Eureka sitting fourth at Western B-C wrestling
CUT BANK — As the first day of competition neared completion, it was the Boulder Panthers holding a slim edge over Whitehall at the Western B-C wrestling divisional.
The Panthers had 99 points to 97.5 for the Trojans. Host Cut Bank was next at 91, followed by Eureka at 82. Plains-Hot Springs is sitting sixth at 75.5, one spot behind Fairfield-Augusta. Florence, Bigfork and Thompson Falls-Noxon are next, separated by 2.5 points.
Eureka has four semifinalists: Poncho Ibanez at 113; Kyle Durden at 126, Johnny Fehr at 205 and Gunnar Smith at 132. Smith scored two pins Friday and has a record of 31-1 this season.
Bigfork’s Traic Fainter made Saturday’s semifinals at 103 pounds, and so did teammate Joseph Farrier at 170. Isaac Bjorge fell in the 205 quarterfinals, however, as did teammate Fletcher Postlewait at 285.
Thompson Falls’ Shane Reishus is a semifinalist at 152, as are Bluehawks Eli Ratliff at 145, Dane Chojnacky at 182 and Trae Thilmony at 132.
Thilmoney also had two pins Friday and is 30-1. He and Smith seem destined to meet up. Thilmony was State B-C champion at 120 last season while Smith won the 126-pound title — his third straight state championship.
Western B/C Divisional
Friday, Cut Bank
Team scores: Boulder 99, Whitehall 97.5, Cut Bank 91, Eureka 82, Fairfield-Augusta 77.5, Plains-Hot Springs 75.5, Florence-Carlton 74, Bigfork 72, Thompson Falls-Noxon 71.5, Three Forks-Ennis 70, Simms 62, Choteau 49, Anaconda 43, Townsend 36, Mission-Charlo 35, Conrad 33, Superior-Alberton 32, Shelby 31, Cascade 28, Manhattan 19, Arlee 17, Valier 4, Deer Lodge 4.
Individual results
103
First round
Brayden Linville, TFE, pinned Dillon Post, Flo, 1:23; Blake Lancaster, Eureka, dec. Micah Acker, Sup, 7-4; Ryder Hansen, Sup, pinned Dominick Davis, Bou, 1:50; Traic Fainter, Bfk, pinned Kody Dillard, MC, 1:38; Cole Rogers, TFE, tech fall Richard Schmidt, CB, 16-1; Isaac Skogan, Whi, pinned Leo Anderson, Bou, :20.
Quarterfinals
Linville, TFE, pinned Lancaster, Eur, :45; Logan Van Dyke, Con, pinned Hansen, Sup, 5:13; Fainter, Bfk, pinned Braden Murphy, CB, 2:49; Anderson, Bou, dec. Rogers, TFE, 3-2.
Consolation
Dillard, MC, pinned Hansen, Sup, :38.
113
First round
Christian Davis, Bou, pinned Donny Nelson, PHS, :56. Poncho Ibanez, Eur, pinned Jason Merringer, Bfk, :25.
Quarterfinals
Ibanez, Eur, dc. Christian Miller, Ana, 10-8.
120
First round
Jacob Schultze, PHS, pinned Seth Wilson, Fl;o, :52; Decker Milender, Sup, pinned Tyrel Thomas, Arl, :57; Angus Anderson, Bgf, pinned Bradley Wolfe, :54; Drew Carey, PHS, pinned Carson Conard, Eur, 2:56.
Quarterfinals
Milander, Sup, pinned Schultze, PHS, 3:36; Carey, PHS, dec. Anderson, Bfk, 4-0.
Consolation
Anderson, Bfk, pinned Wilson, Flo, 2:42. Schultze, PHS, tech fall Conard, Eur, 15-0.
126
First round
Kyle Durden, Eur, pinned Isaiah Fields, MC, :50.
Second round
Durden, Eur, pinned Johnny Park, Ca, 3:01; Stephen Schultze, PHS, pinned Oliver Post, flo, 3:45.
Quarterfinals
Durden, Eur, pinned Schultze, PHS, 5:28; Dayne Sullivan, Sim, pinned Wyatt Berkram, CB, 1:30.
132
Second round
Gunnar Smith, Eur, pinned Julian Gomez, Ana, :35; David Schultze, PHS, pinned Ryder Nollan, Bfk, 1:28; Trae Thilmony, TFN, pinned Mason Elliott, PHS, :47.
Quarterfinals
Smith, Eur, pinned Schultze, PHS, 3:21; Thilmony, TFN, pinned Chase Evans, She, 2:41.
Consolation
Elliott, pHS, pinned Hastings, Cas, 1:00; Schultze, PHS, pinned Ward, Fai, 3:41. Colesworth, Cho, pinned Elliott, PHS, 2:55; Nollan, Bfk, pinned Gomez, Ana, 1:39; Nollan, Bfk, pinned Simpson, CB, 2:39.
138
First round
Eli Tidwell, Bfk, pinned Nick Denny, Who, 3:34; Gabe Hungerford, TFE, tech fall Walker Morefield, TFN, 18-1; Will Jam Courville, PHS, pinned Colman Thornton, Bou, 1:26.
