Bulldog grapplers fall to Chiefs, Wildcats

by David ERICKSON<br
| December 11, 2008 10:00 PM

The Bulldog wrestlers opened up their season at home on Friday night, going down 0-63 to the Ronan Chiefs and 27-54 to Columbia Falls. It was the opening dual of the 2008 Northwestern A wrestling season for all teams.

The Whitefish boys forfeited twice to Ronan and four times to Columbia Falls because they didn’t have wrestlers at those weight classes.

Zach Berger (119) and Kaleb Prestegaard (152) had pins for Whitefish.

The battle between Berger, a junior, and Ronan senior Zach Robinson got the crowd into the match. Both young men struggled for positioning throughout the match and wrestled with energy. Robinson eventually won by an 8-2 decision, but Berger gave him a fight.

Whitefish senior Steven Vail (135) gave the Wildcats’ Travis Pete a run for his money, battling his pin moves several times before Pete finally got the Bulldog to the mat at the 2:47 mark.

The Whitefish wrestlers will travel to the Butte Invitational Tournament this weekend.

Ronan 63, Whitefish 0

98 - open; 105 - Riley Dennis, R won by forfeit; 112 - open; 119 - Zach Rbinson R, dec. Zach Berger, W 8-2; 125 - Dilan Starkel, R , pinned Jonathan Reimer, 1:05; 130 - Cameron Neiss, R, pinned Dalton Rice, 1:44; 135 - Tyson Noyes, R, pinned Steven Vail, :41; 140 - Dustin Goldsby, R, won by forfeit; 145 - Cole McArthur, R, pinned Tanner Benedict, 4:29; 152 - Micky Cheff, R, pinned Kaleb Prestegaard 3:40; 160 - Tyler Wheeler, R, pinned Nick O’Dell, :37; 171 - Toby Cheff, R, pinned Geoff Streeter, 1:06; 189 - open; 215 - Marcus Schiele, R, pinned Dylan Dryden, 1:16; Hwt - open.

Columbia Falls 54, Whitefish 27

98 - open; 105 - Sal Baccaro, CF, won by forfeit; 112 - Justin Whitman, CF, won by forfeit; 119 - Zach Berger, W, pinned Adam Richardson, 5:16; 125 - Brady Richardson, CF, pinned Jonathan Reimer, 1:03; 130 - Dalton Rice, W, won by forfeit; 135 - Travis Pete, CF, pinned Steven Vail, 2:47; 140 - Nick Toaves, CF, won by forfeit; 145 - Tanner Benedict, W, dec. Shawn Whitman, 7-6; 152 - Kaleb Prestegaard, W, pinned Jarrett Smith, 2:55; 160 - Joe Gross, CF, pinned Nick O’Dell, 2:39; 171 - Geoff Streeter, W, won by forfeit; 189 - Kelly Houle, CF, won by forfeit; 215 - Kodie Kenfield, CF, pinned Dylan Dryden, 2:35;