Ronan places third at Western Boys Invite
Ronan's Ridge Cote, shown here at the Western Boys Invitational, claimed second place at the MHSA Class A State Championships in Billings last weekend. Koda King also took second at the State meet. (Christa Umphrey photo)
Mission-Charlo's Joseph Cronk placed fifth in the 118-pound bracket at last weekend's Ronan Invitational. (Bob Gunderson photo)
Ronan's Brady Hout place fifth in the 175-pound bracket during the Western Boys Invitational in Ronan. (Jennifer Rolfsness photo)
Ronan placed third as a team at the Western Boys Invitational on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 3-4, in the Chiefs’ home gym. Ronan had two champions, and two others placed second.
Ridge Cote won the 132-pound bracket, pinning four opponents and defeating Florence’s Rowan Miller 10-1 in the first-place match. Two of Cote’s pins happened in less than a minute, and the other two occurred in less than 90 seconds.
Koda King was a champion at 165-pounds, rumbling through the field with three pins and two technical falls. In the championship match, King handed Frenchtown’s Branch Martin an 18-1 technical fall to stand atop the podium.
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