Bozeman tops Flathead in AA Duals mat final
GREAT FALLS — Flathead finished second to Bozeman at the Class AA Duals wrestling tournament on Saturday.
The Braves, now 16-2 in duals this season, fell in the title match to the Hawks, 36-27.
Flathead was without state champion Trae Vasquez (132), who is dealing with a turf toe injury. And against Bozeman, that turned out to be a nine-point swing at his weight class.
Bozeman and Flathead were tied 27-all heading into the final two matches. Bozeman won those by pin and decision.
“Bozeman wrestled us tough,” Flathead coach Jeff Thompson said.
“We lost three close matches (103, 152 and 182). We were in every one of those matches.”
Kenyon Fretwell (145), Garrett Reike (160), Matt Gash-Gilder (205) and Michael Lee (285) posted pins for Flathead in the finale.
Earlier in the day, Flathead beat Billings Skyview 31-24 and Butte 49-18.
Flathead had a first-round bye.
“Overall, we scrapped,” Thompson said.
“We went after them. Our second stringers wrestled really well. We’re trying to prepare ourselves for state.”
Flathead wraps up regular-season action on Thursday at home with Missoula Sentinel and Saturday at Helena Capital and Helena High.
Divisional action is Feb. 4 at Helena with state to follow in Billings Feb. 10-11.
Glacier dropped a first-round match to Great Falls High, 59-15. Caden Willis (113) and Ashton Thompson (285) had pins for the Wolfpack while Justin Gibson (138) won by decision.
Glacier has three duals left before divisionals and state — Tuesday at home with Missoula Hellgate and Saturday at Helena High and Helena Capital.
Championship Match
Bozeman 36, Flathead 27
103-J. James, BOZ, d. Hunter Rush 5-3; 113-L. Schroeder, BOZ, p. Bryce Shaffer 2:09; 120-McLane, BOZ, p. Cody DeVall 1:06; 126-B. Schroeder, BOZ, p. Tanner Russell 4:14; 132-C. James, BOZ, d. Jaden MacNeil 9-2; 138-Manion, BOZ, p Bo Meyer 1:58; 145-Kenyon Fretwell, KFH, p. Crawford :36; 152-Mulhill, BOZ, d. Payton Hume 107; 160-Garrett Rieke, KFH, p. Minow, 2:35; 170-Tucker Nadeau, KFH, d. Cooper, 5-3; 182-Vaughn-Kraska, BOZ, d. Hunter Wellcome 3-2; 205-Matt Gash-Gilder, KFH, p. Clowes 1:03; 285-Michael Lee, KFH, p. Walkup :34.
Third place
Billings Skyview 43, Great Falls 16
Fifth place
Helena Capital 39, Missoula Big Sky 35
Seventh place
Butte 39, Helena 32
Consolation Round 4
Helena Capital 35, Butte 30
Missoula Big Sky 45, Helena 28
Consolation Round 5 (Semifinals)
Great Falls 33, Helena Capital 28
Round 3
Semifinals
Bozeman 40, Great Falls 25
Flathead 31, Billings Skyview 24
103-Rush, KFH, p. G. Lamb :43; 113-B. Lamb, BSV, d. Schaffer 9-6; 120-DeVall, KFH, md. Cambridge 12-2; 126-Russell, KFH, d. Maciel 14-7; 132-J. Macy, BSV, d. MacNeil 6-0; 138-Kay, BSV, md. Meyer 12-4; 145-Dillon, BSV, p. Fretwell 5:58; 152-Hume, KFH, d. D. Macy 7-1; 160-Brock Bushfield, BSV, tf. Rieke, 19-4; 170-Mulchuski, BSV, d. Nadeau, 9-4; 182-Wellcome, KFH, d. Brenner Bushfield 5-4; 205-Gash-Gilder, KFH, p. Thomas 1:58; 285-Lee, KFH, p. Ellis :43.
