Western B/C Divisional Tournament
Carrie Pichler
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EUREKA – Ronan picked up a second place team finish Saturday with a team score of 195 at the Western B-C Divisional tourney and will be sending 10 wrestlers to the State tournament in Billings by placing one grappler in first, four in second, two in third and three taking a fourth place.
Ronan’s Hunter Peterson (113) took top honors for the Chiefs with a first-place finish in his weight class after a 12-2 decision win.
In at second for the Chiefs was Cole Snyder (126), Jared Neiss (145), Luiz Gonzalez (205) and Michael Irvine wrestling at 285.
Bronze went to Seth Cheff (113) and Gray Cook (285) while Spencer Stagg (103), Graydon Irish (170) and Kail Cheff (182) all took fourth.
Mission-Charlo placed third as a team with an overall score of 150.5 and will send six to State with four of the six boasting Divisional titles.
Bulldogs Jamie Mullins (132), Trent Dennison (152), Steven Bravo (182) and Ethan Goss-Dickie (285) all finished with first place medals.
Joining the Mission-Charlo State team will be Shane Morigeau (205) and Chris Anderson (285) who each placed fourth.
Arlee will send Alex Bertollt, the lone Warrior to place in the top four but not without honor. Bertollt also grabbed gold after a 0:50 pin in the championship round.
Top four grapplers in each weight class will get an invite to wrestle at the State Tournament in Billings starting Friday. Fifth and sixth placers will be reserved as alternates.
Results
Team Scores – Eureka 201.5; Ronan 195; Mission 150.5; Thompson Falls 134; Florence 97.5; Plains-Hot Springs 92; Deer Lodge 91; Drummond 49; Bigfork 48; Noxon 44; Superior 24.
Championship
103 – Kaleb Frank (TF) dec. Colin Rogers (DL) 7–3
113 – Hunter Peterson (Ron) maj. dec. Kahden Bakkila (Eur) 12–2
120 – Zach Durden (Eur) def. Jonathan Schmidt medical forfeit
126 – Garrett White (Eur) dec. Cole Snyder (Ron) 7–3
132 – Jamie Mullins (MC) dec. Connor Rogers (DL) 6–3
138 – Torren Lawson (FC) dec. Jake Lile (PHS) 7–3
145 – Russell Kujala (PHS) dec. Jared Neiss (Ron) 6–4
152 – Trent Dennison (MC) dec. Bridger Lapierre (Sup) 10–5
160 – Kyle Milner (TF) dec. Luke Crowe (Nox) 11–9
170 – Alex Bertollt (Arl) pin Jace Pancake (FC) 0:50
182 – Steven Bravo (MC) dec. Joe Fehr (Eur) 7–6
205 – Vinny Quirk (BF) pin Luiz Gonzalez (Ron) 0:36
285 – Ethan Goss–Dickie (MC) dec. Michael Irvine (Ron) 2–1.
Third Place
103 – Daniel Uli (PHS) dec. Spencer Stagg (Ron) 6–4
113 – Seth Cheff (Ron) pin Jethro Thorne (FC) 2:34
120 – Cody Garrison (TF) pin Alex Waite (DL) 1:42
126 – Wesley Gilroy (TF) pin Bryce Henning (PHS) 4:48
132 – Dean Klakken (FC) maj. dec. Dusten Henning (PHS) 13–1
138 – Jase Sorenson (TF) dec. James Dunn (Eur) 10–8
145 – Tony Bergerson (Drm) dec. Josh Schmidt (Eur) 4–2
152 – Colton Bray (TF) pin Garrett Graves (Eur) 2:55
160 – Sean Cooney (Dm) maj. dec. Colby Hammack (Eur) 11–2
170 – Sheldon Danforth (DL) maj. dec. Graydon Irish (Ron) 8–0
182 – Alan Chojnacky (Nox) pin Kail Cheff (Ron) 4:42
205 – Sam Johnson (Eur) pin Shane Morigeau (MC)2:43
285 – Gray Cook (Ron) pin Chris Anderson (MC) 0:33
