Wrestlers take second at Buzz Lucey
Whitefish wrestlers continued to show good form against tough competition last weekend at the Buzz Lucey Invite in Eureka. The Bulldogs took second place with 145 points, behind only the 215 points from Columbia Falls. Libby took third with 131.5 points.
Freshman 98-pounder James Buckley picked up a championship win when he pinned Polson’s Thunder Morales in 1:31. Morales had pinned Buckely earlier this season.
“We’re really seeing some great improvement from James,” Whitefish coach Ryan Boyle said.
Judah Prestegaard took second place in the 145-pound class, while 171-pounder Kyle Bowerman also took second.
140-pounder Matt Sampson took third when he pinned Noxon’s Luke Crowe at 3:57.
Also making the consolation round were heavyweight Steven Quimby, 160-pounder Konrad Zinke, 119-pounder Skyler Bowerman, 105-pounder Dillon Thorsteinson and 98-pounder Colter Krass.
As a whole the team is wrestling like they know they can win, Boyle said.
“We’ve pushed them hard in practice and they’re starting to see correlation between hard work in the wrestling room and what happens on Saturday,” Boyle said. “It’s wonderful to see them believe in themselves.”
Whitefish faced Polson in a conference dual on Tuesday and travels to Libby on Thursday.
Championship
98 — James Buckley, Whi, pinned Thunder Morales, Pol, 1:31; 105 — Ty Height, Lib, dec. Cody Hedeen, Pol, 17-15; 112 — Shonn Roberts, CF, maj. dec. over Garrett White, Eur, 15-3; 119 — Zach Durden, Eur, maj. dec. Haze Bell, CF, 15-4; 125 — Russell Kujala, Pla, dec. Levi Lambertson, Eur, 7-2; 130 — Josiah Osborne, CF, pinned Daniel Dunlop, Arl, 2:48; 135 — Sklyar Higareda, Lib, pinned Tanner Fletcher, Fla, 1:51; 140 — Arik Lybeck, Gla, pinned Jon LeGassey, Fla, 1:59; 145 — Chase Ramberg, CF, pinned Judah Prestegaard, Whi, 3:10; 152 — Tanner Stupack, Gla, dec. Garret Chapel, Lib, 9-6; 160 — Albert Plant, Arl, maj. dec. Tel Motichka, Pol, 11-2; 171 — David Wilson, Eur, pinned Kyle Bowerman, Whi, 1:59; 189 — Aaron Vick, CF, dec. Mikey Denison, CF, 7-1; 215 — Matt Erhart, CF, dec. Zack Dolezal, Lib, 7-5; Hwt — Ben Gorham, Pla, pinned Spencer Ross, CF, 1:24.
Third/Fourth
98 —Jordan Hughes, CF, tech. fall Colter Krass, Whi, 17-0; 105 — Austin Cheney, Gla, dec. Dillon Thorsteinson, Whi, 11-10; 112 — Josh Schmidt, Eur, def. Overmen, Nox, no score listed; 119 — Ryan Pluid, Eur, pinned Skyler Bowerman, Whi, 1:16; 125 — Seth McCall, CF, dec. Dalton Nelson, CF, 4-2; 130 — Logan Goodwin, Pla, dec. Michael Ayala, Lib, 9-4; 135 — Nikko Bakkila, Eur, dec. Colton Gove, CF, 5-3; 140 — Matt Sampson, Whi, pinned Luke Crowe, Nox, 3:57; 145 — Jared Young, Pol, dec. Jake Barstow, Gla, 3-2; 152 — Drew Carruth, Pol, dec. Ike Schweikert, CF, 5-1; 160 — Issac Saenz, Gla, dec. Konrad Zinke, Whi, 5-3; 171 — Cameron Peterson, CF, dec. Tel Seemann, Pol, 5-3; 189 — Colby Arbuckle, Gla, pinned Jacob Ferkin, Gla, 1:59; 215 — Caleb Connolly, Pla, dec. Riley Leigh, Fla, 8-3; Hwt — Logan Potts, Arl, pinned Steven Quimby, Whi, 2:15.