Round 2
Billings Skyview 40, Helena Capital 25
Great Falls 39, Helena 24
Bozeman 45, Missoula Big Sky 25
Flathead 49, Butte 18
103-Vasquez, KFH, p. Sherman, :54; 113-Casey, BUT, p. Schaffer 3:58; 120-DeVall, KFH, d. Tierney 11-4; 126-Russell, KFH, d. Vetter 14-13; 132-MacNeil, KFH, p. West 2:59; 138-W. Anderson , BUT, p. Meyer 3:33; 145-Schongsberg, BUT, p. Fretwell 5:03; 152-Hume, KFH, md. Kobe Moreno 17-4; 160-Rieke, KFH, p. C. Anderson 1:20; 170-Nadeau, KFH, p. Kam Moreno 4:53; 182-Nyman, KFH, d. Harding 6-3; 205-Gash-Gilder, KFH, p. Mandic :19; 285-Lee, KFH, by fft.
Billings Skyview 40, Helena Capital 25
Round 1
Butte 50, Missoula Sentinel 21
Helena Capital 49, C.M. Russell 15
Helena 46, Billings West 27
Billings Skyview 78, Missoula Hellgate 0
Missoula Big Sky 42, Billings Senior 19
Flathead, bye
Great Falls 59, Glacier 15
103-Shupe, GFH, p. Dylan Miller 1:50; 113-Caden Willis, KGL, p. Writingbird 1:38; 120-Lomas, GFH, p. Lane Wilson 3:48; 126-Dresel, GFH, by fft; 132-Hilliard, GFH, p. Cole McCollam 1:33; 138-Justin Gibson, KGL, d. Weinholz 2-1; 145-Loch, GFH, tf. Adam Hussein 18-3; 152-Komac, GFH, by fft; 160-Clayton, GFH, p Andrew Glynn 1:51; 170-Short, GFH, p Ney-J Johns, 3:08; 182-Tomei, GFH, p. Jacob Hunt, 1:33; 205-Moldenhauer, GFH, p. Spencer Stubbert :21; 285-Ashton Thompson, KGL, p. Poirier 3:49.
Class A Duals
BELGRADE — Columbia Falls, a 4-0 pool winner in Friday’s action, dropped a quarterfinal match to Hardin 33-30 on the final day.
Mason Fetters (152), Storm Kemppainen (170) and Jakob Freeman (182) all had pins for the MatCats, who jumped out to an 18-0. Columbia Falls’ final points were on two forfeits.
Whitefish closed out action by posting a 2-2 mark. The Bulldogs beat Butte Central and Stevensville while losing to Belgrade and Corvallis. For the tournament, Whitefish was 3-5.
Travis Catina (205) had another strong day for Whitefish, winning three times by pin and once by forfeit. Two of his pins were in the first period.
On Friday, Catina won twice by pin and once by a forfeit and a decision.
Championship
Havre 48, Sidney 18
Third place
Hardin 39, Lewistown 30
Fifth place
Glendive 47, Hamilton 24
Quarterfinals
Lewistown 40, Hamilton 27
Havre 42, Glendive 27
Sidney 34, Laurel 33
Hardin 33, Columbia Falls 30
152 – Mason Fetters, CF, pin Brenden Roan, 3:59; 170 – Storm Kemppainen, CF, pin Justin Zier, L, 2:41; 182 – Jakob Freeman, CF, pin Uriah Turner, 3:50; 285 – Grant Scalpcane, H, pin Kile Koski, 1:59; 103 – Keith Pretty Weasel, H, dec. Garret Salminen, 3-0; 120 – open; 138 – Conner Schwend, H, dec. Brandon Thomas, 10-9; 145 – Bryce Roan, H, dec. Ben Windauer, 8-6.
Hardin won by forfeit at 113, 160, 205. C. Falls at 126, 132.
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Consolation Action
Belgrade 51, Whitefish 18
285: Dalton Roscoe, B, won by forfeit 103: Anwar Mirza, W, won by forfeit; 113: Nathan Buckley, W, pinned Roystanlee Deguzman, 4:37; 120: John Mears, B, pinned Carlitos Bertelson, 2:50; 126: Gage Meyer, B, pinned Sidney Cooke, 2:48; 132: Brandon Rockwell, B, dec. over Jack Eisenbarth, Dec 5-1; 138: Sawyer Degen, B, pinned Isaac Watts, 1:54; 145: Open; 152: Eric Amaya, B, won by forfeit; 160: Shade Noble, B, pinned Malik Heydon, 4:45; 170: Steven Adams, B, won by forfeit; 182: Blade Macrow, B, won by forfeit; 205: Travis Catina, W, pinned Will Blewett, 1:53.
