Flathead boys go 4-1 at Class AA Duals

GREAT FALLS — Down a trio of wrestlers, the Flathead Brave Brawlers went 4-1 at the 17th Annual Class AA Duals that concluded Saturday at Great Falls High School.

Flathead defeated Billings Senior 46-33 in its final dual Saturday. 

Billings West beat Gallatin 47-21 in the final; Gallatin had beaten Great Falls High 46-34 in the semifinals to advance. It was Great Falls that knocked Flathead off 48-34 in the second round. 

“The Braves were without three regular starters this weekend but this team didn’t put their head down and just quit,” Flathead coach Jeff Thompson said. “They actually came alive and wrestled with a little extra chip on their shoulder.”  

Hunter Arriaga went 4-0 at 144, including a 12-10 overtime win over Skyview’s previously unbeaten Danny Green, and won at 150 with a technical fall over Michael Lamere of Great Falls. He ended with two pins and also beat Senior’s Knoa Frandrich, the No. 1 wrestler at 138 pounds, by technical fall. 

“Dawson Hamland at 126 and Dayton Naldrett at 110 both beat ranked competition this weekend,” Thompson noted. 

Hamland went 4-1, winning three matches at 132 (one by pin and two by technical fall) and another at 126. 

“Colton Conover at 175, Conor LeDuc at 190 and Kohen Rilley 215 got all pins and tech-falls this weekend. Aiden Lake went 4-1 at 118.” 

Aidan Lake won by fall twice and had a tough battle with defending state champion Keegan Hunt of Butte, losing 25-14. 

Wolfpack 0-3 at Duals

Glacier lost its first-round dual 64-18 to Great Falls, dropping into round-robin play. The Wolfpack then fell to Belgrade 50-29 and Missoula Sentinel 47-36. 

Matthew Ahner had a banner weekend at 175 pounds, scoring pins in 1:41, 1:38 and 3:25. 

Teammate Daniel Pederson had two pins at 190 in a total of 3:15, to go with a 10-9 loss to Belgrade’s Michael Spears. 

Noah Horn won twice at 285, including a pin in 23 seconds. His second win came via injury default at 1:35 of the first period. 

Glacier girls 18th at Golden Eagle Invite

LEWISTOWN —  Katelyn Spuhler finished third at 100 pounds to lead a small contingent of Glacier wrestlers at the Golden Eagle Girls Invitational held at Fergus High School. 

Katelyn Spuhler went 5-1 with four pins and the Wolfpack scored 51 points, good for 18th out of 35 girls teams that competed.  

Keira Oftedahl (100) lost a second-round match and then picked up two pins and finished 3-2 at the main tournament; she joined Stella Colley (118) and Kassidy Lingle (150-159) as Glacier wrestlers that went 3-0 in the second-chance bracket. 

Results can be found at trackwrestling.com.