Whitefish Wrestling Club does well at tournament
The Whitefish Wrestling Club had three athletes place second in the WMLG Unit 1 & 2 tournament in St. Ignatius last weekend.
In the middle-110 division, Carter Olson took second place after falling to Bigfork’s Pawl Bryman on a 6-4 decision. In the middle-100 weight class, Whitefish’s Kellen Jones lost in the first-place match by a 6-2 decision to Cope McDowell from the Flathead Valley team; he took second. And in the novice-110 division Whitefish wrestler Jaxon Olson took second as well after Kalispell’s Gunner Whitaker pinned him.
Other Whitefish wrestlers placed and competed as well and the results are below:
Novice 75
Champ. Round 1 - Ethan Deusser (Flathead Valley) won by decision over Solas Noftsinger (Whitefish Wrestling Club) (Dec 4-1)
Cons. Round 1 - Solas Noftsinger (Whitefish Wrestling Club) won by fall over Toby Gainan (Mission Charlo) (Fall 0:52)
Cons. Round 2 - Lincoln Wilson (Kalispell Wrestling Club) won by major decision over Solas Noftsinger (Whitefish Wrestling Club) (Maj 12-0)
Novice 75
Champ. Round 1 - Marlee Elm (Whitefish Wrestling Club) won by fall over Seth Sinclair (Mission Charlo) (Fall 0:20)
Quarterfinal - Kade Halgren (Wolf Pack Wrestling Club) won by decision over Marlee Elm (Whitefish Wrestling Club) (Dec 8-4)
Cons. Round 2 - Noah Scofield (Libby/Troy) won by fall over Marlee Elm (Whitefish Wrestling Club) (Fall 0:52)Novice 95
Champ. Round 1 - Eric Wilmot (Whitefish Wrestling Club) won by forfeit over Tony Rutherford (Arlee) (FF)
Quarterfinal - Alfred Luciano (Eureka) won by fall over Eric Wilmot (Whitefish Wrestling Club) (Fall 2:49)
Cons. Round 2 - Eric Wilmot (Whitefish Wrestling Club) received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 3 - Gavyn Ridenour (Ruis Wrestling ) won by decision over Eric Wilmot (Whitefish Wrestling Club) (Dec 5-1)
7th Place Match - Eric Wilmot (Whitefish Wrestling Club) won by fall over Kenneth Burland (Ronan) (Fall 1:27)
Novice 110
Champ. Round 1 - Jaxon Olson (Whitefish Wrestling Club) received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal - Jaxon Olson (Whitefish Wrestling Club) won by fall over Isabella 'Ella' Knoll (Arlee) (Fall 0:46)
Semifinal - Jaxon Olson (Whitefish Wrestling Club) won by decision over Aryanah Kelley (Libby/Troy) (Dec 7-2)
1st Place Match - Gunner Whitaker (Kalispell Wrestling Club) won by fall over Jaxon Olson (Whitefish Wrestling Club) (Fall 0:41)
Middle 70
Champ. Round 1 - Paxton Elm (Whitefish Wrestling Club) received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal - Paxton Elm (Whitefish Wrestling Club) won by fall over Jackson Curtis (Arlee) (Fall 0:34)
Semifinal - Brander Christianson (Ruis Wrestling ) won by fall over Paxton Elm (Whitefish Wrestling Club) (Fall 2:22)
Cons. Semi - Easton Peterson (Libby/Troy) won by fall over Paxton Elm (Whitefish Wrestling Club) (Fall 0:55)
5th Place Match - Tristin Rogers (Libby/Troy) won by fall over Paxton Elm (Whitefish Wrestling Club) (Fall 1:23)
Middle 100
Champ. Round 1 - Kellen Jones (Whitefish Wrestling Club) received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal - Kellen Jones (Whitefish Wrestling Club) won by fall over Tristen Cheff (Kalispell Middle School) (Fall 0:21)
Semifinal - Kellen Jones (Whitefish Wrestling Club) won by fall over Maddux Stow (Libby/Troy) (Fall 0:31)
1st Place Match - Cope Mcdowell (Flathead Valley) won by decision over Kellen Jones (Whitefish Wrestling Club) (Dec 6-2)
Middle 110
Champ. Round 1 - Carter Olson (Whitefish Wrestling Club) received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal - Carter Olson (Whitefish Wrestling Club) won by fall over Kaiya Nelson (Kalispell Wrestling Club) (Fall 0:25)
Semifinal - Carter Olson (Whitefish Wrestling Club) won by fall over Joey Barone (Wolf Pack Wrestling Club) (Fall 1:37)
1st Place Match - Pawl Bryman (Bigfork) won by decision over Carter Olson (Whitefish Wrestling Club) (Dec 6-4)