SIDNEY -- Sidney cruised to the team title at the Eastern A divisional wrestling meet on Saturday, scoring 387.5 points to outpace Laurel (225), Lewistown (213) and Miles City (208).
The Eagles, who have won the past three State A titles, had 16 wrestlers place in the top eight at the divisional tournament, including 10 individual champions. Gordon Knapp won at 103 pounds, Owen Lonski at 113, Zander Dean at 126, Jordan Darby at 138, Aden Graves at 152, Kade Graves at 160, Dylan Lutz at 170, Easton Hopes at 182, Riley Waters at 205 and Brodey Skogen at 285. Lonski (37-0), Waters (29-0) and Skogen (33-0) are undefeated on the season.
Laurel was second in the team race and also had 16 wrestlers record top-eight finishes on Saturday. Three Locomotives -- Tyler Emineth (152 pounds), Camden Johnson (160) and Connor Ulschak (205) -- placed second.
Thirteen wrestlers from Lewistown qualified for the State A tournament, which will be held next week at Miles City. The Golden Eagles are led by Cooper Birdwell, who improved to 40-0 with a divisional championship in the 132-pound bracket. Birdwell is aiming to become a four-time state champion this season. Wyatt Mager (120 pounds), Kason Olson (126), Keaton Potter (170) and Landon Farrar (182) added second-place finishes for Lewistown on Saturday.
Havre's Mick Chagnon and Miles City's Damian Leidholdt also won individual championships at 120 and 145 pounds, respectively. Full championship results are below.
Team scores: Sidney 387.5, Laurel 225, Lewistown 213, Miles City 208, Havre 113.5, Livingston 103, Glendive 95, Hardin 61, Billings Central 54, Lockwood 51.5, East Helena 1.
103
1st Place Match
- Gordon Knapp (Sidney/Fairview) 32-5, Fr. over Caleb Smith (Custer Co. (Miles City)) 19-5, So. (Fall 3:16)
3rd Place Match
- Dylan Wombolt (Laurel) 15-3, Fr. over Josh Prindle (Lockwood (Billings)) 13-5, . (Fall 0:56)
5th Place Match
- Caton Buckner (Hardin) 11-14, Sr. over Jake Simac (Fergus (Lewistown)) 14-26, Fr. (Fall 1:35)
7th Place Match
- Ruben Baisch (Billings Central/Joliet) 15-12, Fr. over Koleton Cripps (Fergus (Lewistown)) 16-18, Fr. (Dec 9-8)
113
1st Place Match
- Owen Lonski (Sidney/Fairview) 37-0, So. over Austin Berry (Dawson Co. (Glendive)) 13-3, So. (TF-1.5 5:27 (16-0))
3rd Place Match
- Damen McCord (Fergus (Lewistown)) 26-10, So. over Isaac Beardsley (Custer Co. (Miles City)) 13-7, Fr. (Dec 7-3)
5th Place Match
- Beau Contreraz (Lockwood (Billings)) 13-6, So. over Carson Harris (Havre/Box Elder) 8-15, Fr. (Dec 4-0)
7th Place Match
- Sheldon Rod (Dawson Co. (Glendive)) 8-6, So. over Peyton Waldo (Laurel) 15-5, Fr. (MD 14-3)
120
1st Place Match
- Mick Chagnon (Havre/Box Elder) 21-0, Sr. over Wyatt Mager (Fergus (Lewistown)) 11-1, Sr. (Dec 14-7)
3rd Place Match
- Ashton Ulschak (Laurel) 18-3, Fr. over Kolby Hutzenbiler (Sidney/Fairview) 31-6, Sr. (M. For.)
