'Iron man' tourney draws a crowd
<p>Garrett Joubert pins Dominic Voorheis of Libby at the Columbia Falls Junior High wrestling tournment Saturday.</p>
Columbia Falls held its first Junior High Iron Man wrestling tournament on Feb. 18.
There were teams from Columbia Falls, Evergreen, Kalispell Middle School, Kalispell Wrestling Club, Eureka, Libby, Whitefish, Ronan and Bigfork with more than five hours of wrestling and 900-plus bouts.
Each wrestler competed in six to 10 matches, and 18 individual champions were crowned. Champions included (weight class, name, school):
80 Jonath Schmidt EUR
85 Trae Vasquez KWC
85B Parker Adler RON
95 Jaben Wenzel RON
100 Tilor Mercier KMS
105 Cameron Linstead KWC
112 Colton Shelley EWC
119 Justin Stroller LIB
125 A Ryder Day EWC
125B Wil Griswold KMS
130 Colton Sweeney CF
135 Tanner Fletcher EWC
140 Logan Wilson KMS
145 Michael Lake EWC
152-160 Cameron Mantel KMS
171-189 Owen Davis EUR
215 Josh McGough LIB
285 Eli Horn KMS