POLSON - Five pins and three wins by forfeit added up to a 51-33 dual meet victory for the Libby Greenchain over host Polson on Thursday.

The Greenchain got pins from Zach Crace (119), Cody Benefield (130), Kyle Leir (145), Austin Bailey (189) and Gunnar Moe (215) while the Pirates had pins by Craig Feistner (125), Alex Nystrom (140), Mike Devlin (152), and Josiah Clairmont (285).

The Pirates wrestled at Libby right before Christmas and had hoped to do better than during that outing.

"We did (do better), but not quite as good as we'd hoped," said Polson coach Bob Owen.

One key match was at 119 between Crace and Polson's Dylan Moll.

The Pirate coaches had high hopes going in, but Crace caught Moll and pinned him at the end of the first period.

Both Libby and Polson will be in Ronan this weekend for the Western Montana Duals.

Libby 51, Polson 33

dual started at 171

98: Alex Helgeson, P, won by forfeit; 105: Dylan Roby, L, won by forfeit; 112: Carlos Quinones, P, won by forfeit; 119: Zach Crace, L, p. Dylan Moll, 1:52; 125: Craig Feistner, P, p. Aaron Seefeldt, 2:51; 130: Cody Benefield, L, p. Steven Walk, 3:05; 135: Mitch Haugen, L, dec. Skylar Anderson, 4-0; 140: Alex Nystrom, P, p. Garret Chapel, 3:21; 145: Kyle Leir, L, p. Jared Young, 1:57; 152: Mike Devlin, P, dec. Josh Bowers, 7-5; 160: Dylan Berget, L, won by forfeit; 171: Robin Kyes, L, won by forfeit; 189: Austin Bailey, L, p. Marlin Burke, 5:49; 215: Gunnar Moe, L, p. Kaleb Auld, 1:22; 285: Josiah Clairmont, P, p. Zach Dolezal, :42.

Columbia Falls 75, Whitefish 12

WHITEFISH - The Columbia Falls MatCats picked up nine pins and won three matches by forfeit en route to a dual victory over Northwestern A foe Whitefish.

The dual started at heavyweight, which saw Whitefish take an early 6-0 lead on Wolf Zinke's first-period pin.

Getting pins for Columbia Falls were Shonn Roberts (105), Seth McCall (119), Cody Hader (125), Josiah Osborne (130), Adam Richardson (135), Kohl Thompson (145), Travis Province (152), Marcus Ross (189) and Jacob Bobcock (215).

Whitefish coach Ryan Boyle saw positives from the Bulldogs.

"Columbia Falls is a very good team. We wrestled a lot better than we did the last dual," he said.

The Bulldogs head to Cut Bank today for the Cut Bank Invitational. The MatCats are in Ronan for the Western Montana Duals.

Columbia Falls 75, Whitefish 12

dual started at hwt

98: Jordan Huges, CF, won by forfeit; 105: Shonn Roberts, CF, p. Garrett Rice, 1:59; 112: Matt Barton, WF, won by forfeit; 119: Seth McCall, CF, p. Trysten Armstrong, 1:34; 125: Cody Hader, CF, p. Emmett Schmidt, 2:58; 130: Josiah Osborne, CF, p. Judah Prestegaard, 1:56; 135: Adam Richardson, CF, p. Matt Sampson-Keck, :57; 140: Bryan Schaffer, CF, dec. Austin Giles, 9-3; 145: Kohl Thompson, CF, p. Madison McWhirter, 5:47; 152: Travis Province, CF, p. Kyle Bowerman, 5:32; 160: Jacob Burgess, CF, won by forfeit; 171: Josh Folsom, CF, won by forfeit; 189: Marcus Ross, CF, p. Jacob Forrest, 1:46; 215: Jacob Babcock, CF, p. Aaron Vick, 1:06; 285: Wolf Zinke, WF, p. Wade Motichka, 1:23.