Ronan Boys win Western Montana Duals

It’s good to be home for the holidays, and Ronan made the most of it hosting the Western Montana Duals on Friday, Jan. 5, and winning the dual section.

In the first match of the dual section, Ronan picked up a 54-12 victory over Northwest A rival Bigfork. The Chiefs notched two pins, with Luc Cheff (113) and Fortino Silva (145) putting their opponent to the mat. Tristan Fisher (182) and Jackson Davis each notched decisions.

Moving into the quarterfinals, Ronan then defeated Corvallis High School 69-6. The Chiefs had 10 pins in the duel as Ridge Cote (120), August Courville (126), Fortino Silva (145), WilJames Courville (152), Nate Young (160), Landon Bishop (170), Tristan Fisher (182), Cole Dalke (205), Jackson Davis (285) and Ian Dillard (103) recorded falls.

Ronan followed that up in the semifinals with a 64-12 dual victory over Three Forks. The Chiefs had another big pin dual with nine wrestlers falling their opponents. Jairyn Krause (135), Fortino Silva (145), Nate Young (160), Landon Bishop (170), Cole Dalke (205), Jackson Davis (285), Ian Dillard (103), Luc Cheff (113) and August Courville (126) pinned their foes.

This advanced Ronan to the championship match, and the Chiefs toppled Northwest A foe Columbia Falls 49-18. Ronan got pins from WilJames Courville (152), Young (160), Dalke (205), Davis (285), Cote (120) and August Courville (126).

First Place Match: Ronan High defeated Columbia Falls 49-18

• 145 - Dylan Delorme (Columbia Falls) over Fortino Silva (Ronan) Dec 11-5

• 152 - WilJames Courville (Ronan) over Chase Hoerner (Columbia Falls) Fall 1:39

• 160 - Nate Young (Ronan) over Branden Torpen (Columbia Falls) Fall 2:51

• 170 - Landon Bishop (Ronan) over Blaise Cronk (Columbia Falls) Maj 15-7

• 182 - Rowdy Crump (Columbia Falls) over Tristan Fisher (Ronan) Dec 8-5

• 205 - Cole Dalke (Ronan) over Tucker Gonzales (Columbia Falls) Fall 1:10

• 285 - Jackson Davis (Ronan) over Gunnar Rathjen (Columbia Falls) Fall 1:03

• 103 - Ian Dillard (Ronan) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

• 113 - Traic Fainter (Columbia Falls) over Luc Cheff (Ronan High School) Fall 2:37

• 120 - Ridge Cote (Ronan) over Jaxson Sterling (Columbia Falls) Fall 0:45

• 126 - August Courville (Ronan) over Cash Byrd (Columbia Falls) Fall 1:28

• 132 - Blake Hoerner (Columbia Falls) over Skyler Sias (Ronan) Fall 3:13

• 138 - Jairyn Krause (Ronan) over Rebel Crump (Columbia Falls) Maj 11-2

Ronan High School's team score was adjusted by -1.0 for unsportsmanlike conduct

Polson defeats Mission-Charlo at Duals

Polson picked up a victory at the Western Montana Duals over the weekend. After falling in their first-round matchup against Hamilton, 43-24, the Pirates matched up against Mission-Charlo and defeated them 48-15.

In that dual, the key matches proved to be Cameron Chee (152) pinning Mission-Charlo’s Dillon Dwelle. Mission-Charlo’s Jack Keast (160) won a 6-0 decision over Sheamis Cobb, then Milo Crooks won points for Mission-Charlo at 170 pounds by pinning Polson’s Mason Becker.

 Kyrin Doty (182) answered back for Polson with a pin of Mission-Charlo’s Donovan Daniels. Polson also won several forfeits for the victory.

Polson then fell to Browning 42-30 despite Cameron Chee (152) and Kyrin Doty (182) notching pins. Then in the 11th place match, Bigfork defeated Polson 42-30.