Lovett edges William Edelblute in spotlight title match

COEUR d’ALENE — It was a fitting finish to the eighth annual North Idaho Rumble.

In one corner in the 126-pound championship was Lakeland’s William Edelblute, who entered with 29-1 record on the season. The other was Post Falls’ Ridge Lovett, who entered at 33-0.

Lovett picked up the 2-0 decision on a takedown in the second period, one of three Trojans to claim an individual championship during the finals at Coeur d’Alene High on Saturday afternoon.

“Ridge just wrestled a smart match,” Post Falls coach Pete Reardon said. “And I think Will wrestled him smart and that’s what gave him the chance to win.”

“It was a great match,” Lakeland coach Rob Edelblute said. “Those boys are very competitive and it was great to see. Will could have dropped down, but he wanted this match and wanted to push himself this weekend.”

Lovett pinned Edelblute in the championship dual at the River City Duals on Jan. 13.

“It was a really close match and Ridge did a great job,” Reardon said. “Wrestling a great competitor like Will, it’s a tough match.”

Post Falls won the tourney for the seventh straight year, getting championships from Roddy Romero (98 pounds), A.J. De La Rosa (132) and Braydon Huber (160).

“Braydon wrestled a tough kid and won a close match in the finals,” Reardon said. “Roddy had a great tournament, did a great job against some of the top kids in the state and had a great tournament. A.J. had an awesome match in the finals. We’re really proud of all our kids.”

Lakeland, which finished second with 222 points, picked up championships from Alex Edelblute (106), Sam Edelblute (113) and Larry Johnson (145). Lucas Gardner (285) was second.

“The kids wrestled really well,” said coach Edelblute, whose team finished with 12 overall placers. “In the past at this tournament, we’ve been fourth or fifth after the first day and needing those top guys to punch through. We had 10 guys in the semifinals, which was a great number to see and not depending on those top guys to score points. We bumped Lucas up to heavyweight just to see how it went, and he wrestled really tough. It was good to see him show up and wrestle well.”

Payton Keough finished runner-up at 132 pounds for host Coeur d’Alene, which finished fourth with 141 points.

“We made some really good strides,” Coeur d’Alene coach Jeff Moffat said. “Payton got to the finals, but I don’t think he was feeling well. Mitchell (Moffat, who finished third at 145), wrestled tough all weekend and might be wrestling the best he has all year. We had some real tough weight classes.”

Timberlake’s Isaiah Evans beat Jordan Grimm of Post Falls 5-3 in the 120-pound final, helping the Tigers finish fifth.

Sandpoint’s Hyrum Hunsaker beat Coleton Kazmierczak of Post Falls 14-11 in the 170-pound final. The Bulldogs finished 12th.

TEAM SCORES — 1, Post Falls 296.5. 2, Lakeland 222. 3, Caldwell 153.5. 4, Coeur d’Alene 141. 5, Timberlake 126. 6, Vallivue 113. 7, Capital 110. 8, Mountain Home 99. 9, Orofino 98. 10, Moscow 91. 11, Lewiston 81.5. 12, Sandpoint 78.5. 13, American Falls 69. 14, Cheney 66. 15, Lake City 64. 16, West Valley 51.5. 17, Ridgevue 51. 18, Priest River 44. 19, Bonners Ferry 42. 20. Kellogg 37. 21, Wallace 15.

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES

98 — Roddy Romero, Post Falls, d. Isjaha Espinoza, Caldwell, 8-6. 106 — Alex Edelblute, Lakeland, d. Lane Reardon, Post Falls, 3-0. 113 — Sam Edelblute, Lakeland, md. Isaac Jessen, Post Falls, 11-1. 120 — Isaiah Evans, Timberlake, d. Jordan Grimm, Post Falls, 5-3. 126 — Ridge Lovett, Post Falls, d. William Edelblute, Lakeland, 2-0. 132 — A.J. De La Rosa, Post Falls, md. Payton Keough, Coeur d’Alene, 14-4. 138 — Cade Krishnek, Capital, p. Zack Nguyen, Cheney, 4:33. 145 — Larry Johnson, Lakeland, md. Mathias De La Rosa, Post Falls, 9-0. 152 — Christian Hudson, Caldwell, d. Tyler Morris, Post Falls, 8-3. 160 — Braydon Huber, Post Falls, d. Max Hill, Lewiston, 3-2. 170 — Hyrum Hunsaker, Sandpoint, d. Coleton Kazmierczak, Post Falls, 14-11. 182 — Boedy Taylor, Cheney, d. Andrew Schwendiman, Moscow, 6-4. 195 — Wyatt Kearn, American Falls, p. George Bolling, Orofino, :39. 220 — Travis Mitchell, Caldwell, p. Adam Wallace, Moscow, 5:52. 285 — Caleb Breedlove, Orofino, p. Lucas Gardner, Lakeland, 4:32.

