COEUR d'ALENE - You can't spell compete without Pete.

And the head coach of the Post Falls wrestling team may have put together the first of what could be a long list of tournament championships a little later this season.

Senior Drake Foster (126 pounds), junior Tyler "T.J." Wolf (132) and senior Seth McLeod (182) won championships for the Post Falls Trojans, which ran away with the 43rd annual Tri-State Invitational team championship on Saturday at Christianson Gym on the campus of North Idaho College.

"We had a couple of really hard practices this week with some sprints and intense matches," Post Falls coach Pete Reardon said. "We really talked about competing, no matter what, and the whole team stepped up."

Post Falls totaled 202 points in capturing its first Tri-State title. The Trojans' previous best finish was third in 2012.

Moses Lake was second with 166 points.

"We've wanted this championship for so long," McLeod said. "Tri-State is a tough tournament for us. We wanted to come out, work hard and get this. We've been training super hard in the wrestling room, and it feels great."

Foster, the top seed at 126, advanced to the championship match for the third time in four years, dominated the match from start to finish, winning by a 5-2 decision over third-seeded Seth Lowen from McCall-Donnelly for his first Tri-State title.

"It feels amazing," Foster said. "All the hard work we do in the wrestling room is starting to pay off. We wrestled hard to show our coaches that we've been working hard toward something."

Wolf, seeded sixth in his Tri-State debut, trailed fourth-seeded Cam Sorensen of University High in Spokane 1-0 after the second period, took a 2-1 lead with a takedown early in the third and went to post a 5-2 decision.

"I really had nothing to lose, so I just tried to go out and wrestle as tough as I could," Wolf said. "I went as hard as I could and found a way to get it done. We've got an excellent team and are great together. Our coaches push us to be better each day, and that helps us get better in the future. Winning this just proves that anything is possible."

McLeod, who lost in the finals last year, wasted no time putting Levi Perry of Kuna on his heels, eventually earning a pin in 3:55 for the 182 title.

"It feels good to finally end up on top," McLeod said. "You've just got to ignore the fact you're in the finals and wrestle the kid the same way as you'd wrestle any other match. If you look at it, you've got to be pretty special to be in the championship match at Tri-State."

"Seth gets into matches with guys that like to try and slow things down," Reardon said. "They try to make it a conservative match. It was a little bit of a slow start, but once he got moving, he was unstoppable."

Lakeland freshman Larry Johnson fell behind 2-0 to top-seeded Chase Wickman, the top seed at 113 from Vashon Island (Wash.), eventually losing by pin in 2:23.

"I was excited to get to this tournament," Johnson said. "My goal was to place in the top five, and just took it like any other tournament. I've been to Fargo (for Junior Nationals), so I know the game. I was ready to go, but he (Wickman) caught me heavy on my feet, but I'll learn from it."

Justin Farnsworth, in his first Tri-State final, lost to Tate Orndorff of University by a 9-3 decision at 285.

"He's one of the top guys in the nation," Farnsworth said. "I didn't wrestle as well as I could have, but I thought I did a lot better than most guys could have. I could have done better, but second is good. Winning that team title, that's a big deal. One of the biggest and scariest things is that this is just the beginning of the season, and it's a really good sign of things to come. We'll go back and get better in the wrestling room and get better each week."

Johnson is the first Lakeland wrestler to advance to the finals since Brandon Richardson in 2009. Freshman William Edelblute finished sixth for Lakeland, which finished 14th.

"Larry's been working hard," Lakeland coach Rob Edelblute said. "He's been coming in with one of our seniors (Killian Estes) and Willy (Edelblute), and they have been working really hard. It goes to show, all three placed and they've got a bright future ahead of them."

Estes, who suffered a hand injury in the quarterfinals on Friday, finished sixth at 195.

Zion Dixon was fifth at 285 for Lake City, which finished 24th with 55 points.

Tyler Badetscher finished third at 152 for Timberlake, which finished tied for 33rd with 44 points.

Casey Randles finished fifth at 170 for Sandpoint.

Blake Ivie of Kellogg beat Alius De La Rosa of Post Falls in the 138-pound fifth-sixth place match.

