PREP WRESTLING: Post Falls fourth after first day
JASON ELLIOTT/Press Kellogg freshman Aiden Figueroa takes down Timberlake freshman Sawyer Huston during a consolation round match in the Tri-State Invitational at North Idaho College on Friday. Figueroa won by a 12-0 major decision.
JASON ELLIOTT/Press Coeur d'Alene freshman Rocco White attempts to get out of the grasp of Mt. Spokane junior Tanner Crosby during a quarterfinal match at 98 pounds in the Tri-State Invitational on Friday at North Idaho College. Crosby, seeded second in the tournament, won by pin in 2:58.
JASON ELLIOTT/Press The 51st annual Tri-State Invitational, featuring 59 programs from Idaho, Washington, Montana and Oregon, began on Friday at North Idaho College. The tournament concludes with championship finals tonight at 5 p.m.
COEUR d’ALENE — Post Falls, with four in the semifinals, are fourth with 135.5 points after the first day of the 51st Tri-State Invitational at North Idaho College, trailing leader Orting by 3.5 points.
Sophomore Rider Seguine (98 pounds), junior Tyson Barnhart (132), senior Gentry Smith (195) and senior Trevor Miller (220) advanced for the Trojans, who last won at Tri-State in 2019.
Lakeland sophomore Jaren Knopp (106), Lake City senior Zach Macdonald (113) and Coeur d’Alene senior Dax Larsen (138) also advanced to today’s semifinal round, scheduled to begin today at 10:15 a.m.
Coeur d’Alene, the defending champion, is tied for 24th with 49 points.
TEAM SCORES — 1, Orting 140. 2, La Grande 139.5. 3, Flathead 138.5. 4, Post Falls 135.5. 5, Mead 132. 6, Mt. Spokane 110.5. 7, Chiawana 108. 8, University 104.5. 9, Othello 102. 10, Tonasket 80. 11, Lake Stevens 76. 12, Hanford 73.5. 13, Hermiston 69.5. 14, Kellogg 66. 15, Pullman 63.5. 16 (tie), Granger, Lake City 62.5. 18, Deer Park 60.5. 19, Tahoma 57. 20, Lewiston 50.5. 21, Frenchtown 50.5. 22 (tie), Glacier Peak, Lakeside (Wash.) 50. 24, Coeur d’Alene, East Valley 49. 26, Kelso 48.5 27, Lakeland 47. 28 (tie), Davenport, Jenkins, Moses Lake 45. 31, Potlatch 44. 32, Richland 43. 33 (tie), Kamiakin, Priest River 42. 35, Central Valley, Clarkston, Sandpoint 39. 38, Cheney 34. 39, Colville 33.5. 40, Shadle Park 32.5. 41, West Valley 32. 42 (tie), Libby, Timberlake 31. 44 (tie), Riverside, Vashon Island 29. 46, Liberty 23. 47 (tie), Gonzaga Prep, Lake Roosevelt 21. 49, Moscow 19. 50, Bonners Ferry 18.5. 51 (tie), Okanogan, Reardan, Royal 17. 54, Sentinel 12. 55, North Central 11. 56 (tie), Eatonville, Freeman 10. 58, Medical Lake 6. 59, Northwest Christian 0.
SEMIFINAL MATCHES
98 — Rider Seguine, Post Falls vs. Kaysic Lundquist, Mead; Preston Neufeld, Reardan vs. Tanner Crosby, Mt. Spokane.
106 — Isaac Stewart, Frenchtown vs. Andrew Duke, Sandpoint; Libby Roberts, University vs. Jaren Knopp, Lakeland.
113 — Zach Macdonald, Lake City vs. Czar Quintanilla, University; Michael Fritz, Orting vs. Isaac Campos, Othello.
120 — Alan Salguero Jr., Orting vs. Isaiah Medina, Chiawana; Tanner Grooms, Okanogan vs. James Mason, Mead.
126 — Kai Carson, La Grande vs. Daeton Johnson, Chiawana; Quentin Harding, Orting vs. Hoyt Hvass, Lewiston.
132 — Aaron Polito, Tonasket vs. Jaeger Hall, Kellogg; Bryan Dickerson, Orting vs. Tyson Barnhart, Post Falls.
138 — Joshua Collins, La Grande vs. Josh Neiwert, Mead; Dax Larsen, Coeur d’Alene vs. Apollo Cruz, Orting.
145 — Ethan Freund, Kelso vs. Trey Smith, Post Falls; Hudson Buth, Mt. Spokane vs. Gil Mossburg, Glacier Peak.
152 — Q’veli Quintanilla, University vs. Cade Troupe, Flathead; Jake Hubby, Hanford vs. Chris Rodriguez, Tonasket.
160 — Gabe Lake, Flathead vs. Samuel Thomas, University; Austin Justice, Mead vs. Caden Wilson, Hanford.
170 — Anders Thompson, Flathead vs. Levi DiCugno, Orting; Ethan Frank, Deer Park vs. Devin Pearce, East Valley.
182 — Noah Poe-Hatten, Flathead vs. Wyatt Livingston, La Grande; Conan Northwind, Granger vs. Noah Rausch, Flathead.
195 — Gentry Smith, Post Falls vs. Jace DeShazer, Libby; Jaxson Gribskov, Hermiston vs. Jarom Liljenquist, Mt. Spokane.
220 — Trevor Miller, Post Falls vs. Josue Solorio, Othello; Koen Mattern, Lake Stevens vs. Daren Airey, Mt. Spokane.
285 — Connor Aney, Glacier Peak vs. Robert Storm, Lewiston; Alonzo Vargas, East Valley vs. Siu Sepeni, Hermiston.
