Wrestlers strong at Buzz Lucey

The Bulldog wrestling squad tallied

strong results last weekend at the Buzz Lucey Memorial tourney in

Eureka with two grapplers making the championship rounds.

Notably, 160-pounder Robby Neff clawed

his way into the finals before falling to Jake Tudahl.

“Robby has been wrestling really well

for us,” Whitefish coach Ryan Boyle said. “He was our wrestler of

the week. His leadership is coming out, and he’s taking the team

on.”

Neff was previously wrestling in the

189-class, well over his weight. Now he’s down to a more

competitive class and the results are showing, Boyle said.

A number of wrestlers on the team

scored the first wins of their careers, including Domonic Sargent

and Auston Bergeson.

“It was really exciting to see them do

so well,” Boyle said. “As a team, we wrestled better than we have

all year. Everybody wrestled better, whether they got a win or not.

It was a real morale booster.”

The team faces conference foes Libby

and Polson after Christmas break.

“We need more condition and to keep on

going hard,” Boyle said about the upcoming duals. “We have good

enough athletes to win, we just don’t have the experience. Right

now, we have to think about the moves instead of them coming

naturally. Once we’re not thinking about it, we’ll be OK.”

Neff and 98-pounder Kaleb Mohn made the

championship round at the Buzz Lucey. Andrew Timmons, Marcelo

Theodoro and Wolf Zinke all made the third-fourth place round.

Columbia Falls 203, Frenchtown 174,

Eureka 160, Libby 103, Polson JV 94.5, Whitefish 72, Plains 61,

Noxon 60, Glacier JV 59, Flathead JV 37.

Champion round

98 - Harland Jordan, CF p. Kaleb Mohn,

WF, 1:05

160 - Jake Tudahl, Gla, p. Robby Neff,

WF, :14

Third-Fourth

145 - Bryan Schaffer, CF, dec. Andrew

Timmons, WF, 4-3

171 - Austin Bailey, L, p. Marcelo

Theodoro, WF, 1:42

285 - Cody Bartos, CF, p. Wolf Zinke,

WF, 2:47

Dec. 15

Polson 78, Whitefish 9

98 - Lucas Polk, Polson, p. Caleb Mohn,

00:12; 105 - Carlos Quinones, Polson, won by forfeit; 112 - Dylan

Moll, Polson, p. Tryston Armstrong, 00:27; 119 - Craig Feistner,

Polson, p. Kyle Tracy, 00:41; 125 - Drew Fouty, Polson, p. Zachery

Snethen, 1:02; 130 - Jesse Alfiero, Polson, wins by forfeit; 135 -

Jose Quinones, Polson, p. Jason Newbury, 00:39; 140 - Jacob Young,

Polson, won by forfeit; 145 - Nick Grogan, Polson, p. Madison

Mcwhirter, 00:25; 152 - Mike Devlin, Polson, p. Andrew Timmons,

1:33; 160 - Colton Lenz, Polson, p. Robby Neff, 2:55; 171 - Austin

Bergison, Whitefish, won by forfeit; 189 - Marlin Burke, Polson, p.

Marcello Theadoro, 2:54; 215 - Jacob Forrest, Whitefish, dec. Jerel

Chief Stick, 20-14; 285 - Josiah Clairmont, P, p. Wolf Zinke,

:54