Five locals advance to semis
COEUR d'ALENE - Five local wrestlers advanced to today's semifinal round in the 42nd annual Tri-State Invitational wrestling tournament at Christianson Gym.
Coeur d'Alene freshman Mikey Kelley will face Trevor Rigney of Lewiston today in a semifinal match at 98 pounds after beating Austin Blair of North Central in the quarterfinals by pin in 55 seconds.
Post Falls junior Drake Foster pinned Hootie Judd of Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls, Wash.) in 3 minutes, 16 seconds to advance to the semifinals at 126 pounds, and will face Dylan Schulte from Sentinel of Missoula.
Other locals advancing to the semifinals were Phoenix Duncan (195) and Matt James (285) of Coeur d'Alene, and Killian Estes of Lakeland (182). Duncan pinned Stephen Giles of Ferris in 1:17 and Estes beat Kyle Brown of Potlatch 2-1.
The semifinals are scheduled to begin at noon, with the championship finals at 6 p.m., following the presentation of the North Idaho College wrestling room in honor of former NIC and current Central Valley High coach John Owen at 5:30 p.m.
Kuna leads after the first day with 116 points. Coeur d'Alene and Post Falls are tied in ninth place with 71.5. Defending champion Hermiston (Ore.) is 11th.
TEAM SCORES - 1, Kuna 116. 2 (tie), Central Valley, Lewiston, Tahoma 90. 5, Moses Lake 88. 6, Lake Stevens 85. 7, Mead 83. 8, University 80.5 9 (tie), Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls 71.5. 11, Hermiston 70.5. 12, Sentinel (Missoula) 68. 13, Colville 64.5. 14, Mt. Spokane 62.5. 15, North Central 58.5 16, Lakeside (Wash.) 58. 17, East Valley 56.5. 18, Deer Park 53.5. 19, Orting 51.5. 20, La Grande 47. 21, Oregon City 45. 22, Sandpoint 43. 23, Moscow 42. 24, Chiawana 40. 25, Todd Beamer 39. 26, Lakeland 38. 27, Kelso 34.5. 28, Ferris 33. 29, Frenchtown 32. 30, Graham-Kapowsin 31. 31 (tie), Auburn, St. Maries, Timberlake 28. 34, Kentridge 26. 35, Kellogg 25. 36 (tie), Libby, Tonasket, 24. 39, Bethel 23.5. 40 (tie), Potlatch, Woodinville 22. 44 (tie), McCall-Donnelly, Vashon Island 21. 46, Quincy 20.5. 47, Meadowdale 20. 48, Mission 19. 49, Lake City 15.5. 50 (tie), Cascade, Juanita 15. 53 (tie), Juanita, Eastside Catholic 13. 55, Kentlake 12. 56, Edmonds-Woodway 11. 57, Riverside 7. 58, Inglemoor 4. 59, Polson 3. 60 (tie), Lake Washington, North Thurston 0.
SEMIFINAL MATCHES
98 - T.J. Baun, Colville, vs. Jesus Cornejo, Moses Lake; Mikey Kelley, Coeur d'Alene vs. Trevor Rigney, Lewiston.
106 - Cole Rohan, La Grande, vs. Brady Barroso, Kuna; Cooper McCullough, Moses Lake, vs. Derek Freitag, Kentridge.
113 - Fernando Leyva, Moses Lake, vs. Matt Petrini, Mead; Dalton Young, Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls, Wash.) vs. Nick Whitehead, Tahoma.
120 - Casey Cobb, Kuna, vs. Bryson Beard, Central Valley; Seth Lowen, McCall-Donnelly, vs. Devin Poppen, Oregon City.
126 - Fred Green, Orting, vs. Cruz Velasquez, Tahoma; Dylan Schulte, Sentinel, vs. Drake Foster, Post Falls.
132 - Michael Cook, Kuna, vs. Josh Crager, Cascade; Noah Cuzzetto, Lakeside, vs. Tyler Wicken, Kelso.
138 - Bryce Parson, Lewiston, vs. Corde Ferreira, Graham-Kapowsin; Matt Iwicki, Eastside Catholic, vs. Kurtis Loftis, Kuna.
145 - Colton Orrino, Central Valley, vs. Drake Randall, Lewiston; Cody Lemons, Flathead, vs. Ian Cox, Colville.
152 - Joe Grable, Deer Park, vs. Sam Bruce, Moscow; Nathan Vulliet, Edmonds-Woodway, vs. Ryan Klemp, Lewiston.
160 - Izaec Quintanilla, North Central, vs. Matt Miller, Deer Park; Mason McDaniel, Juanita, vs. Rowdy Paul, Potlatch.
170 - Seth McLeod, Post Falls, vs. Tanner Fischer, Oregon City; Antonio Melendez, Quincy, vs. Jacen Petersen, Mission.
182 - Ryan Christensen, Woodinville, vs. Michael Griffin, Oregon City; Jordan Nolan, Kuna, vs. Killian Estes, Lakeland.
195 - Samuel Colbray, Hermiston, vs. Phoenix Duncan, Coeur d'Alene; Cody Vigoren, Lake Stevens, vs. Ciaran Ball, McCall-Donnelly.
220 - Jaydn Wilson, Sentinel, vs. Manual Vasquez, Lynnwood; vs. Mason Ju, Mead, vs. Tom Harvey, Mt. Spokane.
285 - Matt James, Coeur d'Alene, vs. Tate Orndorff, University; JC English, Kuna, vs. Hunter Mullins, Orting.