Bulldog wrestlers look to home dual this week
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