Frenchtown cruises to Western A divisional wrestling title

LIBBY -- Sixteen Frenchtown wrestlers secured top-eight finishes to help the Broncs to 297.5 points and the team title at the Western A divisional wrestling tournament on Saturday.

Landen Stewart (103 pounds), Eli Warner (120), Noah Rausch (170) and Canyon Shope (182) won individual titles for the Broncs, with Landen Stewart improving to 26-0 with a fall over teammate Isaac Stewart in the 103-pound championship. Landen Stewart is a senior while Isaac is a sophomore. Warner is also undefeated on the season, improving his record to 18-0 with a 14-4 major decision over Hamilton's Jesse Anson in the 120-pound final.

Columbia Falls finished second in the team race with 205 pounds. The Wildcats had 13 wrestlers finish in the top eight, including three individual champions. Justin Windauer won the 126-pound bracket, while Isaiah Roth won at 145 pounds and Lucas Thacker at 160.

Libby crowned two individual champions -- Cody Crace at 152 pounds and Aydan Williamson at 285 -- en route to a third-place team finish. Twelve total Loggers qualified for the State A tournament, which is next week in Miles City.

Browning also had two individual champions. Quenton Campos won the 132-pound bracket for the Indians, who also had Brendyn Whiteman win the 205-pound title. Whitefish's Nathan Sproul (113 pounds) and Corvallis' Jason Davis (138) also won individual titles. Complete championship results are below.

Team scores: Frenchtown 297.5, Columbia Falls 205, Libby 194, Whitefish 142, Ronan 139.5, Browning 128.5, Dillon 88, Hamilton 85, Corvallis 91.5, Polson 75, Stevensville 41, Butte Central 3.

103

1st Place Match

• Landen Stewart (Frenchtown) 26-0, Sr. over Isaac Stewart (Frenchtown) 11-2, So. (Fall 3:35)

3rd Place Match

• Ryley Knutson (Polson) 24-5, Fr. over Chris Hall (Browning) 9-5, Jr. (SV-1 12-10)

5th Place Match

• Ian Dillard (Ronan) 16-11, Fr. over Cash Byrd (Columbia Falls) 8-10, . (TF-1.5 2:28 (16-0))

7th Place Match

• Braedon Iliff (Polson) 2-4, Jr. over () , . (Bye)

113

1st Place Match

• Nathan Sproul (Whitefish) 23-2, Sr. over Hunter Barnes (Beaverhead Co. (Dillon)/Twin Bridges) 24-2, So. (Dec 7-3)

3rd Place Match

• Tyler Gilfry (Columbia Falls) 12-3, . over Corbin Long (Frenchtown) 21-4, Fr. (Fall 4:40)

5th Place Match

• Xavier Reatz (Libby/Troy) 18-10, Fr. over Cole Cross (Polson) 13-13, Fr. (Fall 4:22)

7th Place Match

• Marley Erickson (Libby/Troy) 13-9, Fr. over Jett Campbell (Frenchtown) 18-6, Jr. (DQ)

120

1st Place Match

• Eli Warner (Frenchtown) 18-0, Sr. over Jesse Anson (Hamilton) 16-6, . (MD 14-4)

3rd Place Match

• Josiah Kilman (Columbia Falls) 16-2, . over Gavin Bauman (Frenchtown) 17-7, Jr. (Fall 2:45)

5th Place Match

• Fortino Silva (Ronan) 7-3, Fr. over Cael Schwindt (Libby/Troy) 12-9, So. (Dec 6-2)

7th Place Match

• Seth Allen (Corvallis) 4-3, So. over Micah Craig (Polson) 12-13, Fr. (MD 15-5)

126

1st Place Match

• Justin Windauer (Columbia Falls) 19-0, . over Noah Huffaker (Beaverhead Co. (Dillon)/Twin Bridges) 23-2, Jr. (Fall 5:17)

3rd Place Match

• Maysn Cowell (Polson) 12-4, Sr. over Nicholai Blanchard (Frenchtown) 19-9, Sr. (Inj. 0:00)

5th Place Match

• Orion Barta (Columbia Falls) 15-2, . over Gavin Knutson (Polson) 15-14, Jr. (Dec 4-2)

7th Place Match

• Angelo Castro (Whitefish) 18-7, Sr. over Trevor Bartel (Ronan) 8-16, Sr. (Fall 2:05)

132

1st Place Match

• Quenton Campos (Browning) 9-10, Jr. over Zack Morrison (Libby/Troy) 15-6, Sr. (Fall 5:09)

3rd Place Match

• Beaudean Decker (Ronan) 17-8, Fr. over Tel Holland (Beaverhead Co. (Dillon)/Twin Bridges) 19-9, Fr. (Fall 4:27)

5th Place Match

• Nate Davis (Corvallis) 12-9, So. over Gage Lemburg (Columbia Falls) 6-6, . (TF-1.5 4:39 (19-2))

7th Place Match

• Bradyn Rate (Frenchtown) 15-6, Fr. over Nate Young (Ronan) 0-3, Fr. (Fall 1:43)

138

1st Place Match

• Jason Davis (Corvallis) 14-10, So. over Landon Bishop (Ronan) 21-6, Fr. (Dec 6-4)

3rd Place Match

• John Warner (Frenchtown) 23-7, Sr. over Brad McLean (Frenchtown) 12-3, So. (For.)

