Fainter leads Vikings with 4th-place finish at state wrestling meet
JEREMY WEBER | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 4 years, 8 months AGO
Bigfork's Traic Fainter celebrates a win on his way to a fourth-place finish at the state wrestling meet in Billings Saturday. (Steve Fainter photo)
Angus Anderson sees action during the State Wrestling Meet in Billings over the weekend. (Sally Anderson photo)
Vaughn Pendlay sees action during the State Wrestling Meet in Billings over the weekend. (Sally Anderson photo)
Traic Fainter battles on his way to a fourth-place finish at the state wrestling meet in Billings over the weekend. (Sally Anderson photo)
Vikings sophomore Traic Fainter battled his way to a fourth-place finish in the 103-pound division of the Class B/C State Wrestling Tournament in Billings over the weekend, picking up all four of his victories via fall.
Fainter needed just 41 seconds to pin Columbus wrestler Seth Kornick in the opening round, but fell to Cole Rogers of Three Forks in the quarterfinals.
Fainter bounced back by pinning Circle’s Ruben Nelson in 50 seconds in the consolation bracket before taking 2:42 to pin Whitehall’s Isaac Skogen.
Fainter pinned Eureka’s Blake Lancaster in 2:11 in the consolation semifinals before falling to Huntly Project’s Baylor Burton in the third-place match.
Seniors Vaughn Pendlay and sophomore Angus Anderson both went 2-2 at the meet to finish eighth in their weight classes while senior Ryder Nollan went 1-2.
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