Wolfpack third, Polson 5th at wrestling invitational
POLSON — Led by Alek Mitchell’s first-place finish at 145 pounds, the defending Class AA state champion Glacier wrestling team garnered 143.5 points in a third-place finish at the Polson Invitational tournament Saturday.
Missoula Sentinel took first with 214 points and defending Class A state champion Corvallis was second with 159 points.
“Alek wrestled really tough,” Glacier coach Mark Fischer said. “He was by far the most dominant kid in his weight class.”
Cody Decker, Quinn Barber, Jackson Barber and Kaleb Mitchell each reached the final of their respective weight classes, but Fischer said his team was disappointed with its third-place finish.
“We know we have things that we have to work on,” he said. “As a team, we’re not where we want to be, and I think the kids know that. We were a little short-handed, but we’re not going to use that as an excuse. Some of the kids I could tell were a little disheartened at the end.
“They just expected a bit more of themselves, but overall it was a great experience for a lot of kids.”
Polson’s Craig Feistner and Mike Devlin placed first at 140 and 152 pounds, respectively, to help the host Pirates finish fifth as a team.
Shonn Roberts won at 112 pounds for seventh-place Columbia Falls and Zach Durden took first at 119 pounds for eighth-place Eureka.
Heavyweight Wolf Zinke placed third to lead Whitefish, which was 10th out of 13 teams.
Polson Invitational
Team results - 1, Missoula Sentinel, 214; 2, Corvallis, 159; 3, Glacier, 143.5; 4, Frenchtown, 139.5; 5, Polson, 113; 6, Ronan, 108; 7, Columbia Falls, 107; 8, Eureka, 74; 9, St. Ignatius, 69.5; 10, Whitefish, 46; 11, Thompson Falls, 30.5; 12, Superior, 25.5; 13, Hamilton, 22
Individual Results
98 - 1, Cody Warner, Frenchtown; 2, Jake Hagel, Sentinel; 3, Caleb Bagnell, Frenchtown; 4, Thunder Morales, Polson
105 - 1, Anthony Parkin, Superior; 2, Jace Kovalicoky, Sentinel; 3, Paul Allsop, Corvallis; 4, Dillon Thornsteinson, Whitefish
112 - 1, Shonn Roberts, Columbia Falls; 2, Garrett White, Eureka; 3, Dylan Duffalo, Sentinel; 4, Chase Connor, Corvallis
119 - 1, Zach Durden, Eureka; 2, Cody Decker, Glacier; 3, Carlos Quinones, Polson; 4, Josh Venema, Corvallis
125 - 1, Tyler Olsen, Corvallis; 2, Gunnar Fairbrother, Corvallis; 3, Dylan Moll, Polson; 4, Jake Marr, Sentinel
130 - 1, Dylan Schulte, Sentinel; 2, Quinn Barber, Glacier; 3, Chase Rhine, Ronan; 4, Jarrett Krause, Eureka
135 - 1, Jordan Hegel, Sentinel; 2, Brandon Dumont, Ronan; 3, Josiah Osborne, Columbia Falls; 4, Nikko Bakkila, Eureka
140 - 1, Craig Feistner, Polson; 2, Kaleb Mitchell, Glacier; 3, Cody Lemon, Frenchtown; 4, Arik Lybeck, Glacier
145 - 1, Alex Mitchell, Glacier; 2, Colton Gove, Columbia Falls; 3, Morley Jessop, Corvallis; 4, Jack Nerison, Frenchtown
152 - 1, Mike Devlin, Polson; 2, Logan Fisher, Frenchtown; 3, Tanner Stupak, Glacier; 4, Steven Bravo, St. Ignatius
160 - 1, Michael Cloud, Sentinel; 2, Jackson Barber, Glacier; 3, Wyatt Jessop, Corvallis; 4, Konrad Zinke, Whitefish
171 - 1, Jacen Peterson, St. Ignatius; 2, Quentin Denton, Ronan; 3, David Anderson, Frenchtown; 4, Tyler Scheffer, Hamilton
189 - 1, Colby Roberts, Ronan; 2, Monty Jessop, Corvallis; 3, Colin Hammock, Sentinel; 4, Sam Gordon, Frenchtown
215 - 1, James Weidow, Corvallis; 2, Emillo Bravo, St. Ignatius; 3, Jake Rebish, Sentinel; 4, Isaiah Williams, Polson
HWT - 1, Jaydn Wilson, Sentinel; 2, Jordan Zuraff, Frenchtown; 3, Wolf Zinke, Whitefish; 4, Zach Dennehy, Glacier