5th Place Match
- Levi Nunberg (Laurel) 10-3, Sr. over Ira Lanegan (Lockwood (Billings)) 3-3, . (Fall 3:58)
7th Place Match
- Cody Hofer (Billings Central/Joliet) 17-11, Fr. over Payton Gaskins (Custer Co. (Miles City)) 9-10, So. (Dec 8-4)
126
1st Place Match
- Zander Dean (Sidney/Fairview) 25-2, So. over Kason Olson (Fergus (Lewistown)) 30-6, Jr. (Dec 6-0)
3rd Place Match
- Bryce Hirsch (Custer Co. (Miles City)) 14-8, Sr. over Johnathan Herr (Laurel) 17-5, Sr. (MD 14-0)
5th Place Match
- Gage McGillvray (Park (Livingston)/ Sweet Grass County (Big Timber)) 15-8, So. over Dominick Perkins (Havre/Box Elder) 8-3, Jr. (Inj. 0:00)
7th Place Match
- Noah Michaelson (Laurel) 5-7, Jr. over Brayden Salveson (East Helena) 5-13, So. (Fall 2:20)
132
1st Place Match
- Cooper Birdwell (Fergus (Lewistown)) 40-0, Sr. over Kolton Reid (Sidney/Fairview) 31-3, Sr. (Dec 10-3)
3rd Place Match
- Currey Brown (Custer Co. (Miles City)) 15-3, So. over Colton Picco (Fergus (Lewistown)) 27-13, Sr. (Dec 6-3)
5th Place Match
- Sean Mehling (Hardin) 16-12, So. over Devon O`Neill (Billings Central/Joliet) 18-13, Jr. (Dec 7-0)
7th Place Match
- Kade Wersland (Laurel) 13-9, Fr. over Tucker Ellison (Custer Co. (Miles City)) 5-12, So. (SV-1 12-7)
138
1st Place Match
- Jordan Darby (Sidney/Fairview) 30-1, Sr. over Hayden Azure (Dawson Co. (Glendive)) 19-2, Sr. (Fall 5:02)
3rd Place Match
- Danyk Jacobsen (Park (Livingston)/ Sweet Grass County (Big Timber)) 21-4, So. over Riley Pleninger (Havre/Box Elder) 15-7, Jr. (Dec 6-3)
5th Place Match
- Owen Younger (Laurel) 17-7, Fr. over Kade Rindahl (Sidney/Fairview) 19-15, Sr. (Fall 2:43)
7th Place Match
- Morgan Buckingham (Custer Co. (Miles City)) 7-11, So. over Jakob Kominsky (Billings Central/Joliet) 11-15, Jr. (SV-1 4-2)
145
1st Place Match
- Damian Leidholt (Custer Co. (Miles City)) 20-4, Sr. over Zander Burnison (Sidney/Fairview) 31-5, Jr. (Dec 3-2)
3rd Place Match
- Wyatt Elam (Fergus (Lewistown)) 30-8, Fr. over Aden Winder (Laurel) 11-13, So. (Dec 4-0)
5th Place Match
- Cody Harrington (Dawson Co. (Glendive)) 17-6, Jr. over Kendall Pleninger (Havre/Box Elder) 13-7, Jr. (Fall 2:48)
7th Place Match
- Nate Hill (Laurel) 10-4, Fr. over Charlie Seeman (Park (Livingston)/ Sweet Grass County (Big Timber)) 5-19, Fr. (MD 12-1)
152
1st Place Match
- Aden Graves (Sidney/Fairview) 30-1, Jr. over Tyler Emineth (Laurel) 18-4, Sr. (Fall 0:27)
3rd Place Match
- Grady Nelson (Sidney/Fairview) 30-6, Jr. over Alex Kober (Park (Livingston)/ Sweet Grass County (Big Timber)) 8-3, Sr. (Dec 7-4)
5th Place Match
- Kayden Howe (Hardin) 10-6, Jr. over Brennan Hager (Custer Co. (Miles City)) 7-8, Sr. (Dec 2-1)
7th Place Match
