GREAT FALLS — Flathead finished second to Bozeman at the Class AA Duals wrestling tournament on Saturday.

The Braves, now 16-2 in duals this season, fell in the title match to the Hawks, 36-27.

Flathead was without state champion Trae Vasquez (132), who is dealing with a turf toe injury. And against Bozeman, that turned out to be a nine-point swing at his weight class.

Bozeman and Flathead were tied 27-all heading into the final two matches. Bozeman won those by pin and decision.

“Bozeman wrestled us tough,” Flathead coach Jeff Thompson said.

“We lost three close matches (103, 152 and 182). We were in every one of those matches.”

Kenyon Fretwell (145), Garrett Reike (160), Matt Gash-Gilder (205) and Michael Lee (285) posted pins for Flathead in the finale.

Earlier in the day, Flathead beat Billings Skyview 31-24 and Butte 49-18.

Flathead had a first-round bye.

“Overall, we scrapped,” Thompson said.

“We went after them. Our second stringers wrestled really well. We’re trying to prepare ourselves for state.”

Flathead wraps up regular-season action on Thursday at home with Missoula Sentinel and Saturday at Helena Capital and Helena High.

Divisional action is Feb. 4 at Helena with state to follow in Billings Feb. 10-11.

Glacier dropped a first-round match to Great Falls High, 59-15. Caden Willis (113) and Ashton Thompson (285) had pins for the Wolfpack while Justin Gibson (138) won by decision.

Glacier has three duals left before divisionals and state — Tuesday at home with Missoula Hellgate and Saturday at Helena High and Helena Capital.

Championship Match

Bozeman 36, Flathead 27

103-J. James, BOZ, d. Hunter Rush 5-3; 113-L. Schroeder, BOZ, p. Bryce Shaffer 2:09; 120-McLane, BOZ, p. Cody DeVall 1:06; 126-B. Schroeder, BOZ, p. Tanner Russell 4:14; 132-C. James, BOZ, d. Jaden MacNeil 9-2; 138-Manion, BOZ, p Bo Meyer 1:58; 145-Kenyon Fretwell, KFH, p. Crawford :36; 152-Mulhill, BOZ, d. Payton Hume 107; 160-Garrett Rieke, KFH, p. Minow, 2:35; 170-Tucker Nadeau, KFH, d. Cooper, 5-3; 182-Vaughn-Kraska, BOZ, d. Hunter Wellcome 3-2; 205-Matt Gash-Gilder, KFH, p. Clowes 1:03; 285-Michael Lee, KFH, p. Walkup :34.

Third place

Billings Skyview 43, Great Falls 16

Fifth place

Helena Capital 39, Missoula Big Sky 35

Seventh place

Butte 39, Helena 32

Consolation Round 4

Helena Capital 35, Butte 30

Missoula Big Sky 45, Helena 28

Consolation Round 5 (Semifinals)

Great Falls 33, Helena Capital 28

Round 3

Semifinals

Bozeman 40, Great Falls 25

Flathead 31, Billings Skyview 24

103-Rush, KFH, p. G. Lamb :43; 113-B. Lamb, BSV, d. Schaffer 9-6; 120-DeVall, KFH, md. Cambridge 12-2; 126-Russell, KFH, d. Maciel 14-7; 132-J. Macy, BSV, d. MacNeil 6-0; 138-Kay, BSV, md. Meyer 12-4; 145-Dillon, BSV, p. Fretwell 5:58; 152-Hume, KFH, d. D. Macy 7-1; 160-Brock Bushfield, BSV, tf. Rieke, 19-4; 170-Mulchuski, BSV, d. Nadeau, 9-4; 182-Wellcome, KFH, d. Brenner Bushfield 5-4; 205-Gash-Gilder, KFH, p. Thomas 1:58; 285-Lee, KFH, p. Ellis :43.

