Flathead boys sweep Helena teams in duals
Flathead's Ethan Freund works toward a pin of Helena Capital's Ayden Smelko at 132 lbs. at Flathead High School on Friday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Flathead's Asher Kemppainen wrestles Helena Capital's Carson DesRosier at 138 lbs. at Flathead High School on Friday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Noah Poe-Hatten and Ethan Freund scored two pins each and the Flathead Brave Brawlers picked up two more dual wins Friday, beating Helena Capital 45-28 and Helena High 65-6.
Capital brought a solid team to the Flathead gym, including 2019 champion Carson DesRosier, who scored a major decision over Asher Kemppainen at 138 pounds to stay unbeaten.
Poe-Hatten, ranked third at 160 pounds, pinned Conner Kovick of Capital, ranked fifth, in 4:58. He moved up to 170 and registered a pin of Helena’s Kaleb McKay in 1:54. Justice Seamons, a ranked 170-pounder for the Bengals, didn’t wrestle.
Freund’s pins at 132 came in 44 seconds and 1:27.
Flathead 45, Helena Capital 28
103: Will Barnes, Flathead, pinned Jack Casey, 1:49. 113: Hunter Rahn, Capital, won by forfeit. 120: Cade Gardner, Flathead, won by forfeit. 126: Cole Eastwood, Flathead, pinned Brandon Soule, 1:15. 132: Ethan Freund, Flathead, pinned Ayden Smelko, :44. 138: Carson DesRosier, Capital, major dec. Asher Kemppainen, 11-0. 145: Cade Troupe, Flathead, pinned Spur Owens, :33. 152: Fin Nadeau, Flathead, pinned Wyatt Schneider, 3:22. 160: Noah Poe-Hatten, Flathead, pinned Conner Kovick, 4:58. 170: Dylan Graham, Capital, dec. Chase Youso, 6-5. 182: Ian Isaacson, Capital, won by forfeit. 205: Noah Kovick, Capital, pinned Gage Winter, 3:33. 285: Talon Marsh, Capital, pinned Logan Lang, 1:42.
Flathead 65, Helena 6
103: Caleb O’Shea, Helena, dec. Davin Naldret, 6-1. 113: Aden Kleinhenze, Flathead, won by forfeit. 120: Gardner, Flathead, won by forfeit. 126: Eastwood, Flathead, won by forfeit. 132: Freund, Flathead, pinned Ian Mehrens, 1:27. 138: Cameron Wyant, Helena, dec. Kade Weiuzarek, 11-10. 145: Gage Lake, Flathead, pinned David Kemp, :54. 152: Nadeau, Flathead, won by forfeit. 160: Sawyer Troupe, Flathead, pinned Kaleb Kirklin, 1:15. 170: Poe-Hatten, Flathead, pinned Kaleb McKay, 1:54. 182: Youso, Flathead, pinned Sean O’Connell, 3:23. 205: Winter, Flathead, pinned Ruger Young, 1:56. 285: Timber Richberg, Flathead, won by forfeit.
Glacier splits pair
No Glacier wrestler won two contested matches Friday, and the Wolfpack split its duals with the Helena schools, beating Helena High 45-24 and losing 39-26 to Capital.
Helena Capital 39, Glacier 26
103: Garrett Bosch, Glacier, pinned Jack Casey,:13. 113: Rhan, Capital, major de. Connor Johnson, 10-0. 120: Josh Melton, Glacier, won by forfeit. 126: Teegan Vasquez, Glacier, pinned Soule, 2:15. 132: Kaleb Shine, Glacier, tech. fall Smelko, 15-0. 138: DesRosier, Capital, pinned Seth Doolan, 1:00. 145: Lance Fretwell, Glacier, dec. Owens, Capital, 7-4. 152: Schneider, Capital, pinned Kyle McCollam, n/a. 160: C.Kovick, Capital, pinned TJ Gannon, 1:08. 170: Graham, Capital, pinned Aidan Krause, 1:40. 182: Isaacson, Capital, dec. Kael Willis, 8-1. 205: N. Kovick, Capital, pinned Ethan Dimaio, 1:56. 285: Kenton Pouliot, Capital, dec. Rocco Beccari, 2-1.
Glacier 45, Helena 24
103: Bosch, Glacier, won by forfeit. 113: Johnson, Glacier, won by forfeit. 120: Melton, Glacier, injury default over Dalton Elouise; 126: Vasquez, Glacier, won by forfeit. 132: Shine, Glacier, dec. Mehrens, 3-2. 138: Wyatt, Helena, dec. Doolan, 7-3. 145: Fretwell, Glacier, won by forfeit. 152: Kemp, Helena, dec. McCollam, 13-9. 160: Gannon, Glacier, pinned Kirklin, 3:45. 170: McKay, Helena, pinned Krause, :55. 182: Willis, Glacier, pinned O’Donnell, 2:30. 205: Young, Helena, pinned Dimaio, 1:320. 285: Beccari, Glacier, won by forfeit.
Late Thursday
Frenchtown 48, Columbia Falls 18
103: Landen Stewart, Frenchtown, pinned Cash Byrd, :30. 113: Corbin Long, Frenchtown, dec. Tyler Gilfry, 8-2. 120: Nic Blanchard, Frenchtown, pinned Logan Riley, 1:45. 126: Justin Windauer, Columbia Falls, pinned Gabe Mobley, 3:50. 132: Orion Barta, Columbia Falls, pinned Porter Tollefson, 3:23. 138: John Warner, Frenchtown, dec. Ty Allen, 7-0. 145: Isaiah Roth, Columbia Falls, dec. Zane Martin, 4-0. 152: Smokey Stoker, Frenchtown, pinned Trey Torpen, 2:55. 160: Lucas Thacker, Columbia Falls, dec. Gavin McLean, 5-3. 170: Noah Rausch, Frenchtown, pinned Rowdy White, 2:30. 182: Canyon Shope, Frenchtown, won by forfeit. 205: Brody Harrism, Frencthown, won by forfeit. 285: Philip Herald, Frenchtown, won by forfeit.
Late Tuesday
Bigfork 48, Whitefish 27
103: Traic Fainter,. Bigfork, won by forfeit. 113: Nathan Sproul, Whitefish, pinned Json Merringer, :12. 120: Angus Anderson, Bigfork, won by forfeit. 126: Angelo Castro, Whitefish, won by forfeit. 132: Ryder Nollan, Bigfork, won by forfeit. 138: Eli Tidwell, Bigfork, pinned Carter Moran, 1:29. 145: Shelton Woll, Bigfork, pinned Rylan McDaniel, 1:15. 152: Vaughn Pendlay, Bigfork, pinned Jack Akey, 1:49. 160: Rylee Creasey, Whitefish, pinned Patrick Wallen, 2:20. 170: Camren Ross, Whitefish, dec. Joseph Ferrier, 7-2. 182: Evan Tidwell, Bigfork, won by forfeit. 205: Isaac Bjorge, Bigfork, pinned Ashton Akey, 4:53. 285: Brian Sweeney, Whitefish, won by forfeit.