Brave Brawlers win Rocky Mountain Classic

by Daily Inter Lake
| January 14, 2023 11:55 PM

MISSOULA — Make that four tournament wins for the Flathead Brave Brawlers.

The Braves added another win to their list by winning the Jug Beck Rocky Mountain Classic at Sentinel High School on Saturday.

Flathead has also won the Mining City Duals, Tri-State and Pacific Northwest Classic this year.

“Flathead wrestling is just rolling right now,” Flathead coach Jeff Thompson said. “The Rocky is always going to be one of those tournaments that we want to put in our best performance at every year. There are a lot of bragging rights with winning the Rocky. It has most of the toughest teams in Montana with some of the best from Washington, Idaho, and Wyoming sprinkled in the mix.”

The Braves had individual champions in Anders Thompson (170), Noah Poe-Hatten (182). Both earned pins in their respective championship matches.

Flathead had five wrestlers make it to the finals, including Cade Troupe (152) who lost an 8-4 decision to Columbia Falls’ Justin Windauer. Gabe Lake was pinned by Missoula Big Sky’s Israel Moreno in the 160 final, and Sawyer Troupe was pinned by Brendan Lockhart of Great Falls High in the 205 final.

Glacier’s Teegan Vasquez continued his unbeaten season with another win at 132. He pinned Kip Pumnea of Butte in 1:14 for the win.

Jace DeShazer (205) was third after pinning Billings West’s Solomon Stortz in the third place match.

Billings West nipped at Flathead’s heels but ended up second with 217.5 points. Havre was next with 159.5, and Great Falls was fourth.

The Wolfpack finished 12th, and Columbia Falls was 13th.

Jug Beck Rocky Mountain Classic

Sentinel High School, Missoula

Saturday

Team scores — Flathead 233, Billings West 217.5, Havre 159.5, Great Falls 152, Sheridan (WY) 134.5, Belgrade 134, Mead (WA) 123, Butte 109.5, Helena Capital 109, University High (WA) 105, Bozeman 100.5, Glacier 99, Columbia Falls 96, Powell (WA) 90, Frenchtown 80.5.

103

Cons. Round 4 - Cody Westlake (Belgrade) p. Dayton Naldrett (Flathead), 1:44.

113

Semifinal - Czar Quintanilla (University High p. Diesel Thompson (Flathead, 2:30.

Cons. Semi - Thompson (Flathead) won by inj. def. over Garrett Bosch (Glacier), Inj. 0:00.

3rd Place Match - Zach Morse (Billings West) dec. Thompson (Flathead), 5-2.

5th Place Match - Matt Lemer (Havre) won by for. over Garrett Bosch (Glacier) (For.)

126

Cons. Round 5 - Aiden Downing (Flathead) p. Landon De La Garza (Great Falls CMR), 0:37.

Cons. Semi - Downing (Flathead) won by inj. def. over Taylor Daines (University High), Inj. 0:00.

3rd Place Match - Downing (Flathead) dec. Decker Milender (Superior), 14-7.

132

Cons. Round 3 - Gannon Wisher (Flathead) dec. Ayden Smelko (Helena Capital), 6-0.

Cons. Round 4 - Gage Clothier (Great Falls High) dec. Wisher (Flathead), 9-6.

Semifinal - Teegan Vasquez (Glacier) p. Colby Reichenbach (Billings West), 0:26.

1st Place Match - Vasquez (Glacier) p. Kip Pumnea (Butte), 1:14.

138

Semifinal - Carter Schmidt (Belgrade) p. Dane Lake (Flathead), 1:50.

Cons. Semi - Jesse Aarness (Billings West) p. Lake (Flathead), 0:58.

5th Place Match - Lake (Flathead) dec. Jace Komac (Great Falls High), 2-1.

145

Semifinal - Avery Allen (Bozeman) p. Logan Stansberry (Flathead), 1:50.

Cons. Semi - Tahj Wells (Browning) dec. Stansberry (Flathead), 4-2.

5th Place Match - Ian Mehrens (Helena) dec. Stansberry (Flathead, 1-0.

152

Semifinal - Cade Troupe (Flathead) dec. Logan Linn (Belgrade), 7-2.

1st Place Match - Justin Windauer (Columbia Falls) dec. Troupe (Flathead), 8-4.

Cons. Round 5 - Kaleb Shine (Glacier) dec. Cooper McGovern (Gallatin), 11-7.

Cons. Semi - Irish Furthmyre (Great Falls High) maj. dec. Kaleb Shine (Glacier), 9-1.

5th Place Match - Logan Linn (Belgrade) won - 1 TB Shine (Glacier), 5-3.

160

Semifinal - Gabe Lake (Flathead) p. Dylan Block (Great Falls High), 3:14.

1st Place Match - Israel Moreno (Missoula Big Sky/Loyola Sacred Heart) p. Lake (Flathead), 1:01.

7th Place Match - Blaise Cronk (Columbia Falls) maj dec. Trey Hansen (Butte) 17-9 (MD 9-1)

170

Semifinal - Anders Thompson (Flathead) p. Canyon Sargent (Mission), 2:47.

1st Place Match - Thompson (Flathead) p. Conner Kovick (Helena Capital), 0:27.

182

Semifinal - Noah Poe-Hatten (Flathead) p. Noah Rausch (Frenchtown), 2:46. Kale VanCampen (Havre) maj. dec. Brandon Role (Columbia Falls), 10-0.

1st Place Match - Poe-Hatten (Flathead) p. VanCampen (Havre), 3:01)

Cons. Semi - Cooper Freitag (Billings West) dec. Role (Columbia Falls), 3-0.

5th Place Match - Jimmy Dees (Powell) p. Role (Columbia Falls), 0:52.

205

Semifinal - Sawyer Troupe (Flathead) p. Chris Grosse (Mead), 1:51.

1st Place Match - Brendan Lockart (Great Falls High) p. Troupe (Flathead), 5:32.

Cons. Round 4 - Aiden Krause (Glacier) p. Ben Rodgers (Belgrade) 15-9 (Fall 2:52)

Cons. Round 5 - Jace DeShazer (Libby) dec. Krause (Glacier), 5-2.

7th Place Match - Krause (Glacier) won by inj. def. over Jett Boyce (Fergus), Inj. 0:00.

3rd Place Match - DeShazer (Libby) p. Solomon Stortz (Billings West), 2:15.