Wrestling Roundup: Bulldogs shine at Ted Kato

Five Lake County wrestlers, including a trio from Mission-Charlo, earned medals at the Ted Kato Invitational wrestling tournament Saturday at Thompson Falls.

Charlie Adams was the Bulldogs' top placer. He advanced to the 152-pound title match, where he lost by fall to Darrian Resso of Sandpoint, Idaho.

Canyon Sargent earned a 10-8 decision in a win over Calvin Hinds of Sandpoint in the third-place match at 170 pounds.

Mission-Charlo’s Kody Dillard advanced to the 103-pound third-place match, where he lost to Colm McLaimtaig of Priest River, Idaho.

Also at 103 pounds, Polson’s Ryley Knutson nearly took the title. He lost a close 9-6 decision to Bigfork’s Traic Fainter in the title match.

Brodie Smith was the lone Arlee wrestler to medal. He took third at 113 pounds after a 7-0 decision over Jason Merringer of Bigfork.

Sandpoint, Idaho won the team title with 162 points, just edging out second-place Priest River (ID) by one point. Superior and Fairfield were third and fourth, and Bigfork snuck into fifth with 100.5 points. Mission-Charlo was eighth, while Polson finished 10th and Arlee was 12th.

Ted Kato Invitational

Saturday at Thompson Falls

Team scores — 1, Sandpoint (ID) 162; 2, Priest River (ID) 161; 3, Superior 120; 4, Fairfield 103; 5, Bigfork 100.5; 6, Plains/Hot Springs 75.5; 7, Cascade 69.5; 8, Mission-Charlo 60.5; 9, Whitefish 58; 10, Polson 48; 11, Thompson Falls 45; 12, Arlee 39; 13, Shelby 32; 14, Valier 15; 15, Missoula Sentinel 12; 16, Missoula Big Sky 6.5.

Individual results

103: 1st Place Match — Traic Fainter (Bigfork) dec. Ryley Knutson (Polson), 9-6; 3rd Place Match — Colm McLaimtaig (Priest River) p. Kody Dillard (Mission-Charlo), 4:26)

113: 1st Place Match — Hayden Sorbel (Priest River) p. Micah Acker (Superior, 1:28; 3rd Place Match — Brody Smith (Arlee) dec. Jason Merringer (Bigfork), 7-0.

120: 1st Place Match — Landree Aurund (Whitefish), won by tech fall over Collin Magers (Priest River), TF-1.5 5:32 (17-2)); 3rd Place Match — Ashlei Hawkins (Sandpoint) p. Chantz Connelly (Valier), 0:58.

126: 1st Place Match — Decker Milender (Superior) maj. dec. Keith Poirier (Priest River), 14-6; 3rd Place Match — John Waterbury (Plains/Hot Springs) dec. Nate Wadlow (Cascade), 10-6.

132: 1st Place Match — Miguel Ramos (Fairfield) maj. dec. Logan Heyne (Whitefish), 15-1; 3rd Place Match — Lucas Kovalsky (Superior) p. Caeden McLaimtaig (Priest River), 2:40.

138: 1st Place Match — David Schulze (Plains/Hot Springs) 32-1, Sr. over Ryder Nollan (Bigfork) 23-9, Sr. (Fall 1:25); 3rd Place Match — Harold Miller (Shelby) p. Carter Moran (Whitefish), 2:58.

145: 1st Place Match — Trae Thilmony (Thompson Falls) p. Charles Bennett (Priest River), 1:05; 3rd Place Match — Brady Schrenk (Plains/Hot Springs) p. Austin Reeves (Priest River), 4:58.

152: 1st Place Match — Darrian Resso (Sandpoint) p. Charley Adams (Mission-Charlo), 2:38; 3rd Place Match — McCoy Banner (Fairfield) p. Ian Wolfe (Bigfork), 2:20.

160: 1st Place Match — Vaughn Pendlay (Bigfork) dec. Christian Troumbley-Karkoski (Sandpoint), 7-5; 3rd Place Match — Bradley Bennett (Priest River) p. Jorden Tyler (Sandpoint), 1:54.

170: 1st Place Match — Miguel Perez (Fairfield) dec. Max Hannum (Thompson Falls), 7-5; 3rd Place Match — Canyon Sargent (Mission-Charlo) dec. Calvin Hinds (Sandpoint), 10-8.

182: 1st Place Match — Connor Sawyer (Cascade) p. Silas Acker (Superior), 2:47; 3rd Place Match — Blake Sherrill (Sandpoint) p. Cael Giles (Fairfield), 0:32.

205: 1st Place Match — Austin Smith (Sandpoint) p. Matyus McLain (Priest River), 1:16; 3rd Place Match — Jaxson Green (Superior) p. Donivan Bohman (Shelby), 0:50.

285: 1st Place Match — Caden Crowell (Cascade) p. Chandon Vulles (Superior), 2:23); 3rd Place Match — Gregory Belgarde (Sandpoint) p. Isaac Lauver (Fairfield), 3:34.

Ronan sixth at Class A Duals

Ronan finished sixth at the 19-team Class A Duals that concluded Saturday at Fergus High School in Lewiston, after falling to Columbia Falls in a shortened dual by a score of 18-12.

Freshman standout Ridge Cote won all of his matches and improved to 30-1 on the season.

The Chiefs finished second in pool play. They defeated Hardin 41-22 in the first round of the championship bracket, then lost to Havre 39-30. They topped Miles City 42-33 then lost 48-18 to Laurel to advance to the fifth-place dual against Columbia Falls.

