PREP WRESTLING: Coeur d'Alene puts three into semfinals at Missoula tourney

| January 18, 2014 11:00 AM

MISSOULA, Mont. - Coeur d'Alene Viking wrestlers Kaleb Maciosek (98 pounds), Hudson Staub (182) and Matt James (285) advanced to the semifinals by going unbeaten on the first day of the Jug Beck Rocky Mountain Classic on Friday at Sentinel High.

"It's a real tough tournament," Coeur d'Alene assistant coach Tony Hook said. "There's some real tough teams and our guys battled really well. For not having our head coach here, our kids responded all week. Everyone won matches, but we just came up a little short. Overall, I'm definitely pleased with how they're fighting and battling."

Coeur d'Alene coach Jeff Moffat and assistant Kelly Moffat are away from the team following a death in the family.

Coeur d'Alene is seventh out of 32 teams with 68 points. Great Falls (Mont.) leads the tournament with 151 points.

Lakeland third, Timberlake sixth

at Clearwater

LEWISTON - Austin Hoobler (126 pounds), Will Putman (145), Brandon Mailhot (160), Killian Estes (182) and Conor Shepherd went unbeaten in opening round matches for the Lakeland Hawks, who are third after the first day of the 16-team Clearwater Classic at Lewis-Clark State College.

Ryan Starr (113), Dillon Grafton (126) and Preston Rhodes (160) advanced to the semis for Timberlake, which is sixth with 54.5 points.

Hayden Humphrey (120) is the lone St. Maries wrestler into the semifinals.

Tournament host Lewiston leads the tournament with 109 points.

Trojans sixth at

Orem rumble

OREM, Utah - Alius De La Rosa (120 pounds), Drake Foster (126), Stephen Zettel (132), T.J. Wolf (138), Seth McLeod (170) and Justin Farnsworth advanced to the semifinals of today's Rocky Mountain Rumble by going 3-0 on the first day of competition.

Post Falls is sixth with 96 points in the 68-team tournament. Pleasant Grove (Utah) leads the tournament with 116 points.

Centennial High of Boise, which won the state 5A tournament last year, is third with 106 points.