Pirates move up a spot in mat poll

by The Daily Inter Lake
| February 9, 2010 6:45 PM

The Polson Pirates, fresh off their Northwestern A divisional wrestling victory on Saturday night, have moved up a spot to No. 4 in the Montana Class A coaches wrestling poll.

Havre, winner of the last three state championships, is once again ranked No. 1. Belgrade is No. 2, followed by Frenchtown and Polson. Glendive rounds out the top five. Also in the top 10 are Ronan at No. 7 and Libby at No. 10.

Local wrestlers who are ranked in their weight classes are: Craig Feister, Polson, and Lucas Conklin, Ronan (98); Seth McCall, Columbia Falls (105); Sal Baccaro, Columbia Falls (112), Justin Whitman, Columbia Falls and Jesse Alfiero, Polson (119), Mike Roby, Libby, (125), Cameron Neiss, Ronan (130), Jacob Young, Polson and Kyle Leir, Libby (135), Shawn Whitman, Columbia Falls (140), Dylan Berget, Libby (145), Micky Cheff, Ronan and Ty Fouty, Polson, (152), Cole McArthur, Ronan, (160), Brock Picard, Polson, Kyle Sweedman, Libby (171), Toby Cheff, Ronan and Kody Berget, Libby (189), Kelly Houle, Columbia Falls and Josiah Clairmont, Polson (215), and Kaden Thomas, Polson (285).

Feistner, Neiss, Picard, Toby Cheff and Houle are each ranked No. 1 in their respective weight classes.

Class A Coaches Wrestling Poll

Feb. 8

Teams

1. Havre, 2. Belgrade, 3. Frenchtown, 4. Polson, 5. Glendive, 6. Laurel, 7. Ronan, 8. Sidney, 9. Corvallis, 10. Libby.

Individuals

98: 1. Craig Feistner, Polson; 2. Tyler Kinn, Glendive 3. Chase Malone, Corvallis; 4. Glenn Hensley, Frenchtown; 5. Karson Kukes, Laurel; 6. Lucas Conklin, Ronan.

105: 1. Marcus Malone, Corvallis; 2. Gilbert Bara, Havre; 3. Seth McCall, Columbia Falls; 4. Leith Johnson, Sidney; 5. Bryce Weatherston, Belgrade; 6. Travis Kaufman, Glendive.

112: 1. Dual Stadel, Havre; 2. Sal Baccaro, Columbia Falls; 3. Kolter Kukes, Laurel; 4. Cody Ishler, Frenchtown; 5. Levi Gingerich, Corvallis; 6. Ethan Bristol, Belgrade.

119: 1. Tyler Stedman, Frenchtown; 2. Justin Whitman, Columbia Falls; 3. Jesse Griffith, Glendive; 4. John Chamberlin, Lewistown 5. Jack Stock, Anaconda 6. Jesse Alfiero, Polson.

125: 1. Brennan Gorder, Sidney; 2. Travis Davis, Corvallis; 3. Mike Roby, Libby 4. Seth Dewell, Belgrade; 5. Brandon Gifford, Hardin; 6. Brett Normandy, Havre.

130: 1. Cameron Neiss, Ronan; 2. Dillon Seely, Havre; 3. Kelby Dorn, Hardin; 4. Ryan Guenther, Belgrade; 5. Lane Houchen, Sidney 6. Kenny Thomas, Corvallis.

135: 1. Garrett Tennant, Glendive; 2. Jacob Young, Polson 3. Steven Jessop, Corvallis; 4. Dexter Trask, Lewistown; 5. Kyle Leir, Libby; 6. David Preller, Miles City.

140: 1. Ryan Martin, Fergus 2. Tommy Cooper, Laurel; 3. Jayme Kelly, Sidney; 4. Riley Nagel, Corvallis; 5. Shawn Whitman, Columbia Falls; 6. Tyson Gruber, Havre.

145: 1. Shane Cooley, Miles City; 2. Eli Hinebauch, Havre; 3. Brad Nordahl, Frenchtown; 4. Rex Martin, Lewistown; 5. Dylan Berget, Libby 6. Trevor Tracy, Sidney.

152: 1. Kent Pattison, Havre; 2. Dylan Kramer, Laurel; 3. Micky Cheff, Ronan; 4. Sam Parke, Dillon; 5. Ty Fouty, Polson; 6. Tucker Taylor, Belgrade.

160: 1. Connor Malone, Fergus; 2. Jordan Malarchick, Belgrade; 3. Cole McArthur, Ronan; 4. Cole Perrigo, Laurel 5. Troy Capp, Hamilton; 6. Kameron Pribyl, Havre.

171: 1. Brock Picard, Polson; 2. Levi Cade, Belgrade; 3. Kyle Sweedman, Libby; 4. Ethan Albrecht, Laurel; 5. Matt Longie, Dillon; 6. Casey Schaub, Havre.

189: 1. Toby Cheff, Ronan; 2. Forest Fortney, Hamilton; 3. Skyler Carroll, Park; 4. Kody Berget, Libby; 5. Austin Rehyer, Belgrade; 6. Mike Holds Enemy, Hardin.

215: 1. Kelly Houle, Columbia Falls; 2. Brennan Fisher, Frenchtown; 3. Jared Rutkofsky, Havre; 4. Trevor Conrad, Glendive; 5. Josiah Clairmont, Polson 6. Paul Donaldson, Hamilton.

285: 1. Mitch Schnittgen, Havre; 2. Wes Sherman, Hamilton; 3. Clint Robinson, Belgrade; 4. Chris Kurkowski, Miles City; 5. Kaden Thomas, Polson; 6. Allen Neuleib, Sidney.