TRI-STATE INVITATIONAL: Post Falls holds slim lead after first day

COEUR d’ALENE — One point separates leader Post Falls from Orting (Wash.) after the first day of the Tri-State Invitational on Friday on the campus of North Idaho College. 

Post Falls, with Gage Loftin (106 pounds), Rider Seguine (138), Damion Hamilton (165), Trey Smith (175), Seth Martin (190) and Kendall Sage (215) have the Trojans out front with 194.5 points. 

Orting is second with 193.5 points. 

“It’s going to be a battle,” said Post Falls coach Jeremy Zender, whose team has six others in the consolation bracket. “I think we’ve put ourselves into a good position to go win a Tri-State title. All of our guys wrestled well, competed hard and were scrapping and fighthing for everything today.” 

Gabe Larsen (157) and Brock Armstrong (165) advanced to the semis for Coeur d'Alene, which is tied for eighth with 105 points. 

Nathan Booth (175) and Garrett Leonard (215) advanced to the semis for Lake City, which is 14th with 85.5 points. 

“Both had really good days,” Lake City coach Corey Owen said. “Nathan was really dominant today. At this tournament, you don’t expect to see that. He did a lot of really good things today. Garrett, he had some good kids and had to get takedowns to win matches. He gutted it out and won some matches. Nice to see him get pushed because he needs that this time of year.” 

Kaleb Hammer (157) advanced for Lakeland, which is 12th with 87 points. 

Wrestling resumes today at 9 a.m., with the championship finals at 4 p.m.

TRI-STATE INVITATIONAL 

TEAM SCORES — 1, Post Falls 194.5. 2, Orting 193.5. 3, Tahoma 170. 4, Mead 151.5. 5, Meridian 139.5. 6, Chiawana 134.5. 7, University 111.5. 8 (tie), Coeur d’Alene, Lake Stevens 105. 10, Sunnyside 95. 11, Othello 89.5. 12, Lakeland 87. 13, Mt. Spokane 86. 14, Lake City 85.5. 15, Belgrade 82. 16, West Valley (Spokane) 75.5. 17 (tie), Castle Rock, Hermiston, Kamiakin 71. 20, Lewiston 69.5. 21, Moses Lake 68. 22, Cheney 66. 23, Kellogg 65. 24, Omak 63. 25 (tie), Hanford, Tonasket 61.5. 27, Cashmere 50. 28, Capital 48.5. 29, Deer Park 46. 30, Rocky Mountain 45. 31, Lakeside (Wash.) 44. 32, Sandpoint 42.5. 33, Timberlake 42. 34, Glacier Peak 39. 35, East Valley 38. 36, Newport 33. 37, Shadle Park 32. 38, Central Valley 30.5. 39 (tie), Ridgeline, St. Maries 29. 41, Potlatch 28. 42, Davenport 27.5. 43, Riverside 27. 44, Priest River 26. 45, Colville 25. 46, Selkirk 23. 47, Burlington-Edison 22. 48 (tie), Lake Roosevelt, Medical Lake 21.5. 50, Pullman 16. 51, Seton Catholic 14. 52 (tie), Archbishop Murphy, Bonners Ferry, Jackson 13. 55, Quincy 10. 

Semifinal matches 

98 pounds — Zach Teal, Lakeland, vs. Tristan Mendenhall, Post Falls; Maddox Taft, Mt. Spokane vs. Cole Jensen, Rocky Mountain. 

106 — Lazarus McEwen, Capital vs. Gage Loftin, Post Falls; Carson Worthen, Belgrade, vs. Nery Rivas, Orting. 

113 — Colton Storey, Kellogg vs. Arcadius Cruz, Orting; Brycen Dawley, Tahoma vs. Cody Westlake, Belgrade. 

120 — Crew Lambro, Tahoma vs. Kaysic Lundquist, Mead; Jeremiah Gonzalez, Meridian vs. Trevor Anderson, Orting. 

126 — Czar Quintanilla, University vs. Blake Nelvis, Meridian; Nolan Brown, Belgrade vs. Owen Marshall, Tahoma. 

132 — Dominic Thomas, Orting vs. Gerardo Hernandez, Tonasket; Cooper Williams, Castle Rock vs. Alex Othon, Tahoma. 

138 — Rider Seguine, Post Falls vs. vs. Darrell Nanpuya, Omak; Daeton Johnson, Chiawana vs. Alan Salguero Jr., Orting. 

144 — Michael Fritz, Orting, vs. Tyge Plank, Tonasket; Jayson Bonnett, Mt. Spokane vs. Colm McLaimtaig, Priest River.  

150 — Myles Christen, Lakeside.vs. Andrae Ramirez, Meridian; Gavin Wells, Tahoma vs. Christopher Villanueva, Sunnyside 

157 — Kaleb Hammer, Lakeland vs. Quentin Harding, Orting; Gabe Larsen, Coeur d’Alene vs. Jackson Syron, Cheney. 

165 — Peter DesRoches, Riverside vs. Brock Armstrong, Coeur d’Alene; Damion Hamilton, Post Falls vs. Logan Shaver, Meridian. 

175 — Levi DiCugno, Orting vs. Nathan Booth, Lake City; Adriano Perez, Tahoma vs. Trey Smith, Post Falls. 

190 — Jorden Tyler, Sandpoint vs. Asa Knutson, Hanford; Seth Martin, Post Falls vs. Brock Gustaveson, Davenport. 

215 — Garrett Leonard, Lake City vs. Trenton Moore, Cheney; Kendall Sage, Post Falls vs. Braeden Harvey, Mead. 

285 — Mason Perez, Othello, vs. Taylor Dodd, Bonners Ferry; Dominic Echeverria, Hermiston vs. Brooks Knight, Kamiakin.