Round 2

Billings Skyview 40, Helena Capital 25

Great Falls 39, Helena 24

Bozeman 45, Missoula Big Sky 25

Flathead 49, Butte 18

103-Vasquez, KFH, p. Sherman, :54; 113-Casey, BUT, p. Schaffer 3:58; 120-DeVall, KFH, d. Tierney 11-4; 126-Russell, KFH, d. Vetter 14-13; 132-MacNeil, KFH, p. West 2:59; 138-W. Anderson , BUT, p. Meyer 3:33; 145-Schongsberg, BUT, p. Fretwell 5:03; 152-Hume, KFH, md. Kobe Moreno 17-4; 160-Rieke, KFH, p. C. Anderson 1:20; 170-Nadeau, KFH, p. Kam Moreno 4:53; 182-Nyman, KFH, d. Harding 6-3; 205-Gash-Gilder, KFH, p. Mandic :19; 285-Lee, KFH, by fft.

Billings Skyview 40, Helena Capital 25

Round 1

Butte 50, Missoula Sentinel 21

Helena Capital 49, C.M. Russell 15

Helena 46, Billings West 27

Billings Skyview 78, Missoula Hellgate 0

Missoula Big Sky 42, Billings Senior 19

Flathead, bye

Great Falls 59, Glacier 15

103-Shupe, GFH, p. Dylan Miller 1:50; 113-Caden Willis, KGL, p. Writingbird 1:38; 120-Lomas, GFH, p. Lane Wilson 3:48; 126-Dresel, GFH, by fft; 132-Hilliard, GFH, p. Cole McCollam 1:33; 138-Justin Gibson, KGL, d. Weinholz 2-1; 145-Loch, GFH, tf. Adam Hussein 18-3; 152-Komac, GFH, by fft; 160-Clayton, GFH, p Andrew Glynn 1:51; 170-Short, GFH, p Ney-J Johns, 3:08; 182-Tomei, GFH, p. Jacob Hunt, 1:33; 205-Moldenhauer, GFH, p. Spencer Stubbert :21; 285-Ashton Thompson, KGL, p. Poirier 3:49.

Class A Duals

BELGRADE — Columbia Falls, a 4-0 pool winner in Friday’s action, dropped a quarterfinal match to Hardin 33-30 on the final day.

Mason Fetters (152), Storm Kemppainen (170) and Jakob Freeman (182) all had pins for the MatCats, who jumped out to an 18-0. Columbia Falls’ final points were on two forfeits.

Whitefish closed out action by posting a 2-2 mark. The Bulldogs beat Butte Central and Stevensville while losing to Belgrade and Corvallis. For the tournament, Whitefish was 3-5.

Travis Catina (205) had another strong day for Whitefish, winning three times by pin and once by forfeit. Two of his pins were in the first period.

On Friday, Catina won twice by pin and once by a forfeit and a decision.

Championship

Havre 48, Sidney 18

Third place

Hardin 39, Lewistown 30

Fifth place

Glendive 47, Hamilton 24

Quarterfinals

Lewistown 40, Hamilton 27

Havre 42, Glendive 27

Sidney 34, Laurel 33

Hardin 33, Columbia Falls 30

152 – Mason Fetters, CF, pin Brenden Roan, 3:59; 170 – Storm Kemppainen, CF, pin Justin Zier, L, 2:41; 182 – Jakob Freeman, CF, pin Uriah Turner, 3:50; 285 – Grant Scalpcane, H, pin Kile Koski, 1:59; 103 – Keith Pretty Weasel, H, dec. Garret Salminen, 3-0; 120 – open; 138 – Conner Schwend, H, dec. Brandon Thomas, 10-9; 145 – Bryce Roan, H, dec. Ben Windauer, 8-6.

Hardin won by forfeit at 113, 160, 205. C. Falls at 126, 132.

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Consolation Action

Belgrade 51, Whitefish 18

285: Dalton Roscoe, B, won by forfeit 103: Anwar Mirza, W, won by forfeit; 113: Nathan Buckley, W, pinned Roystanlee Deguzman, 4:37; 120: John Mears, B, pinned Carlitos Bertelson, 2:50; 126: Gage Meyer, B, pinned Sidney Cooke, 2:48; 132: Brandon Rockwell, B, dec. over Jack Eisenbarth, Dec 5-1; 138: Sawyer Degen, B, pinned Isaac Watts, 1:54; 145: Open; 152: Eric Amaya, B, won by forfeit; 160: Shade Noble, B, pinned Malik Heydon, 4:45; 170: Steven Adams, B, won by forfeit; 182: Blade Macrow, B, won by forfeit; 205: Travis Catina, W, pinned Will Blewett, 1:53.

