Wrestlers start into postseason

Local wrestling teams finished up their regular season this past week and are preparing for the divisional tournaments this week. For Mission/Charlo, Arlee, and Ronan, that tournament will take place in Florence. As of last week, the Ronan team was ranked in the top ten throughout BC teams. Jared Neiss goes into the divisional tournament ranked number one in the state in the 145 weight class and should be well rested after sitting this past week out with an injury. Hunter Peterson is also ranked at state for the Chiefs.

Arlee has two wrestlers entering the postseason who are ranked at state. Alex Bertollt is ranked third in the 182 weight class and TJ Knoll is ranked fifth in the 145 weight class.

Mission/Charlo has future Dickinson wrestler Ethan Goss-Dickie ranked at state in the heavyweight class.

Polson will be entering 15 wrestlers at the Class A divisional tournament in Whitefish this weekend. Southwest and Northwest are combining this year to have a nine team tournament. The top eight in each class will move on to the state tournament in Billings next weekend. The Pirates are ranked second as a team in Class A, and have multiple athletes ranked individually. RJ Pierre (35-6) is the top ranked wrestler in the 103 weight class, Bridger Wenzel (35-10) is ranked second in the 120 weight class, Cameron Brown (23-7) is ranked third in the 132 weight class, Jaben Wenzel (27-16) is fourth in the 138, Parker Adler (23-12) is ranked third in the 145 weight class, Colton Cote (33-12) is second in the state for the 152 weight class, and Mike Corrigan (33-8) is ranked second in the 205 weight class. In an email, coach Bob Owen said, “Our team has had a terrific season, and we are well prepared for the Divisional. It will be crucial to finish individually in the top three as the State Tournament will be seeded by our finish in the Divisional.” Other wrestlers competing in Whitefish include Mateo Quinones (103, 30-15), Thunder Morales (126, 23-14), Jarod Farrier (132, 10-12), John Moore (138, 4-9), Koby Garcia (160, 13-21), Noah Humphrey (182, 19-24), Ryan Burland (205, 9-8), Nick Marquardt (Hwt, 17-17).

Here are results from the teams’ meets this past week. Final results were not available by press time from Ronan’s meet on Friday night:

Arlee

Friday

Teams: Flathead JV (F), Thompson Falls (TF) and Arlee (A)

103 Dominic Battelllo F pin Corey Lantz TF 2:32 113 Tristian Little F pin Brendan Ryan A 3:51 120 Kaleb Frank TF dec.7-0 Bo Meyer F 126 Payton Irvine TF pin Braden Comer FH 3:09 132 Cody Garrison TF pin. James Crazyboy A 3:40 138 Finn Sullivan F pin Tristan Foutain TF 1:32 145 TJ Knoll A pin Jared Leisz TF 2:45 145 Payton Hume F pin Sam Ostwald TF 0:39 145 Wesly Palmer F pin Luke Fuhrman TF 1:52 152 Jase Sorenson TF pin Leondre Bolen A 3:31 160 Dechlan Sparrow F pin Tyler Potts A 4:56 160 Kyle Milner TF pin George Shick A 2:52 170 Dylan Kruetzer TF pin Ashley Potts A 1:30 170 Hunter Wellcome F pin Austin Cooper TF 1:23 182 Alex Bertollt A pin Alex Paull F 2:48 285 Brendan Melland TF pin Daylon Duren F 1:28 113 Dominica Battello F pin Brendan Ryan A 0:36 113 Kaleb Frank TF Dec. 15-9 Cody Moats F 126 Payton Irvine TF pin Hunter Reichert F 3:48 132 Miles Terry F dec.17-5 James Crazyboy A 138 Sam Ostwald TF dec.9-2 TJ Knoll A 138 Dallas Moore F pin Tristian Fountain TF 0:38 145 Wesly Palmer F pin Jared Leisz TF 3:53 170 Dechlan Sparrow F dec. 13-1 Sean Carroll TF 170 Hunter Wellcome F pin Dylan Kruetzer TF 1:00 160 Austin Cooper TF pin Tyler Potts A 1:05 182 Alex Bertollt A pin Dan Long F 1:42 113 Brendan Ryan A pin Cory Lantz TF 0:59 145 TJ Knoll A pin Luke Fuhrman TF 1:41 152 Leondre Bolen A pin Wesley Palmer F 1:22 170 Sean Carroll TF pin Ashley Potts A 0:35 132 Cody Garrison TF dec. 6-5 Miles Terry F 160 George Shick A pin Dylan Kruetzer TF 0:40

Thompson Falls Quad

Teams competing: Thompson Falls, Mission-Charlo, Ronan and Superior.