- Espyn Hostetler (Dawson Co. (Glendive)) 3-3, So. over Ashton Grover (Fergus (Lewistown)) 14-17, Jr. (Fall 3:27)
160
1st Place Match
- Kade Graves (Sidney/Fairview) 32-1, Sr. over Camden Johnson (Laurel) 17-5, So. (Dec 10-5)
3rd Place Match
- Cade Gubler (Park (Livingston)/ Sweet Grass County (Big Timber)) 20-7, Jr. over Kale VanCampen (Havre/Box Elder) 15-5, So. (Dec 4-2)
5th Place Match
- Tommy Reske (Dawson Co. (Glendive)) 4-2, Jr. over Aaron Foster (Billings Central/Joliet) 19-8, Sr. (Dec 7-2)
7th Place Match
- Jett Boyce (Fergus (Lewistown)) 12-22, So. over Easton DeJong (Custer Co. (Miles City)) 7-18, Fr. (Fall 1:17)
170
1st Place Match
- Dylan Lutz (Sidney/Fairview) 22-2, Jr. over Keaton Potter (Fergus (Lewistown)) 31-6, Sr. (Fall 2:19)
3rd Place Match
- Orion Thivierge (Havre/Box Elder) 16-3, Jr. over Dalton Tvedt (Custer Co. (Miles City)) 13-10, Jr. (Fall 3:00)
5th Place Match
- Cole Younger (Laurel) 21-4, Jr. over Aidan Franklin (Dawson Co. (Glendive)) 13-10, Sr. (Fall 4:51)
7th Place Match
- Cody Todd (Billings Central/Joliet) 13-13, Jr. over Paul Little Light (Hardin) 6-13, Sr. (MD 9-1)
182
1st Place Match
- Easton Hopes (Sidney/Fairview) 32-3, Sr. over Landon Farrar (Fergus (Lewistown)) 29-2, Sr. (Fall 3:38)
3rd Place Match
- Jaiden Gibson (Custer Co. (Miles City)) 14-11, So. over Quincy Eastman (Park (Livingston)/ Sweet Grass County (Big Timber)) 7-12, Jr. (Fall 4:13)
5th Place Match
- Randy Tommerup (Havre/Box Elder) 15-6, Jr. over Heston Hinebaugh (Lockwood (Billings)) 1-3, . (Fall 4:16)
7th Place Match
- Nate Lewis (Laurel) 8-6, Sr. over Gus Wetstein (Billings Central/Joliet) 3-14, Fr. (Fall 3:00)
205
1st Place Match
- Riley Waters (Sidney/Fairview) 29-0, Sr. over Connor Ulschak (Laurel) 18-5, Sr. (Fall 0:39)
3rd Place Match
- Trey Schepens (Sidney/Fairview) 28-6, Sr. over Jackson Miller (Custer Co. (Miles City)) 15-8, So. (Fall 3:46)
5th Place Match
- Dante Pallone (Hardin) 20-9, Jr. over Hudson Blackwell (Custer Co. (Miles City)) 12-13, Jr. (Fall 0:28)
7th Place Match
- Zane Cox (Park (Livingston)/ Sweet Grass County (Big Timber)) 5-9, So. over Luke Prewitt (Billings Central/Joliet) 5-13, Fr. (Fall 2:57)
285
1st Place Match
- Brodey Skogen (Sidney/Fairview) 33-0, Sr. over Gabe Walker (Custer Co. (Miles City)) 17-8, . (Dec 6-0)
3rd Place Match
- Dylan Morris (Fergus (Lewistown)) 25-5, Jr. over Gabe Hernandez (Laurel) 9-3, Sr. (MD 10-1)
5th Place Match
- Austin Theriault (Lockwood (Billings)) 2-2, So. over Seth Benge (Billings Central/Joliet) 8-10, So. (Fall 1:40)
7th Place Match
- Gunnar Ward (Billings Central/Joliet) 16-9, Sr. over Lyom Bullard (Park (Livingston)/ Sweet Grass County (Big Timber)) 7-11, Jr. (Fall 0:39)