Whitefish 36, Butte Central 18

103: Roy Russell, BC, pinned over Anwar Mirza, :43; 113: Nathan Buckley, W, won by forfeit; 120: Carlitos Bertelson, W, won by forfeit; 126: Clay Fisher BC, pinned Sidney Cooke, :27; 132: Jack Eisenbarth, W, won by forfeit; 138: Robert Bertelson, W, won by forfeit; 145: Open; 152: Open; 160: Malik Heydon, W, pinned Theron Nelson, 2:35; 170: Colter Stillwagon BC, won by forfeit; 182: Open; 205: Travis Catina, W, won by forfeit; 285: Open.

Corvallis 58, Whitefish 15

103: Carter Brown, C, pinned Anwar Mirza, :29; 113: Tristan Davis, C, pinned Nathan Buckley, :40; 120: Dante Venema, C, pinned Carlitos Bertelson, 1:28; 126: Benji Opat, C, pinned Sidney Cooke, 1:16; 132: Jack Eisenbarth, W, pinned Alan Allsop, :38; 138: Aaron Christensen, C, tech fall Isaac Watts, 17-1; 145: Will Wisenbach, C, tech fall Robert Bertelson, 16-0; 152: Drew Schmitt, C, won by forfeit; 160: Malik Heydon, W, dec. Colton Ewalt, 8-6;170: Kye McCollaum, C, won by forfeit; 182: Hunter Baron, C, won by forfeit; 205: Travis Catina, W, pinned Harley Wise, :22; 285: Garrett Hunt, C, won by forfeit.

Whitefish 42, Stevensville 27

103: Kellen Robbins, S, pinned Anwar Mirza, 1:23) 113: Nathan Buckley, W, won by forfeit; 120: Carlitos Bertelson, W, won by forfeit; 126: Eli Taylor, W, won by forfeit; 132: Jack Eisenbarth, W, won by forfeit; 138: Isaac Watts, W, won by forfeit; 145: Ammon Simmons, S, dec. Robert Bertelson, 16-11; 152: Open; 160: Malik Heydon , W, won by forfeit; 170: Ben Crews, S, won by forfeit; 182: Jerry Cassidy, S, won by forfeit; 205: Travis Catina, W, pinned Chase Krone, 3:33; 285: Cody Coleman, S, won by forfeit.

Ted Kato Invitational

THOMPSON FALLS — Zane Walchuk (103), Owen Brown (120) and Hunter Peterson (126) claimed individual titles in helping Ronan take the team championship.

Ronan, 186 points, finished well ahead of the field. Plains-Hot Springs, 118, was second and Flathead JV, 104 1/2, third.

Flathead had two individual champions — Daniel Long (205) and Alex Paull (285).

Bigfork’s Matt Farrier (170) finished first.

Bigfork placed seventh in the team standings with a 72-point total.

Team Totals

1, Ronan 186; 2, Plains-Hot Springs 118; 3, Flathead JV 104.5; 4, Thompson Falls 103; 5; Florence 88; 6, Superior 71; 7, Bigfork 52; 8, Missoula Big Sky JV 46; 9, Mission-Charlo 43; 10, Missoula Sentinel JV 32; 11, Drummond-Philipsburg 25; 12, Arlee 20.

Matches

103 pounds

Semifinals – Zane Walchuk, Ron, maj. dec. Brendan Barnes, Flat, 8-0; Robert Dempsey, M-C, maj. dec. Caden Rhine, Ron, 10-0.

Championship – Walchuk, Ron, pin Dempsey, M-C, 2:31.

Third place – Rhine, Ron, pin Sheadyn Croft, Ron, 1:54.

