PREP WRESTLING: Brown, Therrien win brackets at Hellgate Girls Invitational
MAX OSWALD | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 8 hours, 27 minutes AGO
I grew up in the small town of Orwigsburg, Pa., where I resided all of my life before moving to Sandpoint. I attended Blue Mountain High School, where I participated in cross country and track and field, a sport that I ended up falling in love with. I went on to attend and run for DeSales University (with other brief stints at Susquehanna University and Elizabethtown College) and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in sport communication with a minor in sport management. I remember just how great it made me feel when I was mentioned in my hometown newspaper. I want to be able to give that feeling to every athlete in Bonner County, no matter how big or small their accomplishments are. As an athlete myself, I know how many hours of work are put in on a daily basis, and that hard work deserves to be recognized. It is my goal to cover as much of the Bulldogs, Spartans and Wampus Cats as I can. I want to work with every athlete, parent, coach, administrator and the community to ensure the best stories are published. | January 23, 2025 1:00 AM
GIRLS
MISSOULA — Nevaeh Therrien (110) and Sofia Brown (135) both went 4-0 and won their respective weight classes at the Hellgate Girls Wrestling Invitational held Friday and Saturday at Hellgate High.
Therrien, who holds a 23-4 record on the year, picked up her first victory by a 19-3 technical fall, by a first round pin in the quarterfinal, by a 15-8 decision in the semifinal, and by a first round pin in the championship match.
Brown, who is now 20-2 on the year, won by medical forfeit in the first round, by pin in the quarterfinal and semifinal, and then by a 21-5 technical fall in the third period in the championship match.
Aubree Graves (120) was also impressive, posting a 3-2 record with three wins by pin en route to a fourth-place finish.
Melody Graves (115) and Kylie Calderone (100) also picked up one win each for Bonners Ferry, which placed 10th out of 29 teams with just five wrestlers.
The Lady Badgers return to action today when they host Sandpoint for the Battle of the B Cup. A full girls slate is expected to wrestle.
TEAM SCORES — 1, Flathead (Kalispell) 193.5; 2, Missoula Big Sky/Loyola Sacred Heart 169.5; 3, Browning 143; 4, Ronan 135; 5, Polson 129.5; 6, Butte 116.5; 7, Columbia Falls 115.5; 8, Great Falls CMR 104.5; 9, Lake City 101.5; 10, Bonners Ferry 100; 11, Glacier (Kalispell) 98; 12, Havre 78; 13, Frenchtown 76; 14, Cut Bank 66.5; 15, Helena Capital 65.5; 16, Great Falls/ MSDB 57.5; 17, Mead 56; 18, Stevensville 42.5; 19, Bozeman 41; 20, St. Ignatius 39; 21, Helena 37.5; 22, Corvallis 26; 23, Whitefish 25; 24, Missoula Sentinel 24.5; 25, Timberlake 18; 26, Missoula Hellgate 17; t-27, Gallatin (Bozeman), Lincoln County (Eureka) 13; 29, Hamilton 0.
CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES
100 — Peyton Liva, Butte, p. Isabella Cowan, Havre, 2:15. 105 — River Cote, Ronan, p. Juliette Cuevas, Flathead, 0:52. 110 — Nevaeh Therrien, Bonners Ferry, p. Brooke Yeadon, Glacier, 1:36. 115 — Bella Downing, Flathead, p. Brooke Jamieson, Missoula Big Sky/Loyola Sacred Heart, 1:05. 120 — Alexxis Johnson, Lake City, d. Prairie Dawn Sellers, Browning, 10-5. 125 — Madalyn Deiter, Great Falls CMR, f. Julia Kay, Flathead. 130 — Raenah Smith, Mead, tf. Destiny Finley, Ronan, 17-2. 135 — Sofia Brown, Bonners Ferry, tf. Kiera Lackey, Flathead, 21-5. 140 — Alisha Cook, Flathead, p. Addison Clixby, Missoula Big Sky/Loyola Sacred Heart, 1:09. 145 — Kaitlyn Thorn, Bozeman, md. Mattie Stepan, Butte, 10-2. 155 — Hattie Morrow, Missoula Big Sky/Loyola Sacred Heart, p. Leona Dodson Howe, Ronan, 4:32. 170 — Bryton Kipp, Helena Capital, d. Katie Slade, Great Falls/MSDB, 10-5. 190 — Kittalla Wise, Great Falls CMR, d. Abighail Sorrell, Polson, 5-2. 235 — Tirza TwoTeeth, Ronan, p. Haven Houle, Ronan, 1:00.
