Vikings win own tourney in a romp
<p>Post Falls High's Tyler Booth attempts to maintain control of Kenny Staub from Coeur d'Alene High during the 140-pound championship match Saturday at the Coeur d'Alene Invitational. Booth won the match in a 3-1 decision.</p>
<p>Sandpoint High's Payton Dillon keeps the pressure on his opponent Tristen O'Brien from Kellogg High during the 112-pound championship match.</p>
COEUR d'ALENE - Putting 11 wrestlers into the finals and producing three champions, the host Coeur d'Alene Vikings dominated the inagural Coeur d'Alene Invitational wrestling tournament Saturday with 209.5 points, 89 more than second-place Kellogg in the 13-team event.
A.J. Konda (103), Garrett Demers (171) and Matt Howard (215) won titles for the Vikings, who entered 17 wrestlers and saw 14 of them place in the top three.
"I think we're wrestling and heading in the right direction," Coeur d'Alene coach Jeff Moffat said. "We didn't wrestle as well in the finals as I would have liked, but I was real happy with the overall performance. Overall, it was an outstanding team effort."
Demers avenged a loss to Cole Jesienouski of Post Falls on Thursday with a 7-2 victory in the finals on Saturday. Viking teammate Shaun Duffy injury defaulted to Howard in the finals.
Post Falls had four winners — Tyler Booth (140), Austin Wilson (145), Nathan McLeod (152) and Kendall Nuss (160). Wilson beat Trevor Hampton of Bonners Ferry, a two-time state 3A champion, 8-6 in the finals.
“Our guys did a really good job, being short a couple of guys (due to illness),” Post Falls coach Pete Reardon said. “With our guys, our focus is to circle the wagons and get tough and make it through the adversity and that’s going to make us stronger in the end.”
Sandpoint had two winners — Payton Dillon (112) and Garret Belgarde (119).
Other local winners included James Hegge (130) of Priest River, Chris Vergobbi (135) of Kellogg and Ty Beare (285) of Kootenai.
Wilson was named outstanding wrestler for weights 145 and up. Vergobbi was named outstanding wrestler for weights 140 and below.
TEAM SCORES — 1, Coeur d’Alene 209.5. 2, Post Falls 120.5. 3, American Falls 103. 4, Bonners Ferry 80.5. 5, Lakeland 74. 6, Priest River 64. 7, Sandpoint 61. 8, Kellogg 60.5. 9, St. Maries 34.10, Lake City 30.5. 11, Wallace 30. 12, Kootenai 26. 13, Timberlake 25.
CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS
103 — A.J. Konda, Cd’A, p. Chase Lincoln, Cd’A, 2:55. 112— Payton Dillon, Spt, md. Tristen O’Brien, Kell, 11-0. 119 — Garret Belgarde, Spt, p. Blaine Invernon, BF, 3:06. 125 — Kasey West, AF, d. Hudson Staub, Cd’A, 5-0. 130 — James Hegge, PR, p. Kyle Siegwarth, Cd’A, 3:49. 135 — Chris Vergobbi, Kell, tf. Jesse Putman, LL, 17-1. 140 — Tyler Booth, PF, d. Kenny Staub, Cd’A, 3-1. 145 — Austin Wilson, PF, d. Trevor Hampton, BF, 8-6. 152 — Nathan McLeod, PF, d. Jake Waters, Wal, 5-2. 160: Kendall Nuss, PF, p. Comack, Cd’A, 5:35. 171 — Garrett Demers, Cd’A, d. Cole Jesienouski, PF, 7-2. 189 — V.J. Giulio, AF, d. Caleb Davis, Cd’A, 7-2. 215 — Matt Howard, Cd’A, d. Shaun Duffy, Cd’A, inj. def. 285 — Ty Beare, Koot, p. Drew Moreno, Cd’A, 5:50.
THIRD-FOURTH PLACE
103 — Tyson Hendricks, LL, d. Josh Tucker, BF, 7-4. 112 — Austin Ashby, Cd’A, d. Tanner Wright, LL, 8-2. 119 — Kody Hongslo, TL, d. Cole Jerome, Kell, 3-2. 125 — Nick Wells, LC, d. Michael Garritone, LL, 13-7. 130 — Brandon Yount, LL, p. Dusty Koehler, BF, 4:01. 135 — E.G. Lunceford, Cd’A, d. Troy Goodman, Spt, 18-11. 140 — Ben Watt, BF, d. Nathan Partenfelder, LC, 5-4. 145 — Jake Graham, Cd’A, d. Chris Pooley, PR, 3-2. 152 — Colton Peugh, PF, p. Kyle White, TL, 3:48. 160 — Cody Rabidue, PR, p. Derek Charles, SM, 5:55. 171 — Travis Williams, AF, p. Tanner Rogers, PR, 1:43. 189 — Cody Johnson, PF, d. Adrian Sherman, LC, 6-4. 215 — Cody Hidalgo, AF, p. Joe Anderson, SM, 4:53. 285 — Diego Cerna, AF, p. Tony Appell, SM, 1:43.
“B” BRACKETS
103 — Scott Larson, TL, p. Mike Hyndman, Kell, 2:35. 112 — Tristin Dunn, Cd’A, p. Axton Allen, SM, :30. 119 — Aaron Kolar, SM, p. Austin Whitmore, LC, 1:57. 125 — David Chapman, BF, p. Brandon Pugh, SM, 3:58. 130 — Jesus Uribe, AF, p. Billy Potts, LC, 1:23. 135 — Jared Lambert, LC, d. Aaron Dyk, PF, 10-4. 140 — Joe Bloomsburg, SM, p. Nick Wright, LL, 3:09. 145 — Julian Gallegos, AF, p. Luke Hahn, Wall, 1:29. 152 — Chase Campbell, LL, p. Corbin Smith, LC, 1:25. 160 — Jack Long, Wall, p. Brad Cox, BF, :36. 171 — Brian Fink, PR, d. Denley Waldo, PF, 2-1. 189 — Jake Baures, TL, d. Pierce Otto, Kell, 4-3.