COEUR d’ALENE — Knowing full well that as the lone finalist for the Post Falls Trojans in the Tri-State Invitational every point mattered when it came to the team score, sophomore Ridge Lovett did what he always seems to do.

Get the job done.

But on this weekend, it was a team from Havre, Mont., thanks to a pin in the 220-pound final that knocked the Trojans off the top of the Tri-State standings for the first time in three years.

Havre won with 184 points, compared to 182.5 from the Trojans. Lakeland was fourth.

“The truth of it today was we didn’t deserve to win today,” Post Falls coach Pete Reardon said. “We got outwrestled. Hats off to them, they were clutch when they needed to be. They outwrestled us today.”

Lovett pinned Chase Tebbets of Mead in 3 minutes, 27 seconds to win the 106-pound title, his second straight at the tournament which brings in the top teams from Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana.

“The second title was better by far,” Lovett said. “The team race was so close that I knew I had to get it done.”

Immediately following his match, the team race got a little more separation as Havre lost in the 113-pound final to keep the Trojans’ lead at 10 points.

“We were all hyped up and I knew I had to get a pin to help secure it,” Lovett said. “I had a good warmup with A.J. (De La Rosa), and a good talk with the coaches and was ready to go.”

In his 182-pound championship match, Coeur d’Alene senior Casey Randles — who won while at Sandpoint last year — had to win a dogfight, beating Trevor Seen of Mead High in Spokane 6-5 to become the first wrestler at Tri-State to win for two different schools.

“He’s always aggressive, but the guy he was facing came out with a gameplan to frustrate him,” Coeur d’Alene coach Jeff Moffat said. “What I told Casey is that everyone you wrestle is going to do that. He’s a competitor and wants to keep scoring as many points as he can. He lost his composure a little bit, but he’ll learn from that. He was fine, but just let the guy frustrate him a little bit.”

Seen tried to slow the tempo of the match.

“I got too much in my head,” Randles said. “If I can get out of my head, I’m fine. But Trevor wrestled a good match and I got frustrated and wrestled poorly. I’m not happy with the win because I wanted to wrestle better and I will the next time I see him.”

Randles won by pin at 182 in 2015 while at Sandpoint.

“It’s really special to win this,” Randles said. “I’ve always wanted to win this tournament since I was a little kid.”

Lovett won the title at 98 pounds last year.

“This one, it was about the team,” Lovett said. “Doing it with the team and for the team is way better than any individual title because I’d rather win with them. Usually, if I win, I win, but if I won this time, then the team had a shot to win. I’m wrestling for them, not just me.”

Lovett won all four matches at Tri-State by pin.

“Ridge was awesome,” Reardon said. “And the kid he wrestled is really tough. Not to take anything away from him, but Ridge went out there with a purpose and found a way to get him on his back. In big matches, he finds a way to elevate his level and he’s just a clutch kid.”

“Just tried to push the pace in practice all week,” said Lovett, who remains undefeated in high school. “Just going hard and having long matches in practice and making sure I had enough in the tank to finish this weekend.”

Other Post Falls placers include: Jordan Grimm (sixth at 113), A.J. De La Rosa (fifth at 120), Matt McLeod (fifth at 126), Jason Burchell (fourth at 138), Braydon Huber (fourth at 145), Micah McLeod (seventh at 152), Wyatt Shelly (fifth at 152) and Brad Noesen (fifth at 220).

After a third-place showing in last year’s event, Lakeland junior Larry Johnson was focused on getting better with his endurance in 2016.

And he did just that for about 5 minutes, 50 seconds in the 138-pound final. That last 10 seconds allowed Lakeside senior Dalton Young to escape and score two late points to win 5-4, becoming only the third four-time champion at Tri-State, joining Sandpoint’s Jared Lawrence and Hermiston’s Samuel Colbray.

“I knew he was a stud going into the match,” said Johnson, who won a Tri-State title as a freshman. “I’ve been preparing all year for him, because I knew he was going to be in my way and I really wanted to beat him. I just wanted it. It was a close match.”

Johnson won twice by major decision, once by pin and another time by decision to reach the finals.

“I just came more prepared this year,” Johnson said. “We’ve came a long way as a team. It’s been a long time since we’ve had three guys in the Tri-State finals.”

For Lakeland sophomore Sam Edelblute — nephew of coach Rob Edelblute — he missed out on placing by one round as a freshman.

This time around, he found himself under the title spotlight, losing to Chase Randall of Mead 10-3.

