Little Guys grapple in Superior tournament
Douglas Wilks Clark Fork Valley | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 8 years, 8 months AGO
Saturday, March 11 Superior High School held a Little Guy Wrestling Qualifying Tournament. Six teams were present; Plains/Hot Springs. Frenchtown, Missoula. Clark Fork, Thompson Falls, and Bonner. Weigh-ins took place and after some warm ups the wrestlers began according to their experience; Middles started wrestling at 9 a.m., Novices began wrestling at 11 a.m. The juniors would not be wrestling at this tournament, since they will be wrestling at the Inter-Valley Tournament, which will be held in Plains on Friday, March 17 at 5 p.m. and on Saturday March 18 at 9 a.m.
“This is the first qualifying tournament in the western Montana little guy program. There is one more qualifyer in Plains Friday and Saturday. This is a great tournament for our kids and our wrestling family. A lot of time and effort goes into putting these tournaments on. This is a great family sport and we could not do it without the support of our Clark Fork Wrestling Family,“ tournament organizer, Charlie Crabb stated,
Here are the final results of the 2017 Unit 3 Tournament. (Frenchtown= FTN, ClarkFork =CFK, Bonner=BON, Plains/Hot Springs=PHS, Missoula=MSO, TFS=Thompson Falls)
Unit 3—Middles Finals
Weight class, Place, Wrestler, Community
65
1. Issac Stewart FTN
2. Ryder Hansen CFK
3. Connor Hesse FTN
70
1 . Gunnar Gannerelli PHS
2. Ben Brown BON
3. Corbin Long FTN
75
1. Decker Milendar CFK
2. Isaac Miller CFK
80
1. Lucas Kovalsky CFK
2. Tanner Davis BON
3. Keith Zander BON
4. Porter Tollefson FTN
5. Jake Jamieson BON
6. Wyatt Zander BON
7. Owen Daniel MSO
8. Ben Haley BON
85
1. Emmett Zander BON
2. Spur Ryan PHS
3. Aaron Pfister PHS
4. Braydn Rate FTN
5. Thatcher Pier FTN
6. Owen Doyle CFK
7. Sully Belcourt FTN
90
1. Roman Duke FTN
2. Taylor Angle PHS
3. Mark Gardener MSO
4. Skyllar Lisle MSO
95
1. Brady Screnk PHS
2. Brody Black PHS
3. Dillon Warner FTN
100
1. Kyle Lawson PHS
2. Avery Crane PHS
3. Mackenzie Hilgren MSO
4. Dryce Davey FTN
5. Henry Sawfer BON
105
1. Chase Woodson CFK
2. Braedyn Smetana BON
110
1. Charlie Watson MSO
2. Alexis Degele BON
3. Jace Duvall FTN
120
1. Smokey Stoker FTN
2. Jake Bidlake FTN
3. Levi Blood PHS
130
1. Silas Acker CFK
2. Carter McLees
3. Ben king
147
1. Dylan Wahl BON
2. Adrian Mendez
166
1. Hayden Gillespie MSO
2. Kaden Golding BON
3. Mathew Rickett FTN
187
NONE
188-224
1. Charlie Anderson CFK
2. Thane Curry TFS
225-269
NONE
Unit 3--Novice Finals
55
1. Kade Bagley FTN
2. Isaiah Shoupe BON
3. Danny Downard FTN
60
1. Phineas Cataldo CFK
2. Trizten Avilla CFK
3. John Thurston PHS
4. Gavin Kelly BON
65
1. Jordan Waner FTN
2. Gavin Schrenk PHS
3. Micah Acker CFK
4. Kort Craft PHS
5. Braden Shurmard BON
6. Khalil Brown BON
7. Joseph Wood CFK
8. Bill Detienne PHS
70
1. Bow Peterson FTN
2. Luke Widman FTN
3. Wade Calloway CFK
4. Johnny Waterbury PHS
5. Gage Rausch CFK
6. Aiden Johnson MSO
7. Andrew Allen CFK
8. Beau Crabb PHS
75
1. Gabe Mobley FTN
2. Devin Barnes PHS
3. Drew Carey PHS
4. Change Angle PHS
5. Drew Fuller BON
6. Mason Bennet MSO
7. Brody Sentell FTN
8. Sam Doughty CFK
80
1. Quincy Stiles PHS
2. Nick McAllister PHS
3. Wyatt Campbell TFS
4. Cameron Anderson CFK
85
1. Roper Woodard FTN
2. Liam Baldassin MSO
3. Cole Houlihan FTN
4. Dillon Gunlock BON
5. TJ Eslinger FTN
90
1. Branch Martin FTN
2. Gage Rate FTN
3. Hunter Crane PHS
4. Boston Adams MSO
5. Brendan Vanderwall PHS
6. Colter Stav FTN
7. Logan Turner CFK
95
1. Brody Hardy FTN
2. Brady Schmill BON
3. Jaron Velez PHS
4. Landon Bryan MSO
5. Tyler Igarik FTN
6. Jacob Hutchin PHS
100
1 . Colin Lerback MSO
110
1. Grant Hoskinson FTN
2. Kamdyn Henderson FTN
3. Jace Koshataka MSO
4. Wyatt Hoskinson FTN
124
1. Jaxson Green CFK
2. Austin Harkin MSO
3. Zander Beck MSO
4. Zhander Moua FTN
140
1. Madisyn Gillespie MSO
2. Mathew CrazyBoy
158
1. Austin Brush TN
2. Denny Black PHS
3. Kaleb Pearce CFK
ARTICLES BY DOUGLAS WILKS CLARK FORK VALLEY
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