Wrestling Flathead humbles Hellgate; Libby tips Bonners Ferry
MISSOULA — Flathead tuned up for this weekend’s Mining City Duals in Butte by humbling Missoula Hellgate 71-3 in a Western AA Conference wrestling dual on Thursday evening at Missoula Hellgate.
“The team went out to score and stayed on the offensive,” Flathead coach Jeff Thompson said of his team’s dominating performance. “We stuck to our game plan.”
The match started at 138 with Hellgate pulling out a 3-1 decision. Flathead, however, won the next 12.
“Kenyon Fretwell had the throw of the night — a beautiful hip toss,” Thompson said.
Flathead’s AJ Ekanger, wrestling at 132, picked up his first varsity win.
Wrestling in Butte begins today at 10 a.m. and continues through Saturday.
138 — Bridger Hall, HG, dec. Bo Meyer, 3-1. 145 — Tanner Russell, F, won by forfeit; 152 — Kenyon Fretwell, F, pinned Kellen Maart, 1:05. 160 — Garret Rieke, F, pinned Jase Lewis, :43. 170 — Colby Martin, F, tech fall Abraxas Brydon, 16-1. 182 — Tucker Nadeau, F, pinned Stuart Butler, 1:04. 205 — Hunter Welcome, F, pinned Luke Wilson, 3:12. 285 — Alex Paull, F, pinned Drekin Kelley, :59. 103 — Brenden Barns, F, pinned Jordan Tack, :45. 113 — Bryce Shaffer, F, pinned Nick Ramsey, 1:49. 120 — Dominik Battello, F, pinned Finnegan McKinney , :33. 126 — CJ Morris, F, won by forfeit; 132 — AJ Ekanger, F, pinned Conner May, 5:21.
Big Sky/Loyola 42,
Glacier 27
MISSOULA — Glacier picked up points in five weight classes in a Western AA Conference dual loss to Missoula Big Sky/Loyola.
Cody Frost, 103, and Tre Krause, 285, both won by forfeit for Glacier.
Tristan Little, 120, and James Roberts, 205, both won by pins for the Wolfpack while Wesley Palmer, 182, posted a decision.
Glacier heads for Butte and the Mining City Duals today and Saturday.
103 — Cody Frost, Gla, won by forfeit; 113 — Trevin Weizlen, BSL, pinned Kael Willis, no time listed; 120 — Tristan Little, Gla, pinned Chris Dill, 2:00; 126 — Isaac Skillicorn, BSL, pinned Lane Wilson, 4:00; 132 — Dayton Evans, BSL, pinned Caden Willis, 4:00; 138 — Dougie Swanson, BSL, pinned Dray Wieting, no time listed; 145 — Kyle Gordon, BSL, pinned Adam Hussein, no time listed; 152 — Kyle May, BSL, dec. Andrew Glynn, 6-5; 160 — Stormee Kipp, BSL, dec. Caden Gilmond, 12-8; 170 — Zane Holland, BSL, won by forfeit; 182 — Wesley Palmer, Gla, dec. (no first name) Robinson. 9-7; 205 — James Roberts, Gla, pinned Kendahl Odell, 4:00; 285 — Tre Krause, Gla, won by forfeit.
Libby/Troy 41,
Bonners Ferry 34
BONNERS FERRY, Idaho — Buddy Doolin (113), Laine Young (152), Tim Carvey (160) and Cyrus Sweedman (220) all won by pin to power Libby in a nonconference dual victory over Bonners Ferry.
Libby prevailed in nine of the 15 matches.
98 — Austin Madden, BF, won by forfeit; 106 — Evan Barajas, BF, won by forfeit; 113 — Buddy Doolin, LT, pinned Chance Madden, :43; 120 — Xander Spady, LT, tech. fall Spencer Eby, 18-3; 126 — Mason Sams, LT, dec. Ben Tadlock, 11-8; 132 — Cody Crace, LT, dec. Chad Maas 5-4; 138 — Trey Thompson, LT, dec. Mason Eby, 7-0; 145 — Jeffery Offenbecher, LT, dec. Nikolous Bertling, 8-3; 152: — Laine Young, LT, pinned Nathaniel Varelman, 2:14; 160 — Tim Carvey, LT, pinned Jessie Bradley, 1:21; 170 — Jesse Sandelin, BF, maj. dec. Tanner Wood, 14-1; 182: Donovan Varelman, BF, pinned Daniel Farias Ambriz, 3:13; 195 — Gabe See, BF, pinned Gabe Van Orden, 3:01; 220 — Cyrus Sweedman, LT, pinned Shayne Walker, 1:10; 285: Larry Hoehne, BF, won by forfeit.