Cheff, Picard, Graham top grapplers

The Daily Inter LakeNorthwestern A trio ranked No. 1 in their respective weight classes

Three Northwestern A wrestlers are ranked No. 1 in their weight classes in this week's Class A Coaches Wrestling Poll.

Micky Cheff of Ronan heads the list of 145 pounders, while Brock Picard of Polson is No. 1 at 171 pounds, and Justin Graham of Libby is listed first at 215.

Picard and Graham both won titles last weekend at the prestigious Rocky Mountain Classic in Missoula, while Cheff finished third.

Picard, a junior, is 32-2. He leads the Pirates in pins with 12 and was a state champ last year at 160.

Picard's two losses this season were in semifinal action at Tri-State and Bozeman.

Graham, a senior, is 26-2. He leads the Loggers in pins with 20. His two losses were to wrestlers from Washington at the Tri-State, where he finished fourth.

Graham, who has 99 career wins, finished third at state last year.

Havre, Belgrade and Sidney are ranked 1-2-3, respectively in the team poll.

Ronan is fifth, Polson seventh and Libby 10th.

Ronan has two individuals ranked No. 2 - Cameron Neiss at 125 and Toby Cheff at 160 - while Columbia Falls has one - Kelly Houle at 189.

The rankings follow:

Class A Poll

Teams

1. Havre; 2. Belgrade; 3. Sidney; 4. Miles City; 5. Ronan; 6. Corvallis; 7. Polson; 8. Lewistown; 9. Dillon; 10. Libby

Individuals

98 - 1. Kolter Kukes, Laurel; 2. Cody Ishler, Frenchtown; 3. Leith Johnson, Sidney; 4. Ethan Briston, Belgrade; 5. Riley Dennis, Ronan; 6. Shawn Tezak, Dillon.

105 - 1. Brennan Gorder, Sidney; 2. Duel Staddel, Havre; 3. Zach Robinson, Ronan; 4. Jesse Griffith, Glendive; 5. Zach Westre, Frenchtown; 6. Clay Armstrong, Frenchtown.

112 - 1. Tyler Stedman, Frenchtown; 2. Chris Recio, Havre; 3. Jake Stock, Anaconda; 4. Zack Burger, Whitefish; 5. Luke Robinson, Glendive; 6. Kenny Thomas, Corvallis.

119 - 1. Kylan Zumpf, Miles City; 2. Levi Johnson, Sidney; 3. Bret Normandy, Havre; 4. Dilan Starkel, Ronan; 5. Travis Davis, Corvallis; 6. Jacob Browne, Polson.

125 -1. Derick Singleton, Miles City; 2. Cameron Neiss, Ronan; 3. Steven Jessop, Corvallis; 4. Jacob Young, Polson; 5. Brandon Gifford, Hardin; 6. Tommy Cooper, Laurel.

130 - 1. Eli Hinebauch, Havre; 2. Casey Makor, Miles City; 3. Lane Houchen, Sidney; 4. Tate Lucas, Belgrade; 5. Riley Nagel, Corvallis; 6. Tyson Noyes, Ronan.

135 - 1. Ryan Martin, Lewistown; 2. Myles Mazurkiewicz, Havre; 3. Garrett Tennant, Glendive; 4. Troy Hacke, Hamilton; 5. Cody Elliott, Libby; 6. Jayme Kelly, Sidney.

140 - 1. Kent Pattison, Havre; 2. Shane Colley, Miles City; 3. Bo Nordahl, Frenchtown; 4. Ty Fouty, Polson; 5. Rex Martin, Lewistown; 6. Cole Perrigo, Laurel.

145 - 1. Micky Cheff, Ronan; 2. Aaron Olson, Havre; 3. Cole Schram, Belgrade; 4. Nathan DuBose, Corvallis; 5. Trae Fouty, Polson; 6. Sam Parker, Dillon.

152 - 1. Connor Malone, Lewistown; 2. Tucker Taylor, Belgrade; 3. Torrie Vezina, Dillon; 4. Kyle Sweedman, Libby; 5. Tyler Wheeler, Ronan; 6. Easton Paddon, Laurel.

160 - 1. Ethan Hinebauch, Havre; 2. Toby Cheff, Ronan; 3. Mac Collins, Sidney; 4. Geoff Streeter, Whitefish; 5. Jake Johnson, Dillon; 6. Troy Capp, Hamilton.

171 - 1. Brock Picard, Polson; 2. Curtis Sandorf, Havre; 3. Seth Wright, Libby; 4. Colton Scholler, Anaconda; 5. Seth Marshall, Laurel; 6. Levi Cade, Belgrade.

189 - 1. Beau Melby, Sidney; 2. Kelly Houle, Columbia Falls; 3. Brady Anderson, Hamilton; 4. Philip Pricket, Belgrade; 5. Philip Sutherland, Havre; 6. Brennan Fischer, Frenchtown.

215 - 1. Justin Graham, Libby; 2. Aleksei Groslack, Billings Central; 3. Paul Jensen, Havre; 4. Paul Donaldson, Hamilton; 5. Kody Kenfield, Columbia Falls; 6. Chad Dunn, Sidney.

Heavyweight - 1. Mitch Schnittgen, Havre; 2. Wes Sherman, Hamilton; 3. Kaden Thomas, Polson; 4. Brandon Mills, Libby; 5. Colton McManus, Belgrade; 6. Mike Lucier, Anaconda.