Trojans romp to title
<p>Post Falls High's Peter Berger controls the legs of Colville's Ben Knight as he tries to escape from the pressure in the 113-pound match Saturday. Berger won by pinning Knight adding points for the Trojans 68-16 win over Colville and taking the overall team title at the River City Duals.</p>
<p>Post Falls High's Drake Foster hangs onto the arm of Tyler Ward from Colville High during the 106-pound match.</p>
POST FALLS - Post Falls had 12 wrestlers earn undefeated wrestler status and the Trojans won all five duals to capture the two-day, 24-team River City Duals for the first time in school history Saturday.
Post Falls beat Colville 68-16 in the championship dual of the Gold Division. Lakeland was fifth, Timberlake seventh in the 15th annual tournament.
"They did a great job, wrestled well all weekend and capped it with their best wrestling in the finals match," Post Falls coach Pete Reardon said. "We want to keep getting better and peak at the end of the season. We're scoring at the end of matches, fighting for every point and beating guys out of position, and that's what you want - to progressively get better throughout the season."
Kellogg won the Silver Division. Priest River was third, Sandpoint fifth.
Trojans earning undefeated wrestler recognition included: Lucas Bolster (98 pounds), Drake Foster (106), Peter Berger (113), Mitch Crain (120), James Ost (145), Tyler Booth (152), Austin Wilson (160), Nathan McLeod (182), Cody Johnson (182), Seth McLeod (145), Auston May (170) and Mike Bond (152).
GOLD BRACKET — 1, Post Falls. 2, Colville. 3, Shadle Park. 4, Nampa. 5, Lakeland. 6, Capital. 7, Timberlake. 8, Lewiston.
SILVER BRACKET — 1, Kellogg. 2, Freeman. 3, Priest River. 4, Pullman. 5, Sandpoint. 6, Connell. 7, Riverside. 8, Wallace.
BRONZE BRACKET — 1, Ephrata. 2, Renegades. 3, Lewis and Clark. 4, West Valley. 5, Liberty/Selkirk. 6, Medical Lake. 7, Gonzaga Prep. 8, Bishop Kelly.
DAY 2 SCORES
Renegades 48, Liberty/Selkirk 36
West Valley 53, Bishop Kelly 18
Pullman 34, Riverside 30
Shadle Park 47, Timberlake 36
Kellogg 45, Connell 40
Post Falls 62, Lakeland 15
Lewis and Clark 54, Medical Lake 36
Colvile 54, Capital 28
Ephrata 55, Gonzaga Prep 37
Freeman 42, Sandpoint 28
Priest River 63, Wallace 12
Nampa 59, Lewiston 16
Kellogg 52, Pullman 30
Freeman 45, Priest River 39
Renegade 45, West Valley 42
Post Falls 56, Shadle Park 27
Colville 44, Nampa 36
Ephrata 42, Lewis and Clark 36
Medical Lake 45, Gonzaga Prep 38
Liberty/Selkirk 36, Bishop Kelly 30
Riverside 42, Connell 34
Capital 45, Lewiston 32
Lakeland 39, Timberlake 34
Liberty/Selkirk 48, Medical Lake 42
Riverside 42, Wallace 36
Sandpoint 51, Connell 27
Gonzaga Prep 46, Bishop Kelly 24
Timberlake 54, Lewiston 36
Lakeland 43, Pullman 31
Kellogg 45, Freeman 36
Lewis and Clark 45, West Valley 26
Ephrata 56, Renegades 28
Shadle Park 40, Nampa 37
Post Falls 68, Colville 16
Coeur d’Alene 13th
at Missoula tourney
MISSOULA, Mont. — Coeur d’Alene had three placers and finished 13th at the 30-team Jug Beck Rocky Mountain Classic at Big Sky High.
Garrett DeMers placed second at 189, Hudson Staub was third at 135 and A.J. Konda was fourth at 112 for the Vikings.
“Hudson had a good tournament,” Coeur d’Alene coach Jeff Moffat said. “Garrett had a great tournament; he pinned the state runner-up from Havre (Mont.), then he runs into the No. 1 recruit in the country in Jordan Rogers (of Mead, who pinned him in the finals).”
Coeur d’Alene hosts Lake City on Friday in the annual TerHark Cup match.
Blaine Invernon won at 130 for Bonners Ferry, which finished 14th. Carmen Krichbaum (189) and Jay Gasper (215) were eighth.
Lake City was 22nd, with Nate Partenfelder (152) placing third, Nick Wells (135) fourth and Dakota Schnall (145) sixth.