POTLATCH — Led by an undefeated round-robin run by Justin Hopkins at 106 pounds and second-place finishes from Bill Rapier (144) and Darien Ratzlaff (215), the Spartans racked up seven top-three finishes as they opened up the season with a second-place finish out of 17 teams at the Dick Griswold Memorial tournament held Saturday at Potlatch High.

Hopkins won all three of his bouts against opponents from Priest River, Pomeroy and Dayton by way of first-round pin to claim gold — with his pins coming at 38 seconds, 49 seconds and 47 seconds, respectively. One of those opponents, Levi Holbrook, went uncontested at 98 pounds to claim a title of his own. Tadhg McLaimtaig captured first at 113 pounds with two wins by pin as the Spartans swept the tournaments three-lowest weights.

Ratzlaff and Rapier both went 2-1 with pins in the quarterfinals and semifinals to clinch silver medals on the afternoon.

Collecting a third-place finish for Priest River was Liam Pettit (132), who won his opening match by pin, his consolation semifinals match by way of first-round pin, and then the third-place match by a 15-0 technical fall to finish 3-1 overall.

Gaige Johnson (175) and Taylor Dodd (285) both went 3-0 and won individual titles for Bonners Ferry, which finished fifth with 112.5 points.

David Harbison added a fourth-place finish at 126 pounds for the Spartans, which scored 124.5 points, just 6.5 points shy of champion Clearwater Valley.

TEAM SCORES — 1, Clearwater Valley 131. 2, Priest River 124.5. 3, Colfax 119.5. 4, Pomeroy 113. 5, Bonners Ferry 112.5. 6, Kamiah 100. 7, Selkirk 73. 8, Enterprise 55. 9, Grangeville 44.5. 10, Lakeside 40. 11, Potlatch 35. 12, Dayton 24. 13, Waitsburg 22.5. 14, Lapwai 22. 15, Prairie 20. 16, Kootenai 6. 17, Tekoa-Rosalla 4.

FIRST-PLACE MATCHES

98 — Levi Holbrook, Priest River, by default. 106 (round robin) — 1, Justin Hopkins, Priest River; 2, Tyler Taylor, Pomeroy. 113 (round robin) — 1, Tadhg McLaimtaig, Priest River; 2, Barrett Bronson, Enterprise. 120 — Kaden Schaff, Kamiah, p. Luke Stark, Grangeville, 4:46. 126 — Luke Patterson, Enterprise, d. Luke Nelson, Clearwater Valley, 9-8. 132 — Peter Fabbi, Clearwater Valley, p. Cameron Mathia, Colfax, 3:10. 138 — Hunter Gamble, Clearwater Valley, p. Cooper Phillips, Colfax, 0:49. 144 — Tanner Labrum, Kamiah, p. Bill Rapier, Priest River, 4:39. 150 — Jaxon Green, Clearwater Valley, d. Mark Elliston III, Bonners Ferry, 7-0. 157 — Jaxon Chantry, Selkirk, p. Braxden Gransbery, Colfax, 1:29. 165 — Jameson Davis, Selkirk, md. Conner Christensen, Clearwater Valley, 14-5. 175 — Gaige Johnson, Bonners Ferry, d. Orrin Farmer, Grangeville, 11-8. 190 — Jarod Hankins, Waitsburg, md. Kole Zimmerman, Pomeroy, 9-1. 215 — Peyton Cannon, Pomeroy, p. Darien Ratzlaff, Priest River, 4:41. 285 — Taylor Dodd, Bonners Ferry, md. Dominick Kager, Lakeside, 20-8.

THIRD-PLACE MATCHES

120 — James Royes, Enterprise, p. Ty Scott, Colfax, 0:50. 126 — Ashton Lewis, Kootenai, tf. David Harbison, Priest River, 16-1. 132 — Liam Pettit, Priest River, tf. Elvind Falck, Bonners Ferry, 15-0. 138 — Arliss Bray, Pomeroy, d. Ethan Matthews, Bonners Ferry, 10-4. 144 — Cody Phillips, Colfax, p. Colt Barras, Bonners Ferry, 0:50. 150 — Angel Gonzalez, Kamiah, p. Wyatt Cessnum, Potlatch, 4:40. 157 — Aiden Dodd, Bonners Ferry, tf. Jackson Hutchens, Pomeroy, 15-0. 165 — Levi Bowen, Pomeroy, p. Joel Burris, Colfax, 2:05. 175 — Gatlin Griffith, Kamiah, p. Carson Lockart, Prairie, 0:19. 190 — Tristan Vanarsdall, Selkirk, p. Garrott Yost, Dayton, 0:19. 215 — Julian Moffit, Lakeside, p. Dante Davis, Lapwai, 0:38. 285 — Lander Mitzkus, p. Nathaniel Knittel, 1:24.