113 pounds

Semifinals – Kaleb Frank, TF, pin Terrence Caldwell, Pla, 1:42; Spencer Stagg, Ron, pin Garrett Jones, TF, 5:38.

Championship – Grank, TF, dec. Stagg, Ron, 3-2.

Third place – Mike Parkin, Sup, dec. Dominic Battello, Flat, 7-2.

120 pounds

Semifinals – Daniel Uli, Pla, pin Tyler VanTassel, 2:21; Owen Brown, Ron, pin Riley Olson, 1:12.

Championship – Brown, Ron, dec. Uli, Pla, 10-4.

Third place – VanTassel, Sup, maj. dec. Olson, Flat, 14-6.

126 pounds

Semifinals – Hunter Peterson, Ron, pin Isaiah Kovalsky, :52; Josiah Vanderwall, Pla, pin Eric Dolence, Ron, :11.

Championship – Peterson, Ron, tech fall Vanderwall, Pla, 19-4 (4:35).

Third place – Kovalsky, Sup, pin Dolence, Ron, 3:24.

132 pounds

Semifinals – Avery Meinzen, Flo, pin Kaleb Ververis, :34; Luke Joy, MSN, dec. Noah Cheff, Ron, 8-4.

Championship – Joy, MSN, dec. Meinzen, Flo, 6-0.

Third place – Cheff, Ron, pin Ververis, Sup, 2:20.

138 pounds

Semifinals – Sean Provost, Dru, pin Jethro Thorne, Flo, 1:31; Sam Ostwald, TF, pin Anthony Dulac, Flo, :30.

Championship – Ostwald, TF, pin Provost, Drum, :51.

Third place – Thorne, Flo, pin Drew Harrison, Flat, 1:40.

145 pounds

Semifinals – Kyler Alm, Flo, pin Luke Lile, Pla, 5:15; Kyler Pancake, Flo, pin Seth Cheff, Ron, 3:56.

Championship – Alm, Flo, dec. Pancake, Flo, 4-2.

Third place – Lile, Pla, pin Cheff, Ron, 3:34.

152 pounds

Semifinals – Stormee Kipp, MBS, dec. TJ Knoll, Arl, 3-2; James Detienne, Pla, pin Happy Cheff, Ron, 1:58.

Championship – Detienne, Pla, pin Kipp, MBS, :56

Third place – Cody Garrison, TF, maj. dec. Knoll, Arl, 12-2.

160 pounds

Semifinals – Kane Lawson, Pla, pin Caleb Sherrill, Flat, 1:32; Matt Holman, BF, dec, Tyler Houle, Ron, 8-7.

Championship – Lawson, Pla, dec. Holman, BF, 5-1.

Third place – Houle, Ron, dec. Sherrill, Flat, 10-4.

170 pounds

Semifinals – Matt Farrier, BF, pin Martin, Flat, 3:06; Spencer Jones, Flo, pin Steven Seyant, Ron, 3:20.

Championship – Farrier, BF, dec. Jones, FLo, 6-4.

Third place – Jase Sorenson, TF, def. Martin, Flat, injury.

182 pounds

Semifinals – Gus Bosley, M-C, pin Kendahl Odell, MBS, :45; Wesley Pablo, Ron, pin Ross Calhoon, Flat, 1:38.

Championship – Bosley, M-C, pin Pablo, Ron, :15.

Third place – Justin Mays, Ron, ded. Calhoon, Flat, :41.

205 pounds

Semifinals – Daniel Long, Flat, pin Landon Lynch, Ron, 3:16; Austin Cooper, TF, pin Logan Kaminsky, BF, 2:34.

Championship – Long, Flat, pin Cooper, TF, 5:15.

Third place – Kaminsky, BF, dec. Lynch, Ron, 9-2.

285 pounds

Semifinals – Alex Paull, Flat, dec. Sam Mocabee, Ron, 6-0; Ethan Christopher, Ron, pin Seth Alarcon, TF, 2:15.

Championship – Paull, Flat, pin Christopher, Ron, :41.

Third place – Mocabee, Ron, pin Alarcon, TF, 1:38.