Wrestling: Mat Cats top Whitefish; Glacier sweeps at Libby

WHITEFISH — Fourth-ranked Columbia Falls easily beat Whitefish, topping its North Valley rivals 51-16 in a wrestling dual on Thursday.

The Mat Cats picked up three pins and had five forfeits to outpoint a Whitefish team that more than held its own against its higher-ranked rivals. Columbia Falls’ Hunter Peterson at 120 pounds, Wyatt Green at 132 and Cody Walters at 160 all won their matches with falls in the first two periods.

Whitefish won four of the eight contested matches in the dual, but was short on numbers and only had one pin. Bulldogs’ 106-pounder Dillon Thorsteinson pinned his opponent in 52 seconds in the quickest match of the night.

Columbia Falls 51, Whitefish 16

98 — Eli Scheeler, CF, won by forfeit. 106 — Dillon Thorsteinson, W, pinned Manny Guzman, :52. 113 — Winfield West, CF, dec. James Buckley, 8-3. 120 — Hunter Peterson, CF, pinned Garrett Rice, 3:00. 126 — Gabby Delorne, CF, won by forfeit. 132 — Wyatt Green, CF, pinned Brooks Krause, 3:38. 138 — Skyler Bowerman, W, maj. dec. Storm Kempfian, 9-1. 145 — Judah Prestegaard, W, dec. Tristan Steinwand, 4-2. 152 — Matthew Sampson, W, maj. dec. Harvey Barlow, 9-1. 160 — Cody Walters, CF, pinned Marcus Jackson, 3:39. 170 — Jason Williams, CF, won by forfeit. 182 — Miguel Gartey, CF, won by forfeit. 195 — open. 220 — open. 285 — Michael Walker, CF, won by forfeit.

Libby Triangular

LIBBY — Glacier picked up a pair of nonconference dual wins while Libby settled for split.

Glacier whipped Bonners Ferry, Idaho, 69-0, and Libby, 48-17.

Libby knocked off Bonners Ferry, 33-30.

Sam Barber (113/120) and Arin Lybeck (145) both won twice by pin for Glacier.

Donovan Macura (152) won by pin and a major decision in his two outings for the Wolfpack.

Libby’s Skylar Higareda (132) won by major decision and pin, Zach Crace (138) won by technical fall and pin, Josh Bowers (160) won by major decision and decision and Garret Chapel (17) won by major decision and pin.

Glacier 69, Bonners Ferry, Idaho, 0

98 — Justin Gibson, G, won by forfeit; 106 — Open; 113 — Brandon Olsen, G, won by forfeit; 120 — Sam Barber, G, pinned Jaeger Schaueler, 4:45; 126 — Cody Decker, G, won by forfeit; 132 — Brandon Scholz, G, dec. Issac Lavola, NA; 138 — Quinn Barber, G, pinned Matt Tucker, 3:27; 145 — Arik Lybeck, G, pinned Luke Resch, 1;08; 152 — Donovan Macura, G, pinned Jacob Perkins, 5:13; 160 — Jacob Ferkin, G, dec. Parker Davis, 8-4; 170 — Tanner Stupack, G, pinned Travis Beck, :29; 182 — Nick Conti, G, pinned TJ Smith 1:41; 195 — Open; 220 — AJ Robinson, G, dec. Caleb Gering, 6-3; 285 — Zach Dennehy, G, pinned Jon Cooper, 2:20.

Glacier 48, Libby 17

98 — Justin Gibson, G, won by forfeit; 106 — Open; 113 — Sam Barber, G, pinned Ty Hight, 2:17; 120 — Open; 126 — Cody Decker, G, pinned Dylan Roby, 3:38; 132 — Skylar Higareda, L, maj. dec. Brandon Scholz, 12-0; 138 — Zach Crace, L, tech. fall Quinn Barber, 18-2; 145 — Arik Lybeck, G, pinned Braydon Thom, 1:34; 152 — Donovan Macura, G, maj. dec. Dylan Parrish, 10-0; 160 — Josh Bowers, L, maj. dec. Jacob Ferkin, 12-2; 170 — Garret Chapel, L, maj. dec. Tanner Stupack, 20-8; 182 — Nick Conti, G, won by forfeit; 195 — Open; 220 — AJ Robinson, G, won by forfeit; 285 — Zach Dennehy, G, won by forfeit.

Libby 33, Bonners Ferry, Idaho, 30

98 — Open; 106 — Open; 113 — Ty Hight, L, won by forfeit; 120 — Open; 126 — Jaeger Schaueler, BF, pinned Dylan Roby, 1:01; 132 — Skylar Higareda, L, pinned Issac Lavola, :44; 138 — Zach Crace, L, pinned Matt Tucker, 3:39; 145 — Luke Resch, BF, pinned Braydon Thom, 2:50; 152 — Dylan Parrish, L, pinned Jacob Perkins, 2:58; 160 — Josh Bowers, L, dec. Parker Davis, 9-7, OT; 170 — Garret Chapel, L, pinned Travis Beck, 1:05; 182 — TJ Smith, BF, won by forfeit; 195 — Open; 220 — Caleb Gering, BF, won by forfeit; 285 — Jon Cooper, BF, won by forfeit.