Foster, Berger, Jesienouski help Trojans place 2nd

SPOKANE - Drake Foster (106 pounds), Peter Berger (113) and Cole Jesienouski (170) won championships for the Post Falls Trojans, who finished second in the 18-team Inland Empire Classic on Saturday at Central Valley High.

"Those guys wrestled great," said Post Falls coach Pete Reardon of the three champions. "Drake was dominate throughout the tournament with three pins. It was his first tournament, but he was really dominant. Peter beat A.J. Konda (of Coeur d'Alene) in the semifinals, which was a big win. Both him and Cole looked really good all weekend."

Tyler Mahal (126), James Ost (145), Tyler Booth (152), Austin Wilson (160) and Cody Johnson (182) were third for Post Falls.

"We won every one of our matches in the medal round," Reardon said. "Our kids finished really good. Overall it was a good measuring stick to see where we're at and where we need to go."

Garrett DeMers (195) beat Jonathan Perales of Moses Lake 10-2 in the championship match for Coeur d'Alene, which finished eighth. Hudson Staub lost to Joe Grable of Deer Park 8-0 in the championship at 138 pounds, A.J. Konda (113) pinned Tyson Hendricks of Lakeland in 2:22 in a third-fourth place match and Matt Howard finished fourth at 220 pounds for Coeur d'Alene.

"I thought we wrestled well today," Coeur d'Alene coach Jeff Moffat said. "We're not satisfied with finishing eighth, but we're happy with where we're at. A lot of those young guys are making progress. We need to clean up the mistakes, but that will come with time."

Austin Hoobler (106) and Hendricks (113) finished fourth for Lakeland.

Many of these teams will be Coeur d'Alene next weekend for the Tri-State Invitational on Friday and Saturday at North Idaho College.

TEAM SCORES - 1, Mead 205. 2, Post Falls 194.5. 3, Deer Park 180.5. 4, Central Valley 156. 5, Moses Lake 123.5. 6, University 117.5. 7, Shadle Park 109.5. 8, Coeur d'Alene 106.5. 9, Lakeland 59. 10, Rogers 53. 11, Hermiston 50.5. 12, Ellensburg 47.5. 13, Cheney 46.5. 14, Eisenhower 44.5. 15, West Valley 40. 16, East Valley 34.5. 17, Richland 18. 18, Kennewick 15.

LOCAL RESULTS

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES

106 pounds - Drake Foster, Post Falls, p. Aaron Klauder, Deer Park, 4:44. 113 - Peter Berger, Post Falls, d. Matthew Petrini, Mead, 8-2. 138 - Joe Grable, Deer Park, md. Hudson Staub, Coeur d'Alene, 8-0. 170 - Cole Jesienouski, Post Falls, d. Sam Voigtlander, Mead, 9-3. 195 - Garrett DeMers, Coeur d'Alene, md. Jonathan Perales, Moses Lake, 10-2.

THIRD-FOURTH PLACE

106 - Fernarndo Leyva, Moses Lake, md. Austin Hoobler, Lakeland, 13-2. 113 - A.J. Konda, Coeur d'Alene, p. Tyson Hendricks, Lakeland, 2:22. 126 - Tyler Mahal, Post Falls, d. Beau Gleed, Moses Lake, 3-2. 132 - Brad Fox, Moses Lake, d. Taylor Abbott, Post Falls, 8-2. 145 - James Ost, Post Falls, p. Pat Grady, Central Valley, 2:43. 152 - Tyler Booth, Post Falls, d. Seth McLeod, Post Falls, 4-3. 160 - Austin Wilson, Post Falls, d. Elias Mason, Cheney, 6-1. 182 - Cody Johnson, Post Falls, d. Kurt Beck, Central Valley, 5-0. 220 - Mason Ju, Mead, d. Matt Howard, Coeur d'Alene, 2-0 (OT).

FIFTH-SIXTH PLACE

120 - Mitch Crain, Post Falls, d. Chris Douglas, Rogers, no score available. 152 - Kamal Qteishat, Ellensburg, md. Jesse Putman, Lakeland, 8-0. 160 - Nathan McLeod, Post Falls, d. Cody Spillane, Central Valley, 3-0.

Timberlake

claims title

at St. Maries invite

ST. MARIES - Cody Hongslo (120 pounds), Drew Hill (126) and Allen Foote (285) won championships in their respective weight classes to help the Timberlake Tigers claim the team championship at the nine team St. Maries Invitational.

Scott Larson (113), Forrest Herring (160) and Christian Heth (182) finished second and Dillon Grafton (98), Cam Raynor (106), Preston Rhodes (138) third for Timberlake, which competes at the Tri-State Invitational next Friday at North Idaho College.

"This was a goal this year to place at this tournament," Timberlake coach Ryan Montang said. "We were able to get a lot of pins. Even our guys in the backdoor got pins in the consolation finals. That's how you win tournaments."

Nate Partenfelder of Lake City pinned Herring in 1:08 in the championship match at 160 pounds at the St. Maries Invitational.

Partenfelder was named the most outstanding wrestler of the tournament.

"He's been working really hard since the start of the season," said Lake City Corey Owen of Partenfelder. "He's been earning it. All

Justis Ballison pinned Heth in the 182-pound final for Lake City, which finished fourth.

Bonners Ferry was second, followed by Kellogg in third.