A few gems, some diamonds in the rough at Mining City

At Butte this past weekend, Polson and Ronan grapplers were among several Class A teams in attendance at the Mining City Duals held at the Civic Center. The tournament was structured into multiple pools during first day action with the top teams advancing to champion pool competition and the bottom half competing against each other in consolation duals.

Frenchtown was the only Class A program to advance to the champion pool.

Ronan coach Dylan Kramer commented that the MC Duals “are tough but fun.” Chief wrestlers “gained some very valuable experience ... which will hopefully help us finish strong.... James (Kenelty), Caleb (Cheff), and Jon (Matt) did an awesome job of being leaders and giving it their all against some tough competition.”

Polson coach Matt Owen pointed out that “team scores do not reflect the effort being put out on the mat. We are dealing with ... wrestlers out of the line-up right now, but once we get everybody back we are going to be very competitive.”

A handful of Polson wrestlers will compete at Tri-State at North Idaho College in Couer d’Alene, while Ronan grapplers are slated to attend the CMR Classic in Great Falls this weekend. Others will compete at the Buzz Lucey Invitational in Eureka this weekend.

Multiple match winners

103 Braedon Iliff, Polson (2-3); 120 Brian Lyles, Polson (3-2); 126 James Kenelty, Ronan (3-2); 132 Caleb Cheff, Ronan (3-2); 145 Kolby Reum, Ronan (2-3); 152 Caleb Pierre, Polson (3-2); 160 Logan Adler, Polson (2-2); 160 Daniel Collins-Bishop, Ronan (2-4); 285 Jon Matt, Ronan (1-1).

2019 Mining City Duals

32nd Jim Street Classic

Butte Civic Center

Friday-Saturday, Dec. 13-14

Lewistown 54, Polson 12

103 – Damen McCord p. 0:45 Braedon Iliff (P); 120 – Kasen Olson p. 4:49 Brian Lyles (P); 152 – Caleb Pierre (P) p. 1:30 Ashton Grover; 170 – Duane Otto p. 3:02 Garrett Croft (P); 182 – Keaton Potter p. 0:43 Sean Calahan (P); 205 – Tyler Otto (P) won by forfeit; 285 –D. Morris p. 0:28 AJ Mathewson (P); Lewistown won 126,132,138,145,160 by forfeit; 113 double forfeit. (2pm)

Hellgate 42, Polson 36

103 – Braedon Iliff (P) p. 1:44 Keith Zander; 120 – Brian Lyles (P) p. 0:37 Wyatt Zander; 152 – Caleb Pierre (P) p. 0:30 Adam Nealey; 160 – Logan Adler (P) p. 0:46 Jase Lewis; 182 – Ethan Eppard p. 1:34 Sean Calahan (P); Layne Cooney p. 0:17 Tyler Otto (P); 285 – Larz Sorrell p. 3:12 AJ Mathewson (P); Hellgate won 113,126,132,138 by forfeit; Polson won 145,170 by forfeit. (11:30 mat5)

Ronan 39, Butte JV 28

113 – Kyler Raiha p. 4:55 Trevor Bartel (R); 120 – Sean Osello p. 1:23 Garret Plouffe (R); 126 – James Kenelty (R) won by forfeit; 132 – Caleb Cheff (R) d. 10-5 Wiley Dallaserra; 138 – Julian Strait (R) won by forfeit; 145 – Kolby Reum (R) p. 1:32 Jerek Rosenleaf; 160 – Hunter Salcido md. 17-3 Gary Myers (R); 182 – Daniel Collins-Bishop (R) p. 5:12 Logan Christian; Ronan won 205, 285, by forfeit; Butte JV 103,152 won by forfeit; 170 double forfeit. (3:15mat3)

Dillon 36, Ronan 28

160 – Tristin Lowell p. 0:35 Gary Myers (R); 170 – Cooper Hoffman p. 3:29 Daniel Collins-Bishop (R); 285 – Jon Matt (R) p. 2:00 Anthony Weary; 113 JD Daley (R) won by forfeit; 120 – Noah Huffaker p. 1:42 Trevor Bartel (R); 126 – James Kenelty (R) md. 12-2 Gunner Wright; 132 – Caleb Cheff (R) p. 3:42 Kaden Pittman; 138 – Forrest Wagoner p. 1:30 Julian Strait (R); 145 – Kolby Reum (R) p. 0:27 Tate Hanson; Dillon won 205,152 by forfeit; 182,103 double forfeit. (9am)

