Braves post 3-0 mark on 1st day of wrestling at Mining City Duals

by The Daily Inter Lake
| December 7, 2018 11:41 PM

BUTTE — Flathead came through with two blow out wins and edged Butte 25-24 on Friday during first-day action at the Mining City Duals wrestling tournament.

Flathead, 8-0 in duals this season, blasted Belgrade 68-4 and hammered Missoula Hellgate 66-12.

Tanner Russell (170) had three pins for Flathead.

Also wrestling three matches for the Braves was Cole Eastwood (103/113). He won twice by pin and prevailed in a wild 15-13 overtime decision versus Butte.

Wrestling action concludes today. The Braves face Billings West at 10 a.m. and tangle with Helena Capital at 12:30 p.m. If Flathead wins both, it advances to the semifinals at 4:30 p.m.

Flathead finished second at this event last year.

“Tomorrow will be a grind,” Flathead coach Jeff Thompson said, “but we are looking forward to it.”

Also competing in the duals are Glacier, Columbia Falls, Polson and Ronan. Results from those schools were not available.

Flathead 68, Belgrade 4

138 — Dominic Battello, F, dec. Brendan Gill, 10-3; 145 — Jaden MacNeil, F, pinned Colter Lindsley, :57; 152 — John Mears, B, maj. dec. Bo Meyer, 11-1; 160 — Zaybin Stewart, F, pinned Colby Rockwell, 1;04; 170 — Tanner Russell, F, pinned Kevin Aiken, :38; 182 — Paxton Boyce, F, pinned Xaden Cunningham, 1:43; 205 — Ross Calhoon, F, won by forfeit; 285 — Sebastian Koch, F, pinned Zayne Konkol, :42; 103 — Cole Eastwood, F, pinned Dyson Kinnaman, 1:11; 113 — Colton Wieczarek, F, won by forfeit; 120 — Brendan Barnes, F, pinned Roy Deguzman, 3:26; 126 — Asher Kemppainen, F, pinned Nate Rowe, 2:00; 132 — Fin Nadeau, F, won by forfeit.

Flathead 25, Butte 24

126 — Kemppainen, F, dec. Scout Allen, 13-7; 132 — Nadeau, F, maj. dec. Anthony Liva, 11-2; 138 — Dale Kent, B, dec. Battello, 5-3; 145 — MacNeil, F, dec. Dylan Averyt, 7-4; 152 — Carl Anderson, B, dec. Meyer, 5-0; 160 — Quinn Sullivan, B, dec. Stewart, 5-3; 170 — Russell, F, pinned Kole McGrath, 1:45; 182 — Kameron Moreno, B, won by forfeit; 205 — Boyce, F, dec. Austin Endy, 13-7; 285 — Kyle Harding, B, dec. Koch, 6-2; 103 — Keagan Gransberg, B, won by forfeit; 113 — Eastwood, F, dec. Christian Sherman, 15-13; 130 — Barnes, F, dec. Will Queer, 5-1.

Flathead 66, Missoula Hellgate 12

126 — Kemppainen, F, won by forfeit; 132 — Nadeau, F, won by forfeit; 138 — Battello, F, pinned Nick Ramsey, 1:11; 145 — Meyer, F, won by forfeit; 152 — Bridger Hall, MH, won by forfeit; 160 — Stewart, F, pinned Ethan Eppard, 1:21; 170 — Russell, F, pinned Jose Lewis, :58; 182 — Boyce, F, won by forfeit; 205 — Calhoon, F, pinned Layne Cooney, :48: 285 — Dakota Friesen, MH, pinned Koch, 1:03; 103 — Eastwood, F, pinned Jordan Tack, 2:20; 113 — Wieczorek, F, pinned Lydia Rosbarsky, :52; 120 — Barnes, F, pinned Jacob Hickman, 1:13.

Browning 42, Whitefish 36

WHITEFISH — Jackson Carson (113) and Noah Cooke (132) both won by pin for Whitefish in a Class A dual loss to Browning. The Bulldogs other 24 points cme off Browning forfeits.

Browning and Whitefish also wrestled Bigfork in non-scoring duals.

Browning vs. Whitefish

103: Nathan Sproul (WHIT) won by forfeit; 113: Jackson Carson (WHIT) pinned JC Larson, 3:32; 120: Dean Kellogg (WHIT) won by forfeit; 126: Jeffrey Mad Man (BROW) pinned Leroy Orel, 1:17; 132: Noah Cooke (WHIT) pinned Bruce Owens, 1:20; 138: Dakota Flannery (WHIT) won by forfeit; 145: Chance Kittson (BROW) pinned Carlitos Bertelsen, 3:17; 152: Lawrence Bird Rattler (BROW) won by forfeit; 160: Robert Bertelsen (WHIT) won by forfeit; 170: Ryan Kipp (BROW) pinned Camren Ross, 4:15; 182: Charlie Bullcalf (BROW) won by forfeit; 205: Ryan Running Crane (BROW) pinned Ashton Akey, 1:19) 285: Wacey Zuback (BROW) pinned Brian Sweeney, :27.

Whitefish vs. Bigfork

126: Jack Akey (WHIT) pinned Vaughn Pendlay, 3:00; 138: Dakota Flannery (WHIT) pinned Eli Tidwell, 1:39;145: Carlitos Bertelsen (WHIT) pinned Sheldon Woll, 1:52; 152: 160: Camren Ross (WHIT) pinned Colton Wroble, :39.

Browning vs. Bigfork

152 — Rittson, Bro, pinned Brevik, 2:47; 126 — Flores, Bro, tech fall Pendlay, 16-0; 138 — Madman, Bro, pinned Tidwell, 3:01; 145 — Woll, Bfk, pinned RunningCrane, ,:38; 170 — Bullcalf, Bro, pinned Wroble, :44; Brevik, Bfk, maj. dec. Bird Rattler, 10-0.