Badgers and Tigers tie at Wrestling Dual
Eli Leyden (right) squares up in his match against Timberlake's Jacob Geisler at the Feb. 7 Bonners Ferry and Timberlake dual.
Photo by CYNTHIA BONSANT
BONNERS FERRY — Badgers and Timberlake Tigers tied at 42 at the Tuesday wrestling dual.
After some JV exhibitions matches and Senior honors the badgers went to work. Brandon Williams (98) came out aggressive, working Timberlake Owen Zahnow into a pin in the first round.
Adelaid Heigel was pinned by Timberlake’s Hunter Gardner seconds into the match. After Porter Blackmore fell to his opponent, the Badgers were down 30-6. Marcus Regehr went to work attacking his opponent, getting the pin and making it 30-12.
Eli Leyden (160) had a battle of a match against Jacob Geisler. Leyden nearly pinned Geisler early in the match after a powerful throw. In the second round, Leyden worked on keeping Geisler’s hips down, scoring 6-1. Geisler hit Leyden hard on the face twice and wrestled him to the ground scoring two points. In the third round, Geisler hit Leyden again to the face. Leyden answered by scoring five more points, making it 11-3 and pinning Geisler with 17.4 seconds left.
Cleo Henslee (170) was pinned. Up next was Eli Richards (182). Richards toyed with his prey to start the match. He rolled Nick Geisler into an attempted pin. Geisler fought back, but Richards was in control of the match. Richards received the win by pin.
Josh Pinkerton and Logan Thorne accepted forfeits. Jackson Rickter competed as a heavy weight at 285. He won by pinning his opponent Matt Soito in the first minute giving the Badgers a tie against Timberlake.
Team scores: Timberlake 42, Bonners Ferry 42.
Bonners Ferry in bold.
98: Double Forfeit 106: Brandon Williams over Owen Zahnow (Fall 1:01) 113: Max Averett accepted for. 120: Hunter Gardner over Adelaide Heigel (Fall 0:18) 126: James Moore accepted for. 132: Nicholas Follini over Porter Blackmore(Fall 1:44) 138: Jonathan Hansen accepted for. 145: Marcus Regehr over Jacob Howell (Fall 1:09) 152: Luke Schell accepted for. 160: Eli Leyden over Jacob Geisler (Fall 5:41) 170: Paul Shaner over Cleo Henslee (Fall 3:44) 182: Eli Richards over Nick Geisler (Fall 2:56) 195: Joshua Pinkerton accepted for. 220: Logan Thorne accepted for. 285: Jackson Rickter over Matt Soito (Fall 1:03)