Pool 2

Huntley Project 60, Polson 9

103 – Gavin Needs p. 1:58 Braedon Iliff (P); 120 – Brian Lyles (P) sv-1 11-9 Colby Cantu; 152 – Wylee Lindeen p. 1:39 Caleb Pierre (P); 160 – Logan Adler (P) p. 1:43 Hunter Dare; 170 – Wm. Loveridge p. 2:20 Garrett Croft (P); 182 – Stran Selman p. 1:06 Sean Calahan (P); 205 – Cade Buchanan p. 0:35 Tyler Otto (P); 285 – Journey Grimsrud p. 0:28 AJ Mathewson (P).

Huntley Project won 113,126,138,145 by forfeit; 132 double forfeit.

Great Falls 72, Polson 6

103 – Aaron Liscum p. 1:35 Braedon Iliff (P); 120 – Dre Coles p. 1:16 Brian Lyles (P); 152 – Caleb Pierre (P) p. 2:24 Nathan Poiichak; 160 – Brendan Lockart p. 1:33 Logan Adler; 170 – Quinton Greer p. 3:04 Garrett Croft (P); 182 – Rylan Fisher p. 0:25 Sean Calahan; 205 – Elijah Davis p. 0:27 Tyler Otto (P); 285 – Eathan DeRoche p. 1:01 AJ Mathewson (P); Great Falls won 113,126,132,138,145 by forfeit.

Missoula Big Sky/Loyola 54, Polson 18

152 – Hunter Meinzen p. 1:27 Caleb Pierre (P); 160 – Dougie Swanson p. 0:30 Logan Adler (P); 170 – Bridger Hall p. 3:08 Garrett Croft; 182 – Jett Rebish p. 1:03 Sean Calahan (P); 285 – Tommy Leonard p. 1:56 AJ Mathewson (P); BigSky/Loyola won 113,126,132,138,145 by forfeit; Polson won 103,120,205 by forfeit.

Pool 5

Belgrade 53, Ronan 15

113 – Carter Schmidt p. 0:58 Trevor Bartel (R); 120 – Roystanlee Deguzman p. 1:10 Jackson Plouffe-Jore (R); 126 – James Kenelty (R) d. 8-2 C.Colarik; 145 – Gage Meyer p. 1:45 Kolby Reum (R); *160 – Logan Linn p. 0:53 Gary Myers (R); 170 – John Mears tf. 16-0 D.Collins-Bishop (R); 285 – Zane Conkol p. 0:28 Jon Matt (R); Ronan won 132, 138 by forfeit; Belgrade won 103,152,205 by forfeit; 182 double forfeit.

Billings Skyview 57, Ronan 12

113 – Hunter Ketchum p. 3:39 Trevor Bartel (R); 120 – Talon Barrington p. 1:49 Jackson Plouffe-Jore (R); 126 – Colten Marquardt p. 1:30 James Kenelty; 132 – Caleb Partridge d. 11-5 Caleb Cheff (R); 138 – Gentry Lamb p. 1:18 Julian Strait; 145 – Cameron Savaria p. 3:26 Kolby Reum (R); 160 – Paolo Salminen p. 0:55 Gary Myers (R); 170 – Daniel Collins-Bishop (R) p. 1:31 Keevan Alexander; Ronan won 285 by forfeit; Billings Skyview won 152,182,205 by forfeit; 103 double forfeit.

Flathead 76, Ronan 0

132 – Asher Kemppainen p. 3:40 Caleb Cheff (R); 138 – Brendan Barnes p. 1:09 Julian Strait (R); 145 – Finn Nadeau md. 12-1 Kolby Reum (R); 160 – Chase Youso p. 0:32 Gary Myers (R); 170 – Tanner Russell p. 2:37 Daniel Collins-Bishop (R); 285 – Aiden Prieto p. 4:15 Max Morency (R); 113 – Nolan Cate p. 3:38 Trevor Bartel (R); 120 – Cade Gardner p. 0:22 Jackson Plouffe-Jore (R); 126 – Cade Troupe p. 0:26 James Kenelty (R); Flathead won 152,182,205,103 by forfeit.

unabridged results can be viewed online at trackwrestling.com. Some supplementation derived from buttesports.com postings.

Asterisk (*) denotes stat variant(s) where online entry has been modified: TW cites double entry of Daniel Bishop at 160 and 170.