Whitefish 36, Butte Central 18
103: Roy Russell, BC, pinned over Anwar Mirza, :43; 113: Nathan Buckley, W, won by forfeit; 120: Carlitos Bertelson, W, won by forfeit; 126: Clay Fisher BC, pinned Sidney Cooke, :27; 132: Jack Eisenbarth, W, won by forfeit; 138: Robert Bertelson, W, won by forfeit; 145: Open; 152: Open; 160: Malik Heydon, W, pinned Theron Nelson, 2:35; 170: Colter Stillwagon BC, won by forfeit; 182: Open; 205: Travis Catina, W, won by forfeit; 285: Open.
Corvallis 58, Whitefish 15
103: Carter Brown, C, pinned Anwar Mirza, :29; 113: Tristan Davis, C, pinned Nathan Buckley, :40; 120: Dante Venema, C, pinned Carlitos Bertelson, 1:28; 126: Benji Opat, C, pinned Sidney Cooke, 1:16; 132: Jack Eisenbarth, W, pinned Alan Allsop, :38; 138: Aaron Christensen, C, tech fall Isaac Watts, 17-1; 145: Will Wisenbach, C, tech fall Robert Bertelson, 16-0; 152: Drew Schmitt, C, won by forfeit; 160: Malik Heydon, W, dec. Colton Ewalt, 8-6;170: Kye McCollaum, C, won by forfeit; 182: Hunter Baron, C, won by forfeit; 205: Travis Catina, W, pinned Harley Wise, :22; 285: Garrett Hunt, C, won by forfeit.
Whitefish 42, Stevensville 27
103: Kellen Robbins, S, pinned Anwar Mirza, 1:23) 113: Nathan Buckley, W, won by forfeit; 120: Carlitos Bertelson, W, won by forfeit; 126: Eli Taylor, W, won by forfeit; 132: Jack Eisenbarth, W, won by forfeit; 138: Isaac Watts, W, won by forfeit; 145: Ammon Simmons, S, dec. Robert Bertelson, 16-11; 152: Open; 160: Malik Heydon , W, won by forfeit; 170: Ben Crews, S, won by forfeit; 182: Jerry Cassidy, S, won by forfeit; 205: Travis Catina, W, pinned Chase Krone, 3:33; 285: Cody Coleman, S, won by forfeit.
Ted Kato Invitational
THOMPSON FALLS — Zane Walchuk (103), Owen Brown (120) and Hunter Peterson (126) claimed individual titles in helping Ronan take the team championship.
Ronan, 186 points, finished well ahead of the field. Plains-Hot Springs, 118, was second and Flathead JV, 104 1/2, third.
Flathead had two individual champions — Daniel Long (205) and Alex Paull (285).
Bigfork’s Matt Farrier (170) finished first.
Bigfork placed seventh in the team standings with a 72-point total.
Team Totals
1, Ronan 186; 2, Plains-Hot Springs 118; 3, Flathead JV 104.5; 4, Thompson Falls 103; 5; Florence 88; 6, Superior 71; 7, Bigfork 52; 8, Missoula Big Sky JV 46; 9, Mission-Charlo 43; 10, Missoula Sentinel JV 32; 11, Drummond-Philipsburg 25; 12, Arlee 20.
Matches
103 pounds
Semifinals – Zane Walchuk, Ron, maj. dec. Brendan Barnes, Flat, 8-0; Robert Dempsey, M-C, maj. dec. Caden Rhine, Ron, 10-0.
Championship – Walchuk, Ron, pin Dempsey, M-C, 2:31.
Third place – Rhine, Ron, pin Sheadyn Croft, Ron, 1:54.