Fred Green was named the tournament's most outstanding wrestler after winning the 138-pound title for Orting (Wash.), which claimed the small school team championship.

TEAM SCORES - 1, Post Falls 202. 2, Moses Lake 166. 3, University 144.5. 4, Tahoma 138. 5, Lake Stevens 135. 6, Kuna 115. 7, Orting 113.5. 8, East Valley 108. 9 (tie), Bethel, Colville 103.5. 11, Central Valley 95. 12, Hermiston 93. 13, North Central 88. 14, Lakeland 87. 15, Havre 86.5. 16, Sentinel 78.5. 17, Freeman 68.5. 18, Chiawana 67. 19 (tie), Auburn, Union, Vashon Island 66. 22, Mead 61.5. 23, McCall-Donnelly 59. 24, Lakeside 57. 25 (tie), Lake City, Rocky Mountain 55. 27, Sandpoint 52. 28, Todd Beamer 51. 29, Royal 49. 30, Liberty Bell 48.5. 31, Deer Park 47. 32, Tonasket 45.5. 33 (tie), Kentridge, Timberlake 44. 35, Coeur d'Alene 43. 36, Kellogg 39. 37, Juanita 37. 38, Graham-Kapowsin 36. 39, Liberty (Issaquah) 35. 40, St. Maries 33.5 41, Omak 32. 42, Libby 31. 43 (tie), Blaine, Evergreen, La Grande, Meadowdale 30. 47, Kentlake 29. 48, Kamiakin 27. 49, Rochester 26. 50, Darrington 25. 51 (tie), Liberty (Spangle), Mt. Spokane 24. 53, Frenchtown 22. 54, Reardan 21. 55 (tie), Mary Walker, Potlatch 20. 57, Ferris 19. 58, Wapato 14. 59 (tie), Gonzaga Prep, Polson, Quincy, Washington 12. 63 (tie), Bonners Ferry, Kelso, Northwest Christian 10. 66, Selkirk 9. 67 (tie), Moscow, Riverside 0.

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES

98 - Alex Cruz, Orting, tf. Justin Hoyle, Tahoma, 17-2. 106 - T.J. Baun, Colville, d. Cole Rohan, La Grande, 8-4. 113 - Chase Wickman, Vashon Island, p. Larry Johnson, Lakeland, 2:23. 120 - Dalton Young, Lakeside, p. Cooper McCullough, Moses Lake, :16. 126 - Drake Foster, Post Falls, d. Seth Lowen, McCall-Donnelly, 5-2. 132 - Tyler Wolf, Post Falls, d. Cam Sorensen, University, 5-2. 138 - Fred Green, Orting, d. Jake Douglas, Lake Stevens, 4-2. 145 - Spencer Rich, Rocky Mountain, d. Chase Clasen, Moses Lake, 3-1. 152 - Trey Meyer, East Valley, d. Ian Cox, Colville, 7-3. 160 - Alex Aguilar, Omak, d. Mason McDaniel, Juanita, 5-2. 170 - Izaec Quintanilla, North Central, md. Darrin Miller, Royal, 10-0. 182 - Seth McLeod, Post Falls, p. Levi Perry, Kuna, 3:55. 195 - Samuel Colbray, Hermiston, d. Cody Vigoren, Lake Stevens, 3-2. 220 - Colin Hammock, Sentinel, d. Dallas Goodpaster, Evergreen, 9-7. 285 - Tate Orndorff, University, d. Justin Farnsworth, Post Falls, 9-3.

