Bob Kinney Wrestling Classic held in Superior
Kathleen Woodford Mineral Independent | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 7 years, 11 months AGO
Superior’s Mike Parkin works to pin his opponent during the Bob Kinney Classic in Superior on Saturday, Dec. 9. (Kathleen Woodford photos/Mineral Independent).
Superior Head Coach Charlie Crabb yells at wrestler Isaiah Kovalsky as he works to pin Charlo’s Darwin Adams at Saturday’s Bob Kinney Classic tournament.
The Annual Bob Kinney Classic wrestling tournament was held in Superior, where 12 teams competed on Saturday, Dec. 9. The number of teams was about the same but there were more wrestlers than last year.
Thompson Falls won the Bob Kinney Wrestling Classic held over last Saturday, Dec. 9 with a team score of 184.5. Teams from all over the western Montana traveled to Superior to participate at the annual tournament. Though the number of teams remained about the same, Superior’s head wrestling coach, Charlie Crabb said the number of wrestlers had increased.
By the end of the day the Clark Fork Mountain Cats team came in 12th with a score of 32.
Championship
103 — Jace Samsel (Arlee) won by decision over Jackson Carson (Whitefish), 16-9. 113 — Buddy Doolin (Libby) pinned James Wissenbach (Corvallis), :58. 120 — Kaleb Frank (Thompson Falls) pinned Xander Spady (Libby), 3:42. 126 — Daniel Uli (Plains/Hot Springs) dec. Dante Venema (Corvallis), 10-3. 132 — Josiah Vanderwall (Plains/Hot Springs) 4-0 won by fall over Triston Davis (Corvallis) 6-2 (Fall 3:37). 138 — Avery Meinzen (Florence) pinned Dakota Flannery (Whitefish), 2:32. 145 — Jethro Thorne (Florence) techfall Jack Eisenbarth (Whitefish), 3:34 (20-4). 152 — Laine Young (Libby) dec. (Corvallis), 8-7. 160 — JR Seewald (Cutbank) pinned Sam Ostwald (Thompson Falls), 5:11. 170 — Jase Sorenson (Thompson Falls) pinned Gus Bosley (Mission/Charlo), 4:43. 182 — Spencer Jones (Florence) pinned George Shick (Arlee), 1:20. 205 — Austin Cooper (Thompson Falls) pinned Dylan Sullivan (Cutbank), 1:46. 285 — Ashton Thompson (Glacier JV) pinned Seth Alarcon (Thompson Falls), 3:32.
Third place
103 — Nathan Sproul (Whitefish) 3-1 pinned Oliver Post (Florence), 1:14. 113 — Roman Sparks (Thompson Falls) 6-3 won by fall over Garrett Jones (Thompson Falls), 3:34. 120 — Nathan Buckley (Whitefish) pinned Jimmy Schmitt (Corvallis), :57. 126 — Bailey Weible (Mission/Charlo) pinned Nathan Ostwald (Thompson Falls), 2:25. 132 — Trey Thompson (Libby) pinned Benji Opat (Corvallis), 1:26. 138 — Austin Stafford (Plains/Hot Springs) dec. Darwin Adams (Mission/Charlo), 3-1. 145 — Aaron Christensen (Corvallis) mdec. Jake Calloway (Clark Fork), 11-2. 152 — Cody Garrison (Thompson Falls) pinned Kyler Pancake (Stevensville), 3:49. 160 — Luke Lile (Plains/Hot Springs pinned Tim Carvey (Libby), 2:42. 170 — Dax Miller (Florence) pinned Luke Fuhrman (Thompson Falls), 2:23. 182 — Dakota Irvine (Thompson Falls) pinned Daniel Farias Ambriz (Libby), 1:30. 205 — Gabe Van Orden (Libby) pinned Lucas Wohltmann (Mission/Charlo), 2:31. 285 — Tyler Woods (Stevensville) pinned Cyrus Sweedman (Libby), 3:29.
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