Mat Dogs grapple Glacier and Libby
David Erickson / Whitefish Pilot
By DAVID ERICKSON
Whitefish Pilot
The Whitefish wrestlers battled Glacier and Libby at home on Saturday. In the first dual, the Bulldogs lost to the Class AA Wolfpack by a lopsided score of 6-81. They had a better performance against the Loggers, but still dropped the Northwestern A match 15-51.
Again, Whitefish lost several weight classes due to forfeits.
Against Libby, the Bulldogs got big wins from 145-pounder Tanner Benedict and 152-pounder Kaleb Prestegaard.
Benedict won a 7-1 decision over Charlie Berget, and Prestegaard pinned Morgan Peek in just 44 seconds.
The Loggers used six pins and two forfeits in their favor to defeat Whitefish.
Against the Wolfpack, Whitefish lost three weights to forfeit. Whitefish’s Zach Berger then got the Bulldogs on the board with a pin of Royce Schlegal in 3:39. However, seven Bulldogs then went down by pins to give Glacier a dominating win.
The Bulldogs travel across the divide this weekend for the Cut Bank Invitational Wrestling Tournament.
Glacier 81, Whitefish 6
98: Christian Knopp, G, won by forfeit; 105: Zach Barber, G, won by forfeit; 112: Zach Orr, G, won by forfeit; 119: Zach Berger, WF, p. Royce Schlegal, 3:39; 125: Cooper Sipe, G, p. Andrew Timmons, :45; 130: Shane St. Onge, G, p. Dalton Rice, 1:02; 135: Jordan Nelson, G, p. Steven Vail, 1:51; 140: Riley Pisk, G, p. Arron Burns, 1:47; 145: Lucas Cummings, G, dec. Tanner Benedict, 8-6; 152: Larry Francis, G, p. Kaleb Prestegaard, :48; 160: Tanner Woodland, G, p. Geoff Streeter, 1:43; 171: Clayton Hamilton, G, won by forfeit; 189: Randy Martin, G, won by forfeit; 215: John Frandsen, G, p. Derek Crittenden, 1:16; 285: Joel Horn, G, p. Jacob Washer,
Libby 51, Whitefish 15
98: Double forfeit; 105: Double forfeit; 112: Double forfeit; 119: Jonathan Reimer, WF, won by forfeit; 125: Kyle Leir, L, p. Jonathan Reimer, 3:22; 130: Tate Wilson, L, dec. Dalton Rice, 5-3; 135: Cody Elliott, L, p. Steven Vail, 2:25; 140: Dylan Berget, L, p. Aaron Burns, 2:46; 145: Tanner Benedict, WF, dec. Charlie Berget, 7-1; 152: Kaleb Prestegaard, WF, p. Morgan Peek, :44; 160: Kody Berget, L, p. Geoff Streeter, 4:09; 171: Seth Wright, L, won by forfeit; 189: Evan O'Brien, L, won by forfeit; 215: Justin Graham, L, p. Derek Crittenden, 1:28; 285: Brandon Mills, L, p. Jacob Washer, :48.