THIRD-FOURTH PLACE

98 - Kreede Peterson, Kuna, md. Caleb Bagnell, Frenchtown, 8-0. 106 - Derek Freitag, Kentridge, p. Riley Gurr, Kamiakin, 3:25. 113 - Braydon Huber, Post Falls, d. Keegan Kennelly, Havre, 5-3. 120 - Nick Whitehead, Tahoma, p. Trent Skelton, Liberty Bell, :38. 126 - Bryson Beard, Central Valley, d. Hunter Cruz, Moses Lake, 2-0. 132 - Grayson Brenna, Havre, d. Michael Soler, Lake Stevens, 2-1. 138 - Blake Beard, Central Valley, d. Parker Filius, Havre, 2-1. 145 - Emmett Fink, Liberty Bell, p. Jorge Juarez, Tonasket, 2:21. 152 - Zach Crace, Libby, d. Tyler Badertscher, Timberlake, 7-0. 160 - Lucas Eastman, Rochester, p. Hudson Mauseth, Moses Lake, 1:16. 170 - Conner Small, Liberty (Issaquah), p. Ben Knight, Colville, 2:27. 182 - Bryson Pierce, North Central, d. Alex Berfanger, Union, 4-2. 195 - Sebastian Hyta, Freeman, d. Adam Hokenson, Tahoma, 12-5. 220 - Timothy J. Smith, Meadowdale, d. Mason Mckenzie, Darrington, 3-2. 285 - Hunter Mullins, Orting, d. Jacob Apodaca, Auburn, 3-1.

FIFTH-SIXTH PLACE

98 - Luke Larson, Vashon Island, md. William Edelblute, Lakeland, 9-1. 106 - Ethan Rotondo, Union, d. Jesus Cornejo, Moses Lake, 7-1. 113 - Trey Long, Moses Lake, d. Tyler Headland, Lake Stevens, 7-6. 120 - Rob Pair, McCall-Donnelly, d. Alex Rodrigo, Lake Stevens, by injury default. 126 - Andy Wagner, Hermiston, d. Justin Sipila, Tahoma, 7-4. 132 - Dylan Lockwood, Coeur d'Alene, d. Kain Feltwell, Liberty (Spangle), 5-2. 138 - Blake Ivie, Kellogg, d. Alius De La Rosa, Post Falls, 2-0. 145 - Dante Springsteen, Bethel, md. Kody Pribyl, Havre, 12-3. 152 - Garrett Brown, Lakeside, d. Cody Appa, McCall-Donnelly, 6-0. 160 - Josh Beckler, Kentlake, d. Logan Nelson, Vashon Island, 3-2. 170 - Casey Randles, Sandpoint, p. Michael Snediker, Union, :51. 182 - Josey Anderson, Reardan, d. Chauncye Garigan, Central Valley, 7-6. 195 - Eli TeuTeu, Bethel, d. Killian Estes, Lakeland, by injury default. 220 - Levi Mcbride, Chiawana, p. Dylan Morris, Moses Lake, :20. 285 - Zion Dixon, Lake City, p. Avyion Fisher, Bethel, 2:33.

SEVENTH-EIGHTH PLACE

98 - Devyn Sweem, Bethel, p. Noah Herbert, Timberlake, :36. 106 - Mason Eaglin, Graham-Kapowsin, md. Matt McLeod, Post Falls, 10-2. 113 - Cameron Swanson, University, d. Cameron Brown, Polson, 3-2. 120 - Clai Quintanilla, North Central, d. Chad Simonson, Graham-Kapowsin, 10-7. 126 - Balteer Rana, Auburn, d. Carlos Hernandez, Royal, by injury default. 132 - Ben Gore, Orting, p. Max Miller, Rocky Mountain, 3:23. 138 - Corde Ferreira, Graham-Kapowsin, d. Jake Lords, Kuna, 3-2. 145 - Sean Van Earwage, Todd Beamer, d. Braedon Orrino, Central Valley, by injury default. 152 - Josh Richmond, St. Maries, p. Jesse Schmidlkofer, Freeman, 1:50. 160 - Ryley Smith, Colville, p. Ben Alford, Northwest Christian, 3:51. 170 - Javier Martinez, Union, d. Bob Coleman, Hermiston, 5-1. 182 - Romney Noel, Liberty (Issaquah), d. John-Henry Line, Hermiston, 7-1. 195 - Jason Aebischer, Deer Park, p. Jake Williams, Sandpoint, :30. 220 - Kenny Martinez, East Valley, d. Conor Shepherd, Lakeland, 5-3. 285 - Justin Sainsbury, Moses Lake, p. Kingston Suka, Tahoma, 5:52.