Post Falls second at River City Duals
Braxton Mason of Post Falls attempts to turn Pasco’s Jesus Manzo during the 106-pound bout of the River City Duals Gold Bracket championship at The Arena on Saturday. JASON ELLIOTT/Press
JASON ELLIOTT/Press Roddy Romero of Post Falls attempts to put the shoulder of Pasco's Mariah Hinojosa to the mat during the 98-pound bout of the Gold Bracket championship of the River City Duals at The Arena on Saturday.
JASON ELLIOTT/Press Post Falls’ Wyatt Shelly looks for an early advantage in the 170-pound bout of the Trojans dual with Pasco at the River City Duals at The Arena on Saturday.
POST FALLS — Post Falls and Pasco wrestled to a 36-all tie in the championship dual at the 22nd annual River City Duals on Saturday at The Arena.
But Pasco won the dual on criteria (the Bulldogs won eight matches to the Trojans 7), ending the Trojans’ bid for a five-peat in their own event.
“This was one of the most exciting duals, and could be the top two or three I’ve been a part of,” Post Falls coach Pete Reardon said. “It was an awesome, back and forth match. They won five in a row after we got a pin. We knew we were going to give up some weights, but knew that we’d be able to fight back some.”
Reardon praised senior Tristan Shaw, who stepped in to the varsity lineup this weekend for his performance against Pasco.
“He was our third-string guy at 132, and now is going to be one of our top guys,” Reardon said. “He doesn’t have a ton of wrestling experience and was losing the entire match and was taken down three or four times, but came back to tie it at the end. Tristan needed a takedown and when his opponent took his shot, Tristan threw him on his back and held him off. It was just unbelievable to see him come back and win. It was a great win for him and great match. It was really cool to see a kid in the moment get that win.”
Pasco won the River City duals for the fourth time. The Bulldogs last won at River City in 2006 after winning the first two events in 1998 and 1999.
Roddy Romero (98 pounds), Braxton Mason (106), Isaac Jessen (126), A.J. De La Rosa (138), Ridge Lovett (145) and Tyler Morris (160) finished the weekend a perfect 5-0 for Post Falls.
Sam Edelblute (126), Riley Siegford (132), Colton Boettcher (160) went unbeaten on the weekend for Lakeland, which finished fifth in the Gold Bracket.
“It was a good weekend for our guys,” Lakeland coach Rob Edelblute said. “We’re kind of struggling with health right now, with four JV guys in the varsity lineup, I was impressed with those younger guys stepping in and getting some wins for the guys.”
Collin Kelley (152), Chandler Axtell (126), Carson Heim (170), John White (160) and John Sullivan (285) went unbeaten in the Copper Bracket for Lakeland, which hosts Bonners Ferry on Tuesday.
Isaiah Evans (126), Caleb Miller (152) and Joey Follini (182) went unbeaten on the weekend for Timberlake, which finished fifth in the Silver Bracket.
CHAMPIONSHIP DUAL
PASCO 36, POST FALLS 36
160 — Tyler Morris, PF, p. Travis Thorn, :27. 170 — Jose Elijah Tovar, Pasco, d. Wyatt Shelly, 8-2. 182 — Sione Halo, Pasco, p. Tyler Cook, :18. 195 — Avery Burrows, Pasco, p. Isaiah Laguna, :58. 220 — Damian Silva, Pasco, p. Keith Meeks, :50. 285 — Davion Pruitt, Pasco, d. Terran Sharbrough, 3-0. 98 — Roddy Romero, PF, p. Mariah Hinojosa, 3:01. 106 — Braxton Mason, PF, p. Jesus Manzo, 4:15. 113 — Nathaniel Tovar, Pasco, p. Brelane Huber, 3:53. 120 — Eric Correa, Pasco, d. Lane Reardon, 6-4. 126 — Isaac Jessen, PF, p. Eduardo Manzo, 1:01. 132 — Taistan Shaw, PF, d. Miguel Hinajosa, 13-8. 138 — A.J. De La Rosa, PF, p. Antonio Ramos, 1:40. 145 — Ridge Lovett, PF, d. Isaiah Gonzales, 8-5. 152 — David Tobias, Pasco, d. Mathias De La Rosa, 6-4.
DUAL SCORES
GOLD BRACKET — Post Falls 62, Davis 15; Kamiakin 51, Ephrata 33; Bonneville 66, Post Falls 2 24; Pasco 56, Lakeland 19; Post Falls 51, Kamiakin 32; Ephrata 42, Davis 36; Pasco 46, Bonneville 24; Lakeland 61, Post Falls 2 21; Bonneville 48, Kamiakin 36; Lakeland 48, Ephrata 42; Davis 48, Post Falls 2 34.
SILVER BRACKET — Mead 61, Moscow 21; Shadle Park 39, Timberlake 37; Sandpoint 51, Thunder Ridge 25; Bishop Kelly 40, Lewiston 36; Mead 48, Shadle Park 29; Timberlake 37, Moscow 33; Bishop Kelly 41, Sandpoint 39; Thunder Ridge 54, Lewiston 30; Mead 48, Bishop Kelly 36; Sandpoint 57, Shadle Park 30; Timberlake 46, Thunder Ridge 39; Lewiston 37, Moscow 30.
BRONZE BRACKET — Gonzaga Prep 45, Whitefish 36; Kellogg 36, Walla Walla 35; Newport 37, Freeman 36; Eurekea 31, Bonners Ferry 28; Gonzaga Prep 48, Kellogg 36; Walla Walla 36, Whitefish 33; Eureka 34, Newport 33; Bonners Ferry 42, Freeman 22; Gonzaga Prep 48, Eureka 30; Newport 45, Kellogg 36; Bonners Ferry 42, Walla Walla 34; Whitefish 36, Freeman 36.
Cd’A places six,
Lake City four
at tourney
MISSOULA, Mont. — Coeur d’Alene had six placers and finished 10th, and Lake City had four placers and finished 13th out of 31 teams at the Jug Beck Rocky Mountain Classic at Sentinel High.
Hunter Schueller (126), Mitchell Moffat (160) and Nick Dohm (182) each placed sixth for Coeur d’Alene. Nolan Randles (138) was seventh, Dom Jessos (113) and Gunner Giulio (152) eighth.
“We’ve been on a grind — that’s four tough tournaments in a row,” Coeur d’Alene coach Jeff Moffat said. “We’re battle tested. The kids competed hard; I like the progress some of these young guys are making.”
For Lake City, Caden Hess was fourth at 103, Owen Hughes fifth at 285, Matthew Whitcomb sixth at 170 and Devin Sorrelle eighth at 120.
“It was a real up-and-down day,” Lake City coach Corey Owen said. “Caden was in a tough weight, but wrestled hard all weekend, but had a couple of calls go the wrong direction.”
Mead won the tourney by 2.5 points over Bozeman (Mont.).
Coeur d’Alene is home vs. Sandpoint on Wednesday.
Lake City is at the Van Tuinstra Duals on Saturday at Timberlake.