PREP WRESTLING: Badgers place at Western Montana Invite, duals

RONAN — Badger wrestling teams competed at the Western Montana Invite, with the girls finishing in fourth and the boys taking eighth on Jan. 6. The day before the girls competed at the Western Montana Girls Duals and finished in fifth.

Western Montana Invite

Girls 

Badgers girls wrestling took fourth at the tournament with Sofia Brown (132, 12-2, 3-0) and Hallie Hartman (285, 4-4, 2-0) earning the championship for their respective weight classes and four other Badgers placing. 

Nevaeh Therrien (107, 14-1, 3-1) placed second after winning by fall at 1:18 and another fall at 2:27 before losing in the championship to Brooke Yeadon of Glacier High School in a 10-4 decision. 

Aubree Graves (126, 10-3, 3-2) finished in fourth. In the first round, she lost to eventual second-place finisher Brady Boll of Flathead High School by fall at 3:16 minutes. Graves then battled it out in the consolation round, winning two in a row by fall, the first at 19 seconds and the second at 1:29 minutes. In the third-place final, she fell to Taylor Dorvall of Whitefish High School at 1:07 minutes. 

Sofia Brown (132, 12-2, 3-0) won the championship, going undefeated in the tournament. She won all her matches by fall, with the fastest being at 37 seconds. 

Savannah Rickter (152, 13-1, 2-1) finished in second place. She won by fall in the first round at 1:51 minutes, and under 30 seconds in the second round. In the finals, Rickter fell to Hailey Sutton of Florence High School by a major decision of 8-0. 

Emma Roberts (165, 9-4,3-0) took second place. In the first round, she won by a major decision of 17-9, then she received a forfeit and went on to win by a 9-7 decision over Meadow Ragen of St. Ignatius/Charlo High School. 

Hallie Hartman (285, 4-4, 2-0) won the championship going undefeated and winning all of her matches by fall at 28 seconds and 1:13 minutes. 

Boys

Four Badger boys wrestlers placed at the Western Montana Invite. 

Sophomore Saber Blackmore (120, 14-8, 3-1) placed fifth, winning by fall at 49 seconds over Quinn Wissenbach from Corvallis High School.

Senior Brandon Williams (126, 8-3) placed second, going 3-1 at the tournament. Williams fell to August Courville of Ronan High School by fall at 2:39.

Senior Eli Leyden (170, 9-12) placed fourth going, 3-2. He beat Tanner Wolfe of Libby, in the first round by a 14-9 decision and went on to face him again in the consolation bracket. Leyden won by fall at 2:21. 

Freshman Taylor Dodd (285, 16-7) placed third, going 5-1. Dodd fell to Gunnar Rathjen, of Columbia Falls, in the first round and went on to battle it out in the consolation bracket winning the next five rounds and earning third place. 

For JV boys, Hunter Fulton (132) took first, Maddox Mertzweiller (145) and Alex Stolley (160)  took second and Israel Johnson (145) took fifth. Gage Kunsky (195) took sixth. 

TEAM SCORES

Girls: 1, Ronan 179; 2, tied Bowing and Glacier 146; 4, Bonners Ferry 137; 5, Flathead 106; 6, Columbia Falls 89; 7, Polson 72.5; 8, Frenchtown 67; 9, Deer Lodge 54; 11, Missoula Sentinel 43; 12, Whitefish 42; 13, St. Ignatius/Charlo 41; 14, Corvallis 23; 15, tied Bigfork and Stevensville 20; 17, Hamilton 15; 18, tied Libby/Troy and Three Forks/Ennis 0. 

Boys: 1, Ronan 234; 2, Florence 156; 3, Libby 147; 4, Columbia 139.5; 5, Frenchtown 131.5; Corvallis 120.5; 7, Three Fork/’Ennis 99; 8, Bonners Ferry 82; 9, Big Fork 81; 10, Flathead 69; 11, Whitefish 49; 12, Browning 46; 13, Missoula Sentinel 39; 13, Stevenville 39; 15, Hamilton 38; 16, Glacier 28; 17, Deer Lodge 17. 

Western Montana Girls Duals 

RONAN — The Badger girls took fifth out of 11 teams at the Western Montana Girls Duals on Jan. 5. 

The Badgers fell to Ronan in the quarterfinals 34-30. They went on to defeat Glacier 42-18 and then Deer Lodge for fifth place 48-16. 

Match 1, Quarterfinals: Ronan High School defeated Bonners Ferry 34-30

100 - River Cote (Ronan High School) over Adelaide Heigel (Bonners Ferry) Fall 0:50 107 - Nevaeh Therrien (Bonners Ferry) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 114 - Amanda Webster (Ronan High School) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 120 - Giselle Barron-Valenzuela (Ronan High School) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 126 - Aaliyah Stewart (Ronan High School) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 132 - Katie Dolence (Ronan High School) over Sofia Brown (Bonners Ferry) Maj 13-5 138 - Brynn Courville (Ronan High School) over Aubree Graves (Bonners Ferry) Fall 1:30 145 - Rylann Lewis (Bonners Ferry) over Lola Schock (Ronan High School) Fall 4:55 152 - Savannah Rickter (Bonners Ferry) over Leona Dodson Howe (Ronan High School) Fall 0:38 165 - Emma Roberts (Bonners Ferry) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 185 - Double Forfeit 235 - Hallie Hartman (Bonners Ferry) over Judasha Ellsworth (Ronan High School) Fall 2:44

Match 2, Semi Finals: Bonners Ferry defeated Glacier High School 42-18

120 - Kaura Coles (Glacier High School) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 126 - Mikaela Julius (Glacier High School) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 132 - Sofia Brown (Bonners Ferry) over Kylie Shine (Glacier High School) Fall 1:09 138 - Aubree Graves (Bonners Ferry) over Auttem Kostelecky (Glacier High School) Fall 0:17 145 - Rylann Lewis (Bonners Ferry) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 152 - Savannah Rickter (Bonners Ferry) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 165 - Emma Roberts (Bonners Ferry) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 185 - Double Forfeit 235 - Hallie Hartman (Bonners Ferry) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 100 - Abbie McClatchey (Glacier High School) over Adelaide Heigel (Bonners Ferry) Fall 1:45 107 - Nevaeh Therrien (Bonners Ferry) over Brooke Yeadon (Glacier High School) Fall 1:03 114 - Double Forfeit

Fifth place Finals: Bonners Ferry defeated Deer Lodge 48-18

100 - Adelaide Heigel (Bonners Ferry) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 107 - Nevaeh Therrien (Bonners Ferry) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 114 - Gizelle Beck (Deer Lodge) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 120 - Alonna Fulmer (Deer Lodge) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 126 - Clara Graveley (Deer Lodge) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 132 - Sofia Brown (Bonners Ferry) over Kirby Shindurling (Deer Lodge) Fall 1:40 138 - Aubree Graves (Bonners Ferry) over Morghan Barna (Deer Lodge) Fall 1:26 145 - Rylann Lewis (Bonners Ferry) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 152 - Emma Roberts (Bonners Ferry) over Mercedes Shindurling (Deer Lodge) DQ 165 - Savannah Rickter (Bonners Ferry) over Lexi Lunceford (Deer Lodge) Fall 0:52 185 - Double Forfeit 235 - Hallie Hartman (Bonners Ferry) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf