Post Falls places third at River City Duals
POST FALLS - The host Post Falls Trojans defeated 5A Inland Empire League rival Lewiston 31-30 to finish third in the 14th annual River City Duals at The Arena on Saturday.
This year, the 24-team tournament was divided into eight pods of three teams on Friday. Teams that went 2-0 in their pods advanced to the gold bracket Saturday, 1-1 teams advanced to the silver bracket and 0-2 teams advanced to the bronze bracket.
Post Falls finished second last year to Columbia of Nampa. This year, the Trojans lost 36-33 in the semifinals to Caldwell, which went on to beat Columbia 32-28 in the championship dual, ending Columbia's run of three straight titles.
"Our guys did a great job," Post Falls coach Pete Reardon said. "We've got a couple of guys banged up, some sickness. We're not at 100 percent, but some other kids stepped in and wrestled well. We're right on track for where we need to be for the state tournament."
Timberlake went 1-2 on Saturday to finish sixth in the silver bracket. Lakeland went 2-1, defeating St. Maries 43-36 for third in the bronze bracket.
Sandpoint went 3-0 on Saturday to win the bronze bracket, beating Cheney 41-38 for the championship.
Wallace went 2-1, losing to Pasco 58-18 in the championship match in the silver bracket.
GOLD BRACKET
Championship - Caldwell 32, Columbia 28.
Third-fourth - Post Falls 31, Lewiston 30.
Fifth-sixth - Shadle Park 51, Riverside 27.
Seventh-eighth - Nampa 45, Colville 32.
Earlier matches: Columbia 58, Shadle Park 6; Lewiston 54, Nampa 21; Caldwell 48, Riverside 23; Post Falls 71, Colville 6; Columbia 50, Lewiston 12; Caldwell 36, Post Falls 33; Shadle Park 43, Nampa 30; Riverside 51, Colville 30.
SILVER BRACKET
First-second - Pasco 58, Wallace 18.
Third-fourth - Priest River 39, Ephrata 29.
Fifth-sixth - Connell 48, Timberlake 24.
Seventh-eighth - Capital 51, Medical Lake 21.
Earlier matches: Capital 45, Ephrata 21; Pasco 72, Timberlake 12; Priest River 42, Medical Lake 33; Wallace 40, Connell 37; Pasco 41, Capital 27; Wallace 41, Priest River 38; Timberlake 34, Ephrata 33; Medical Lake 57, Connell 14.
BRONZE BRACKET
First-second - Sandpoint 41, Cheney 38.
Third-fourth - Lakeland 43, St. Maries 36.
Fifth-sixth - Kellogg 48, Freeman/Liberty/Newport 33.
Seventh-eighth - Gonzaga Prep 40, Bishop Kelly 30.
Earlier matches: Cheney 43, Kellogg 33; Lakeland 52, Gonzaga Prep 27; Sandpoint 51, Bishop Kelly 30; St. Maries 48, Freeman/Liberty/Newport 36; Cheney 45, Lakeland 21, Sandpoint 52, St. Maries 30; Kellogg 40, Gonzaga Prep 39; Freeman/Liberty/Newport 39, Bishop Kelly 36.
Vikings finish second at Rocky Mountain Classic
MISSOULA, Mont. - Kenny Staub (140) and Thomas Tucker (215) each placed second for Coeur d'Alene, which finished second in the 27-team Jug Beck Rocky Mountain Classic at Sentinel High.
Staub fell to Kyle Leir of Libby in the championship match, and Tucker lost to Jake Laden of University. University won the tournament with 209.5 points. Coeur d'Alene had 166.
"I was real happy with the weekend," Coeur d'Alene coach Jeff Moffat said. "We've had some guys that have started to step up and wrestle really well. This was the first time we've placed at this tournament and to have nine guys place was huge for us."
Johnny Peregrina (160) and Garrett DeMers (171) were third, Kyle Siegwarth (130) and Caleb Davis (189) fourth, A.J. Konda (105) fifth, Hudson Staub (125) seventh and Chase Lincoln (98) eighth for Coeur d'Alene.
"Overall, we're headed in the right direction," Moffat said. "This is definitely something to build on because this was a state-caliber type of tournament."
Jacob Benson (285) and Calen Lambert (189) finished sixth for the Timberwolves, who finished 18th. Nate Partenfelder (140) was seventh.
"We're constantly improving and we're close, and we're on the edge there, and we haven't made that turn yet," Lake City coach Corey Owen said. "But I can tell we're close."
Coeur d'Alene and Lake City will face off for the TerHark Cup on Thursday at Lake City.