Round 1

113 -- Gavin Martin, Ron, p. Corey Lantz, TF, 1:10; Kaleb Frank, TF, p. Tyler Vantassel, S, :59. 120 -- Cole Gilleard, MC, maj. dec. Kane McAllister, Ron, 16-7; Bailey Weible, MC, p. Jack Mitchell, S, 1:56. 126 -- Blaine Parkin, S, p. Peyton Irvine, TF, 2:09. 132 -- Cody Garrison, TF, dec. Seth Cheff, Ron, 5-2; Kaleb Ververis, S, p. Ashtin Courville, Ron, 3:27. 138 -- Tucker Mclees, S, p. Tristian Fountain, TF, 1:50. 145 -- Ryan Cahalin, S, p. Luke Fuhrman, TF, 3:54. 152 -- Jase Sorenson, TF, p. Brendon Blood, Ron, :52; Trent Dennison, MC, p. Justin Mays, R, 5:02. 160 -- Bridger LaPierre, S, maj. dec. Jesse Herrera, Ron, 18-6. 170 -- Kyle Milner, TF, p. Steven Michael, Ron, 3:59. 182 -- Gus Bosley, MC, p. Sean Carroll, TF, :35. 205 -- Gray Cook, Ron, p. Chris Anderson, MC, 1:51; Ethan Christopher, Ron, p. Evan Hall, S, :17. 285 -- Ryan Littleboy, Ron, p. Bredan Melland, TF, 1:59.

Round 2

113 -- Vantassel, S, p. Lantz, TF, :40; Frank, TF, p. Martin, Ron, 2:45. 120 -- Mitchell, S, dec. McAllister, Ron, 12-9. 132 -- Garrison, TF, p. Ververis, 1:15. 138 -- Sam Oswald, TF, p. Mclees, S, 3:20. 145 -- Mitchell, MC, p. Fuhrman, 1:35. 152 -- Sorenson, TF, dec. Dennison, 8-4; 160 -- Isreal Umphrey, MC, dec. Herrera, Ron, 7-4; 170 -- Michael, Ron, p. Austin Cooper, 1:35. 182 -- Carroll, TF, p. Persephanie Sandoval, Ron, 1:16. 205 -- Cook, Ron, p. Hall, S, 1:32; Christopher, Ron, p. Anderson, MC, 2:56. 285 -- Ethan Goss-Dickie, MC, p. Melland, TF, 3:05.

Round 3

152 -- Sorenson, TF, p. Justin Mays, Ron, 2:20.

Whitefish

Polson 62, Whitefish 12

103—Rene Pierre, P, won by forfeit. 113—Mateo Quinones, P, tech fall Taisuke Matsuo, 20-5, 4:55. 120—Bridger Wenzel, P, p. Eli Taylor, 0:43. 126—Thunder Morales, P, won by forfeit. 132—Cameron Brown, P, p. Robert Bertelsen, 3:11. 138—Jaben Wenzel, P, dec. James Buckley, 6-3. 145—Parker Adler, P, p. Brooks Krause, 0:39. 152—Colton Cote, P, won by forfeit. 160—Koby Garcia, P, won by forfeit. 170—Jasper Drake, P, won by forfeit. 182—Konrad Zinke, W, p. Noah Humphrey, 2:00. 205—Ryan Burland, P, won by forfeit. 285—Steven Quimby, W, p. Nick Marquardt, 1:31.

CLASS B-C

B teams – 1. Colstrip, 9. Ronan

103 – 8. Hunter Peterson, Ronan

145 – 1. Jared Neiss, Ronan; 5. TJ Knoll, Arlee

182 – 3. Alex Bertollt, Arlee

285 – 4. Ethan Goss-Dickie, St. Ignatius

Class A rankings

Team rankings

1. Havre; 2. Polson

103 pounds- 1. R.J. Pierre, Polson; 2. Christian Dean, Sidney; 3. Kaleb Ripley, Laurel.

113 pounds- 1. Travis Kinn, 6. Mateo Quinones, Polson.

120 pounds- 1. Martin Wilkie, Havre; 2. Bridger Wenzel, Columbia Falls; 3. Caleb Birdwell, Fergus.

132 pounds- 1. Clayton Carter, Laurel; 2. Logan Pleninger, Havre; 3. Cameron Brown, Polson.

138 pounds- 1. Caleb Gravelin, Columbia Falls; 2. Brent Tezak, Dillon; 4. Jaben Wenzel, Polson.

145 pounds- 1. Jarrett Degen, Belgrade; 2. Mason Fetters, Columbia Falls; 3. Parker Adler, Polson.

152 pounds- 1. Parker Filius, Havre; 2. Colten Cote, Polson; 3. Alex Wickens, Fergus.

205 pounds- 1. Hunter Severson, Sidney; 2. Mike Corrigan, Polson; 3. Tyler Schaub, Havre.