Post Falls sits in second after Day 1 at Rollie Lane

| January 6, 2018 12:00 AM

NAMPA — Post Falls, on the heels of nine unbeaten wrestlers, is second in the team standings at the Rollie Lane Invitational after Friday’s matches at the Ford Idaho Center.

Roddy Romero (98), Jordan Grimm (120), Ridge Lovett (126), A.J. De La Rosa (132), Matt McLeod (138), Jason Burchell (145), Tyler Morris (152), Braydon Huber (160), Coleton Kazmierczak (170) advanced to today’s quarterfinal round for Post Falls, which is second with 110.5 points. Crook County of Prineville, Ore., leads the tournament with 122.5.

Chandler Axtell (106), Sam Edelblute (113), William Edelblute (120), Ryan Quimby (138), Larry Johnson (145) also advanced to the quarters for Lakeland, which is tied with Blackfoot for sixth with 84 points.

Mitchell Moffat (145) was Coeur d’Alene’s lone unbeaten into the quarterfinals. The Vikings are tied for eighth with Rocky Mountain of Meridian with 81 points.

“Mitchell just kept wrestling hard and was losing his last match and caught his opponent on his back and pinned him,” said Coeur d’Alene coach Jeff Moffat, whose team has four wrestlers in the consolation bracket. “It’s going to be tough on Saturday, but we’ve got to wrestle one match at a time. We let a couple get away, but that’s sports. We need to just keep plugging away and get better each match. Our kids competed hard, but we’ve got to win some tough matches.”

Brayden Herbert (98) and Isaiah Evans (120) advanced for Timberlake, which is 27th.

Braxton Mason (98) and Wyatt Shelly (160) also advanced to the quarters for the Post Falls “B” team.

The tourney concludes today.

Lake City trio advances at Northwest Classic

SPOKANE — Ricky Thomas (132 pounds), Matthew Whitcomb (138) and Seth Nutting (160) won opening round matches for Lake City in the Pacific Northwest Classic at University High.

Lake City is 14th out of 15 teams after the first day with eight points. Mt. Spokane leads with 32 points.

The tournament concludes today.