Crosstown Duals: Flathead sweeps

Flathead's Logan Stansberry wrestles Glacier's Mark Ahner at 170 lbs. at Glacier High School on Thursday, Jan. 18. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead's Anders Thompson wrestles Glacier's Noah Horn at 205 lbs. at Glacier High School on Thursday, Jan. 18. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier's Kylie Shine wrestles Flathead's Kiera Lackey at 132 lbs. at Glacier High School on Thursday, Jan. 18. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier's Kaleb Shine wrestles Flathead's Dane Lake at 145 lbs. at Glacier High School on Thursday, Jan. 18. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead's Bella Downing wrestles Glacier's Temree Payne-Taylor at 120 lbs.at Glacier High School on Thursday, Jan. 18. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead's Hunter Arriaga wrestles Glacier's Garrett Bosch at 120 lbs. at Glacier High School on Thursday, Jan. 18. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead's Autumn Thompson wrestles Glacier's Auttem Kostelecky at 132 lbs. at Glacier High School on Thursday, Jan. 18. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead's Diesel Thompson wrestles Glacier's Payton Steward at 126 lbs. at Glacier High School on Thursday, Jan. 18. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead's Aiden Downing wrestles Glacier's Emery Bergstedt at 132 lbs. at Glacier High School on Thursday, Jan. 18. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier's Brooke Yeadon wrestles Flathead's Selah Lackey at 107 lbs. at Glacier High School on Thursday, Jan. 18. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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by JON ALLEN
Staff Writer | January 19, 2024 12:00 AM

The top-ranked Flathead Braves and the always threatening Bravettes each picked up a dual victory on Thursday’s Crosstown at Glacier High School.

Match of the night honors go to Logan Stansberry and Mark Ahner at 170 pounds, with Stansberry picking up the 4-3 decision over the third-ranked Wolfpack grappler.

At the end of the night, the Braves picked up a 63-6 dual victory, while the Bravettes would take the dual 54-18.

“Overall, we wrestled with a lot of intensity and a lot of heart,” Flathead coach Jeff Thompson said. “Putting on a show for the big crowd tonight.”

The split crowd was very vocal, especially during the match at 170, where Thompson and Stansberry would each be issued an unsportsmanlike conduct violation. Thompson’s was for arguing with the official during an injury timeout, and Stansberry for his celebration following the match.

“It’s a new rule, it’s interpreted differently,” said Thompson on Stansberry’s violation. “The ref interprets that any celebration after a match is unsportsmanlike and (Stansberry) was just excited, he beat a ranked kid.”

The night started with the only other decision of the evening with Flathead’s Kellen Downing picking up a 7-3 win over Aiden Sweat of Glacier

The lone victory for the Wolfpack during the boys dual came at 145 from third-ranked Kaleb Shine. He took care of business against second-ranked Dane Lake, winning via fall at :55 seconds.

At 182 and 205, Gunnar and Anders Thompson each picked up a pin in under a minute to finish the dual off for the Braves.

In the girls dual Katelyn Sphuler got the Wolfpack started with a third-round pin against Flathead’s Mykel Lee.

Glacier’s third-ranked Brooke Yeadon quickly followed that up at 107 with a pin in :16 after a Selah Lackey injury.

At 120 Flathead’s second-ranked Bella Downing pinned Temree Payne-Taylor at 1:30 in the first round to pick up the Bravettes first victory of the evening.

In the final non-forfeit match of the evening at 138, Flathead’s Autumn Thompson picked up the win via pin over Glacier’s Auttem Kostelecky. In six non-forfeit matches both Glacier and Flathead won three, all six were decided via pin.

“Both Autumn Thompson bumping up to 138, and Brady Boll at 126 looked great,” said Flathead coach Amber Downing. “Both stuck to good positions and secured the needed pins.”

Flathead boys 63, Glacier 6

103 — Kellen Downing, Flathead, dec. Aiden Sweat, 7-3; 113 — Dayton Naldrett, Flathead, won by forfeit; 120 — Hunter Arriaga, Flathead, p. Garrett Bosch 3:42; 126 — Diesel Thompson, Flathead, technical fall Payton Steward 17-2; 132 — Aiden Downing, Flathead, p. Emery Bergstedt 2:40; 138 — Daniel Evert, Flathead, p. Welcome Chapman 3:39; 145 — Kaleb Shine, Glacier, p. Dane Lake :55; 152 — Lane Chivers, Flathead, p. McKayde Clevenger 3:41; 160 — Colton Kuka, Flathead, p. Shannon Hughes 1:20; 170 — Logan Stansberry, Flathead, dec. Mark Ahner 4-3; 182 — Gunnar Thompson, Flathead, p. Tristan Hall :42; 205 — Anders Thompson, Flathead, p. Noah Horn :55; 285 — Sawyer Troupe, Flathead, wins by forfeit.

Flathead girls 54, Glacier 18

100 — Katelyn Sphuler, Glacier, p. Mykel Lee 5:05; 107 — Brook Yeadon, Glacier, p. Selah Lackey :16; 114 — Adi Siegel, Flathead, wins by forfeit; 120 — Bella Downing, Flathead, p. Temree Payne-Taylor 1:30; 126 — Brady Boll, Flathead, p. Mikaela Julius 1:46; 132 — Kylie Shine, Glacier, p Kiera Lackey 3:46; 138 — Autumn Thompson, Flathead, p. Autumn Kostelecky 1:40; 145 — Haley Wilson, Flathead, wins by forfeit; 152 — Kaydence Edwards, Flathead, wins by forfeit; 165 — Bridget Smith, Flathead, wins by forfeit; 185 — Reese Conley, Flathead, wins by forfeit; 235 — Lucy Libby, Flathead, wins by forfeit.