PREP WRESTLING: Post Falls wins Tri-State tuneup

SPOKANE — Drake Foster (120 pounds), Alius De La Rosa (126) and Seth McLeod (170) tuned up for next weekend’s Tri-State Invitational by winning championships on Saturday, leading the Trojans to the team title at the Inland Empire Classic at Central Valley High.

“The kids just went out there and gave it everything they had,” Post Falls coach Pete Reardon said. “We’ve been stressing to the kids that you need to go out and wrestle as hard as you can early in the season to get a real gauge early in the season. Our goal isn’t necessarily to take first, but to focus on the process of getting better, and I was really, really happy with how they responded to that.”

Sandpoint’s Casey Randles pinned Stephen Ost of Post Falls to win the 152-pound title. The Bulldogs finished 10th with 99 points, just ahead of Lakeland, which finished 11th with 93.5 points.

TEAM SCORES — 1, Post Falls 246. 2, Moses Lake 201. 3, University 200. 4, Colville 199. 5, Central Valley 192.5. 6, Mead 165. 7, East Valley 133. 8, Ferris 109. 9, Ellensburg 104.5. 10, Sandpoint 99. 11, Lakeland 93.5. 12, Chiawana 93. 13, Lewis and Clark 89. 14, Kennewick 77. 15, Richland 61. 16, Eisenhower 55. 17, Hanford 50.5. 18, Eastmont 49. 19, Shadle Park 48. 20, Cheney 46. 21, Rogers 38.

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES

106 — T.J. Baun, Colville, p. Cooper McCullough, Moses Lake, :49. 113 — Fernando Leyva, Moses Lake, d. Trey Long, Moses Lake, 6-2. 120 — Drake Foster, Post Falls, d. Bryson Beard, Central Valley, 7-5. 126 — Alius De La Rosa, Post Falls, p. Braedon Orrino, East Valley, 5:41. 132 — Blake Beard, Central Valley, d. Chase Clasen, Moses Lake, 7-3. 138 — Tate LeClaire, Mead, d. Pryce Seely, Richland, 7-0. 145 — Colton Orrino, Central Valley, p. TJ Wolf, Post Falls, 3:05. 152 — Casey Randles, Sandpoint, p. Stephen Ost, Post Falls, 1:48. 160 — Ryley Smith, Colville, d. John Fairbanks, University, 9-4. 170 — Seth McLeod, Post Falls, p. Tyler Taylor, Lewis and Clark, :42. 182 — Dakota Numbers, Lewis and Clark, d. Josh Wessels, Cheney, 3-1. 195 — Jordan Lacelle, Moses Lake, d. Aaron Stinzi, Central Valley, 3-2. 220 — Mason Ju, Mead, p. Levi McBride, 3:37. 285 — Tate Orndorff, University, p. Dallon Grinder, Hanford, :57.

THIRD PLACE MATCHES

106 — Carson Graham, Central Valley, md. Jesus Cornejo, Moses Lake, 12-3. 113 — Matt Petrini, Mead, d. Logan Sundheim, East Valley, 4-3. 120 — Tyson Hendricks, Lakeland, d. Hunter Bair, Ellensburg, 3-2. 126 — Cameron Sorensen, University, by injury default. 132 — Steven Zettel, Post Falls, d. Brandon Stinson, Colville, 10-4. 138 — Gabe Meyer, East Valley, d. Tyler Ward, Colville, 1-0. 145 — Trey Meyer, East Valley, p. Sam Davis, Mead, 3:47. 152 — Ben Knight, Colville, p. Zach Kies, Mead, 2:53. 160 — Hudson Mauseth, Moses Lake, d. Tanner Bauman, East Valley, 4-2. 170 — Austin Stannard, University, p. Tyler Vargas, Chiawana, 2:32. 182 — Killian Estes, Lakeland, p. Donavin McElliott, Ferris, 1:13. 195 — Ryan Failor, Post Falls, d. Jason Glenn, Ellensburg, 4-1. 220 — Josh Travers, Sandpoint, d. Dylan Morris, Moses Lake, 3-1. 285 — Justin Farnsworth, Post Falls, p. Abzael Loeza, Chiawana, 1:54.

James goes 6-0,

Vikings 10th at Buck’s Bags

BOISE — Senior heavyweight Matt James finished the weekend with a 6-0 record to help the Vikings finish 10th in the 32-team Buck’s Bags tournament at Capital High.

