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Bulldog wrestlers look to home dual this week

by Daniel McKay
Whitefish Pilot | December 21, 2016 7:51 AM

The Bulldogs wrestling team is looking to this week’s home dual after a tough weekend in Eureka.

Whitefish took 11th overall out of the 12 teams competing at the Buzz Lucey Invitational on Saturday. Malik Heydon took fourth place at 160 for the Bulldogs.

Head coach Ryan Boyle said the upside of Saturday’s performance was that after the team’s slow start, a few senior leaders rallied the team and pushed them to finish on a stronger note.

“It was one of those where we hopefully found some leadership and some willingness to come back and battle,” Boyle said. “Chalk it up to experience, get a little better and move on.”

Three wrestlers also traveled to Coeur d’Alene for the Tri-State Tournament, Dakota Flannery, Jack Eisenbarth and Travis Catina. Catina made it to the second day of the tournament but didn’t place after falling to the fourth-seeded wrestler at 205.

“Catina wrestled really well,” Boyle said. “He needs to be in those matches so we understand how to win those when it comes down to the divisional and state tournament.”

For the team as a whole, Boyle said the focus is sticking to the basics while gaining experience every week.

“We’re still trying to get better at the simple little basic stuff. We’re so young and green that we’re getting a little bit better but we got to keep working on the fundamentals,” he said.

Whitefish hosts Polson and Browning on Thursday at 5 p.m.

Buzz Lucey Invitational

Saturday

At Eureka

Team Totals

Eureka 222 1/2, Flathead JV 188 1/2, Timberlake, Idaho, 133 1/2, Plains 120 1/2, Bigfork 78, Columbia Falls JV 63, Libby 53, Glacier JV 40, Arlee 30 1/2, Whitefish 26, Polson JV 23 1/2.

103

Championship

Brenden Barnes, FlaJV, pinned Bridger Beach, GlaJv, :58

Third Place

Brayden Herbert, Tmbr, pinned Austin Warren, Eur, :22

113

Championship

Isaiah Evans, Tmbr, dec. Nathan Schmidt, Eur, 6-2

Third Place

Dylan Yeadon, Lib, maj. dec. Damian Naldret, FlatJV, 12-0.

120

Championship

Daniel Uli, Pla, pinned Riley Olsen, FlaJV, :34

Third Place

Cody Moats, FlaJV, pinned Ethan Jerome, Tmbr, 1:30

126

Championship

Hank Dunn, Eur, pinned Noah Herbert, Tmbr, 3:54

Third Place

Tyrell Holman, Bfk, pinned AJ Ekanger, FlaJV, 1;16

132

Championship

Garek Pennington, Tmbr, pinned Easton Sempf, CFJV, 2:39

Third Place

Castor Conley, Bfk, maj. dec. Braden Comer, FlaJV, 10-2

138

Championship

Drew Harrison, FlaJV, dec. Austin Stafford, Pla, 6-1

Third Place

None listed

145

Championship

Jonathan Schmidt, Eur, dec. Luke Lile, Pla, 10-5

Third Place

None listed

152

Championship

Cannan Smith, Eur, dec. James Detienne, Pla, 9-4

Third Place

Tim Carvey, Lib, pinned Thomas Knoll, Arl, :45

160

Championship

Kane Lawson, Pla, dec. Levi Garcia, Eur, 6-1

Third Place

Caleb Sherrill, FlaJV, pinned Malik Heydon, Whi, 1:48

170

Championship

Matt Farrier, Bfk, dec Colby Hammack, Eur, 11-6

Third Place

Connor Yanez, Tmbr, pinned George Shick, Arl, 1:29

182

Championship

Garrett Graves, Eur, pinned Austyn Sherwood, Eur, 3:46

Third Place

Colby Martin, FlaJV, pinned Brady Jerome, Tmbr. 3:24

205

Championship

Joe Fehr, Eur, pinned Logan Kaminsky, Bfk, 1:16

Third Place

Jonas Nyman, FlaJV, dec. Connor Derue, 5-0

285

Championship

Kaelan Yanak, Eur, pinned Taylor Gladaue, CFJV, :52

Third Place

Alex Paul, FlaJV, dec. Larrison Stevens, GlaJV, 4-2