THIRD-PLACE MATCHES
100 — Katelyn Sphuler, Glacier, p. Persephone Cox, Frenchtown, 3:56. 105 — Avari Stone, Polson, p. Hailey Milyard, Missoula Big Sky/Loyola Sacred Heart, 1:35. 110 — Ayla Marsh, Lincoln County, p. Marie Cheff, Ronan, 2:04. 115 — Mikaela Julius, Glacier, d. Bella Amen, Frenchtown, 8-2. 120 — Nicole Martens, Missoula Sentinel, md. Aubree Graves, Bonners Ferry, 14-6. 125 — Lucia Schlapfer, Missoula Big Sky/Loyola Sacred Heart, p. Stella Wahl, Cut Bank, 4:05. 130 — Taylor Dorvall, Whitefish, p. Keenya Gibson, Stevensville, 2:29. 135 — Jocelyn Covington, Corvallis, p. Anjenoux LaChance, Columbia Falls, 4:06. 140 — Brooke Johnson, Butte, sv. Haley Wilson, Flathead, 10-9. 145 — Samantha Larsen, Columbia Falls, p. Justyce Dorn, Lake City, 4:30. 155 — Bridget Smith, Flathead, p. Hayden Edwards, Browning, 4:31. 170 — Jazmyn Werk, Havre, p. Rylee Murgel, Helena, 2:18. 190 — Tilli Werk, Havre, f. Kinsey Ward, Columbia Falls. 235 — Kendahl Guardipee, Browning, p. Judasha Ellsworth, Ronan, 4:24.
BOYS
Timberlake 51, Bonners Ferry 33
SPIRIT LAKE — Ethan Matthews (132), Hunter Pope (144), and Kai Aitken (190) all won by pin as the visiting Badgers were downed by the Tigers on Saturday at the Backwoods Brawl spirit competition.
Stryder Liermann (138) picked up a 5-2 win by decision and Eivind Falck (126) and Taylor Dodd (285) both went uncontested and picked up wins by forfeit.
Bonners Ferry hosts Sandpoint today for the Battle of the B Cup.
98 — Colton D'Avanzo, Timberlake, by forfeit. 106 — Ethan Stringer, Timberlake, by forfeit. 113 — Sawyer Huston, Timberlake, by forfeit. 120 — John Wingfield, Timberlake, p. Duff Wilson, Bonners Ferry, 1:46. 126 — Eivind Falck, Bonners Ferry, by forfeit. 132 — Ethan Matthews, Bonners Ferry, p. Dominic Collison, Timberlake, 1:29. 138 — Stryder Liermann, Bonners Ferry, d. Cayden Knight, Timberlake, 5-2. 144 — Hunter Pope, Bonners Ferry, p. Parker Cathey, Timberlake, 2:34. 150 — Cole Hanely, Timberlake, d. Maddox Mertzweiller, Bonners Ferry, 17-10. 157 — Carter Loutzenhiser, Timberlake, p. Israel Johnson, Bonners Ferry, 3:00. 165 — Joseph Torr, Timberlake, p. Gaige Johnson, Bonners Ferry, 5:08. 175 — Jonathan Hansen, Timberlake, p. Jacob Solt, Bonners Ferry, 4:16. 190 — Kai Aitken, Bonners Ferry, p. Fisher Timmins, Timberlake, 1:56. 215 — Daniel Magsam, Timberlake, by forfeit. 285 — Taylor Dodd, Bonners Ferry, by forfeit.
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