WRESTLING: Braves 6th in latest Class AA poll
Fresh off a crosstown rout of Glacier, the Flathead wrestlers are ranked sixth in the state in the latest Class AA poll.
The Braves also have seven individuals ranked at their respective weights, including top-ranked Trae Vasquez, the defending 113-pound state champion, at 120 pounds and fellow sophomore Payton Hume at 138.
Logan Wilson checks in third at 182 pounds, and three Braves are ranked fourth: Hunter Rush (103), Tucker Nadeau (160) and Payton Boyce (205). Junior Matt Gash-Gilder, who missed the first half of the season with an illness, is ranked sixth at 170.
Glacier’s Justin Gibson is also in the top five this week, coming in fourth at 126 pounds.
Missoula Sentinel maintains the top spot in the team poll, followed by Billings Skyview, Billings Senior, Great Falls and Bozeman.
Flathead and Glacier are competing in the Great Falls Duals today.
Class AA Coaches Wrestling Poll
Team rankings
1, Missoula Sentinel; 2, Billings Skyview; 3, Billings Senior; 4, Great Falls; 5, Bozeman; 6, Flathead.
Individual Rankings
103: Garreth Erhardt, Senior; Chance McLane, Bozeman; Tyler Casey, Butte; Hunter Rush, Flathead; Bridger Lamb, Skyview; Isaac Romero, Helena.
113: Charlie Klepps, Senior; Brayden Schwalbe, Skyview; Jon Konklin, Big Sky; Bjorn Schroeder, Bozeman; Devin Crawford, Helena; Reece Eckley, Sentinel.
120: Trae Vasquez, Flathead; Nick Kunz, Capital; Wyatt Gordon, Big Sky; Kale Evenson, Bozeman; Cameron Hegel, Sentinel; Austin Ketchem, Skyview.
126: Caleb James, Bozeman; Tim Ellinger, Senior; Kyle Gordon, Big Sky; Justin Gibson, Glacier; Tyler Vetter, Butte; Lee Lambrecht, Capital.
132: Clay Smith, Senior; Jake Hegel, Sentinel; Braxton Henningson, Butte; Brennon Veis, Senior; Kelly Merrick, Butte; Mason Misner, West.
138: Payton Hume, Flathead; Jace Kovalicky, Sentinel; Brendon Vladic, Senior; Keegan Mulhill, Bozeman; Dylan Veis, Senior; Kaleb Ferriter, Butte.
145: Jordan Komac, Great Falls; Dylan Duffalo, Sentinel; Tyger Frye, Senior; Logan McGreevey, Big Sky; Nick Moreni, Helena; Jake Waterson, Skyview.
152: Chase Short, Great Falls; Brock Bushfield, Skyview; Trayson Marker, West; Noah Manibusen, Helena; Chandler Paulson, Sentinel; KJ Swanson, Big Sky.
160: Tommy McMillen, Great Falls; Braxton Wilcox, Big Sky; Brandon Cooper, Bozeman; Tucker Nadeau, Flathead; Taran Bennett, Butte; Joel Clark, Helena.
170: Jake Malchuski, Skyview; Hayden Schrull, Helena; Bryar Newbury, Sentinel; Walker Ferda, Great Falls; Kadon Queer, Butte; Matt Gash-Gilder, Flathead.
182: Caiden Crawford, Helena; Tanner Brown, West; Logan Willson, Flathead; Jake Riekena, Big Sky; Dylan Goforth, Sentinel; Jarret Leinwand, Senior.
205: Nick Nordell, CMR; David Peterson, Capital; Rylan Moldenhauer, Great Falls; Payton Boyce, Flathead; Jayson Leinwand, West; Cullen Roll, Senior.
285: Devin Maua, Senior; Noah Danielson, CMR; Jake Rebish, Sentinel; Sheldon Fladland, Capital; Ramsey Rutschke, Skyview; Jeff Queer, Butte.