Bulldogs show true grit on the mat

The scoreboard may have showed a giant

goose egg, but for this year’s young Bulldog wrestling team,

Friday’s dual with Columbia Falls was easily their most impressive

of the season.

Each weight class put up a good fight

against a tough Wildcat team as Whitefish showed the kind of grit

coach Ryan Boyle wants to see as the divisional tourney

approaches.

“Up and down the line up, they fought

the hardest,” Boyle said. “There was heart there, and they were

going hard.”

Bulldog freshman Kaleb Mohn started the

evening by taking Jordan Harland to the brink. Mohn used all of his

98-pound frame to stay alive and fight off Harland’s take-down

attempts.

Sophomore Wyatt Price went three rounds

at 125 pounds against the Cats’ Dalton Nelson, while senior

exchange student Marcelo Theodoro fended off the Cats’ Josh Folsom

for the better part of five minutes.

“They’re all coming together,” Boyle

said. “I’ve seen more team unity in the last couple weeks, and I

like seeing that. There are 18 guys fighting for each other.”

In a dual with Eureka later in the

evening, Whitefish put up 23 points, including a 15-0 technical

fall by Kyle Tracy and a pin by Madison McWhirter.

Whitefish hosts the divisional

tournament this Saturday, Feb. 5, at the Whitefish High School

gym.