig was a two-sport athlete under head coaches Jerry Hilton (baseball) and Greg Hagen (boys' track and field).
Ryan, who will be a ninth grader this fall at Brandon Valley (SD) high school, will compete in Tuesday's show (June 25) on NBC. The show airs at 3:30 p.m. CST. Please spread the word!
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