THIRD-FOURTH PLACE

98 — Kawika Doronio, Mountain Home, md. Braxton Mason, Post Falls, 12-4. 106 — Ricardo Alvarado, Capital, p. William Rodriguez, Ridgevue, 2:10. 113 — Dante Roggio, Vallivue, tf. Gage Wilson, Mountain Home, 17-1. 120 — Jose Avila, Caldwell, d. Isaiah Segundo, Vallivue, 7-2. 126 — Aurelio Morales, Orofino, d. Juddson Hall, Kellogg, 7-5. 132 — Brayden Turcott, Orofino, d. Luke Hellem, Lakeland, 2-0. 138 — Matt McLeod, Post Falls, md. Tanner Hutchens, Lewiston, 11-2. 145 — Mitchell Moffat, Coeur d’Alene, p. Cage Hendry, Lakeland, 1:14. 152 — Boone Giulio, American Falls, d. Wyatt Shelly, Post Falls, 4-1. 160 — Logan Kelley, Lakeland, d. Britton Needham, Moscow, 3-1. 170 — Carlos Flores, Caldwell, d. Joey Follini, Timberlake, 7-5. 182 — Connor Yanez, Timberlake, d. Andrew Webster, Sandpoint, 8-4. 195 — Gabe See, Bonners Ferry, p. Jeremy McLemore, Timberlake, 1:26. 220 — Logan Reser, West Valley, tf. Aaron Reyes, Priest River, 15-0. 285 — Riese Peightal, Timberlake, p. Owen Hughes, Lake City, 2:02.

FIFTH-SIXTH PLACE

98 — Caden Hess, Lake City, d. Jonathan Aceves, Vallivue, 6-2. 106 — Austin McKinnon, Wallace, p. CJ Atkins, West Valley, 3:37. 113 — Casey Olesen, Sandpoint, d. Taylor Bush, Kellogg, by forfeit. 120 — Shane Spence, Moscow, d. Hunter Schueller, Coeur d’Alene, 5-2. 126 — Nicholas McLeod, Post Falls, p. Jacob Krous, Coeur d’Alene, 2:20. 132 — Jacob Herrboldt, Mountain, d. Cade Hendren, Lewiston, 6-5. 138 — Ryan Quimby, Lakeland, d. Riley DeMent, Priest River, 9-3. 145 — Tyler Hardin, Mountain Home, d. Nate Barber, Caldwell, 7-4. 152 — Giovanni Roggio, Vallivue, md. Alex Castro, Mountain Home, 11-0. 160 — Wyatt Gatten, Lakeland, p. Klayton Hindberg, Coeur d’Alene, 2:04. 170 — Curtis Johnson, Lakeland, p. Alan Coumbs, Cheney, 4:07. 182 — Drew French, Capital, p. Hunter Oles, Lakeland, :49. 195 — Connor Dremann, Lake City, d. Tye Lehman, Vallivue, 6-4. 220 — Gabe Zanetti, Coeur d’Alene, d. Colby Farar, Ridgevue, 2-1. 285 — Dylan Franks, Coeur d’Alene, p. Allen Tilmant, Vallivue, :21.

St. Maries sweeps at duals tourney

KOOSKIA — The Lumberjacks went 5-0 to win the team championship at six-team Clearwater Valley Duals tournament.

St. Maries beat Potlatch 56-24, Orofino 63-18, Grangeville 47-31, Clearwater Valley 40-36 and Moscow 56-22.

Sam Martin (113), Hayden Villa (138), Trystan Lockridge (132), Caden Hall (160) went unbeaten with wins in all five duals for St. Maries, which travels to Kellogg on Wednesday.