Lakeland honors Tuinstra in winning own tourney

RATHDRUM - The Lakeland Hawks honored the late Van Tuinstra the best way they could.

The Hawks had four individual champions and edged Freeman (Wash.) for the team title to capture the inaugural 10-team Tuinstra Memorial Classic on Saturday at Lakeland High.

William Edelblute (98 pounds), Larry Johnson (113), Jared Walker (170) and Conor Shepherd (220) won titles for Lakeland.

Tuinstra was a former assistant wrestling coach at Lakeland, and also served as vice principal and athletic director before going to Timberlake as AD when that school opened in 1998.

While assisting wrestling coach Jim Whiteman at Lakeland, Tuinstra was instrumental in starting the Lakeland Classic, a prestigious tournament back in the 1980s. Current Lakeland wrestling coach Rob Edelblute competed for Whiteman and Tuinstra at Lakeland in the late 1980s, when the Hawks won back-to-back Tri-State titles.

"It was only fitting," Edelblute said of Lakeland winning the Tuinstra tournament. "I think Van would have been proud of it. He dedicated a lot of time to wrestling at Lakeland. It (the tourney) was a way to honor his name. Hopefully we can carry it on, and it (the tourney) can get bigger and bigger."

Other local champions included Tucker Figueroa of Kellogg (126), Jason Burchell of Post Falls (132), Blake Ivie of Kellogg (138), and Tyler Badertscher of Timberlake (152).

Sebastian Hyta of Freeman, who won the 195-pound class, was named the tourney's Outstanding Wrestler.

TEAM SCORES - 1, Lakeland 233.5. 2, Freeman 223. 3, Kellogg 135. 4, Eureka 117. 5, Timberlake 82. 6, Gonzaga Prep 73. 7, Reardan 61. 8, Post Falls 57. 9, Lakeland JV 52. 10, Newport 18.5.

PLACERS

98 (round robin) - 1, William Edelblute, Lakeland. 2, Logan Holt, Freeman. 3, PJ Vigil, Gonzaga Prep. 4, Alessio Lemmon, Post Falls. 5, Alex Carter, Kellogg.

106 (round robin) - 1, Hunter Nees, Freeman. 2, Tavis Woempner, Lakeland. 3, Jesse Campbell, Kellogg. 4, Micah Centenari, Gonzaga Prep. 5, Tyler Custis, Kellogg. 6, Joseph Shumacher, Lakeland JV.

113 - CHAMPIONSHIP: Larry Johnson, Lakeland, md. Bryan Edelblute, Lakeland JV, 9-1. THIRD-FOURTH PLACE: Kahden Bakkila, Eureka, p. Logan Siegford, Lakeland JV, 2:35.

120 - CHAMPIONSHIP: Zach Durden, Eureka, d. Tyler Siegford, Lakeland, 4-3. THIRD-FOURTH PLACE: Ty O'Neal, Lakeland JV, d. Tanner Figueroa, Kellogg, 10-7.

126 - CHAMPIONSHIP: Tucker Figueroa, Kellogg, p. Garrett White, Eureka, 2:39. THIRD-FOURTH PLACE - Dailyn Johnson, Timberlake, tf. Shaun Bailes, Lakeland JV, 17-1.

132 - CHAMPIONSHIP: Jason Burchell, Post Falls, d. Noah Vetter, Freeman, 8-4. THIRD-FOURTH PLACE: Tate Malek, Reardan, d. Logan Kelley, Lakeland, 10-3.

138 - CHAMPIONSHIP: Blake Ivie, Kellogg, p. Isaiah Crane, Freeman, 1:46. THIRD-FOURTH PLACE: Queong Rahman-Smith, Post Falls, p. Colton Kuykendall, Reardan, 1:01.

145 - CHAMPIONSHIP: Josh Schmidt, Eureka, d. Austin Garitone, Lakeland, 6-4. THIRD-FOURTH PLACE: Jesse Schmidlkofer, Freeman, p. Ruger Lillengreen, Reardan, 1:18.

