Lakeland's Alex, William Edelblute win at CV tourney

SPOKANE VALLEY — Alex Edelblute (106 pounds) and William Edelblute (126) won individual titles for Lakeland, which finished fourth in the annual Inland Empire Classic on Saturday at Central Valley High.

Lakeland sent five wrestlers to the finals with Sam Edelblute (113), Tavis Woempner (120) and Logan Kelley (160) finishing second.

“We were happy with the results for it being our first tournament of the year,” Lakeland coach Rob Edelblute said. “Even those that finished runner-up, they were in those final matches as well. It was a great starting point for the beginning of the year.”

Coeur d’Alene finished 10th with Sam Reese (113), Payton Keough (132) and Mitchell Moffat (145) finishing fifth individually.

“The guys wrestled hard,” Coeur d’Alene coach Jeff Moffat said. “We lost three or four matches in the blood round (to enter placing matches) that were really tight matches. It’s a good gauge to see where we’re at. We just need to eliminate the mistakes and get better each week.”

On Wednesday, Lakeland will wrestle Lake City and Coeur d’Alene at Coeur d’Alene High. Coeur d’Alene and Lake City will also face Kellogg that night at Coeur d’Alene.

Timberlake third

at West Valley Duals

SPOKANE — Timberlake beat Lakeside of Nine Mile Falls 60-18 in the third-place match at the West Valley Duals tournament.

Earlier in the day, Timberlake beat Cheney 39-36, West Valley 54-27 and Ephrata 52-30, and also tied Freeman 42-42.

Lake City finished tied for 10th with tournament host West Valley, falling to Lakeside 46-36, Shadle Park 36-31, Quincy 36-30 and East Valley 55-24.

East Valley beat Freeman in the championship dual 49-27.