Flathead Sweeps
Glacier's Nikola Coles and Flathead's Lane Chivers battle at 165 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead's Julia Kay scoops up Glacier's Ella Labrum at 125 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead's Dane Lake and Glacier's Sylas Chapman tie up at 157 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier's Katelyn Sphuler pins Flathead's Ella Counts at 100 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead's Aiden Downing pins Glacier's Jaden Beston at 144 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead's Kiera Lackey pins Glacier's Kortni Speed at 135 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier's Jerin Coles wrestles Flathead's Brett Chivers at 150 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier's Aiden Sweat wrestles Flathead's Dayton Naldrett at 110 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead's Bella Downing won by pin over Glacier's Mikaela Julius at 115 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier's Mark Ahner and Flathead's Kohen Rilley tie up at 190 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead's Kohen Rilley wrestles Glacier's Mark Ahner at 190 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead's Dane Lake works toward a pin of Glacier's Sylas Chapman at 157 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier's Aiden Sweat wrestles Flathead's Dayton Naldrett at 110 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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A double dose of Coles-Chivers battles highlighted Crosstown wrestling Thursday.
While Glacier’s Coles brothers came out on top in their battles, Flathead got the last laugh as the Braves Brawlers won their 83rd consecutive dual — extending the second longest streak in state history — 57-21 over their crosstown rivals at Flathead High School.
“Really happy for our seniors to go out on a high note like that,” Flathead coach Jeff Thompson said. “I feel like we wrestled really well, they had a couple hammers there with the Coles, but I feel like we did our best. Sometimes you need to lose to know what you need to work on to get better, and I know those guys will do that.”
Flathead started hot with Hunter Arriaga (132 pounds), Daniel Evert (138) and Aiden Downing earning pins — Downing’s in just 14 seconds — and paired that with a forfeit at 126 for a 24-0 lead.
“The JV boys really got the momentum going for our varsity boys,” Thompson said. “When you start out the dual with a 59-0 JV score. ... Our varsity boys were so fired up and confident. Super proud of our JVs. They will come in handy at State where we can qualify two wrestlers at every weight.”
The Wolfpack got on the board as Jerin Coles picked up a first-round pin over Brett Chivers at 144.
Two matches later Jerin’s brother, top-ranked Niko Coles, squared off with Brett’s brother Lane Chivers at 165. Coles once again got the edge using a late takedown and near-fall to get an 11-1 major decision for the No. 3-ranked wrestler in AA.
“Jerin is just wrestling at another level right now,” Glacier coach Ross Dankers said. “He is blowing out people, it’s fun to watch. And Niko, if he can open them up as the match goes on, he extends his lead a bit.”
The Braves got a big boost at 190 where Kohen Rilley pinned No. 4-ranked Mark Ahner in the second round to put Flathead up 39-10.
“We bumped up a couple kids, we have a couple kids bunched up at 165,” Dankers said. “It makes it a little tough when you’ve got two tough kids going at it and we are a bit undersized. I think that kind of hurt us a bit.”
Glacier finished the night with Noah Horn pinning Blane Olsen at 285; then No. 2 ranked Aidan Sweat earning a technical fall over Dayton Naldrett at 110.
“That’s a match that he (Sweat) was hoping to get against Naldrett and he dominated,” Dankers said.
For the girls, Flathead used pins from top-ranked wrestlers Bella Downing and Julia Kay to grab a 66-12 victory.
“On Tuesday, we weren’t quite prepared,” Bravettes coach Amber Downing said. “So that has been our focus the past two days, our mindset. They showed up tonight and I am very proud of them.”
Downing started things strong for the Bravettes with a pin just 52 seconds into the first match over Mikaela Julius.
Kay followed that up two matches later, pinning Glacier’s Ella Labrum with two seconds left in the first period.
Brynn Mailman and Kiera Lackey also earned pins for Flathead.
Katelyn Sphuler nabbed the first win for the Glacier girls, pinning Flathead’s Ella Counts at 100 pounds. Brooke Yeadon got the other via forfeit at 110.
“The girls didn’t match up that great,” Dankers said. “It would have been nice to get Brooke a match.”
Flathead boys 57, Glacier 21
110 — Aidan Sweat, Glacier tech. Dayton Naldrett 17-0. 132 — Hunter Arriaga, Flathead p. Wyatt Jensen 1:39. 138 — Daniel Evert, Flathead p. Dillon Sams 1:06. 144 — Aiden Downing, Flathead p. Jaden Beston :14. 150 — Jerin Coles, Glacier p. Brett Chivers 1:37. 157 — Dane Lake, Flathead p. Sylas Chapman 1:26. 165 — Niko Coles, Glacier maj.dec. Lane Chivers 11-1. 175 — Cliff Nance, Flathead dec. Matthew Ahner 7-0. 190 — Kohen Rilley, Flathead p. Mark Ahner 3:42. 215 — Conor LeDuc, Flathead p. Chase Chaffin 1:27. 285 — Noah Horn, Glacier p. Blane Olsen 3:17. Flathead won at 103, 118, 126 via forfeit.
Flathead girls 66, Glacier 12
100 — Katelyn Sphuler, Glacier p. Ella Counts :46. 115 — Bella Downing, Flathead p. Mikaela Julius :52. 125 — Julia Kay, Flathead p. Ella Labrum 1:58. 130 — Brynn Mailman, Flathead p. Auttem Kostelecky 1:29. 135 — Kiera Lackey, Flathead p. Kortni Speed :39. Flathead won at 105,120, 140, 145, 155, 170 and 190 via forfeit. Glacier won at 110 via forfeit. 235 was a double forfeit.
Flathead's Julia Kay scoops up Glacier's Ella Labrum at 125 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Flathead's Dane Lake and Glacier's Sylas Chapman tie up at 157 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Glacier's Katelyn Sphuler pins Flathead's Ella Counts at 100 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Flathead's Aiden Downing pins Glacier's Jaden Beston at 144 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Flathead's Kiera Lackey pins Glacier's Kortni Speed at 135 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Glacier's Jerin Coles wrestles Flathead's Brett Chivers at 150 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Glacier's Aiden Sweat wrestles Flathead's Dayton Naldrett at 110 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Flathead's Bella Downing won by pin over Glacier's Mikaela Julius at 115 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Glacier's Mark Ahner and Flathead's Kohen Rilley tie up at 190 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Flathead's Kohen Rilley wrestles Glacier's Mark Ahner at 190 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Flathead's Dane Lake works toward a pin of Glacier's Sylas Chapman at 157 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider