NAMPA - The Coeur d'Alene Vikings remained in good position to defend their state 5A wrestling title, while Post Falls stayed in the hunt to bring home some hardware as well in the state wrestling tournament Friday at the Idaho Center.

Heading into today's finals round, Coeur d'Alene led the 5A competition with 167 points with Caldwell nipping at the Vikings' heels with 161.5 points. Post Falls is sixth with 137.5 points, while Lake City is 14th with 24 points.

Coeur d'Alene will have three wrestlers battling for an individual state championship today - A.J. Konda (103 pounds), Johnny Peregrina (160) and Caleb Davis (189).

Post Falls, which went 15-3 in its matches Friday, will have five wrestlers in the finals - defending champion James Ost (135), along with Tyler Booth (140), Austin Wilson (145), Nathan McLeod (152) and Cole Jesienouski (171).

Coeur d'Alene will also have three wrestlers in the third-place finals and five in the consolation finals, giving the Vikings a chance to score points for the team competition in 11 of the 14 weight classes. Post Falls has one wrestler in the third-place finals and a pair in the consolation finals.

"I thought we wrestled hard and still have a chance," Coeur d'Alene coach Jeff Moffat said. "This team competition is going to be won in the third-place matches. It's tight and you never know what can happen."

Post Falls coach Pete Reardon remains optimistic about his team's chances of matching the school's best finish at state (fourth) and bringing home a trophy.

"This was quite a day for us," Reardon said. "To win as many matches as we did on the second day of the tournament, I'm proud of these kids and what they were able to accomplish. Getting five wrestlers through to the finals is exciting and we'll see what we can do."

In 4A, Lakeland is 20th with 21 points and doesn't have a wrestler in today's finals.

Timberlake is 16th with 42.5 points in 3A, while St. Maries is 20th with 24 points. Kody Hongslo will wrestle for third place for Timberlake, while Allan Foote will wrestle for the consolation title.

Kootenai rang up 30 points for 21st place in 2A. Heavyweight Ty Beare pinned his opponent in the second period in the semifinals to advance to today’s championship match as Kootenai’s lone remaining wrestler.

In 5A, Konda won his semifinal match in dramatic fashion. Trailing 6-2 with 1:05 remaining in the third period, Konda pinned Capital’s Hunter Manwaring to advance to the finals.

“I was having a hard time scoring,” said Konda, a sophomore who finished fourth last year. “But when he went for the fireman’s carry, he left himself exposed and I just went for it. I knew I had to do something and that was the chance I was looking for.”

McLeod, a junior, scored one of the more unlikely wins of the evening with an 11th-hour Gramby Cradle against Lewiston’s Sammy Metz in the 152-pound weight class.

With Metz in control of the match and leading 9-5 with 30 seconds remaining in the third period, McLeod scored five points with the Gramby Cradle, a move that gives a wrestler two points for a reversal and three points for a near fall.

“I’ve been practicing Grambys from the time I was knee-high to a grasshopper,” said McLeod, who was also celebrating his 17th birthday. “I knew I had to do something big. Time was running out and that was about to be it for me. Fortunately, I was able to pull off the win.”

The most shocking result of the evening came from Jesienouski when he upset top-seeded Armando Roggio of Vallivue.

Jesienouski rallied from an early 4-0 deficit to win 9-7.

“I was able to get good pressure on top,” Jesienouski said. “That was really the difference for me tonight. I just tried to wrestle my game and not think too hard about what the seedings were.”

In the semis at 189, Coeur d’Alene’s Davis dominated Lake City’s lone semifinalist, Calen Lambert, in posting an 11-2 win.

Davis, who finished fourth at state last year, will get a shot at redemption in the finals against Caldwell’s Tim Hartwig. Last season, Hartwig edged Davis 7-4 in the third-place final.

TEAM SCORES — 1, Coeur d’Alene 167. 2, Caldwell 160.5. 3, Centennial 153.5. 4, Lewiston 145. 5, Mountain View 142. 6, Post Falls 137.5. 7, Highland 136. 8, Borah 63. 9, Meridian 56. 10, Capital 46. 11 (tie), Skyline, Vallivue 43. 13. Boise 26.5. 14, Lake City 24. 15, Rocky Mountain 22. 16, Eagle 21. 17, Idaho Falls 17.5. 18, Timberline 13.

Local results

Championship quarterfinals

103 — A.J. Konda, Coeur d’Alene, md. Alex Schmidt, Skyline, 11-2.

112 — Mitch Crain, Post Falls, md. Steve Price, Coeur d’Alene, 10-0.

119 — Josh Carlton , Lewiston, p. Graison Le, Coeur d’Alene, 1:45. Felipe Contreras, Caldwell, md. Brenden Northington, Coeur d’Alene, 15-2. Jace Johnson, Centennial, p. Steven Collins, Lake City, 1:50.

125 — Patrick Phillips, Timberline, d. Hudson Staub, Coeur d’Alene, 7-2.

130 — Kyle Siegwarth, Coeur d’Alene, d. Joe Vallee, Lewiston, 10-5.

135 — James Ost, Post Falls, p. Louie Silva, Centennial, 3:28.

140 — Cole Weir, Highland, p. Kenny Staub, Coeur d’Alene, 4:27. Tyler Booth, Post Falls, p. Dylan Hyer, Centennial, 4:36.

145 — Liam Smith, Centennial, d. Jake Graham, Coeur d’Alene, 1-0. Austin Wilson, Post Falls, p. Colton Sale, Mountain View, 0:44.

152 — Nathan McLeod, Post Falls, p. Junior Pantoja, Caldwell, 1:10.

160 — Austin Dewey, Centennial, d. Kendall Nuss, Post Falls, 8-2. Johnny Peregrina, Coeur d’Alene, md. Andre Lopez, Highland, 12-3.

171 — Cole Jesienouski, Post Falls, d. Trenton Hunter, Lewiston, 4-1. Garrett Demers, Coeur d’Alene, p. Jon Fisher, Centennial, 5:33.

189 — Calen Lambert, Lake City, Marcus Anderson, Idaho Falls, 8-7. Caleb Davis, Coeur d’Alene, md. Dorien Baker, Centennial, 12-0.

215 — Jordan Barrera, Borah, d. Thomas Tucker, Coeur d’Alene, 9-2. Shaun Duffy, Coeur d’Alene, p. Clay Grosshans, Skyline, 1:41.

285 — Dylan Lovejoy, Skyline, p. Jacob Benson, Lake City, 5:35.

Championship semifinals

103 — A.J. Konda, Coeur d’Alene, p. Hunter Manwaring, Capital, 4:55.

112 — Johnny Kenyon, Lewiston, d. Mitch Crain, Post Falls, 5-4.

130 — Brennan Bell, Highland, d. Kyle Siegwarth, Coeur díAlene, 13-8.

135 — James Ost, Post Falls, tf. Rylan Vandevender, Lewiston, 16-1.

140 — Tyler Booth, Post Falls, md. Cole Weir, Highland, 11-0.

145 — Austin Wilson, Post Falls, d. Kamran Zabitov, Centennial, 5-1.

152 — Nathan McLeod, Post Falls, d. Sammy Metz, Lewiston, 10-9.

160 — Johnny Peregrina, Coeur d’Alene, d. Austin Dewey, Centennial, 4-3

171 — Cole Jesienouski, Post Falls, d. Armando Roggio, Vallivue, 9-8. Brennan Connolly, Mountain View, d. Garrett Demers, Coeur d’Alene, 5-1.

189 — Caleb Davis, Coeur díAlene, md. Calen Lambert, Lake City, 11-2.

215 — Kyle Jones, Vallivue, p. Shaun Duffy, Coeur d’Alene, 4:29.

Consolation second round

103 — Chase Lincoln, Coeur d’Alene, p. Alex Schmidt, Skyline, 4:31.

112 — Steve Price, Coeur d’Alene, d. Jonas Williams, Rocky Mountain, 7-3.

119 — Laziah Vasquez, Idaho Falls, p. Steven Collins, Lake City, 4:48. Andrew Smith, Eagle, md. Brenden Northington, Coeur d’Alene, 13-5. Graison Le, Coeur d’Alene, p. Daniel Donnelly, Mountain View, 2:40.

125 — Nick Wells, Lake City, d. Colby Marsh, Lewiston, 5-1. Hudson Staub, Coeur d’Alene, d. Trey Hughes, Highland, 5-2.

