BUTTE — Last Saturday they were each crowned Tom LeProwse Battle in the Bridgers wrestling champions. Now they’re all three top-ranked.
Billings West wrestlers Drake Rhodes, Jace Rhodes and Levi Malcolm all sit No. 1 in their respective weight classes — Drake Rhodes at 113 pounds, Jace Rhodes at 170 and Malcolm in the heavyweight division — in the latest Class AA wrestling polls. Jace Rhodes and Malcolm remained No. 1 this week, while the younger Rhodes climbed up after winning medalist honors at the prestigious tournament in Bozeman.
West is No. 3 in the team poll behind heavy state favorite Bozeman and second-ranked Billings Senior.
The Hawks continue to have Leif Schroeder (132 pounds) and Chance McLane (152) top-ranked, while Brock Rodrigues jumped two spots to No. 1 at 145 pounds after defeating defending champion Kai Stewart of Great Falls CMR in the LeProwse finals. Sterling Quinn (126) and Coy Cohenour (160) each sit No. 2 in their respective weight classes.
Jahzriel Peak moved from No. 4 at 145 pounds to No. 1 in the 138-pound bracket after also earning a gold medal at the LeProwse on Saturday. Matthew DeWitt is still top-ranked at 126 pounds for the Broncs.
Butte, Helena Capital and Great Falls High round out the team poll.
Team rankings
Bozeman
Billings Senior
Billings West
Butte
Helena Capital
Great Falls High
Individual rankings
103 pounds — Keagan Gransbery (Butte), Colton Martello (CMR), Jalen Vladic (Senior), Wyatt Van Pelt (West), Dre Coles (GFH), Christian Sherman (Butte).
113 pounds — Drake Rhodes (West), Wil Queer (Butte), Alejandro Madrid (Senior), Easton Shupe (GFH), Felix Peterson (Bozeman), Bryson Danzinger (Sentinel).
120 pounds — Isaac Romero (Helena), Carson DeRosier (Capital), Tayt Rogers (Bozeman), RJ Lowdog (West), Gentry Lamb (Skyview), Asher Kemppainen (Flathead).
126 pounds — Matthew DeWitt (Senior), Sterling Quinn (Bozeman), Dayne Martin (Big Sky), Brendan Barnes (Flathead), Justin Kovalicky (Sentinel), Scout Allen (Butte).
132 pounds — Leif Schroeder (Bozeman), Finn Nadeau (Flathead), Idren Peak (Senior), Jayden Ramirez (Senior), Jaiden James (Bozeman), Anthony Liva (Butte).
138 pounds — Jahzriel Peak (Senior), Carter Carroll (CMR), Lee Lambrecht (Capital), Cameron Savaria (Skyview), Reece Eckley (Sentinel), Braeden Lomas (GFH).
145 pounds — Brock Rodrigues (Bozeman), Kai Stewart (CMR), Hunter Meinzen (Big Sky), Luke Joy (Sentinel), Luke Brewer (Senior), Donovan Mahoney (GFH).
152 pounds — Chance McLane (Bozeman), Dougie Swanson (Big Sky), Carl Anderson (Butte), Austin Ketchum (Skyview), Bridger Hall (Hellgate), Conall Powers (Sentinel).
160 pounds — Devin Crawford (Helena), Coy Cohenour (Bozeman), Caden Hilliard (GFH), Jett Rebish (Big Sky), Zaybin Stewart (Flathead), Trystin Gilliam (Capital).
170 pounds — Jace Rhodes (West), Tanner Russell (Flathead), Noah Kovick (Capital), Peyton Morton (Senior), Kole McGrath (Butte), Mason Corcoran (Big Sky).
182 pounds — Brenner Bushfield (Skyview), Elijah Davis (GFH), Jaydon Hoff (West), Reece Rahn (Sentinel), Paxton Boyce (Flathead), Austin Endy (Butte).
205 pounds — Kameron Moreno (Butte), Zane McCormick (Capital), Colby Martin (Glacier), Josh Lee (Capital), Kaden Westlake (Bozeman), Noah Cannon (GFH).
285 pounds — Levi Malcolm (West), Seth Jensen (Capital), Ethan DeRoche (GFH), Tre Kraus (Glacier), Tom Walkup (Bozeman), Michael Downing (Flathead).
