Trojans, Tigers, Hawks advance at River City Duals
POST FALLS - Post Falls defeated West Valley 68-18 and Kellogg 61-19 on Friday to advance to the gold (championship) bracket of today's River City Duals at The Arena.
"Our whole team did pretty well today," Post Falls coach Pete Reardon said. "Everything went really smooth and there were a lot of good battles. All eight of the top seeds held up and won their pods."
Post Falls will face Lakeland today at 9 a.m.
Timberlake swept its first two matches, beating Connell (Wash.) 57-22 and Lewis and Clark 63-12 to advance to the gold bracket.
"I thought we wrestled well," Timberlake coach Ryan Montang said. "We got the pins we needed and broke the matches open. Things are starting to move forward at the right time. In the second match, we only gave up two matches."
Cody Hongslo (120 pounds), Drew Hill (126), Tyler Badertscher (132), Preston Rhodes (138), Tristan Roth (145), Forrest Herring (160) and Christian Heth (182) went 2-0 on the first day for Timberlake. Scott Larson (113) is 1-0.
Timberlake faces Shadle Park at 9 a.m. today.
"That's a big one for us," Montang said. "We need to win that to advance to the semifinals, or we're wrestling backward for fifth."
Lakeland beat Gonzaga Prep 52-25 and Freeman 70-18 to advance.
Placing rounds are scheduled to begin today at 3 p.m., with the championship match at 5:30.
GOLD BRACKET: Post Falls, Timberlake, Lewiston, Lakeland, Capital, Shadle Park, Nampa, Colville.
SILVER BRACKET: Freeman, Priest River, Pullman, Riverside, Kellogg, Sandpoint, Connell, Wallace.
BRONZE BRACKET: Renegades, Bishop Kelly, Ephrata, Liberty/Selkirk, Gonzaga Prep, Medical Lake, West Valley, Lewis and Clark.
OTHER DAY 1 SCORES
Capital 56, Renegades 27
Nampa 58, Pullman 22
Capital 41, Riverside 30
Lakeland 70, Freeman 18
Wallace 37, Bishop Kelly 36
Nampa 54, Ephrata 24
Shadle Park 48, Sandpoint 39
Lewiston 52, Priest River 12
Shadle Park 54, Medical Lake 33
Colville 72, Bishop Kelly 12
Lakeland 52, Gonzaga Prep 25
Colville 66, Wallace 9
Kellogg 54, West Valley 36
Connell 54, Lewis and Clark 30
Freeman 48, Gonzaga Prep 35
Pullman 43, Ephrata 42
Priest River 46, Liberty/Selkirk 36
Lewiston 47, Liberty/Selkirk 30
Sandpoint 45, Medical Lake 30
Riverside 54, Renegades 30
DeMers, Staub advance at tourney
MISSOULA, Mont. - Coeur d'Alene's Garrett DeMers (189 pounds) and Hudson Staub (135) won two matches apiece on the opening day of the Jug Beck Rocky Mountain Classic and advanced to today's semifinal round at Sentinel High.
Coeur d'Alene has three wrestlers in the consolation round and is 13th out of 30 teams.
Lake City has four wrestlers in the consolation round.
Mead leads the team standings with 127 points, followed by Glacier High of Kalispell with 115 points.