Whitefish sends seven to Butte
Seven Bulldog grapplers have earned a
trip to the Class A state wrestling tournament this weekend — the
most Whitefish has sent in a number of years.
Kaleb Mohn, Kyle Tracy, Tristan
Armstrong, Zech Derks, Marcelo Theodoro, Jacob Forrest and Wolf
Zinke all punched their tickets to Butte with solid performances at
the divisional tourney last week.
Whitefish coach Ryan Boyle says he has
realistic goals for the young team as they take the mat against the
top grapplers in Montana.
“The goal is to go down there and win
some matches,” Boyle said. “This is the first state tournament for
all of the guys except Wolf, but I know we can get some wins. I
think we can get two guys to place if they wrestle to their
potential.”
Each of Whitefish’s wrestlers will
start the tourney against No. 1 seeds — an advantage, Boyle
suggests.
“The No. 1 guys are looking past us,”
he said, “so that’s the best time to get an upset.”
The coach commended Theodoro’s
performance at the divisional meet, noting that the senior exchange
student wrestled as hard as he has all year.
Boyle said Auston Bergeson and Robby
Neff both put up good fights but fell in the final 10 seconds of
the third round to miss a chance at state.
“They couldn’t quite pull it out,”
Boyle said. “They wrestled hard and went after it.”
The team finished the regular season
with 18 wrestlers still on the roster, marking a positive sign for
the team’s future.
Third place rounds at Northwest A
divisional
98 - Harland Jordan, CF, pinned Kaleb
Mohn, W, :56; 105 - Taylor Martin, P, pinned Caleb Baumann, CF,
1:49; 112 - Seth McCall, CF, pinned Kyle Tracy, W, 1:27; 119 - Drew
Fouty, P, pinned Aaron Seefeldt, L, :43; 125 - Jesse Alfiero, P,
pinned Josiah Osborne, CF, 4:08; 130 - Jose Quinone, P, dec. Devin
Williams, 5-4; 135 - Alex Nystrom, P, pinned Carston Baertsch, R,
4:34; 140 - Skylar Anderson, P, dec. Aundre Condit, 4-1; 145 -
Jason Williams, CF, dec. Jared Young, 1-0; 152 - Colton Lenz, P,
pinned Ricky Roach, L, 4:48; 160 - Jacob Burgess, CF, pinned Justin
O’Brien, 1:29; 171 - Josh Folsom, CF, pinned Marcelo Theodoro, W,
4:24; 189 - Marlin Burke, P, dec. Logan Neubauer, L, 5-4 (ot); 215
- Jacob Babcock, CF, pinned Jacob Forest; Hwt - Wolf Zinke, W.
Seven Bulldog grapplers have earned a
trip to the Class A state wrestling tournament this weekend — the
most Whitefish has sent in a number of years.
Kaleb Mohn, Kyle Tracy, Tristan
Armstrong, Zech Derks, Marcelo Theodoro, Jacob Forrest and Wolf
Zinke all punched their tickets to Butte with solid performances at
the divisional tourney last week.
Whitefish coach Ryan Boyle says he has
realistic goals for the young team as they take the mat against the
top grapplers in Montana.
“The goal is to go down there and win
some matches,” Boyle said. “This is the first state tournament for
all of the guys except Wolf, but I know we can get some wins. I
think we can get two guys to place if they wrestle to their
potential.”
Each of Whitefish’s wrestlers will
start the tourney against No. 1 seeds — an advantage, Boyle
suggests.
“The No. 1 guys are looking past us,”
he said, “so that’s the best time to get an upset.”
The coach commended Theodoro’s
performance at the divisional meet, noting that the senior exchange
student wrestled as hard as he has all year.
Boyle said Auston Bergeson and Robby
Neff both put up good fights but fell in the final 10 seconds of
the third round to miss a chance at state.
“They couldn’t quite pull it out,”
Boyle said. “They wrestled hard and went after it.”
The team finished the regular season
with 18 wrestlers still on the roster, marking a positive sign for
the team’s future.
Third place rounds at Northwest A
divisional
98 - Harland Jordan, CF, pinned Kaleb
Mohn, W, :56; 105 - Taylor Martin, P, pinned Caleb Baumann, CF,
1:49; 112 - Seth McCall, CF, pinned Kyle Tracy, W, 1:27; 119 - Drew
Fouty, P, pinned Aaron Seefeldt, L, :43; 125 - Jesse Alfiero, P,
pinned Josiah Osborne, CF, 4:08; 130 - Jose Quinone, P, dec. Devin
Williams, 5-4; 135 - Alex Nystrom, P, pinned Carston Baertsch, R,
4:34; 140 - Skylar Anderson, P, dec. Aundre Condit, 4-1; 145 -
Jason Williams, CF, dec. Jared Young, 1-0; 152 - Colton Lenz, P,
pinned Ricky Roach, L, 4:48; 160 - Jacob Burgess, CF, pinned Justin
O’Brien, 1:29; 171 - Josh Folsom, CF, pinned Marcelo Theodoro, W,
4:24; 189 - Marlin Burke, P, dec. Logan Neubauer, L, 5-4 (ot); 215
- Jacob Babcock, CF, pinned Jacob Forest; Hwt - Wolf Zinke, W.