MatCats squash some squads, get beat themselves in a flurry of duals

Hungry Horse News

After dropping two matches against a tough lineup on the first day of the Mining City Duals in Butte, the Wildcats feasted on weaker competition in the consolation bracket Saturday.

On Friday in Butte, Columbia Falls crushed Helena Capital 52-33, but lost to Billings Senior 37-33 and Conrad 54-31.

Saturday in the consolation matches, the Wildcats squeaked by Helena 41-39 and then dominated Livingston, winning 72-12.

"We came back and ended up having a good weekend," coach Wes Knutson said. "We were hoping to make it to the championship pool. We were in a pretty tough pool."

Havre took the championship with a 46-29 win against Billings Skyview in the final match. Flathead finished third.

Senior Aric Tarr was the only wrestler to win all five of his matches for Columbia Falls. Tarr, wrestling in the 119 weight division, is 6-0 after losing his first match since his freshman year on Dec. 4.

"He came back and wrestled extremely hard," Knutson said. "And he is in a tough weight class."

The Wildcats also whipped Ronan 61-16 on Thursday. The Wildcats had pins by Cody Kolodejchuk, 112, Dalvin Averill, 135, Bobby Opp, 140, Ryan Buck, 145, Calvin Williams, 160, and Tommy Church, 275.

Michael Hader, Averill, Nik Caron and Church all went 5-1 for Columbia Falls last week.

Knutson was also impressed by Kolodejchuk, a freshman who went 4-0 at 112. Cory Pete, who went 2-0, made weight and replaced him on Saturday.

Knutson said Pete looked "tough as nails," and it was good to have the former state placer back in the lineup.

Knutson expects Kolodejchuk to move down to 105.

"That will really solidify our lineup," Knutson said. "Makes it a lot tougher, and we'll have all the weights filled in, too."

Columbia Falls has two matches with Libby coming up. Tonight (Thursday), they wrestle Libby at 7:30 p.m. in Libby. Then at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday they wrestle Libby at home.

"They're a darn tough team this year," Knutson said. "It should be a barn-burnin' dual."

Columbia Falls also competes in the Buzz Lucey Tourney Saturday in Eureka.

Mining City Duals

Friday, Dec. 10

Billings Senior 37, Columbia Falls 33

98 - M. King, BS, dec. Cory Patterson, 13-6. 105 - D. Pulver, BS, won by forfeit. 112 - Cody Kdodejchuk, CF, dec. C. Berish, 4-3. 119 - Aric Tarr, CF, pinned B. Barker, 1:10. 125 - T. Strenkle, BS, pinned Michael Hader, 5:23. 130 - Keyvin Walter, CF, dec. J. Pacheco, 13-7. 135 - Dalvin Averill, CF, pinned C. Ludwig, 1:04. 140 - Bobby Opp, CF, pinned R. Allen, 5:02. 145 - J. Beeman, BS, dec. Ryan Buck, 8-5. 152 - Brighton Hollis, CF, won by forfeit. 160 - C. Shilhanek, BS, maj. dec. Calvin Williams, 10-2. 171 - D. Neiter, BS, dec. Daniel Byrd, 12-7. 189 - Nik Caron, CF, dec. R. Shilhanek, 5-1. 215 - W. Wine, BS, pinned T. Woodward, :46. 275 - P. Lyles, BS, pinned Tommy Church, 3:36.