152 - CHAMPIONSHIP: Tyler Badertscher, Timberlake, p. Brock Herbert, Timberlake, :40. THIRD-FOURTH PLACE: Michael Sims, Reardan, d. Tuekota Tate-Vandiver, 7-3.

160 - CHAMPIONSHIP: Konner Forshag, Freeman, p. Britt Dickens, Lakeland, 4:07. THIRD-FOURTH PLACE: Tyler Boyd, Kellogg, p. Caleb Munson, Timberlake, 3:34.

170 - CHAMPIONSHIP: Jared Walker, Lakeland, d. Billy Sims, Freeman, 4-1. THIRD-FOURTH PLACE: Preston Hoppman, Freeman, p. Kooper Hval, Gonzaga Prep, 1:49.

182 - CHAMPIONSHIP: Markus Goldbach, Freeman, d. Chris Washburn, Lakeland, 3-1. THIRD-FOURTH PLACE - Joe Fehr, Eureka, p. Derek Trumble, 3:15.

195 (round robin) - 1, Sebastian Hyta, Freeman. 2, Killian Estes, Lakeland. 3, Jonathon O'Brien, Kellogg. 4, Garrett Trevino, Freeman.

220 - CHAMPIONSHIP: Conor Shepherd, Lakeland, p. Christian Speelman, Kellogg, 3:32. THIRD-FOURTH PLACE: Kendall Brock, Gonzaga Prep, d. Grant Kuntz, Gonzaga Prep, 12-10.

285 (round robin) - 1, Tyler Brooking, Gonzaga Prep. 2, Peyton Smetena, Freeman. 3, Cody Cantrell, Post Falls. 4, Cameron Moreland, Newport. 5, Camren Cooper, Post Falls.

Vikings, Timberwolves place three

at Jugg Beck Rocky Mountain Classic

MISSOULA - Colton Johnson was fourth at 160 pounds, Vince Rey fifth at 182 and Caleb Maciosek was sixth at 106 for Coeur d'Alene, which finished 10th out of 32 teams at the Jugg Beck Rocky Mountain Classic at Sentinel High.

"We wrestled pretty well," Coeur d'Alene coach Jeff Moffat said. "We're making strides and to finish in the top 10 is a good deal for this team. Colton had a really good tournament and Vince Ray stepped it up. We had some guys that wrestled really well. The guys wrestled hard."

Zion Dixon was fourth at 285, Killian Konda sixth at 152 and Corey Cook was seventh at 170 for Lake City, which finished 13th.

"We had a really good weekend," Lake City coach Corey Owen said. "This is an incredibly tough tournament. The three kids who did place wrestled extremely well all weekend long. This is a tough tournament."

Lake City hosts Timberlake on Tuesday and Sandpoint and Bonners Ferry visit Coeur d'Alene on Thursday.

McLeod wins at 182 as

Trojans take third in Orem

OREM, Utah - Post Falls senior Seth McLeod beat Jacob Armstrong of Salem Hills by a 6-3 decision in the 182-pound championship match, helping the Trojans to a third-place finish in the Rockwell Rumble on the campus of Utah Valley University.

Taylor Lamont of Maple Mountain beat Post Falls senior Drake Foster by a 4-2 decision in the 126-pound final.

Alius De La Rosa was third at 138, Justin Farnsworth fourth at 285, T.J. Wolf fifth at 132 and Steven Zettel sixth at 145.

"It was a great weekend for us," Post Falls coach Pete Reardon said. "We wanted to travel down here to get tested. We didn't look to get first or second, but wanted to get tested and pushed to the limit. A lot of our kids got in some tight matches and gained perspective on how to handle that in the future."

Pleasant Grove High (Utah) won the tournament with 209.5 points, followed by Maple Mountain with 193.5 in second place.

Post Falls hosts Lewiston on Jan. 28.