LIBBY – Sixteen Frenchtown wrestlers finished in the top 8 to secure 297.5 points and the team title for the Broncs in Saturday’s Western A Divisional Wrestling tournament.

Landen Stewart (£ 103), Eli Warner (£ 120), Noah Rausch (£ 170) and Canyon Shope (£ 182) won singles titles for the Broncs. Pound championship. Landen Stewart is a senior while Isaac is sophomore. Warner is unbeaten again this season, improving his record to 18-0 with a 14-4 decision over Hamilton’s Jesse Anson in the £ 120 final.

Columbia Falls finished second in the team race with 205 pounds. The Wildcats had 13 wrestlers in the top eight, including three individual champions. Justin Windauer won the £ 126 brace while Isaiah Roth won £ 145 and Lucas Thacker won £ 160.

Libby crowned two individual champions – Cody Crace at 152 pounds and Aydan Williamson at 285 pounds – en route to third place on the team. A total of twelve loggers have qualified for the State A tournament taking place next week in Miles City.

Browning also had two individual champions. Quenton Campos won the 132-pound bracket for the Indians, which also let Brendyn Whiteman win the 205-pound title. Nathan Sproul (£ 113) of Whitefish and Jason Davis (£ 138) of Corvallis also won singles titles. The full championship results can be found below.

Team values: Frenchtown 297.5, Columbia Falls 205, Libby 194, Whitefish 142, Ronan 139.5, Browning 128.5, Dillon 88, Hamilton 85, Corvallis 91.5, Polson 75, Stevensville 41, Butte Central 3.

103

1st place match

  • Landen Stewart (Frenchtown) 26-0, Sr. over Isaac Stewart (Frenchtown) 11-2, Sun. (Fall 3:35)

Game for 3rd place

  • Ryley Knutson (Polson) 24-5, Fr. via Chris Hall (Browning) 9-5, Jr. (SV-1 12-10)

5th place match

  • Ian Dillard (Ronan) 16-11, Fri. via Cash Byrd (Columbia Falls) 8-10,. (TF-1,5 2:28 (16-0))

7th place match

  • Braedon Iliff (Polson) 2-4, Jr. via (),. (Bye)

113

1st place match

  • Nathan Sproul (Whitefish) 23-2, Sr. via Hunter Barnes (Beaverhead Co. (Dillon) / Twin Bridges) 24-2, Sun. (December 7-3)

Game for 3rd place

  • Tyler Gilfry (Columbia Falls) 12-3,. via Corbin Long (Frenchtown) 21-4, Fri (Fall 4:40)

5th place match

  • Xavier Reatz (Libby / Troy) 18-10, Fri via Cole Cross (Polson) 13-13, Fri (Fall 4:22)

7th place match

  • Marley Erickson (Libby / Troy) 13-9, Fr. via Jett Campbell (Frenchtown) 18-6, Jr. (DQ)

120

1st place match

  • Eli Warner (Frenchtown) 18-0, Sr. over Jesse Anson (Hamilton) 16-6,. (MD 14-4)

Game for 3rd place

  • Josiah Kilman (Columbia Falls) 16-2,. via Gavin Bauman (Frenchtown) 17-7, Jr. (Case 2:45)

5th place match

  • Fortino Silva (Ronan) 7-3, Fri. via Cael Schwindt (Libby / Troy) 12-9, Sun. (December 6-22)

7th place match

  • Seth Allen (Corvallis) 4-3, Sun. about Micah Craig (Polson) 12-13, Fri. (MD 15-5)

126

1st place match

  • Justin Windauer (Columbia Falls) 19-0,. via Noah Huffaker (Beaverhead Co. (Dillon) / Twin Bridges) 23-2, Jr. (Case 5:17)

Game for 3rd place

  • Maysn Cowell (Polson) 12-4, Sr. via Nicholai Blanchard (Frenchtown) 19-9, Sr. (Inj. 0:00)

5th place match

  • Orion Barta (Columbia Falls) 15-2,. via Gavin Knutson (Polson) 15-14, Jr. (December 4-2)

7th place match

  • Angelo Castro (Whitefish) 18-7, Sr. via Trevor Bartel (Ronan) 8-16, Sr. (Case 2:05)

132

1st place match

  • Quenton Campos (Browning) 9-10, Jr. over Zack Morrison (Libby / Troy) 15-6, Sr. (Case 5:09)

Game for 3rd place

  • Beaudean Decker (Ronan) 17-8, Fri via Tel Holland (Beaverhead Co. (Dillon) / Twin Bridges) 19-9, Fri (Fall 4:27)

5th place match

  • Nate Davis (Corvallis) 12-9, Sun. about Gage Lemburg (Columbia Falls) 6-6,. (TF-1.5 4:39 (19-2))

7th place match

  • Bradyn Rate (Frenchtown) 15-6, Fri via Nate Young (Ronan) 0-3, Fri (Fall 1:43)

138

1st place match

  • Jason Davis (Corvallis) 14-10, Sun. via Landon Bishop (Ronan) 21-6, Fri. (December 6-4)

Game for 3rd place

  • John Warner (Frenchtown) 23-7, Sr. via Brad McLean (Frenchtown) 12-3, Sun. (Zum.)

