Pirates wrestling has strong showing in Lewistown Duals

Polson Pirate wrestling coach Bob Owen is careful not to look too much into the results for the Class A Lewistown Duals as an accurate barometer of future results of the upcoming Class A state wrestling tournament in Billings on Feb. 9-10.

Owen has experienced the business long enough to know at Class A state, in Billings, anything can and will happen.

Owen would rather focus on the day-to-day and tournament-by-tournament improvement of his team rather than looking ahead to advance in the turbulent sport of wrestling.

He has three weeks to do just that.

“Duals aren’t always a great indication of what is going to happen at tournament time,” Owen said. “I feel the latest Class A wrestling power poll is pretty accurate and I also feel Havre is still the team to beat even though Sidney beat them at Lewistown. I still think Havre is the team to beat.”

Owen, who has a core set of wrestlers that are capable of helping his team compete for medals in the Class A state wrestling tournament, said he was “encouraged” by his team finishing with a 5-2 record in the duals.

“We had a couple of real positive things happen during this tournament,” Owen said. “Mason Cobb also beat the fifth-ranked kid in the state from Butte Central in his second match and that was a real positive thing to come out of the tournament. We wrestled really tight. We wrestled a heck of a match and were in contention for a medal. Cobb has a lot of ability and just lacked a little bit of confidence. He is just tough, competitive and is working hard at what he is trained in. That has really helped him.”

Owen said he felt all the Pirates’ wrestlers contributed to the success at the duals including Cameron Brown, Parker Adler, and a now healthy Hunter Fritsch.

Both Fritsch and Adler went undefeated and finished a combined 14-0 in the matches. According to Owen, Adler retained his position as the wrestler to beat in his class at the 152-pound weight division and Fritsch is beginning to return to last year’s form, prior to his injury, that made him nearly unbeatable in his class.

“Hunter had a good tournament and every match he wrestled, he pinned every opponent,” Owen said. “The match up we were looking for was his match up with the Lewistown kid. He was beaten in the match before he and Hunter could face each other. The kid got hurt in his match and we didn’t get to see him. I was hoping we would get that match up.”

For the second-consecutive dual with Ronan, Cameron Brown was able to get the winning pin over Ronan wrestler Eric Dolence.

“This was just another outstanding weekend for Cameron and I think he beat the third-ranked kid from Glendive and that really bumped Cameron up,” Owen said. “The kid from Frenchtown barely nipped Cameron and it was really a fantastic match. Cameron is just mentally tough.”

Owen knows the Class A Divisional Tournament on Feb. 2-3 for Columbia Falls is only weeks away and he said he anticipates the tournament will be tough. Also, at this juncture of the season, his Pirates won’t be able to get in a lot of practice time.

“On our side of the state, our divisional tournament will be tougher than it was because of the late 2016 reclassification,” Owen said. “With Libby and Ronan, they have two or three kids right there from Class B-C and Ronan does too.”

The Pirates didn’t win the Lewistown Duals but Owen said he felt his team had a very solid weekend as they move towards the stretch portion of their season.

“We had a really successful weekend and I was really glad we got to see Sidney and some eastern schools prior to state,” Owen said.

Editor’s Note: Spencer Stagg was not pinned as initially reported on our statistics at the Rocky Mountain Classic Jan. 18 Lake County Leader agate.

2018 Class A Duals

at Lewistown

Friday-Saturday, January 19-20

Championship

Sidney 57, Lewistown 15

Championship bracket

Round 13

Lewistown 36 Ronan 31

103 Wyatt Mager 4-2 d. Trapper McAllister (Ron); 120 Spencer Stagg (Ron) 12-0 md. Tanner Mordain; 126 Caleb Birdwell d. Owen Brown (Ron); 132 Kolby Reum (Ron) p. Dylan Gate; 138 Hunter Peterson (Ron) p. Kenton Porter; 145 Duane Otto inj.def. Eric Dolence (Ron); 152 Seth Cheff (Ron) 5-2 d. Landon Farrar; 160 Hap Cheff (Ron) 1:25 p. Gady Gilatrix; 170 A Wicken p. Daniel Collins-Bishop (Ron); 285 B Boyce p. Sam Mocabee (Ron).

