Wrestling

The Daily Inter Lake

Havre takes over as No. 1

Havre, coming off a spectacular showing at the Mining City Duals last weekend, has replaced Sidney as the No. 1 wrestling squad in Class A in balloting by coaches.

Harve won the duals title on Saturday by pinning a 46-29 loss on Class AA Billings Skyview.

Sidney this week drops a notch to No. 2.

Havre was ranked No. 8 a week ago.

Polson slips a slot to No. 3, while Whitefish moves up to fourth, Columbia Falls stays seventh and Libby drops four positions to 10th.

On the individual front, three wrestlers from Northwest Montana are ranked No. 1 in Class A at their respective weight classes.

Ryan Buck of Columbia Falls leads the way at 145.

Kevin Owen, 9-0 on the season, tops the 189-pound weight class. Owen has won eight matches by pin and once by tech fall.

And Libby's Travis Hjort leads the 215-pound division.

All total, Columbia Falls has nine wrestlers and Polson eight ranked in the top six of their weight classes.

The Pirates have a ranked wrestler at every weight from 98-130 while Columbia Falls has one from 119-145.

Whitefish has six ranked wrestlers, led by Cody Mikesell, 140, and Bradley Kuntz, 152. Both are second.

Class A Ranking

Teams

1. Havre. 2. Sidney. 3. Polson. 4. Whitefish. 5. Anaconda. 6. Hardin. 7. Columbia Falls. 8. Frenchtown. 9. Corvallis. 10. Libby.

Individual

98 - 1. Josh Stedman, Frenchtown. 2. Shane Ludwick, Polson. 3. Chad Ranes, Havre. 4. John Patterson, Anaconda. 5. Seth Clary, Ronan. 6. Aaron Ladd, Glendive.

105 - 1. Dustin Hanson, Anaconda. 2. Logan Torgison, Polson. 3. Billy Wagner, Havre. 4. Beau Nordahl, Frenchtown. 5. Spencer Fox, Laurel. 6. Landon Dellasilva, Corvallis.

112 - 1. Brandon Uffelman, Hardin. 2. Kevin Fischer, Anaconda. 3. Jesse Obergfell, Sidney. 4. Matt Celmer, Laurel. 5. Conlin Benson, Polson. 6. Loren Mack, Havre.

119 - 1. Brandon Stedman, Frenchtown. 2. Aric Tarr, Columbia Falls. 3. Joe Carlson, Glendive. 4. Nate Harada, Havre. 5. Lance Kuylen, Sidney. 6. Steve Feistner, Polson.

125 - 1. Ryan Hecker, Sidney. 2. Colby Wolfenden, Polson. 3. Jeryd Richman, Anaconda. 4. Beau LaSalle, Havre. 5. Josh Henderson, Frenchtown. 6. Michael Hader, Columbia Falls.

130 - 1. Byron Kuylen, Sidney. 2. Kane Zetterburg, Polson. 3. Keyvin Walter, Columbia Falls. 4. Sol Dubose, Corvallis. 5. Marcus Lussy, Anaconda. 6. Josh Hyde, Hardin.

135 - 1. Derek Solan, Anaconda. 2. Dalvin Averill, Columbia Falls. 3. Mike Sutherland, Havre. 4. Pete Starr, Whitefish. 5. Leo Pluhar, Miles City. 6. Alex Martin, Hamilton.

140 - 1. Doug Copeland, Sidney. 2. Cody Mikesell, Whitefish. 3. Tyler Tennant, Glendive. 4. Terry Irvine, Miles City. 5. Bobby Opp, Columbia Falls. 6. Alex Dodd, Frenchtown.

145 - 1. Ryan Buck, Columbia Falls. 2. Mile Lewis, Hamilton. 3. J. Scotten, Lewistown. 4. Matt Dow, Glendive. 5. Brad Peterson, Browning. 6. Colin Dillworth, Frenchtown.

152 - 1. Jeff Brokaw, Hardin. 2. Bradley Kuntz, Whitefish. 3. Dan Collins, Sidney. 4. Trevor Thomas, Belgrade. 5. Ben White, Ronan. 6. Bo Davinport, Corvallis.

160 - 1. Evan Hinebaugh, Havre. 2. Gordy Jessop, Corvallis. 3. Gresh Melby, Sidney. 4. Logan Kugler, Polson. 5. Travis Neff, Hamilton. 6. Matt Maxwell, Hardin.

171 - 1. Caleb Cousins, Corvallis. 2. James Muhlbeier, Hardin. 3. Tim Lehner, Whitefish. 4. Cody Seely, Havre. 5. Jake Spencer, Libby. 6. Daniel Byrd, Columbia Falls.

189 - 1. Kevin Owen, Polson. 2. Chad Seeley, Havre. 3. Josh Wood, Corvallis. 4. Matt Mangold, Whitefish. 5. Nick Caron, Columbia Falls. 6. Cody Williams, Sidney.

215 - 1. Travis Hjort, Libby. 2. Bill Zuelke, Havre. 3. Dan Brown, Ronan. 4. Anthony Boyce, Browning. 5. Elizah LaForge, Hardin. 6. Mike Weidow, Corvallis.

Hwt - 1. Chris Latray, Anaconda. 2. Matt Schnittgen, Havre. 3. Troy Parker, Whitefish. 4. Blake Cranmore, Corvallis. 5. Tommy Church, Columbia Falls. 6. Dustin Merritt, Sidney.

++2and is not expected to return to the court until January, at the earliest.

Raich said she hopes the 80-year-old chief justice's chemotherapy treatments "would soften his heart about the issue."

"I think he would find that cannabis woul'OhmAYenOE+ueFrank WrestlingNewsServer++2ixfEe2AUDTAe"ioYen