Class A Duals

Championship bracket results

Championship - Ronan

Ronan def.Hardin 41-22

152 - Jackson Baker (Hardin) over Caleb Cheff (Ronan) Fall 3:08; 160 - Kadyen Howe (Hardin) over Brady Hout (Ronan) Fall 2:31; 170 - Jamison Webster (Ronan) over Robert Koyama (Hardin) Fall 2:23; 182 - Tristan Fisher (Ronan) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf; 205 - Double Forfeit; 285 - Dante Pallone (Hardin) over Max Morency (Ronan) Fall 4:23; 103 - Ian Dillard (Ronan) over Anthony Pretty Weasel (Hardin) Fall 0:39; 113 - Ridge Cote (Ronan) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf; 120 - Tyson Lake (Ronan) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf; 126 - Double Forfeit; 132 - Koda King (Ronan) over Chase Wells (Hardin) Fall 3:15; 138 - Sean Mehling (Hardin) over Fortino Silva (Ronan) Maj 10-2; 145 - Landon Bishop (Ronan) over Miles Wells (Hardin) TF 21-6.

Havre def. Ronan 39-30

160 - Kendall Pleninger (Havre) over Brady Hout (Ronan) Fall 0:58; 170 - Orion Thivierge (Havre) over Jamison Webster (Ronan) Fall 4:36; 182 - Kale VanCampen (Havre) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf; 205 - Randy Tommerup (Havre) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf; 285 - Max Morency (Ronan) over Andrew LaRoque (Havre) Fall 3:14; 103 - Ian Dillard (Ronan) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf; 113 - Ridge Cote (Ronan) over Matt Lemer (Havre) Dec 6-0; 120 - Carson Harris (Havre) over Tyson Lake (Ronan) Fall 0:41; 126 - Koy McAllister (Ronan) over Colter Soloman (Havre) Fall 4:47; 132 - Koda King (Ronan) over Jacob Kunz (Havre) Fall 5:57; 138 - Tristian Stygles (Havre) over Fortino Silva (Ronan) Fall 1:31; 145 - Landon Bishop (Ronan) over Reinhard Bold (Havre) Dec 16-11; 152 - Riley Pleninger (Havre) over Caleb Cheff (Ronan) Dec 1-0.

Ronan def. Custer Co. (Miles City) 42-33

182 - Jaiden Gibson (Custer Co. (Miles City)) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf; 205 - Alex Donnelly (Custer Co. (Miles City)) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf; 285 - Gabe Walker (Custer Co. (Miles City)) over Jackson Davis (Ronan) Fall 3:13; 103 - Ian Dillard (Ronan) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf; 113 - Ridge Cote (Ronan) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf; 120 - Isaac Beardsley (Custer Co. (Miles City)) over Tyson Lake (Ronan) Fall 1:10; 126 - Koy McAllister (Ronan) over Payton Gaskins (Custer Co. (Miles City)) Fall 3:12; 132 - Tucker Ellison (Custer Co. (Miles City)) over Koda King (Ronan) Fall 4:49; 138 - Fortino Silva (Ronan) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf; 145 - Landon Bishop (Ronan) over Morgan Buckingham (Custer Co. (Miles City)) Fall 3:20; 152 - Caleb Cheff (Ronan) over Jay Pluhar (Custer Co. (Miles City)) Fall 3:33; 160 - Brady Hout (Ronan) over Ryan Paxson (Custer Co. (Miles City)) Fall 1:35; 170 - Easton DeJong (Custer Co. (Miles City)) over Jamison Webster (Ronan) Dec 6-2.

Laurel def. Ronan 48-18

205 - Whitney Holds the Enemy Jr. (Laurel) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf; 285 - Jackson Davis (Ronan) over Brody Vandyke (Laurel) Dec 5-4; 103 - Elijah Nose (Laurel) over Ian Dillard (Ronan) Fall 1:03; 113 - Ridge Cote (Ronan) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf; 120 - Owen Tillman (Laurel) over Tyson Lake (Ronan) Dec 11-8; 126 - Koy McAllister (Ronan) over Peyton Waldo (Laurel) Fall 1:49; 132 - Ashton Ulschak (Laurel) over Koda King (Ronan) Fall 3:37; 138 - Kade Wersland (Laurel) over Fortino Silva (Ronan) Dec 7-6; 145 - Landon Bishop (Ronan) over Aden Winder (Laurel) Dec 7-2; 152 - Owen Younger (Laurel) over Caleb Cheff (Ronan) Fall 1:09; 160 - Beau Mares (Laurel) over Brady Hout (Ronan) Fall 0:24; 170 - Camden Johnson (Laurel) over Jamison Webster (Ronan) Fall 0:43; 182 - Cole Younger (Laurel) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf.

Columbia Falls def. Ronan 18-12

113 - Ridge Cote (Ronan) over Jerry Maldonado (Columbia Falls) Fall 0:59; 120 - Tyler Gilfry (Columbia Falls) over Tyson Lake (Ronan) Fall 1:07; 126 - Koy McAllister (Ronan) over Blake Hoerner (Columbia Falls) Dec 10-4; 132 - James Kenelty (Ronan) over Logan Riley (Columbia Falls) Dec 10-6; 152 - Bryan Osborne (Columbia Falls) over Brady Hout (Ronan) Fall 1:12; 170 - Rowdy Crump (Columbia Falls) over Jamison Webster (Ronan) Fall 0:30.