Lewistown (Fergus) won 113,205 by forfeit. Ronan won 182 by forfeit.

Frenchtown 36, Polson 24

103 Eli Warner 5-4 d. Masyn Cowell (Pol); 113 Walker Dyer 9-2 d. RJ Pierre (Pol); 120 Jake Bibler 6-0 d. Mateo Quinones (Pol);

126 Brody Marcure 2:56 p. Kendrick Baker (Pol); 132 Bridger Wenzel (Pol) p. Cameron Wyant; 138 Jarod Farrier (Pol) 1-0 d. Owen Indreland; 145 Riley Gurr 3-0 d. Cameron Brown (Pol); 152 Parker Adler (Pol) 1:20 p. Blake King; 160 Canyon Shope p. Caleb Pierre (Pol); 170 Hunter Fritsch (Pol) p. Matt Sterens; 205 Noah Humphrey (Pol) 2-0 d. Cody Miller.

Frenchtown won 182, 285 by forfeit.

Lewistown 31, Polson 30

103 Masyn Cowell (Pol) p. Wyatt Mager; 113 Cooper Birdwell 14-2 md. Rene Pierre (Pol); 120 Mateo Quinones (Pol) 16-7 md. Tanner Mordain; 126 Caleb Birdwell p. Kedrick Baker (Pol); 132 Bridger Wenzel (Pol) p. Dylan Gate; 138 Kenton Porter p. Jarod Farrier (Pol); 145 Cameron Brown (Pol) 8-4 d. Duane Otto; 160 Landon Farrar p. Ca

leb Pierre (Pol); 170 Hunter Fritsch (Pol) p. Gady Gilatrix; 182 Wyatt Blythe 5-0 d. Noah Humphrey (Pol). Polson won by forfeit 152. Double forfeit 285. Tm point -1.

Havre 52 Glendive 21

Sidney 57, Columbia Falls 12

Sidney 22, Havre 22

Sidney won by criteria

Consolation bracket

Round 12

Miles City 48, Browning 29

Hardin 56, Belgrade 18

Libby 45, Whitefish 18

Hamilton 42, Stevensville 36

Championship bracket

Round 11

Polson 36 Ronan 34

103 Trapper McAllister (Ron) 3:08 p. Masyn Cowell (Pol); 120 Spencer Stagg (Ron) 5-0 d. Mateo Quinones (Pol);

126 Owen Brown (Ron) 8-0 md. Kedrick Baker (Pol); 132 Bridger Wenzel (Pol) 1:10 p. Kolby Reum (Ron); 138 Hunter Peterson (Ron) 8-1 d. Jarod Farrier (Pol); 145 Cameron Brown (Pol) 1:49 p. Eric Dolente (Ron); 152 Parker Adler (Pol) 1:31p. Seth Cheff (Ron); 160 Hap Cheff (Ron) 0:56 p. Caleb Pierre (Pol); 170 Hunter Fritsch (Pol) 0:59 p. Daniel Collins-Bishop (Ron); 205 Noah Humphrey (Pol) 1:58 p. Weslley Pablo (Ron);

Ronan won 182, 285 by forfeit. Polson won 113 by forfeit.

Lewistown 39, Frenchtown 27

Havre 43, Columbia Falls 27

Round 9

Ronan 60, Dillon 14

113 Trapper McAllister (Ron) 0:41 p. Forest Wagner; 145 Eric Dolence (Ron) 1:44 p. Pete Gibson; 152 Cooper Hoffman 3:36 p. Seth Cheff (Ron); 160 Brent Tezak 3:30 p. Daniel Collins-Bishop (Ron); 170 Ash Norris 8-2 d. Jesse LittleBoy (Ron); 182 Justin Mays (Ron) 0:52 p. Paul Christian; 205 Wesley Pablo (Ron) 2:54 p. Preston Hales; 285 Sam Mocabee (Ron) 0:16 p. Anthony Wesley.

Ronan won 103,120,125,132,138 by forfeit.