“The kids competed hard,” Coeur d’Alene coach Jeff Moffat said. “It’s a little hard on them wrestling eight duals in three days. They get beat up, but it’s good for them. It’s a grind, but good for our team because we have some inexperienced guys, so we need to get as many matches in as we can. We just need to keep making more progress.”

Hudson Staub (182) and Phoenix Duncan (195) each went 5-1 for Coeur d’Alene (6-4), which competes against Kellogg and Lakeland on Tuesday in Rathdrum.

Timberlake triumphs

with five champions

KELLOGG — Ryan Starr (113 pounds), Dillon Grafton (120), Tyler Bardertscher (152), Preston Rhodes (160) and Anthony Reimer (170) brought home championships for the Timberlake Tigers, who won a five-team Kickoff Classic at Kellogg Middle School.

“I thought we did really well,” Timberlake coach Ryan Montang said. “We had a lot of guys that wrestled well, and even those that didn’t win got some placing points. Both Tyler and Preston were solid and wrestled really smart matches today.”

Priest River got championships from Logan Schultz (98), John Allen Noble (106) and Gabe Bellah (220) to finish third.

TEAM SCORES — 1, Timberlake 152. 2, Priest River 134. 3, Kellogg 100. 4, Bonners Ferry 76. 5, Wallace 32.

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES

98 — Logan Schultz, Priest River, p. Josh Dixon, Kellogg, 2:00. 106 — John Allen Noble, Priest River, d. Mike Hyndeman, Kellogg, 3:25. 113 — 1, Ryan Starr, Timberlake. 2, Tanner Figueroa, Kellogg. 3, Diamond Robinson, Priest River (finishers based on pin time). 120 — Noah Jamison, Priest River, d. Brent Willis, Priest River, 2:12. 126 — Dillon Grafton, Timberlake, tf. Kayde Herbert, Timberlake, 15-0. 132 — Blake Ivie, Kellogg, d. Tristan O’Brien, Timberlake, 3:10. 138 — Matt Tucker, Bonners Ferry, d. Bradley Erickson, Timberlake, 2:16. 145 — Dallas Hopkins, Priest River, d. Dominic Branz, Wallace, 5:28. 152 — Tyler Bardertscher, Timberlake, p. Parker Davis, 1:12. 160 — Preston Rhodes, Timberlake, d. Quinn Cummings, Bonners Ferry, 5-3. 170 — 1, Anthony Reimer, Timberlake. 2, Caleb Munson, Timberlake. 3, Matt Rohrich, Priest River (based on pin time). 182 — Jonathan O’Brien, Kellogg, p. Christian Speelman, Kellogg, 1:45. 195 — Joe Schwartz, Priest River, p. Andrew Hanson, Timberlake, :54. 220 — Gabe Bellah, Priest River, p. Jeris Beaver, Priest River, 2:29. 285 — Jon Gaspar, Bonners Ferry, p. Tristan Hudson, Priest River, :32.

THIRD-PLACE MATCHES

98 — Tyler Custis, Kellogg. 106 — no match. 113 — no match. 120 — Tucker Figueroa, Kellogg, p. Dailyn Johnson, Timberlake, 4:36. 126 — Riley Wall, Bonners Ferry, p. Kaleb McClain, Wallace, 2:31. 132 — Bailey Houston, Timberlake, d. Tyler Chenoweth, Priest River, :50. 138 — Shon Hayman, Wallace, d. Justice Mills, 7-5. 145 — Brock Herbert, Timberlake, d. Jaden Ballard, Kellogg, 1:14. 152 — Anthony Noto, Kellogg, p. Tyler Curl, Wallace, 3:21. 160 — Luke McDonald, Priest River, p. Clayton Bowman, Priest River, 4:50. 170 — no match. 182 — Travis Beck, Bonners Ferry. 195 — Phillip Chilgren, Wallace, p. Benson Huntley, Priest River, 1:50. 220 — Caleb Gering, Bonners Ferry. 285 — Numa Aitken, Bonners Ferry, p. Ryder Mervin, Timberlake, 2:51.

Woodworth, Dixon

win for Lake City

POTLATCH — Dylan Woodworth had four pins at 113 pounds and Zion Dixon three pins at 285 for the Timberwolves to claim first-place honors at the Dick Griswold Invitational at Potlatch High.

“I thought all of our kids wrestled well,” Lake City coach Corey Owen said. “We won a lot of close matches and got a lot of pins as a team. All in all, it was a good day.”

Michael Carr (138) and Austin Porter (220) finished second for Lake City, which faces Lakeland and Kellogg on Tuesday in Rathdrum.