Columbia Falls 52, Helena Capital 33

98 - Clayton Patterson, CF, pinned Casey George 1:08. 105 - Kallen Klienschmidt, HC, won by forfeit. 112 - Cody Kolodejchak, CF, won by forfeit. 119 - Aric Tarr, CF, pinned Shawn Potter 1:53. 125 - Michael Hader, CF, pinned Richard Veach 2:33. 130 - Keyvin Walter, CF, pinned Craig Bensen :45. 135 - Dalvin Avrill, CF, won by forfeit. 140 - Jarrod Klienschmidt, HC, pinned Bobby Opp 2:21. 145 - Curtis Gardener, HC, won by forfeit. 152 - Kasey Haloro, HC, pinned Brighton Hollis 1:25. 160 - Taylor Pearce, HC, dec. Calvin Williams 11-5. 171 - Daniel Byrd, CF, maj. dec. Joel Nay 14-3. 189 - Colton Shirley, HC, pinned Nik Caron 1:07. 215 - Jesse Woodward, CF, pinned Coby Furlong 5:03. 275 - Tommy Church, CF, pinned Jeff Mahana 3:05.

Conrad 54, Columbia Falls 31

98 - Scott Schlosser, C, pinned Clayton Patterson, 1:29. 105 - Bryce Gerratt, C, won by forfeit. 112 - Cody Kolodejchuck, CF, pinned Logan Erickson, 1:28. 119 - Aric Tarr, CF, dec. Justin Jones 3-2. 125 - Michael Hader, CF, pinned Jacob Schlosser, 4:28. 130 - Thad Zempel, C, pinned Keyvin Walter, 3:30. 135 - Colby Johnson, C, pinned Dalvin Averill, 1:59. 140 - Caleb Lockyer, C, pinned Bobby Opp, 1:34. 145 - Kellen Judisch, C, won by forfeit. 152 - Trent Zeopel, C, pinned Brighton Hollis, 1:36. 160 - Dan Murr, C, won by forfeit. 171 - Daniel Byrd, CF, pinned Neil McKeone, 1:10. 189 - Nik Caron, CF, maj. dec. Aaron Makelky, 13-0. 215 - Eric Makelky, C, pinned Jesse Woodward, :21. 275 - Tommy Church, CF, won by forfeit.

Saturday, Dec. 11

Columbia Falls, 41, Helena High 39

98 - Brad Bettcher, H, pinned Clayton Patterson, n/a; 105 - Derek Leyva, H, won by forfiet; 112 - Cory Pete, CF, tech. fall Abel Dallas, 17-2 4:56; 119 - Aric Tarr, CF, maj. dec. Rob Gersbach, 14-3; 125 - Michael Hader, CF, pinned Brandon Leyva, :59; 130 - Tom Brennan, H, dec. Keyvin Walter, 5-2; 135 - D. Averill, CF, dec. Jeremy Burrows, 7-4; 140 - Bobby Opp, CF, tech. fall Colin Martin, 5:57; 145 - Matt Felber, H, won by forfiet; 152 - Matt Darfler, H, pinned Brighton Hollis, 3:23; 160 - Kevin West, H, won by forfiet; 171 - Ryan Feherstan, H, pinned Daniel Byrd, 3:12; 189 - Jesse Wodward, CF, pinned Mac Alsbury, 3:59; 215 - Nik Caron, CF, pinned Jake Lesofski, :32; 275 - Tommy Church, CF, pinned Josh Yeager, :47.

Columbia Falls 72, Livingston 12

98 - Clayton Patterson, CF, won by forfeit. 105 - Lyle Ritterbush, L, won by forfeit. 112 - Cory Pete, CF, pinned Danica Burgess, :10. 119 - Aric Tarr, CF, won by forfeit. 125 - Michael Hader, CF, pinned Scott Phipps, :22. 130 - Keyvin Walter, CF, pinned Hayley Anderson, :33. 135 - Dalvin Averill, CF, pinned Luke Jesson, 2:55. 140 - Bobby Opp, CF, pinned Rory Romey, :12. 145 - Levi Jones, L, won by forfeit. 152 - Brighton Hollis, CF, pinned Brandon Nellensen, :32. 160 - Double forfeit. 171 - Daniel Byrd, CF, pinned lwin Plum, :15. 189 - Jesse Woodward, CF, won by forfeit. 215 - Nik Caron, CF, pinned Kaleb Kovash, :41. 275 - Tommy Church, CF, pinned Justin Taliferro, :27.