Round 8

Polson 50, Glendive 24

126 Kedrick Baker (Pol) 1:37 p. Gullion Comstock; 132 Bridger Wenzel (Pol) 1:05 p. Mason Whitmer; 138 Jarod Farrier (Pol) p. Colton Reidel; 145 Cameron Brown (Pol) 5-3 d. Ben Stortz; 152 Parker Adler (Pol) 1:51 p. Tucker Craig; 160 Tyler Clapp 2:17 p. Caleb Pierre (Pol); 170 Hunter Fritsch (Pol) 17-2 tf. Cade Dockter; 182 Nelson Crisafulli 3:46 p. Noah Humphrey (Pol).

Polson won 103, 113, 120 by forfeit. Glendive won 205, 285 by forfeit.

Round 7

Ronan 60, Billings Central 15

120 Zane Walchuk (Ron) 2:41 p. Alex Derbyshire; 126 Owen Brown (Ron) 0:39 p. Aaron Foster; 132 Sean Comstock 8-6 d. Kolby Reum (Ron); 145 Eric Dolence (Ron) 3:27 p. Uriel May; 152 Seth Cheff (Ron) 0:44 p. Pete Saliaris; 160 Robby Gunderson 4:37 p. Hap Cheff (Ron); 182 Justin Mays (Ron) 1:45 p. Thomas Cooper.

Ronan won 103,113,170,205,285 by forfeit, BlgsC won 138 by forfeit.

Round 6

Polson 56, Stevensville 18

113 RJ Pierre (Pol) 12-2 *md. Kellen Roberts; 120 Mateo Quinones (Pol) 4:50 p. Dustin Steele; 126 Kedrick Baker (Pol) 0:41 p. Treven Mertins; 138 Jarod Farrier (Pol) 0:51 p. Tristan Bird; 145 Cameron Brown (Pol) 10-0 *md. Kyler Pancake; 152 Parker Adler (Pol) 1:35 p. Jaren Tipps; 160 Isaac Maxfidd 1:52 p. Caleb Pierre (Pol); 170 Hunter Fritsch (Pol) 0:56 p. Hunter Riley;

Polson won 103, 132, 182 by forfeit. Stevi won 205, 285 by forfeit.

asterisk (*) denotes stat variant(s) where media coverage differs from < trackwresting > postings: 113 RJ Pierre pin K. Roberts; 145 C.Brown 9-0 md. K.Pancake.

Round 5

Ronan 42, Hardin 28

103 Trevor Bartel (Ron) 1:45 p. Beau BlackEagle; 113 Trapper McAllister (Ron) 1:13 p. Keith PrettyWeasel; 120 Spencer Stagg (Ron) 1:20 p. Paul Pryor; 126 Owen Brown (Ron) 0:38 p. Quintin Watson; 132 Kolby Reum (Ron) 0:50 p. Hunter Popetsaitke; 145 Eric Dolence (Ron) 0:49 p. John Mehling; 152 Bryce Roan 1:43 p. Seth Cheff (Ron); 160 Connor Schwend 3-0 d. Hap Cheff (Ron); 170 Ty Greenfield 0:22 p. Daniel Collins-Bishop (Ron); 182 Justin Zier 10-2 d. Justin Mays (Ron); 205 Will Caprata 2:14 p. Wesley Pablo (Ron); 285 Jesse Murdock 3-0 d. Sam Mocabee (Ron).

Round 4

Polson 48, Belgrade 27

103 Masyn Cowell (Pol) 2:50 p. Matt Foley; 113 RJ Pierre (Pol) 0:24 p. Zander Putnam; 120 Mateo Quinones Polson 0:19 p. Nate Rowe; 126 Jared Rockwell 1:34 p. Kedrick Baker (Pol); 132 John Mears 7-3 d. Bridger Wenzel (Pol); 138 Jarod Farrier (Pol) 1:28 p. Gage Meyer; 145 Cameron Brown (Pol) 1:05 p. Malisa Kai; 152 Parker Adler (Pol) 0:29 p. Colby Rockwell; 160 Sam Despah 1:17 p. Caleb Pierre (Pol); 170 Hunter Fritsch (Pol) 1:01 p. Kevin Aiken; 182 Noah Humphrey (Pol) 1:40 p. Gavin Kevish Bel 1:40. Belgrade won 205, 285 by forfeit.

