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Six wrestlers go to state

by Matt Baldwin / Whitefish Pilot
| February 8, 2012 9:32 AM

Whitefish

will send six wrestlers to the Class A state tournament this week

in Billings.

Heavyweight junior Wolf Zinke earned

his ticket to state after making the championship finals at the

divisional tournament on Saturday in Columbia Falls. At state he

will take on the third ranked wrestler from the Southwest.

“Zinke has his eye on placing,”

Whitefish coach Ryan Boyle said. “He’s been there twice, he knows

what’s going on. He’s pretty focused.”

Also earning a trip to Billings are

105-pounder Garrett Rice, 112-pounder Matt Barton, 119-pounder

Trysten Armstrong, 189-pounder Jacob Forrest and 215-pounder Aaron

Vick.

Vick, a freshman, made the consolation

finals in the divisional tournament after tallying two wins.

“He stepped up and said he wanted it

and wrestled really well,” Boyle said. “There’s no reason he can’t

place at state if he wrestles like he did.”

Rice picked up his first win of the

year in the fifth/sixth place match, which got him into the state

tourmament. Both Armstrong and Forrest have previously made trips

to the state tourney.

Boyle said the team showed vast

improvement at the divisional meet compared to last season.

“We did 400 percent better than last

year,” he said. “We didn’t win any matches last year, and this year

we won four. We’re steadily improving.”

The team leaves Thursday for

Billings.

 

Polson 200, Libby 187, Frenchtown

185.5, Columbia Falls 182, Whitefish 33

Championship Finals

98: Shonn Roberts, CF, def. Tyler

Ishler, F, 12-6. 105: Taylor Martin, P, p. Dylan Roby, L, :43. 112:

Glenn Hensley, F, p. Carlos Quinones, P, 5:36. 119: Zach Crace, L,

p. Dylan Moll, P, 3:57. 125: Craig Feistner, P, p. Cody Lemmons, F,

2:24. 130: Mitch Haugen, L, tech. fall Drew Fouty, P, 18-2. 135:

Cody Ishler, F, dec. Adam Richardson, CF, 5-1. 140: Alex Nystrom,

P, p. Garret Chapel, 1:30. 145: Kyle Leir, L, dec. Kohl Thompson,

CF, 6-2. 152: Mike Devlin, P, dec. Joshua Bowers, L, 6-0. 160:

Dylan Berget, L, dec. Jacob Burgess, CF, 12-5. 171: Josh Folsom,

CF, dec. David Anderson, F, 5:29. 189: Gunnar Moe, L, dec. Marcus

Ross, CF, 3-2. 215: Jacob Babcock, CF, def. Jordan Zuraff, FT, 8-4.

285: Josiah Clairmont, P, p. Wolf Zinke, WF, :35

Consolation Finals

98: Alex Helgeson, P, dec. Caleb

Bagness, F, 6-3. 105: Preston Downard, F, maj. dec. Ryan Stenerson,

F, 11-1. 112: Lucas Polk, P, p. Matt Barton, W, :39. 119: Carson

Wabaunsee, F, p. Trysten Armstrong, W, :28. 125: Cody Hader, CF,

maj. dec. Aaron Seefeldt, L, 14-5. 130: Josiah Osborne, p. Roy

Schutter, F, :46. 135: Skylar Anderson, P, dec. Zayne Brunz, CF,

7-5, OT. 140: Bryan Shaffer, CF, def. Chase Ramberg, CF, 6-3. 145:

Travis Provicne, CF, dec. Tel Motichka, P, 8-7. 152: Seth Hagan, F,

tech fall Jared Young, P, 20-3. 160: Sam Gordan, F, won by injury

default. 171: Robin Kyes, L, dec. Austin Bailey, L, 3-2. 189:

Marlin Burke, P, p. Rand Pritzkau, F, 5-4. 215: Zach Dolezal, L, p.

Aaron Vick, W, 1:59. 285: Nathan Bennett, F, def. Wayde Motichka,

CF, 3-1, OT

Fifth/Sixth Place

105: Garrett Rice, W, p. Jordan Hughes,

CF, :31. 130: Steven Walk, P, def Judah Prestegaard, W. 140: Drew

Carruth, P def. Kody Wilson, F. 145: Ricky Roach, L, def. Tucker

Truett, F. 152: Aundre Condit, L, def. Brendan Moseman, CF. 189:

Jacob Forrest, W, received a bye. 215: Spencer Ross, CF, def. Keleb

Auld, P