113 pounds
Semifinals – Kaleb Frank, TF, pin Terrence Caldwell, Pla, 1:42; Spencer Stagg, Ron, pin Garrett Jones, TF, 5:38.
Championship – Grank, TF, dec. Stagg, Ron, 3-2.
Third place – Mike Parkin, Sup, dec. Dominic Battello, Flat, 7-2.
120 pounds
Semifinals – Daniel Uli, Pla, pin Tyler VanTassel, 2:21; Owen Brown, Ron, pin Riley Olson, 1:12.
Championship – Brown, Ron, dec. Uli, Pla, 10-4.
Third place – VanTassel, Sup, maj. dec. Olson, Flat, 14-6.
126 pounds
Semifinals – Hunter Peterson, Ron, pin Isaiah Kovalsky, :52; Josiah Vanderwall, Pla, pin Eric Dolence, Ron, :11.
Championship – Peterson, Ron, tech fall Vanderwall, Pla, 19-4 (4:35).
Third place – Kovalsky, Sup, pin Dolence, Ron, 3:24.
132 pounds
Semifinals – Avery Meinzen, Flo, pin Kaleb Ververis, :34; Luke Joy, MSN, dec. Noah Cheff, Ron, 8-4.
Championship – Joy, MSN, dec. Meinzen, Flo, 6-0.
Third place – Cheff, Ron, pin Ververis, Sup, 2:20.
138 pounds
Semifinals – Sean Provost, Dru, pin Jethro Thorne, Flo, 1:31; Sam Ostwald, TF, pin Anthony Dulac, Flo, :30.
Championship – Ostwald, TF, pin Provost, Drum, :51.
Third place – Thorne, Flo, pin Drew Harrison, Flat, 1:40.
145 pounds
Semifinals – Kyler Alm, Flo, pin Luke Lile, Pla, 5:15; Kyler Pancake, Flo, pin Seth Cheff, Ron, 3:56.
Championship – Alm, Flo, dec. Pancake, Flo, 4-2.
Third place – Lile, Pla, pin Cheff, Ron, 3:34.
152 pounds
Semifinals – Stormee Kipp, MBS, dec. TJ Knoll, Arl, 3-2; James Detienne, Pla, pin Happy Cheff, Ron, 1:58.
Championship – Detienne, Pla, pin Kipp, MBS, :56
Third place – Cody Garrison, TF, maj. dec. Knoll, Arl, 12-2.
160 pounds
Semifinals – Kane Lawson, Pla, pin Caleb Sherrill, Flat, 1:32; Matt Holman, BF, dec, Tyler Houle, Ron, 8-7.
Championship – Lawson, Pla, dec. Holman, BF, 5-1.
Third place – Houle, Ron, dec. Sherrill, Flat, 10-4.
170 pounds
Semifinals – Matt Farrier, BF, pin Martin, Flat, 3:06; Spencer Jones, Flo, pin Steven Seyant, Ron, 3:20.
Championship – Farrier, BF, dec. Jones, FLo, 6-4.
Third place – Jase Sorenson, TF, def. Martin, Flat, injury.
182 pounds
Semifinals – Gus Bosley, M-C, pin Kendahl Odell, MBS, :45; Wesley Pablo, Ron, pin Ross Calhoon, Flat, 1:38.
Championship – Bosley, M-C, pin Pablo, Ron, :15.
Third place – Justin Mays, Ron, ded. Calhoon, Flat, :41.
205 pounds
Semifinals – Daniel Long, Flat, pin Landon Lynch, Ron, 3:16; Austin Cooper, TF, pin Logan Kaminsky, BF, 2:34.
Championship – Long, Flat, pin Cooper, TF, 5:15.
Third place – Kaminsky, BF, dec. Lynch, Ron, 9-2.
285 pounds
Semifinals – Alex Paull, Flat, dec. Sam Mocabee, Ron, 6-0; Ethan Christopher, Ron, pin Seth Alarcon, TF, 2:15.
Championship – Paull, Flat, pin Christopher, Ron, :41.
Third place – Mocabee, Ron, pin Alarcon, TF, 1:38.