140 — Kenny Staub, Coeur d’Alene, p. Austin Johnson, Skyline, 3:56. Nate Partenfelder, Lake City, d. Zane Madruga, Lewiston, 4-2.

145 — Jake Graham, Coeur d’Alene, md. Austin Wahl, Rocky Mountain, 13-3.

152 — Junior Pantoja, Caldwell, p. Auston May, Post Falls, 2:28.

160 — Kendall Nuss, Post Falls, d. Travis Huffman, Lewiston, 4-0.

189 — Cody Johnson, Post Falls, by forfeit over Marcus Anderson, Idaho Falls.

215 — Thomas Tucker, Coeur d’Alene, p. DJ Maurer, Lewiston, 1:24.

285 — Drew Moreno, Coeur d’Alene, p. Alex Ekins, Capital, 3:44. Jacob Benson, Lake City, p. Davin Addison, Boise, 0:23.

Consolation third round

103 — Stihl Quayle, Highland, d. Chase Lincoln, Coeur d’Alene, 7-4.

112 — Carlos Maloy, Meridian, d. Steve Price, Coeur d’Alene, 8-2.

119 — Aristeo Gallegos, Caldwell, d. Graison Le, Coeur d’Alene, 5-3.

125 — Drew Randall, Lewiston, md. Nick Wells, Lake City, 9-0. Hudson Staub, Coeur d’Alene, p. Austin Baum, Centennial, 2:04.

140 — Kenny Staub, Coeur d’Alene, p. Dylan Hyer, Centennial, 2:59. Kyle Anderson, Capital, md. Nate Partenfelder, Lake City, 10-2.

145 — Nik Zeigler, Mountain View, d. Jake Graham, Coeur d’Alene, 5-0.

160 — Kendall Nuss, Post Falls, p. Andre Lopez, Highland, 4:00.

189 — Cody Johnson, Post Falls, d. Chris McNabb, Meridian, 5-2.

215 — Thomas Tucker, Coeur d’Alene, d. Matt Llanes, Eagle, 7-2.

285 — Drew Moreno, Coeur d’Alene, p. Jacob Benson, Lake City, 1:39.

TEAM SCORES — 1, Columbia 228. 2, Blackfoot 170.5. 3, Kuna 139.5. 4, Nampa 117.5. 5, Pocatello 105. 6 (tie), Minico, Twin Falls 68. 8, Jerome 61.5. 9, Rigby 59. 10, Hillcrest 52. 11, Sandpoint 42. 12, Preston. 13, Shelley 35. 14, Madison 33.5. 15, Bonneville 31.5. 16, Mountain Home 25. 17 (tie), Canyon Ridge, Wood River 24. 19, Moscow 22. 20, Lakeland 21. 21, Skyview 19. 22, Burley. 23, Emmett 12. 24, Middleton 11. 25, Bishop Kelly 5.5 26, Century 2.

Championship quarterfinals

112 — Joel Campos, Columbia, p. Tanner Wright, Lakeland, 0:55.

119 — Kam Reddish, Columbia, md. Dustin Hannawalt, Lakeland, 12-2.

Championship semifinals

No locals qualified.

Consolation second round

112 — Cooper Bailey, Wood River, d. Tanner Wright, Lakeland, 6-0.

119 — Dustin Hannawalt, Lakeland, p. Tyler Whiting, Columbia, 0:56.

125 — Braxton Jensen, Pocatello, p. Chad Miller, Lakeland, 4:01.

130 — Cole Davis, Pocatello, d. Brandon Yount, Lakeland, 7-0.

145 — Brad Bruce, Moscow, p. David Nelson, Lakeland, 1:49.

152 — Hayden Gilbert, Bonneville, p. Chase Campbell, Lakeland, 3:20.

Consolation third round

119 — Matt Gallegos, Blackfoot, p. Dustin Hannawalt, Lakeland, 2:06.

TEAM SCORES — 1, Snake River 122. 2, Bonners Ferry 120.5. 3, Fruitland 113.5. 4, Parma 105. 5. Sugar-Salem 97.5. 6, (tie), American Falls, Priest River 88. 8, Salmon 84. 9, Payette 83. 10, Buhl 80.5. 11, Weiser 74. 12, Homedale 73. 13, Teton 60.5. 14, Bear Lake 52. 15, Filer 45.5. 16, Timberlake, 42.5. 17, Marsh Valley 38.5. 18, Kimberly 33. 19, Kellogg 325. 20, (tie), South Fremont, St. Maries 24.