5th Place Match

• Xander Spady (Libby/Troy) 18-9, Sr. over Jonathan Williams (Corvallis) 14-9, So. (MD 11-3)

7th Place Match

• Andrew Carmody (Hamilton) 7-9, Jr. over Forrest Wagoner (Beaverhead Co. (Dillon)/Twin Bridges) 12-12, Sr. (Fall 2:30)

145

1st Place Match

• Isiah Roth (Columbia Falls) 14-1, . over Zane Martin (Frenchtown) 21-8, Jr. (Fall 0:51)

3rd Place Match

• Jack Akey (Whitefish) 15-12, Jr. over Caleb Cheff (Ronan) 17-9, So. (Inj. 0:00)

5th Place Match

• David Sharp (Browning) 11-6, Jr. over Elijah Edwards (Libby/Troy) 7-15, Jr. (Fall 3:00)

7th Place Match

• Dylan Janes (Stevensville/Victor) 8-10, Jr. over Xavier Pierre (Polson) 5-16, Fr. (Fall 1:16)

152

1st Place Match

• Cody Crace (Libby/Troy) 21-1, Sr. over Trapper McAllister (Ronan) 10-3, Sr. (Fall 3:28)

3rd Place Match

• Smokey Stoker (Frenchtown) 29-3, Jr. over Tate Hanson (Beaverhead Co. (Dillon)/Twin Bridges) 19-8, Jr. (Fall 4:45)

5th Place Match

• Jaren Keene (Browning) 10-7, So. over Henry Bennetts (Whitefish) 19-8, Fr. (Dec 9-3)

7th Place Match

• Joey Wise (Libby/Troy) 12-13, Fr. over Jeffrey Berryman (Stevensville/Victor) 11-7, So. (Fall 4:20)

160

1st Place Match

• Lucas Thacker (Columbia Falls) 15-4, . over Jace DeShazer (Libby/Troy) 24-5, Fr. (Fall 5:52)

3rd Place Match

• Gavin McLean (Frenchtown) 30-3, Jr. over Rylee Creasey (Whitefish) 11-5, So. (MD 12-0)

5th Place Match

• Brennyn Running Crane (Browning) 13-8, Sr. over Tanner Mussard (Beaverhead Co. (Dillon)/Twin Bridges) 11-12, So. (Dec 7-4)

7th Place Match

• Aaron Springer (Stevensville/Victor) 8-8, Jr. over Valen Lewis-Ingerson (Whitefish) 12-13, So. (Fall 1:49)

170

1st Place Match

• Noah Rausch (Frenchtown) 29-5, So. over Camren Ross (Whitefish) 23-4, Sr. (MD 13-3)

3rd Place Match

• Jace Augare (Browning) 11-6, Sr. over Rowdy White (Columbia Falls) 9-7, Jr. (Dec 8-6)

5th Place Match

• Zhane Jenkins (Libby/Troy) 3-6, Fr. over Bryan Osborne (Columbia Falls) 6-6, . (Fall 0:46)

7th Place Match

• Abel Kimmel (Polson) 6-17, Sr. over () , . (Bye)

182

1st Place Match

• Canyon Shope (Frenchtown) 20-3, Sr. over Josh Bertram (Columbia Falls) 14-1, . (Dec 8-7)

3rd Place Match

• Tucker Masters (Libby/Troy) 23-7, Sr. over Sahkaia Wehr (Stevensville/Victor) 10-3, . (Fall 4:11)

5th Place Match

• Ben Holtzen (Corvallis) 14-12, Sr. over Bryce Weidow (Corvallis) 14-10, So. (Fall 1:43)

7th Place Match

• Tristan Fisher (Ronan) 15-12, Fr. over Trevor Lewis (Hamilton) 5-20, Fr. (SV-1 8-6)

205

1st Place Match

• Brendyn Whiteman (Browning) 19-1, So. over Cadogan Wheat (Hamilton) 18-10, Jr. (Fall 5:20)

3rd Place Match

• Derrick Saltzman (Hamilton) 24-5, So. over Brandon Role (Columbia Falls) 14-3, . (Fall 3:49)

5th Place Match

• Clay Barcus (Corvallis) 10-9, Sr. over Ashton Akey (Whitefish) 15-14, Jr. (Fall 2:32)

7th Place Match

• Waylon Bull Calf (Browning) 8-6, Sr. over Kaden Sunderland (Stevensville/Victor) 5-6, So. (Fall 2:15)

285

1st Place Match

• Aydan Williamson (Libby/Troy) 28-2, Jr. over Philip Herald (Frenchtown) 24-4, So. (Fall 1:51)

3rd Place Match

• Brian Sweeney (Whitefish) 11-3, Jr. over Max Morency (Ronan) 9-10, Jr. (Dec 2-1)

5th Place Match

• Jesse LittleBoy (Ronan) 7-6, Sr. over Aaron O`Roake (Polson) 15-10, Jr. (Fall 1:29)

7th Place Match

• Mateo Martinez (Beaverhead Co. (Dillon)/Twin Bridges) 7-17, Jr. over Josh Price (Columbia Falls) 4-13, Jr. (Dec 7-4)