5th place match

  • Xander Spady (Libby / Troy) 18-9, Sr. via Jonathan Williams (Corvallis) 14-9, Sun. (MD 11-3)

7th place match

  • Andrew Carmody (Hamilton) 7-9, Jr. over Forrest Wagoner (Beaverhead Co. (Dillon) / Twin Bridges) 12-12, Sr. (Fall 2:30)

145

1st place match

  • Isiah Roth (Columbia Falls) 14-1,. via Zane Martin (Frenchtown) 21-8, Jr. (Fall 0:51)

Game for 3rd place

  • Jack Akey (Whitefish) 15-12, Jr. over Caleb Cheff (Ronan) 17-9, Sun. (Inj. 0:00)

5th place match

  • David Sharp (Browning) 11-6, Jr. over Elijah Edwards (Libby / Troy) 7-15, Jr. (Fall 3:00)

7th place match

  • Dylan Janes (Stevensville / Victor) 8-10, Jr. about Xavier Pierre (Polson) 5-16, Fri. (Fall 1:16)

152

1st place match

  • Cody Crace (Libby / Troy) 21-1, Sr. over Trapper McAllister (Ronan) 10-3, Sr. (Case 3:28)

Game for 3rd place

  • Smokey Stoker (Frenchtown) 29-3, Jr. over Tate Hanson (Beaverhead Co. (Dillon) / Twin Bridges) 19-8, Jr. (Fall 4:45)

5th place match

  • Jaren Keene (Browning) 10-7, Sun. via Henry Bennetts (Whitefish) 19-8, Fri. (December 9-3)

7th place match

  • Joey Wise (Libby / Troy) 12-13, Fri via Jeffrey Berryman (Stevensville / Victor) 11-7, Sun (Fall 4:20)

160

1st place match

  • Lucas Thacker (Columbia Falls) 15-4,. via Jace DeShazer (Libby / Troy) 24-5, Fr. (Fall 5:52)

Game for 3rd place

  • Gavin McLean (Frenchtown) 30-3, Jr. on Rylee Creasey (Whitefish) 11-5, Sun. (MD 12-0)

5th place match

  • Brennyn Running Crane (Browning) 13-8, Sr. via Tanner Mussard (Beaverhead Co. (Dillon) / Twin Bridges) 11-12, Sun. (December 7-4)

7th place match

  • Aaron Springer (Stevensville / Victor) 8-8, Jr. on Valen Lewis-Ingerson (Whitefish) 12-13, Sun. (Fall 1:49)

170

1st place match

  • Noah Rausch (Frenchtown) 29-5, Sun. via Camren Ross (Whitefish) 23-4, Sr. (MD 13-3)

Game for 3rd place

  • Jace Augare (Browning) 11-6, Sr. via Rowdy White (Columbia Falls) 9-7, Jr. (December 8-6)

5th place match

  • Zhane Jenkins (Libby / Troy) 3-6, Fr. about Bryan Osborne (Columbia Falls) 6-6,. (Autumn 0:46)

7th place match

  • Abel Kimmel (Polson) 6-17, Sr. over (),. (Bye)

182

1st place match

  • Canyon Shope (Frenchtown) 20-3, Sr. via Josh Bertram (Columbia Falls) 14-1,. (December 8th-7th)

Game for 3rd place

  • Tucker Masters (Libby / Troy) 23-7, Sr. over Sahkaia Wehr (Stevensville / Victor) 10-3,. (Fall 4:11)

5th place match

  • Ben Holtzen (Corvallis) 14-12, Sr. about Bryce Weidow (Corvallis) 14-10, Sun. (Fall 1:43)

7th place match

  • Tristan Fisher (Ronan) 15-12, Fr. via Trevor Lewis (Hamilton) 5-20, Fr. (SV-1 8-6)

205

1st place match

  • Brendyn Whiteman (Browning) 19-1, Sun. over Cadogan Wheat (Hamilton) 18-10, Jr. (Fall 5:20)

Game for 3rd place

  • Derrick Saltzman (Hamilton) 24-5, Sun. over Brandon Role (Columbia Falls) 14-3,. (Fall 3:49)

5th place match

  • Clay Barcus (Corvallis) 10-9, Sr. via Ashton Akey (Whitefish) 15-14, Jr. (Case 2:32)

7th place match

  • Waylon Bull Calf (Browning) 8-6, Sr. via Kaden Sunderland (Stevensville / Victor) 5-6, Sun. (Fall 2:15)

285

1st place match

  • Aydan Williamson (Libby / Troy) 28-2, Jr. over Philip Herald (Frenchtown) 24-4, Sun. (Fall 1:51)

Game for 3rd place

  • Brian Sweeney (Whitefish) 11-3, Jr. over Max Morency (Ronan) 9-10, Jr. (December 2-1)

5th place match

  • Jesse LittleBoy (Ronan) 7-6, Sr. via Aaron O`Roake (Polson) 15-10, Jr. (Fall 1:29)

7th place match

  • Mateo Martinez (Beaverhead Co. (Dillon) / Twin Bridges) 7-17, Jr. over Josh Price (Columbia Falls) 4-13, Jr. (December 7-4)

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