Championship quarterfinals

103 — Cade Cooke, Teton, p. Scott Larson, Timberlake, 17-0.

119 — Kody Hongslo, Timberlake, d. Jacob Herman, Kimberly, 4-0.

140 — Braden Beard, Snake River, d. Trevor Roth, Timberlake, 7-3. Cesar Jacobo, Parma, d. Joseph Bloomsburg, St. Maries, 6-4.

152 — Juan Christensen, South Fremont, p. Kyle White, Timberlake, 4:27. Jesse Vogler, Snake River, md. Forrest Herring, Timberlake, 11-1.

160 — Chase Barber, Sugar-Salem, p. Derek Charles, St. Maries, 3:01.

285 — Dayne Ward, Sugar-Salem, p. Tony Appel, St. Maries, 1:58.

Championship semifinals

119 — Justin Ensley, Homedale, d. Kody Hongslo, Timberlake, 2-0.

Consolation second round

103 — Scott Larson, Timberlake, p. Diamond Robinson, Priest River, 5:36.

112 — Todd Bahem, Homedale, p. Colton Derry, St. Maries, 2:55.

140 — Joseph Bloomsburg, St. Maries, d. Kyle Bergeson, South Fremont, 10-5. Tyson Burgemeister, American Falls, d. Trevor Roth, Timberlake, 5-2.

145 — Seth Wood, Sugar-Salem, p. Cody Yearout, St. Maries, 2:02. David Hemmert, Parma, p. Walker Herring, Timberlake, 1:51.

152 — Forrest Herring, Timberlake, Philip Hansen, Marsh Valley, 9-7. Brandon Schmitz, Bonners Ferry, d. Ashton Stephenson, St. Maries, 8-2. Matt Loughran, Weiser, Kyle White, Timberlake, 4:13.

160 — Derek Charles, St. Maries, md. Brayden Millward, Marsh Valley, 18-5.

171 — Dakotah Gries, Parma, p. Christian Heth, Timberlake, 2:08.

189 — Brett Packham, Filer, p. Jake Baures, Timberlake, 3:39. Jarrod Gloe, Priest River, d. Jesse Johnson, St. Maries, 8-3.

285 — Allan Foote, Timberlake, p. Tony Appel, St. Maries, 2:36.

Consolation third round

103 — Dalton Moody, Salmon, md. Scott Larson, Timberlake, 16-4.

140 — Mark Bell, Snake River, p. Joseph Bloomsburg, St. Maries, 2:13.

152 — Brandon Schmidtz, Bonners Ferry, md. Forrest Herring, Timberlake, 11-3.

160 — Eddie Reyes, American Falls, p. Derek Charles, St. Maries, 3:23.

285 — Alan Foote, Timberlake, p. Thomas Sharp, Weiser, 1:31.

TEAM SCORES — 1, Declo 140. 2, North Fremont 120.5. 3, Challis 102. 4, Melba 96. 5, New Plymouth 84. 6, McCall-Donnelly 72.5. 7, Grangeville 68. 8, (tie), Malad, West Jefferson 67. 10, Ririe 56. 11, Firth 55. 12, West Side 52. 13, Prairie 46. 14, North Gem 41. 15, Kamiah 40.5. 16, Oakley 375. 17, Gooding 36. 18, Wallace 34. 19, Potlatch 33.5. 20, Wendell 32.5. 21, Kootenai 30. 22, Marsing 29. 23, Aberdeen 25. 24, Grace 22. 24, (tie), Orofino, Raft River 22. 27, Valley 19. 28, Glenns Ferry 15. 29, Clearwater Valley 7. 30, Garden Valley 5. 31, Tri-Valley 4. 32, Cascade 0.

Championship quarterfinals

285 — Ty Beare, Kootenai, p. Ben Cornia, Firth, 2:17.

Championship semifinals

285 — Ty Beare, Kootenai, p. Oscar Ceballos, Marsing, 4:25.

Consolation second round

189 — Joseph Anderson, Kootenai, p. Greg Bartholoma, Aberdeen, 4:48.

Consolation third round

189 — Jared Robie, Grangeville, p. Joseph Anderson, Kootenai, 4:26.