Ost, DeMers nab Rollie Lane titles
NAMPA - James Ost won the 152-pound title, and Tyler Booth (152) and Cole Jesienouski (170) each placed second as the Post Falls Trojans finished fifth at the Rollie Lane Invitational on Saturday at the Idaho Center.
Ost went 7-0 on the weekend, winning 15-1 in the finals. Booth and Jesienouski each finished 6-1.
Drake Foster (106) and Seth McLeod (145) each placed third, Cody Johnson (182) was fourth and Austin Wilson (160) was fifth.
"We got a ton of pins; the guys looked good," Post Falls coach Pete Reardon said.
Garrett DeMers of Coeur d'Alene won the 195-pound title with a pin in the title match. He was also named outstanding wrestler for the 170- through 285-pound weight classes.
"He wrestled a great tournament, and was never really pushed," Coeur d'Alene coach Jeff Moffat said of DeMers, who had five pins and a technical fall.
A.J. Konda placed fourth at 113 for Coeur d'Alene, which hosts Capital on Thursday.
Post Falls hosts Priest River and Capital on Thursday, then hosts the River City Duals on Friday and Saturday.
Lake City's Schnall second at U-High tourney
SPOKANE - Dakota Schnall of Lake City went 3-1 and placed second at 152 pounds at the Pacific Northwest Classic at University High.
Nate Partenfelder (160) was third, Alfredo Reyes (220) fifth and Nick Wells (132) sixth for Lake City, which finished 12th out of 18 teams.
"This is the most placers we've had at this tournament since I've been here," said Lake City coach Corey Owen, in his fourth season with the Timberwolves.
Glacier of Kalispell, Mont., won the tournament, and University was second.
Lake City is at the Rocky Mountain Classic in Missoula on Friday and Saturday.
Hendricks, Yount,
Nelson, Foote win titles
CHENEY - Lakeland's Tyson Hendricks (113 pounds), Brandon Yount (132) and David Nelson (145) each won championships in their respective weight classes and the Hawks placed third at the 16-team Cheney tournament.
Host Cheney won the tournament and East Valley finished second.
Lakeland's Austin Hoobler (106) took second, Chase Campbell (160) placed third and both Josh Kaplan (220) and Tanner Wright (120) finished in sixth.
Jesse Putnam (152), who dropped his first match of the day but won his final four, took fifth place by winning the consolation bracket.
"The kids wrestled hard and everyone came out and got wins for the team, so that was a plus," Lakeland coach Rob Edelblute said. "It's a good tournament to come back from Christmas break and get our feet wet again."
Lakeland hosts Nampa on Thursday.
Allen Foote of Timberlake won the 285-pound title, and was one of eight Tigers to place.
"He's come a long ways, and he's wrestling pretty tough," Timberlake coach Ryan Montang said.
Rocco Wingfield (113), Drew Hill (126) and Christian Heth (182) placed third for the Tigers, Cody Hongslo (120) and Forrest Herring (160) were fourth, Preston Rhodes (138) fifth, Tristan Roth (145) sixth.
Timberlake travels to Priest River on Tuesday for the fourth annual War of the Waters dual. The Tigers won last year for the first time.
Sandpoint's Payton Dillon finished third at 120 pounds.
Tanner McNelly (106) finished fifth, and Lily DeAragon (113) and Brandon Williams (171) each placed sixth.