Northwest Notes
Locals to wrestle in
Hall of Fame Classic
MERIDIAN — Five wrestlers from Post Falls High, and one each from Lakeland and Sandpoint, were selected to compete in the second Idaho Wrestling Hall of Fame Classic.
The event, pitting the top two wrestlers in each weight class in the state, regardless of classification, is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 6 at 1 p.m. MST at Meridian High.
Locals selected were Ridge Lovett, Matt McLeod, Jason Burchell, TJ Wolf and Alius De La Rosa of Post Falls, Larry Johnson of Lakeland and Casey Randles of Sandpoint.
The matchups are as follows:
98 — Ridge Lovett, Post Falls vs. Cade Krishnek, Capital.
106 — Joe Rice, New Plymouth vs. Darrick Stacey, Bonneville.
113 — Eddie Daniel, Minico vs. Levi Austin, New Plymouth.
120 — Peter Huntsman, Borah vs. Matt McLeod, Post Falls.
126 — Kade Smith, Pocatello vs. Larry Johnson, Lakeland.
132 — Conner Burley, Salmon vs. Jason Burchell, Post Falls.
138 — Sam Eckhart, Fruitland vs. TJ Wolf, Post Falls.
145 — Alius De La Rosa, Post Falls vs. Koy Meredith, Minico.
152 — Dusty Jones, Kuna vs. Donivan Banks, Bonneville.
160 — Jaron Chavez, Centennial vs. Aaron Esplin, Highland.
170 — Trager Abatti, Challis vs. Jared Bird, Bonneville.
182 — Casey Randles, Sandpoint vs. Tate Grover, American Falls.
195 — Levi Perry, Kuna vs. Harrison McLenna, Rocky Mountain.
220 — Braeden Phillips, Fruitland vs. Wyatt Silvis, Nampa.
285 — Brandon Kipper, Columbia vs. Michael Easterling, Canyon Ridge.
Minnesota drops out, wreaks
Havok with IFL schedule
The Indoor Football League announced the membership of the Minnesota Havok has been terminated. Effective immediately, the team will no longer participate during the upcoming 2016 IFL season.
“As a result of the Havok organization failing to reach minimum IFL operational standards, the league has made the difficult decision to terminate the team’s membership,” IFL Commissioner Michael Allshouse said.
The IFL and its member teams — which this year include the Spokane Empire, which dropped down from the Arena Football League — will proceed with a revised 2016 schedule featuring 10 teams. Home dates for all member teams remain unchanged. Each team will complete a 16 game schedule (8 home, 8 away) including three bye weeks. Home dates for all member teams are unaffected.
The 19-week, 80-game schedule kicks off on Saturday, Feb. 20, when the Tri-Cities Fever host the Spokane Empire. The regular season will conclude on Saturday, June 25.
After observing a league-wide bye week at the conclusion of the season during the Fourth of July weekend (July 1-3), postseason play will begin the weekend of July 8 and culminate in the 2016 United Bowl championship game during the weekend of July 22.
In addition to a revised schedule, league conference alignments have been amended as well. The Wichita Falls Nighthawks have joined the United Conference.
Updated conference alignments are as follows:
UNITED CONFERENCE — Cedar Rapids Titans, Green Bay Blizzard, Iowa Barnstormers, Sioux Falls Storm, Wichita Falls Nighthawks.
INTENSE CONFERENCE — Billings Wolves, Colorado Crush, Nebraska Danger, Spokane Empire, Tri-Cities Fever.