“I felt strong against all the kids I faced,” Sam Edelblute said. “I don’t really know what happened in the championship match. I didn’t expect him to be that tough.”

For Lakeland senior Jared Walker, who finished seventh at Tri-State in 2015, he came close to that title in his final try, losing to Kione Gill of Tahoma 5-1 at 195.

“I wrestled really well the last two days,” Walker said. “Until the finals match, and I’m extremely disappointed with how I wrestled in the finals. I didn’t wrestle how I wanted to and didn’t prepare the right way. It just wasn’t a good finish for me.”

Lakeland finished fourth in the tournament with 149.5 points. Other placers for the Hawks were: Alex Edelblute (third at 98), William Edelblute (third at 113) and Brian Edelblute (sixth at 126).

“They wrestled hard,” Rob Edelblute said. “I’m really proud of them. We’ve been telling them that everyone on the team is going to have to make some noise, as well as at state, if we’re going to have a chance, and they did just that. They wrestled their hearts out. There were a couple of heartbreakers in the finals. We’ve been building with our club and junior high, and everything is coming together. We’re one of the smallest schools at the 4A level, and to come here and finish fourth, that’s a huge accomplishment.”

Alex Marshall of Coeur d’Alene finished third to help the Vikings to a tie for 15th with Polson, Mont.

Andrew Olvera was fifth at 182 and Griffin Schoch seventh at 160 for Lake City, which finished 36th.

Owen Stebbins was eighth at 182 for Sandpoint, which finished 39th.

TEAM SCORES — 1, Havre (Mont.) 184. 2, Post Falls 182.5. 3, Mead 152. 4, Lakeland 149.5. 5, Orting 142.5. 6, Tahoma 140.5. 7, Moses Lake 134. 8 (tie), Hermiston, Lake Stevens 116. 10, Kelso 114. 11, White River 106. 12, Colville 99.5. 13, Central Valley 98.5. 14, North Central 95. 15 (tie), Coeur d’Alene, Polson 76. 17, East Valley 75. 18, University 74. 19, Frenchtown 71.5. 20, Capital 67. 21, Othello 65. 22, Lakeside (Wash.) 64.5. 23, Battle Ground 64. 24, Mt. Spokane 61. 25, Deer Park 60. 26, Moscow 54. 27, Enumclaw 50.5. 28, Lewiston 48. 29, Reardan 47. 30, Kellogg 45.5. 31, Sentinel 45. 32, Freeman 38. 33, Ferris 35.5. 34, Castle Rock 34. 35, Jenkins (Chewelah) 33. 36, Lake City 32.5. 37 (tie), Kentridge, Pullman 27. 39, Sandpoint 23. 40, Riverside 22. 41 (tie), Juanita, Tonasket 21. 43 (tie), Darrington, Royal 18. 45, Libby 15. 46, Meadowdale 14.5. 47 (tie), Vashon Island, Inglemoor 12. 49, Mary Walker 9. 50, Priest River 8. 51, Quincy 7. 52, Whitefish 6. 53, Northwest Christian 5. 54 (tie), Bethel, Chiawana, Gonzaga Prep, Graham-Kapowsin, Kamiakin, Kent-Meridian, Walla Walla 0.

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES

98 — Chase Randall, Mead, d. Sam Edelblute, Lakeland, 10-3. 106 — Ridge Lovett, Post Falls, p. Chase Tebbets, Mead, 3:27. 113 — Gabe Hawthorne, White River, d. Ryan Stewart, Havre, 10-3. 120 — Cade Krishnek, Capital, d. Blake Haney, Mt. Spokane, 12-8. 126 — Riley Gurr, Frenchtown, p. Alex Cruz, Orting, 3:57. 132 — Clai Quintanilla, North Central, d. Nick Hara, Moses Lake, 7-2. 138 — Dalton Young, Lakeside, d. Larry Johnson, Lakeland, 5-4. 145 — Parker Filius, Havre, p. Nate Moore, White River, 1:05. 152 — Hunter Cruz, Moses Lake, md. Jack Ervien, White River, 9-1. 160 — Jake Rogers, Battle Ground, d. Ben Gore, Orting, 10-5. 170 — Malachi Lawrence, Lake Stevens, d. Valen Wyse, Hermiston, by disqualification. 182 — Casey Randles, Coeur d’Alene, d. Trevor Senn, Mead, 6-5. 195 — Kione Gill, Tahoma, d. Jared Walker, Lakeland, 5-2. 220 — Jase Stokes, Havre, p. Dagen Kramer, Tahoma, 2:22. 285 — Chandler Fluaitt, Moses Lake, p. Kenny Marll, Orting, 2:30.

