Western takes third place in weight-class at Buzz Lacey Invite
Bigfork high school wrestling is racking up the matches and growing with experience.
The team attended three tournaments last week and now collectively has over 100 matches under their belts. The skills picked up from wrestling so many matches showed last week as the wrestlers continued to win more matches and stay in others longer.
Dalton Western placed third at 170 pounds on Saturday at the Buzz Lucey Invitational in Eureka.
“He had to take two of them to win third, he worked hard,” head coach Josh Feller said.
Western won two matches with pins, one in 2:22 and the other in 1:02.
Daniel Edwards (152), Keaton O’Connor (126) and Castor Conley (113) were all one match away from placing.
Friday night the boys wrestled at the Eureka Mixer where Conley won two matches, and O’Connor, Tate Chenard (145), Edwards and Triston Foster (160) each won one.
Thursday the team travelled to Drummond for the Flint Creet Quad, and while just Conley, Noah Van Queckleberg (160) and Western walked away with wins, Feller said the meet was very good for them.
“Thursday night they wrestled probably the best they had this season,” he said. “They’re getting better every week, and just learning and growing. Getting that live experience is paying off for these guys.
The wrestlers will travel to Ronan Jan. 1-2.
Buzz Lucey Invitation, Saturday in Eureka
113 LCHS pin BHS Castor Conley 1:31
113 BHS Conley dec GHS Billy Barrett 7-4
113 PHS Hedeen pin BHS Conley 1:32
126 PHS Morales pin BHS Keaton O’Connor 1:12
126 BHS O’Connor dec WHS Nesby 10-4
126 BHS O’Connor pin LIB Lehert 0:26
126 FHS Schmeuss pin BHS O’ Connor 1:03
132 FHS Fretwell pin BHS Shade Youso 1:20
132 GHS Eierdam maj. dec. BHS Youso 14-0
145 CFHS Sweeney pin BHS Tate Chenard 1:18
145 NOX Jared Leisz maj. dec BHS Chenard 15-0
152 LCHS L. Garcia dec. BHS Daniel Edwards 10-3
152 BHS Edwards pin WHS Jackson 3:36
152 LCHS Graves pin BHS Edwards 0:36
160 LIB Alex Yeadon pin BHS Triston Foster 2:28
160 LIB Dylan Parish pin BHS Triston Foster 2:18
160 PHS Humphrey pin BHS Noah Van Queckelberg 1:33
160 NOX Sawyer dec. BHS Van Queckelberg 6-2
170 PHS Seeman pin BHS Dalton Western 2:43
170 BHS Western pin FHS Nyman 2:22
170 BHS Western pin CFHS Garate 1:02
Eureka Mixer, Friday
113 BHS Conley pin PHS Daniel Uli 1:47
113 LCHS pin BHS Conley 1:27
113 BHS Conley pin PHS Caldwell 2:59
132 BHS O’Connor pin PHS Stafford 0:37
132 PHS Henning pin BHS O’Connor 1:46
132 AHS TJ Knoll dec. BHS Youso 8-6
132 LCHS Durden TF BHS Youso 2:00
145 BHS Chenard pin NOX Leisz 2:42
145 LCHS Carvey pin Chenard 2:38
152 LCHS Graves pin BHS Edwards 3:12
152 BHS Edwards pin AHS Tyler Potts 1:40
160 BHS Foster dec. BOX Sawyer 13-5
160 NOX Crowe pin BHS Foster 3:03
160 NOX Jensen pin BHS Van Queckelberg 0:15
160 BOX Sawyer dec BHS Van Queckelberg 9-7
170 NOX Crowe dec BHS Western 15-2
170 AHS Alex Bertolt TF BHS Western 2:38
Flint Creet Quad, Thursday in Drummond
113 BHS Conley pin FLO Thorne 2:31
126 FC Deschamps pin BHS O’Connor 3:23
132 FC Sean Provost pin BHS Youso 0:42
145 FC Bergerson pin BHS Chenard 2:21
152 PCHS Cozby pin BHS Levi Common 0:29
152 FLO Cody Edens pin BHS Edwards 3:28
160 FC Jacob Jerrell pin BHS Foster 3:29
160 BHS Van Queckleberg dec PCHS Cooper 5-4
170 BHS Western pin FC Shiloh Rainey 1:46