Keller’s appearance at State Tournament caps season of firsts for wrestling co-op

  • Timber Lake junior Thane Keller rides an opponent during a match at the South Dakota High School Class B Wresting Championships in Sioux Falls last weekend. Wrestling at 160-pounds, he is the first-ever Timber Lake HS student-athlete and just the third team member in Mustang wrestling program history to compete at the state tournament. Keller finished the tournament 1-2 and ended his season at 16-6 overall. Photo by Kyle Henderson
    Timber Lake junior Thane Keller rides an opponent during a match at the South Dakota High School Class B Wresting Championships in Sioux Falls last weekend. Wrestling at 160-pounds, he is the first-ever Timber Lake HS student-athlete and just the third team member in Mustang wrestling program history to compete at the state tournament. Keller finished the tournament 1-2 and ended his season at 16-6 overall. Photo by Kyle Henderson

    Timber Lake’s Thane Keller didn’t capture any hardware at the South Dakota High School Class B Wrestling Championships held in Sioux Falls last weekend, but just his appearance on the mat inside the Denny Sanford Premier Center was one of several firsts achieved by the McLaughlin-Timber Lake Mustangs wrestling co-op in its inaugural season.

    Keller, a 160-pound junior, became the first Timber Lake H…