Round 3

Havre 44, Ronan 24

103 Mick Changnon 3:45 p. Trapper McAllister (Ron); 120 Spencer Stagg (Ron) 3-1 d. Ryan Stewart; 126 Owen Brown (Ron) 5-2 d. Quin Reno; 145 Martin Wilke 16-0 tf. Hunter Peterson (Ron); 152 Connor Harris 2:46 p. Seth Cheff (Ron); 160 Mason Dione 2:46 p. Daniel Collins-Bishop (Ron); 170 Jazz Schroeder 7-2 d. Hap Cheff (Ron); 182 Justin Mays (Ron) 4:30 p. Brayden Stadden; 205 Tyler Schaub 1:46 p. Wesley Pablo (Ron); 285 A Ratliff 2:48 p. Sam Mocabee (Ron).

Havre won 113,138 by forfeit. Ronan won 132 by forfeit.

Round 2

Polson 66, Butte Central 0

103 Masyn Cowell (Pol) 2:00 p. Roy Russell; 138 Jarod Farrier (Pol) p. Cale Stillwagon.

Polson won by forfeit 113, 120, 126, 132, 145, 152, 160, 170, 182.

Double forfeit 205, 285.

Round 1

Ronan 53, Hamilton 21

103 Trevor Bartel (Ron) 0:36 p. Logan Bratch; 113 Trapper McAllister (Ron) 0:52 p. Ethen Cramer; 138 Hunter Peterson (Ron) 1:17 p. T Lewis; 145 Bridger Williams 3:21 p. Eric Dolence (Ron); 152 Seth Cheff Ronan 18-3 tf. Daylon Moore; 160 Dustin Copeland 13-6 md. Daniel Collins-Bishop (Ron); 170 Hyme Anderson Ham 4:40 p. Jesse Little Boy (Ron); 182 Justin Mays (Ron) 0:50 p. Kale Wanner; 205 Kyle Anderson 3:09 p. Wesley Pablo (Ron); 285 Sam Mocabee (Ron) 3:26 p. Coy Whyte.

Ronan won 120,126,132 by forfeit.

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2018 Ted Kato Invite

Saturday, January 20

At Thompson Falls

Team Scores: 1, Thompson Falls 184; 2, Mission/Charlo 125; 3, Plains/Hot Springs 114; 4, Florence 111; 5, Kalispell Flathead 80; 6, Arlee 72.5; 7, Missoula Sentinel 69; 8, Superior 50.5; 9, Kalispell Glacier 42; 10, Bigfork 3.

103 pounds

Championship: Roman Sparks, TF, 0:33 p. Jace Samsel, ARL.

113 pounds

Championship: Garrett Jones, TF, 0:32 p. Walker Murphy, M/C.

126 pounds

Championship: Daniel Uli, PLN, 5:19 p. Bailey Weible, M/C.

132 pounds

Championship: Josiah Vanderwall, PLN, 2:44 p. Cole Gilleard, M/C.

Third place: Colt Crawford, ARL, 2:05 p. Jonny Chamberlain, FLO.

138 pounds

Third place: Darwin Adams, M/C, 2:07 p. AJ Ekanger, Flat.

152 pounds

Third place: Skyler Titsworth, ARL, 2:40 p. Robert Mathers, PLN.

160 pounds

Third place: Isaiah Alik, M/C, 8-3 dec. Sam Ostwald, TF.

170 pounds

Third place: Miles Anderson, M/C, 1:44 p. Albin Haglund, SENT.

182 pounds

Championship: Spencer ones, FLO, 3:16 p. George Shick, ARL.

205 pounds

Third place: Lucas Wohltmann, M/C, 0:11 p. Justin Olson, GLA.

285 pounds

Third place: Chris Anderson, M/C, 3-1 *tb Seth Alacorn, TF.

Asterisk (*): there can be up to 4 overtime periods (sv, tb1, tb2, utb), only the first and last can end in a decision. Standard application of the acronym ‘tb’ for the second and third 30 second overtime periods can only end in a pin with time designation. Since this lacks that criteria, it could refer to the first overtime period, hence 3-1 sv for sudden victory, or the last overtime period, hence 3-1 utb for ultimate tie breaker.

