Eureka B/C mat champs, has 7 individual winners

by The Daily Inter Lake
| February 4, 2017 11:07 PM

ARLEE — Make that three in a row for Eureka’s wrestlers.

The Lions dominated the one-day Western B/C divisional on Saturday by rolling up a team total of 232 points and had seven individual champions — Kahden Bakkila (120), Jonathan Schmidt (138), James Dunn (145), Cannan Smith (152), Garrett Graves (182), Joe Fehr (205) and Kaelen Yanak (285) — to win its third straight team title at this event.

Graves, Fehr and Yanak all won by pins in the final.

Eureka’s Hank Dunn (126) was second.

The top four finishers in all weight classes advance to state, which begins Friday in Billings.

Eureka had four individual divisional winners last year in Bakkila, Schmidt, Graves and Fehr.

Ronan, 140 1/2, was second with Libby, 118 1/2, third.

Ronan had two champions — Hunter Peterson (126) and Noah Cheff (132).

Spencer Stagg (113), Owen Brown (120) and Sam Mocabee (285) were second.

Libby had one individual champion — Buddy Doolin (103) — and three runners-up — Reed Christensen (132), Laine Young (138) and Clancy Gout (205).

Bigfork’s top finisher was Matt Farrier (170), who was second.

Bigfork, 62 points, was seventh in the team standings.

Western B-C Divisional

Saturday At Arlee

Top four individuals in each weight class advance to state

Team Totals

1, Eureka 232; 2, Ronan 140.5; 3, Libby 118.5; 4, Plains-Hot Springs 108.5; 5, Thompson Falls 90; 6, Mission-Charlo 78; 7, Bigfork 62; 8, Clark Fork 38; 9, Florence 29; 10, Arlee 5.

Individuals

103 pounds

Semifinals — Buddy Doolin, Lib, pin Zane Walchuk, Ron, 3:47; Robert Dempsey, M-C, dec. Caden Rhine, Ron, 10-6..

Finals — Doolin, Lib, pin Dempsey, M-C, 1:42.

Third place — Walchuk, Ron, dec. Rhine, Ron, 5-0.

Fifth place — Walker Murphy, M-C, pin Austin Warren, Eur, :59.

113 pounds

Semifinals — Kaleb Frank, TF, pin Nathan Schmidt, Eur, 1:41; Spencer Stagg, Ron, dec. Dillon Yeadon, Lib, 8-3.

Finals — Frank, TF, dec. Stagg, Ron, 2-0.

Third place — Schmidt, Eur, pin Yeadon, Lib, 4:29.

Fifth place — Mason Sams, Lib, maj. dec. Terrence Caldwell, P-HS, 14-4

120 pounds

Semifinals — Kahden Bakkila, Eur, dec. Bailey Wieble, M-C, 8-2; Owen Brown, Ron, dec. Daniel Uli, P-HS, 5-4.

Finals — Bakkila, Eur, dec. Brown, Ron, 9-5.

Third place — Uli, P-HS, pin Wieble, M-C, 2:15.

Fifth place — Tyler VanTassel, CF, pin Aaron Edens, Flo, :39.

126 pounds

Semifinals — Hunter Peterson, Ron, pin Josiah Vanderwall, P-HS, 1:25; Hank Dunn, Eur, maj. dec. Tyrell Holman, BF, 12-3.

Finals — Peterson, Ron, dec. Dunn, Eur, 7-2.

Third place — Vanderwall, P-HS, dec. Holman, BF, 11-9 (OT); Trey Thompson, Lib, dec. Eric Dolence, Ron, 6-0.

Fifth place — Trey Thompson, Lib, dec. Eric Dolence, Ron, 6-0.

132 pounds

Semifinals — Noah Cheff, Ron, pin Kaleb Ververis, CF, 1:29; Reed Christensen, Lib, dec. Castor Conley, BF, 7-4.

Finals — Cheff, Ron, pin Christensen, Lib, :45.

Third place — Conley, BF, dec. Ververis, CF, 5-2.

Fifth place — Darwin Adams, CF, tech fall Kyler Francis, CF, 17-1 (3:00).

138 pounds

Semifinals — Jonathan Schmidt, Eur, pin Austin Stafford, P-HS, 1:32; Laine Young, Lib, pin Sam Ostwald, TF, 5:15.

Finals — Schmidt, Eur, maj. dec. Young, Lib, 12-1.

Third place — Stafford, P-HS, pin Ostwald, TF, 2:15.

Fifth place — Jethro Thorne, Flor, pin Kane McAllister, Ron, :50.

145 pounds

Semifinals — James Dunn, Eur, dec. Kyler Pancake, Flo, 3-1; Luke Lile, P-HS, dec. Kyler Alm, Flo, 3-2.

Finals — Dunn, Eur, dec. Lile, P-HS, 6-2.

Third place — Pancake, Flo, def. Alm, Flo, by forfeit.

Fifth place — Tucker McLees, CF, pin Troy Mitchell, M-C, :32.

152 pounds

Semifinals — James Detienne, P-HS, pin Tim Carvey, Lib, :59; Cannan Smith, Eur, dec. Cody Garrison, TF, 6-0.

Finals — Smith, Eur, dec. Detienne, P-HS, 8-4.

Third place — Garrison, TF, pin Carvey, Lib, 2:03.

Fifth place — Happy Cheff, Ron, pin Jack Mitchell, CF, 3:47.

160 pounds

Semifinals — Kane Lawson, P-HS, maj. dec. Tyler Houle, Ron, 14-3; Trent Dennison, M-C, dec. Levi Garcia, Eur, 6-4 (OT).

Finals — Dennison, M-C, dec. Lawson, P-HS, 4-2.

Third place — Houle, Ron, dec. Garcia, Eur, 4-3.

Fifth place — TJ Knoll, Arl, dec. Matt Holman, BF, 2-0.

170 pounds

Semifinals — Matt Farrier, BF, dec. Colby Hammack, Eur, 5-2; Jase Sorenson, TF, dec. Spencer Jones, Flo, 10-4.

Finals — Sorenson, TF, dec. Farrier, BF, 5-2.

Third place — Hammack, Eur, dec. Dylan Parrish, 3-2 (OT).

Fifth place — Jones, def. George Shick, Arl, by forfeit.

182 pounds

Semifinals — Garrett Graves, Eur, def. Cyrus Sweedman, Lib, 1:44; Gus Bosley, M-C, dec. Austyn Sherwood, Eur, 12-5.

Finals — Graves, Eur, pin Bosley, M-C, 2:49.

Third place — Sherwood, Eur, dec. Steven Weyant, Ron, 5-2.

Fifth place — Sweedman, Lib, dec. Justin Mays, Ron, 7-5 (OT).

205 pounds

Semifinals — Joe Fehr, Eur, pin Logan Kaminsky, BF, :37; Clancy Gout, Lib, pin Austin Cooper, TF, 1:07.

Finals — Fehr, Eur, pin Gout, Lib, 1:05.

Third place — Kaminsky, BF, pin Cooper, TF, 4:53.

Fifth place — Wesley Pablo, Ron, pin Trevor Linkey, CF, 2:11.

285 pounds

Semifinals — Kaelan Yanak, Eur, pin Seth Alarcon, TF, :40; Sam Mocabee, Ron, maj. dec. Sam Johnson, Eur, 10-0.

Finals — Yanak, Eur, pin Mocabee, Ron, 1:02.

Third place — Johnson, Eur, pin Chris Anderson, M-C, 4-1.

Fifth place — Alarcon, TF, dec. Ethan Christopher, Ron, 8-5