WRESTLING: Polson grapplers pound Whitefish
<p>Polson's Bridger Wentzel pins Whitefish's Eli Taylor at the 41 second mark to help the Pirates beat the Bulldogs 62-12 in a dual at Whitefish on Thursday. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
<p>Whitefish's Steven Quimby pins Polson's Nick Marquart at the 1:31 mark to win the heavyweight bout during a dual at Whitefish on Thursday. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
<p>Whitefish's Konrad Zinke looks up at the ref as he pins Polson's Noah Humphrey right as the first period ends in the 182-pound bout. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
WHITEFISH — The Polson wrestlers earned three pins and a tech fall while running away with a 62-12 dual win against Northwestern A foe Whitefish on Thursday night.
The Pirates won six open classes in a quick dual that saw just one match go the distance. Polson 120-pounder Bridger Wenzel and Class A’s third-ranked 145-pounder Parker Adler each earned pins in less than 45 seconds and Cameron Brown, ranked third at 132 pounds, earned a pin in 3:11. Mateo Quinones earned a tech fall in the third period of his match, winning 20-5 at 113 pounds.
Jaben Wenzel topped Whitefish’s James Buckley by a 6-3 decision at 138 pounds in the night’s closest match.
Whitefish earned two pins in the contest. Steven Quimby, ranked fourth at heavyweight, scored a pin in 1:31 and Konrad Zinke earned his in 2:00 to put 12 points up for the Bulldogs.
Both teams will be back on the mats this weekend. The Bulldogs will host the Whitefish Duals on Saturday and Polson will wrestle at Ronan on the same day.
Polson 62, Whitefish 12
103—Rene Pierre, P, won by forfeit. 113—Mateo Quinones, P, tech fall Taisuke Matsuo, 20-5, 4:55. 120—Bridger Wenzel, P, p. Eli Taylor, 0:43. 126—Thunder Morales, P, won by forfeit. 132—Cameron Brown, P, p. Robert Bertelsen, 3:11. 138—Jaben Wenzel, P, dec. James Buckley, 6-3. 145—Parker Adler, P, p. Brooks Krause, 0:39. 152—Colton Cote, P, won by forfeit. 160—Koby Garcia, P, won by forfeit. 170—Jasper Drake, P, won by forfeit. 182—Konrad Zinke, W, p. Noah Humphrey, 2:00. 205—Ryan Burland, P, won by forfeit. 285—Steven Quimby, W, p. Nick Marquart, 1:31.