2018 Mission Quad

Thursday, January 18

at St. Ignatius

Teams: St. Ignatius, Florence, Arlee, Clark Fork

120: Walker Murphy (MC) 0:16 p. Frankie Wright (ARL); Walker Murphy (MC) 1:50 p. Aaron Edens (FLO);

132: Bailey Weibel (MC) 1:34 p. Hunter Haskins (CLK); Cole Gilliard (MC) 1:35 p. Colt Crawford (ARL); Cole Gilleard (MC) 1:29 p. Hunter Haskins (CLK); Bailey Wieble (MC) 1:20p. Johnny Chamberlain (FLO);

138: Darwin Adams (MC) 1:06 p. Kanoa Palazzo (ARL); Darwin Adams (MC) 10-2 dec. Isaiah Kowalski (CLK); Kyler Francis (CLK) 0:41 p. Kanoa Palazzo (ARL); Isaiah Kowalski (CLK) 1:49 p. Colt Crawford (ARL).

145: Kyler Francis (CLK) 1:50 p. Denzel Lefthand (MC); Jethro Thorne (FLO) 2:14 p. Skyler Chatsworth (ARL); Skyler Chatsworth (ARL) 0:48 p. Thomas Anderson (CLK).

152: Ryan Cahalin (CLK) 10-3 dec. Collin Appleby (MC); Thomas Anderson (CLK) 1:20 p. Collin Appleby (MC);

160: Isaiah Allik (MC) 2:00 p. Jesse Shaske (CLK); Myles Anderson (MC) 2:30 p. Jesse Shaske (CLK); Isaiah Allik (MC) 1:01 p. Ryan Cahalin (CLK);

170: Zach Cather, FLO, p. Ashley Potts, FLO, 2:28; Myles Anderson, SI, p. Trey Green, CLK, 5:04;

182: George Schick (ARL) 1:20 p. Lorenz Ehlers (MC); Spencer Jones (FLO) 1:56 p. Trey Green (CLK);

205: George Schick (ARL) 0:43 p. Lucas Wohltmann (MC).

285: Chris Anderson (MC) 3:55 p. Evan Hall (CLK); Evan Hall (CLK) 12-6 dec. O’mashte Foster (FLO).

Mission/Charlo 54, Florence 22

120: Robert Dempsey (MC) 0:41 p. Aaron Edens; 132: Cole Gilliard (MC) 1:00 p. Johnny Chamberlain; 138: Avery Mienzen 12-6 d. Darwin Adams (MC); 145: Jethro Thorne 0:48 p. Denzel Lefthand (MC); 160: Isaiah Allik (MC) 4:27 p. Zach Cather; 182: Spencer Jones 1:50 p. Lorenz Ehlers (MC); 285: Chris Anderson (MC) 3:58 p. O’mashte Foster.

Mission/Charlo won 113, 126, 152, 205 by forfeit. Florence won 103 by forfeit

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Class A coaches poll

(as of Th18Jan2018)

Teams: 1, Sidney; 2, Havre; 3, Lewistown; 4, Polson; 5, Frenchtown; 6, Hardin; 7, Glendive; 8, Columbia Falls; 9, Ronan; 10, Libby

103 – 4, Trapper McAllister, Ronan;

113 – 4, Mateo Quinones, Polson;

6, R.J. Pierre, Polson

120 – 5, Spencer Stagg, Ronan;

126 – 4, Owen Brown, Ronan;

132 – 2, Bridger Wenzel, Polson;

145 – 1, Cameron Brown, Polson;

152 – 1, Parker Adler, Polson;

170 – 3, Hunter Fritsch, Polson;

182 – 6, Noah Humphrey, Polson

(B-C rankings

(as of W17Jan2018)

Teams

1. Eureka; 2. Colstrip; 3. Huntley Project; 4. Glasgow; 5. Malta; 6. Thompson Falls; 7. Whitehall; 8. Forsyth; 9. Plains-Hot Springs; 10. Florence-Carlton.

Top 3 Class C Teams

1. Circle; 2. Valier; 3. Arlee.

126 – 3, Bailey Weible, Mission-Charlo;

138 – 6, Darwin Adams, Mission-Charlo.

170 – 3, Gus Bosley, Mission-Charlo;

182 – 3, George Shick, Arlee;