Second round
Roper Mycke, Con, tech fall Codiak Killorn, MC, 17-2; McCoy Baanner, Fair, pinned Tidwell, Bfk, 1:42; Kanon Branch, CB, pinned Pecora, Eur, 2:00; Michael Leach, Sim, major dec. Courville, PHS, 15-3.
Consolation
Courville, PHS, dec. Knoll, Arlee, 7-4; Armstrong, Bou, major dec. Courville, PHS, 8-0; Pecora, Eur, pinned Elfstrom, Ana, :35; Williams, Ana, pinned Pecora, Eur, 3:46; Schrenk, PHS, pinned Hungerford, TFE, 2:38; Leach, Sim, major dec. Schrenk, PHS, 14-0.
145
First round
Shelton Woll, Bfk, pinned Keaton Poulsen, Bou, 1:17; Trentin Walker, Whi, pinned Jaxon Hume, Eur, 3:04; Brenden Vanderwall, PHS, pinned Raice Strand, CB, 5:23; Eli Ratliff, TFN, pinned Dominic Peltier, Eur, 3:19.
Second round
Woll, Bfk, pinned Brody Black, PHS, :20; Colt Crawford, Arl, pinned Brandon Vanderwall, PHS, ;57; Ratliff, TFN, tech fall Charlie Adams, MC, 19-1.
Quarterfinals
Walker, Whi, dec. Woll, Bfk, 9-4; Crawford, Arl, pinned Kamps, TFE, 1:29; Ratliff, TFN, pinned Oxarart, Bou, 4:50.
Consolation
Adams, MC, pinned Peace, Fai, 1:14; Woll, Bfk, major dec. Adams, MC, 11-1; Hume, Eur, pinned Vanderwall, PHS, :55; Hume, Eur, pinned Poulsen, Bou, 4:29; Barnhill, Con,dec. Hume, Eur, 6-4; Meeker, Man, pinned Black, PHS,. 2:56; Peltier, Eur, pinned Lamb, Twn, 1:29; KinKaid, Sim, pinned Peltier, Eur, :42.
152
Second round
Kindler, Cho, pinned Owen Fernstrum, TFN, :52; Shane Reishus, TFN, pinned Bert Detienne, PHS, 1:32; Canyon Sargent, MC, pinned Patrick Wallen, Bfk, 3:08; Vaughn Penlday, Bfk, pinned Jessie Edie, TFE, 4:29.
Quarterfinals
Reishus, FN, dec. Sam Lane, Twn, 7-3; Ty Curry, CB, dec. Sargent, MC, 7-2; Jonny Chamberlain, Flo, dec. Pendlay, Bfk, 7-2.
Consolation
Wallen, Bfk, pinned Robertson, Con, 4:43; Detienne, PHS, pinned Hjartarson, CB, 2:07; Fernstrum, TFN,m pinned Moody, Man, 1:26.
160
Second round
Max Hannum, TFN, pinned Wyatt Rouch, Bou, 1:09.
Quarterfinals
Hannum, TFN, dec. Miguel Perez, Fai, 7-6.
170
First round
Jesse Uski, PHS, pinned Chance Bockman, MC, 1:11; Aidan Tollefson, Flo, pinned Josh Baldwin, TFN, 3:15; Joseph Farrier, Bfk, pinned Steven Yothers, PHS, 1:06.; Connor Sawyer, Cas, pinned Christian Smith, MC, 1:19.
Quarterfinals
Vanek, CB, pinned Uski, PHS, :25; Ferrier, Bfk, dec. Sawyer, Cas, 16-9.
Consolation
Baldwin, TFN, pinned Robert Wareham, Ana, 2:04; Ellison, Man, pinned Bockman, MC, :23; Smith, MC, major dec. Yothers, PHS, 14-2.
182
First round
Dane Chojnacky, TFN, pinned Deago Hostetler, MC, 2:46.
Second round
Colyn Johnson, Eur, dec. Jared Selander, Cho, 5-3; Lance Burrows, Flo, dec. George Ranney, 11-8; Levi Mowery, Twn, pinned William Dyson, PHS, 3:11; Dallas Blaire, Flo, pinned Evan Tidwell, Bfk, 1:36; Chojnacky, TFN, pinned Bryant Mertz, Shelby, 1:16.
Consolation
Yazzie, Ana, pinned Dyson, PHS, 4:15; Selander, Cho, panned Ranney, MC, :54; Hostetler, MC, pinned Kuehl, Whi, :49.
205
First round
Isaac Bjorge, Bfk, pinned Cole Troy, Fai, 1:26; Johnny Fehr, Eur, pinned Dalton Estey, CB, 2:13.
Quarterfinals
Lane Hinderager, Sim, pinned Bjorge, Bfk, 4:31. Fehr, Eur, dec. Jamus DuBois, Whi, 7-6.
285
Second round
Riley Hume, Eur, pinned Jared Pallo, Flo, 2:46; Fletcher Postlewait, Bfk, pinned Isaac Lauver, Fai, 1:42.
Quarterfinals
Matt Riehl, Bou, pinned Postlewait, Bfk, 5:12; Jeremy Gallagher, CB, dec. Hume, Eur, 8-6.