Timberlake wins War of the Waters

| January 11, 2012 8:15 PM

PRIEST RIVER - The action started with a bang at 145 pounds, and didn't stop until an overtime thriller at 138 pounds during the War of the Waters wrestling dual, which Timberlake won 47-29 over Priest River on Tuesday night.

The dual was the fourth War of the Waters wrestling battle. Timberlake won for the second straight year to square the series at two wins each.

Kole Akre (145) kicked off the Intermountain League dual with a late nearfall to take a 9-6 win, but the Tigers would exact some revenge by winning the final match - a back-and-forth thriller that took overtime to decide.

Timberlake's Preston Rhodes (138) picked up the deciding win after a quick takedown in the overtime period.

"Preston did everything right and deserves the recognition. He's a living example of setting a goal and following the path," said Tiger coach Ryan Montang, who added the War of the Waters spirit dual is always "exciting, fun and good for the sport."

Dillon Grafton (98), Scott Larsen (113) and Drew Johnson (220) each won with pins for Timberlake (1-0 IML).

Cory Coleman (152) and Diamond Robinson (106) earned pins for Priest River (0-2 IML).

"We knew it was going to be close, and didn't have to say a lot to the kids to get them ready. They knew that the War of the Waters is special," said Spartan coach Jake Stark said.

Both squads wrestle at the River City Duals this weekend in Post Falls.

145 - Kole Akre, PR, d. Tristan Roth 3-0. 152 - Cory Coleman, PR, p. Quinton Reese, 3:44. 160 - Forrest Herring, TL, d. Joe Snider, 9-3. 170 - Brian Fink, PR, by forfeit. 182 - Christian Heth, TL, by forfeit. 195 - Nick Fuchs, TL, by forfeit. 220 - Drew Johnson, TL, p. Josh Karkoski, :42. 285 - Allan Foote, TL, by forfeit. 98 - Dillon Grafton, TL, p. Tyler Chenoweth, :50. 106 - Diamond Robinson, PR, p. Dylan Woodworth, 1:49. 113 - Scott Larsen, TL, p. Kyle Palfrey, 2:32. 120 - Kody Hongslo, TL, tf. Luke Soumas, 15-0. 126 - Tyler Popkin, PR, md. Drew Hill, 10-0. 132 - Thor Hoefer, PR, md. Tyler Baertscher, 15-3. 138 - Preston Rhodes, TL, d. Dallas Hopkins, 18-16.