Post Falls second at River City Duals
<p>Austin Wilson, of Post Falls, turns Abraham Rodriguez, of Hermiston High School, for near-fall points in the 160-pound match of the finals of the River City Duels on Saturday.</p>
<p>Post Falls High's Tyler Mahal shoots a single leg on Zach Studer, of Hermiston, in the 145-pound finals match.</p>
POST FALLS - Hermiston (Ore.) defeated defending champion Post Falls 38-35 to win the championship of the Gold Bracket at the 16th annual River City Duals on Saturday at The Arena.
"Overall, it's disappointing to lose to Hermiston," Post Falls coach Pete Reardon said. "But I'm proud of how the kids fought. This weekend, they competed really hard and had the desire to win. Even in those matches where we were overmatched, the kids were fighting their guts out and finding a way to win. I'm happy with my guys."
Lakeland beat Ephrata, Priest River and Lewis and Clark to win the Silver Bracket.
Tanner McNelly (113 pounds) and Lewis Dunton (132) both went 5-0 over the weekend to lead Sandpoint to a third-place finish in the Silver Bracket.
Mahonri Hunsaker (138), Josh Travers (195) and Chris Bunty (160) each went 4-1 as Sandpoint beat Kamiakin 43-35 and lost 47-30 to Capital on Friday to advance into the Silver Bracket.
The Bulldogs beat Bishop Kelly 56-36 in the final dual of the day on Saturday, earning their third straight win after topping Shadle Park 45-30 and Connell 54-27 earlier in the day.
Sandpoint is at Lewiston on Friday.
FINAL STANDINGS
GOLD BRACKET — 1, Hermiston. 2, Post Falls. 3, Columbia. 4, Colville. 5, Nampa. 6, Capital. 7, Pasco. 8, Timberlake.
SILVER BRACKET — 1, Lakeland. 2, Lewis and Clark. 3, Connell. 4, Priest River. 5, West Valley. 6, Freeman. 7, Ephrata. 8, Shadle Park.
BRONZE BRACKET — 1, Medical Lake. 2, Kamiakin. 3, Sandpoint. 4, Bishop Kelly. 5, Gonzaga Prep. 6, Kellogg. 7, Moscow. 8, Pullman.
DAY 2 SCORES
Lewis and Clark 57, Pullman 12
Colville 40, Nampa 34
Sandpoint 45, Shadle Park 36
Hermiston 59, Pasco 22
Connell 40, Freeman 33
Kamiakin 43, Kellogg 33
Bishop Kelly 39, Moscow 36
Priest River 42, West Valley 41
Columbia 72, Timberlake 9
Post Falls 54, Capital 25
Lakeland 54, Ephrata 25
Medical Lake 48, Bishop Kelly 33
Kamiakin 40, Lewis and Clark 29
Lakeland 69, Priest River 12
Sandpoint 54, Connell 27
Hermiston 50, Colville 30
Post Falls 52, Columbia 24
Capital 44, Timberlake 39
Nampa 60, Pasco 19
Freeman 37, Shadle Park 37
Gonzaga Prep 55, Moscow 24
West Valley 56, Ephrata 28
Kellogg 69, Pullman 25
Gonzaga Prep 45, Kellogg 42
Moscow 61, Pullman 42
Pasco 47, Timberlake 36
West Valley 45, Freeman 39
Ephrata 40, Shadle Park 39
Nampa 60, Capital 20
Medical Lake 42, Kamiakin 24
Columbia 53, Colville 15
Connell 57, Priest River 23
Sandpoint 54, Bishop Kelly 40
Lakeland 60, Lewis and Clark 21
Hermiston 38, Post Falls 35
Three runners-up as Vikings seventh in Missoula
MISSOULA, Mont. — The Coeur d’Alene High trio of Anthony Price (98 pounds), A.J. Konda (113) and Hudson Staub (171) all finished second in their respective weight classes to help the Vikings finish seventh in the Jug Beck Rocky Mountain Classic at Sentinel High.
“Overall, it was a great tournament,” Coeur d’Alene coach Jeff Moffat said. “It was a great weekend of wrestling. In a tough tournament, we kind of turned the corner and started wrestling to our ability. Anthony was going for a takedown, but just didn’t get it, but had some good wins. Hudson wrestled really well.”
Sean White finished fifth at 152 and both Drew Gorringe (120) and Gabe Ross (160) for Coeur d’Alene.
Blaine Invernon was third at 135 and Josh Tucker fifth at 119 for Bonners Ferry, which finished 19th.
Nick Wells was fifth at 130 and Jared Lambert finished seventh at 160 pounds for Lake City, which finished 27th.
“Anytime you place in a tournament like this, it’s a feather in your cap,” Lake City coach Corey Owen said. “For Nick, it was his first weekend back since injuring his knee (strained right ACL and partially torn PCL) and he wrestled really well.”
TEAM SCORES — 1, Great Falls 213. 2, University 186.5. 3, Sentinel 171.5. 4, Lewiston 159. 5, Bozeman 150.5. 6, Mead 149. 7, Coeur d’Alene 147. 8, Central Valley 140. 9, Belgrade 134.5. 10, Havre 123. 11, Big Sky 116. 12, Glacier 103. 13, Fergus County 84.5. 14, Flathead 82.5. 15, Ronan 82. 16, Frenchtown 79 17, CM Russell 75. 18, Butte 74.5. 19, Bonners Ferry 72.5. 20, Polson 68. 21, Corvallis 48. 22, Helena 46.5. 23, Clarkston 43.5. 24, Columbia Falls 43. 24, Columbia Falls 43. 25 (tie), Ferris, Libby 41. 27, Lake City 38. 28, Hellgate 37. 29, Hamilton 28. 30, Superior 24.5. 31, Capital (Helena) 10.
LOCAL RESULTS
CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES
98 — Keegan Kennelly, Havre, d. Anthony Price, Coeur d’Alene, 5-2. 112 — Bryson Beard, Central Valley, d. A.J. Konda, Coeur d’Alene, 3-0. 171 — Chandler Rodgers, Mead, p. Hudson Staub, Coeur d’Alene, 3:08.
THIRD-FOURTH PLACE
135 — Blaine Invernon, Bonners Ferry, md. Cody Lemons, Frenchtown, 11-2.
FIFTH-SIXTH PLACE
119 — Josh Tucker, Bonners Ferry, p. Dakota Erickson, Belgrade, 1:30. 130 — Nick Wells, Lake City, md. Tanner Johnson, Belgrade, 10-1. 152 — Sean White, Coeur d’Alene, d. Quentin Denton, Ronan, by default.
SEVENTH-EIGHTH PLACE
119 — Marshall Bowen, Lewiston, d. Drew Gorringe, Coeur d’Alene, 8-6. 160 — Jared Lambert, Lake City, d. Gabe Ross, Coeur d’Alene, by default. 189 — Jacob Waller, Clarkston, d. Carman Krichbaum, Bonners Ferry, by forfeit.