Ross takes third at Owen Invitational
Whitefish’s Kadin Brown, right, tangles with Browning’s Chris Hall during their 113-pound match Friday at the Owen Invitational at Salish Kootenai College in Pablo. (Scott Shindledecker/Whitefish Pilot)
Carter Moran wrestles his oppenent to the mat during the Owen Invitational in Polson last week. (Scott Shindledecker/Whitefish Pilot)
The Bulldogs got their season going at the Owen Invitational in Polson over the weekend.
Camren Ross had the best weekend for Whitefish, going 5-1 for third place at 170.
Ross beat wrestlers from Belgrade, Columbia Falls, Corvallis, Thompson Falls and Lake City en route to his bronze, falling only to Isaiah Allik of Mission/Charlo High School in the semifinal, 5-1.
Jackson Carson (126) went 2-2 on the weekend, defeating his own teammate Carter Moran and Lake City’s Nate Garner, but falling to Eureka’s Gunner Smith and Mission/Charlo’s Walker Murphy.
Kadin Brown (113) and Moran went 1-2, while Rylan McDaniel (170), Ashton Akey (205) and Brian Sweeney (285) all went 0-2.
Head coach Danny Neff said his squad isn’t quite at full strength yet, but he’s happy with what he saw in Polson for so early in the season.
“We have a few kids banged up right now and a few that haven’t got their full 10 days of practice in, so we were limited for our first tournament,” he said. “We have a lot of promise, saw some good things, some things we need to work on but overall it was a good weekend.”
Neff said the big highlight for him was Ross taking third place.
“He wrestled really well. He beat a really good kid for third place,” Neff said. “It was a good motivation builder for him, he’s one of our captains that has a lot of promise.”
This week the team heads to Stevensville on Friday for a triangular with Stevi and Libby. Then on Saturday they’ll compete in the Superior Invitational.
They’ll host their first triangular against Browning and Ronan on Dec. 17 at 5 p.m.
Owen Invitational Results for Whitefish High School
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Jackson Carson (2-2) place is unknown and scored 5.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Jackson Carson (Whitefish High School) 2-2 received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Jackson Carson (Whitefish High School) 2-2 won by decision over Carter Moran (Whitefish High School) 1-2 (Dec 7-1)
Quarterfinal - Gunnar Smith (Eureka High School) 4-0 won by fall over Jackson Carson (Whitefish High School) 2-2 (Fall 3:52)
Cons. Round 4 - Jackson Carson (Whitefish High School) 2-2 won by decision over Nate Garner (Lake City High School) 1-2 (Dec 3-2)
Cons. Round 5 - Walker Murphy (Mission/Charlo High School) 3-3 won by fall over Jackson Carson (Whitefish High School) 2-2 (Fall 2:38)
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Camren Ross (5-1) placed 3rd and scored 22.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Camren Ross (Whitefish High School) 5-1 won by fall over Tayden Vitt (Belgrade High School) 1-2 (Fall 0:43)
Champ. Round 2 - Camren Ross (Whitefish High School) 5-1 won by fall over Easton Sempf (Columbia Falls High School) 2-2 (Fall 3:13)
Quarterfinal - Camren Ross (Whitefish High School) 5-1 won by fall over Derrik Weisweaver (Corvallis High School) 1-2 (Fall 2:41)
Semifinal - Isaiah Allik (Mission/Charlo High School) 5-0 won by fall over Camren Ross (Whitefish High School) 5-1 (Fall 4:31)
Cons. Semi - Camren Ross (Whitefish High School) 5-1 won by decision over Dane Chownacky (Thompson Falls High School) 3-3 (Dec 9-3)
3rd Place Match - Camren Ross (Whitefish High School) 5-1 won in sudden victory - 1 over Seth Nutting (Lake City High School) 3-2 (SV-1 8-6)