RIVER CITY DUALS: Post Falls, Cd'A, Lakeland go 2-0 on first day
<p>Coeur d’Alene’s Tristan Dunn locks his hands and prepares to turn Gonzaga Prep’s Braden Smith with a cradle during the 138-pound match, going on to pin Smith.</p>
<p>Post Falls High’s Alius Delarosa stretches out to pin an arching Ryan Farrell, of Shadle Park, during the 120-pound match Friday during the River City Duals in Post Falls.</p>
17th annual tourney
concludes today
POST FALLS - The host Post Falls Trojans, along with Lakeland and Coeur d'Alene went unbeaten in duals on Friday to advance to the Gold Bracket at the 17th annual River City Duals at The Arena.
Post Falls beat Freeman 52-24 and Shadle Park 71-12 to move into the Gold Bracket, where the Trojans will face Lakeland at 9 a.m. today. Lakeland beat Kamiakin 60-18 and Colville 45-39 on Friday.
"The kids wrestled tough," Lakeland coach Rob Edelblute said. "I'm really proud of them. Colville is a solid team and I'm really happy with the kids. They're wrestling hard and really starting to turn the corner."
Coeur d'Alene beat Pasco 50-30 and Bishop Kelly 57-27. Coeur d'Alene will face defending champion Hermiston (Ore.).
Gold Bracket matches begin this morning at 9 a.m., followed by consolation rounds in the Silver and Bronze brackets.
Semifinals are scheduled for noon, with placing matches starting at 3 p.m., including the championship dual at 4:30.
Lake City, which lost to Hermiston 58-18 in the first round, bounced back to beat Ephrata 48-31 to advance to the Silver Bracket.
"The kids wrestled hard and I was impressed with our effort," Lake City coach Corey Owen said. "Hermiston is a tough team, but our kids wrestled tough and it carried over against Ephrata and we did really well there."
Timberlake went 1-1 to move to the Silver Bracket and will face Kellogg today. The Tigers beat West Valley 43-30 and lost to Nampa 67-15.
Lake City will face Pasco today at 10:30 a.m.
DAY 1 SCORES
Hermiston 58, Lake City 18
Shadle Park 39, Freeman 36
Priest River 89, Pullman 0
Kellogg 47, Moses Lake 42
Timberlake 43, West Valley 30
Capital 53, Lewis and Clark 35
Lake City 48, Ephrata 31
Post Falls 52, Freeman 24
Colville 80, Priest River 6
Bozeman 72, Moses Lake 12
Lakeland 60, Kamiakin 18
Coeur d'Alene 50, Pasco 30
Hermiston 60, Ephrata 15
Post Falls 71, Shadle Park 12
Colville 64, Kamiakin 9
Coeur d'Alene 57, Bishop Kelly 27
Nampa 63, West Valley 18
Lewis and Clark 48, Sandpoint 31
Columbia 84, Pullman 6
Bozeman 60, Kellogg 21
Pasco 63, Bishop Kelly 12
Lakeland 45, Colville 39
Nampa 67, Timberlake 15
Capital 53, Sandpoint 30
TODAY'S BRACKET OPENERS
GOLD BRACKET - Post Falls vs. Lakeland; Nampa vs. Bozeman; Columbia vs. Capital; Coeur d'Alene vs. Hermiston.
SILVER BRACKET - Freeman vs. Colville; Timberlake vs. Kellogg; Priest River vs. Lewis and Clark; Pasco vs. Lake City.
BRONZE BRACKET - Shadle Park vs. Kamiakin; West Valley vs. Medical Lake; Pullman vs. Sandpoint; Bishop Kelly vs. Ephrata.