THIRD-FOURTH PLACE

98 — Alex Edelblute, Lakeland, p. Walker Dyer, Frenchtown, 1:22. 106 — Jake Bibler, Frenchtown, d. Chris Melo, Othello, 11-5. 113 — William Edelblute, Lakeland, d. Hunter Nees, Freeman, 4-3. 120 — Bryce Miller, Kelso, d. Terrell Sanders, University, 3-0. 126 — Martin Wilkie, Havre, md. Trevor Morrison, Colville, 13-5. 132 — TJ Baun, Colville, d. Randy McDonald, East Valley, 3-0. 138 — Bridger Beard, Central Valley, d. Jason Burchell, Post Falls, 1-0. 145 — Braedon Orrino, Central Valley, d. Braydon Huber, Post Falls, 5-2. 152 — Izaiah Duran, Battle Ground, d. Justis Anderson, Reardan, 4-2. 160 — Bryan Wais, North Central, d. Dane Flammond, Havre, 3-1. 170 — Reese Jones, Othello, d. Angelo Loera, Lake Stevens, 2-0. 182 — Winston Scott, East Valley, p. Joey Gutierrez, Hermiston, 3:18. 195 — Conner Krouse, Jenkins, d. TJ Martinez, Othello, by injury default. 220 — Alex Marshall, Coeur d’Alene, p. Payton Castro, Moses Lake, 1:37. 285 — Wyatt Wickham, Central Valley, d. John Nascimento, Juanita, 1-0.

FIFTH-SIXTH PLACE

98 — Cameron Pleninger, Havre, p. Riley Burgess, Moses Lake, :00. 106 — Mateo Quinones, Polson, md. Ethan Smith, East Valley, 12-1. 113 — Austin Michalski, Tahoma, d. Jordan Grimm, Post Falls, 5-0. 120 — A.J. De La Rosa, Post Falls, d. Kaleb Carroll, Castle Rock, 7-3. 126 — Matt McLeod, Post Falls, d. Brian Edelblute, Lakeland, 3-0. 132 — Austin Iorga, Capital, d. Bradley Wiggs, Central Valley, 4-2. 138 — Quinton Southcott, Enumclaw, md. Parker Adler, Polson, 11-0. 145 — Ryden Fu, Tahoma, d. CJ Hendon, Hermiston, 5-1. 152 — Wyatt Shelly, Post Falls, d. Max Hill, Lewiston, by forfeit. 160 — John Stuart, Kelso, p. Hunter Fritsch, Polson, 1:16. 170 — Ethan Landt, Reardan, d. Thailer Morrison, Colville, by injury default. 182 — Andrew Olvera, Lake City, d. Liam Ball, Meadowdale, by injury default. 195 — Caleb Couch, Moscow, p. Neftali Lopez, University, :00. 220 — Brad Noesen, Post Falls, d. Evan Barger, Orting, 7-6. 285 — John Keiser, Central Valley, d. Gabe Sanchez, 3-2.

SEVENTH-EIGHTH PLACE

98 — Alan Luff, Kelso, d. Kedrick Baker, Polson, 7-6. 106 — Buddy Doolin, Libby, p. Quin Reno, Havre, 2:00. 113 — Ryan Mcghee, Kelso, d. Hunter Behnke, Orting, 5-0. 120 — Chrys Cenkush, Orting, d. Nathaniel Scilley, Lake Stevens, 6-4. 126 — Bridger Wenzel, Polson, p. Sean Ferguson, Capital, 3:00. 132 — Jordan Miller, Kelso, d. Jake Treece, Enumclaw, injury default. 138 — Devante Goodman, Mead, d. Dylan Weiding, Tahoma, by forfeit. 145 — Tanner Figueroa, Kellogg, p. Cameron Crawford, Mead, 2:00. 152 — Micah McLeod, Post Falls, d. Jared Lenz, Riverside, by forfeit. 160 — Tristen Justice, Mead, p. Griffin Schoch, Lake City, 2:00. 170 — Gage Burtenshaw, Darrington, p. Zach Threlfall, Kelso, 3:00. 182 — Daiman Vasquez, Moses Lake, p. Owen Stebbins, Sandpoint, 2:00. 195 — Malachi Thompson, Mead, p. Lennon Rock, Pullman, 2:00. 220 — Clayton Fincher, University, p. Adam Wallace, Moscow, 3:00. 285 — Justin Chase, Lewiston, p. Houston Bartlett, Kellogg, 3:00.