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MatCats drop pair at Libby

Jeremy Weber Hungry Horse News | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 6 years, 10 months AGO
by Jeremy Weber Hungry Horse News
| January 24, 2019 12:59 PM

It was a tough week for the MatCat wrestlers on the road as they dropped a pair of duals at Libby Tuesday.

A pair of forefeited weight classes were the difference against Libby/Troy, as the MatCats fell 32-24.

Colten McPhee had the only non-forfeit win for Columbia Falls in the matchup as McPhee needed only 13 seconds to pin Daniel Rigney in the 182-pound division.

The Cats were forced to forfeit in four weight classes in their other dual Tuesday, falling to Sindey/Fairview 62-6.

McPhee and Jakob Freeman had the Cats’ only wins in the matchup as McPhee defeated Jett Jones via 5-3 decision and Freeman earned a 7-2 decision over Ryan Wyman in the 205-pound division.

The Cats will take on Glacier Thursday before wrestling at the Whitefish tournament Friday.

Libby / Troy (LITR) 32.0 Columbia Falls (COFA) 24.0

103: Double Forfeit 113: Orion Barta (COFA) over (LITR) (For.) 120: Buddy Doolin (LITR) over (COFA) (For.) 126: Double Forfeit 132: Zack Morrison (LITR) over Thomas Peters (COFA) (Fall 0:56) 138: Jeff Offenbecher (LITR) over Ayden Role (COFA) (Dec 6-2) 145: Trey Thompson (LITR) over Issac Balla (COFA) (TF 17-1 2:00) 152: Zane Nordwick (LITR) over (COFA) (For.) 160: Hunter Hoover (LITR) over Jordan Knapton (COFA) (Dec 4-3) 170: Tucker Masters (LITR) over Lucas Thacker (COFA) (Dec 11-4) 182: Colton McPhee (COFA) over Daniel Rigney (LITR) (Fall 0:13) 205: Jakob Freeman (COFA) over (LITR) (For.) 285: Taylor Gladeau (COFA) over (LITR) (For.)

Sidney / Fairview (SIFA) 62.0 Columbia Falls (COFA) 6.0

103: Christian Lassey (SIFA) over (COFA) (For.) 113: Caiden Kline (SIFA) over Orion Barta (COFA) (Fall 0:00) 120: Grady Nelson (SIFA) over (COFA) (For.) 126: Everett Jensen (SIFA) over (COFA) (For.) 132: Aden Graves (SIFA) over Thomas Peters (COFA) (Fall 0:00) 138: Christian Dean (SIFA) over Ayden Role (COFA) (TF 16-0 0:00) 145: Kade Graves (SIFA) over Issac Balla (COFA) (Fall 0:00) 152: Jace Winter (SIFA) over (COFA) (For.) 160: Riley Waters (SIFA) over Jordan Knapton (COFA) (Fall 0:00) 170: Trevor Dean (SIFA) over Allec Knapton (COFA) (Fall 0:00) 182: Colton McPhee (COFA) over Jett Jones (SIFA) (Dec 5-3) 205: Jakob Freeman (COFA) over Ryan Wyman (SIFA) (Dec 7-2) 285: Brodey Skogen (SIFA) over Taylor Gladeau (COFA) (Dec 1-0)

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