Lakeland second at Clearwater Classic
LEWISTON - Tyson Hendricks (120) pounds, Brandon Mailhot (160) and Killian Estes (182) each won championships for the Lakeland Hawks, who finished second to host Lewiston at the Clearwater Classic on Saturday at Lewis-Clark State College.
Conor Shepherd was second at 220 for Lakeland. Brian Edelblute (106), Austin Hoobler (126) and Will Putman (145) were third. Tyler Siegford (113) and Tanner Read (195) were fourth, Noah Smith (220) fifth and Tanner Wright (138) sixth.
"It was a great weekend," Lakeland coach Rob Edelblute said. "After the win in the dual against Lewiston, it was a great movitator, and these guys carried that momentum into the tournament."
Hendricks missed weight at 113, and had to wrestle up at 120, where the road was made even tougher by being unseeded.
Lewis Dunton (145), Casey Randles (152) and Tyler Brown (170) each finished second to lead Sandpoint to a fifth-place finish among 19 teams. Scout Nash (113) and Josh Travers (220) finished third and Jake Williams (182) fourth to round out the Bulldog placers.
Timberlake's Ryan Starr pinned Jacob Romero in 2:08 to win the 113-pound championship, helping the Tigers finish sixth.
"I thought we did pretty good, but it could have been better," Timberlake coach Ryan Montang said. "We took 11 guys and wrestled six on the second day. Things don't always go your way. A few things here and there and we could have been a few points ahead of Sandpoint (for fifth). But it could have been a lot worse."
Preston Rhodes beat Pasco's Anthony Burrows by a 17-1 technical fall to finish third at 160.
Blake Ivie beat Lewiston's Josh Reynolds by a 6-2 decision to win at 132 pounds, and Casey Jerome lost to Jake Covington of Pasco in the 138 title match for Kellogg, which finished seventh.
Hayden Humphrey finished fourth at 120 pounds for St. Maries, which finished 12th.
TEAM SCORES - 1, Lewiston 254.5. 2, Lakeland 224. 4, Freeman 183.5. 4, Pasco 168. 5, Sandpoint 120. 6, Timberlake 110. 7, Kellogg 105.5. 8, Moscow 95.5. 9, Kennewick 92. 10, Highland 79.5. 11, Walla Walla 61. 12, St. Maries 51.5. 13, Potlach 44. 14, Orofino 40. 15, Grangeville 31. 16, Gonzaga Prep 24. 17, Pullman 15. 18, Clearwater Valley 5. 19, Kamiah 3.
A Staub breaks
through in Missoula
MISSOULA, Mont. - Hudson Staub won the 182-pound title as the Coeur d'Alene Vikings finished 10th out of 32 teams at the Jug Beck Rocky Mountain Classic at Sentinel High.
It was the sixth straight year a Staub had been in the championship match at the tournament, and the first time one of them had won. His brother, Kenny, was a four-time runner-up, and Hudson was second last year.
Staub went 5-0 en route to the title, beating Randy Keesler of tourney champion Great Falls (Mont.) 4-3 in the finals.
"Hudson wrestled really well all weekend," Coeur d'Alene assistant coach Tony Hook said. "He always gets good position; he's hard to score on. He got takedowns in the first period, and that made guys have to attack him. When he does that, he's tough to beat."
Matt James of Coeur d'Alene was second at 285, losing 2-1 in double overtime in the finals to nationally ranked Tate Orndorff of University High in Spokane.
Phoenix Duncan (195) was third for the Vikings, Kaleb Maciosek (98) sixth, Colton Johnson (160) eighth.
Coeur d'Alene wrestles Lake City on Friday in the TerHark Cup at Coeur d'Alene High.
Foster 2nd; Trojans
5th out of 68 teams
OREM, Utah - Drake Foster won in the 126-pound weight class Saturday, beating Riley Loveless of Payson (Utah) by a 5-3 decision, as Post Falls finished fifth in the Rocky Mountain Rumble at Utah Valley University's UCCU Center.
The Trojans finished with 167.5 points in the two-day, 68-team tournament.
Pleasant Grove (Utah) won the tournament with 223 points.
"For traveling as far as we did, the guys really competed well," Post Falls coach Pete Reardon said. "We came out and had some bumps and bruises, so it'll be nice to get rested up and get training for a couple of weeks before we head to postseason. Drake and Alius both beat really tough kids on the way to the finals. They both beat the No. 1 seed to make it there (to the finals)."
Foster is 33-1 on the season.
Alius De La Rosa finished second (120), after he lost a 7-4 decision to Josh Pettus of Hurricane (Utah).
TJ Wolf (138) placed third. Steven Zettel (132) was fifth. Seth McLeod (170) and Justin Farnsworth (285) both came in sixth.
In the second-chance tournament Saturday, Cierra Foster (106) and Ryan Failor (195) both finished second.