Matcats take Northwest A crown

The Columbia Falls wrestling team took home its second straight Northwest Class A division title last week, as seven MatCats brought home individual titles.

Mason Fetters (113), Kaleb Gravelin (120), Shonn Roberts (126), Haze Bell (132), Bryan Shaffer (152), Cody Walters (160) and Spencer Ross (heavyweight) all won individual titles in the Feb. 8 tournament in Libby.

Roberts, a junior, won his third Northwest A crown and remains undefeated on the season. He’s on pace to break the Columbia Falls High School consecutive-win record set by Caleb Schaeffer. He could also break the school’s fall record.

Manny Guzman (98), Winfield West (106), Zayne Brunz (145) and Ike Schweikert (182) all took second. Wyatt Green (132) and Colton Gove, (138) and Mikey Dennison (220) had third-place finishes. Gove beat his own teammate, Chase Ramberg, for third place. Jason Williams (170) and Andrew Burgess (195) took fourth.

The team will travel to Billings this week for the state Class A tournament. The team hopes to bring home some hardware. Roberts will look for his third straight state title as well.

The MatCats went 22-2 in duals this season. The only two teams they lost to — Sidney and Havre — are the teams to beat at state.

The MatCats qualified 17 wrestlers for the state tournament.

Wrestling will begin at 10 a.m. Friday at the MetraPark Arena in Billings.

Columbia Falls 237 1/2; Frenchtown 182, Polson 141, Libby 86 1/2, Whitefish 74

Championship

98 — Caleb Bagnell, Ftwn, pinned Manny Guzman, CF, 1:05. 106 — Cody Warner, Ftwn, dec. Winfield West, CF, 4-2; 113 — Mason Fetters, CF, dec. Jaron Morgan, 6-5; 120 — Kaleb Gravelin, CF, pinned Jaben Wenzel, Pol, 3:47; 126 — Shonn Roberts, CF, pinned Carlos Quinones, Pol, 2:42; 132 — Haze Bell, CF, dec. Skylar Higareda, Lib, 3-1; 138 — Zach Crace, Lib, pinned Jonathon Blanchard, Ftwn, 1:24; 145 — Cody Lemons, Ftwn, dec. Zayne Brunz, CF, 5-0; 152 — Bryan Shaffer, CF, maj. dec.  Matthew Sampson, Wfsh, 11-2; 160 — Cody Walters, CF, dec. Tyler King, Ftwn, 3-2; 170 — Garret Chapel, Lib, dec. Tel Motichka, Pol, 6-5; 182 — Tele Seemann, Pol, pinned Ike Schweikert, CF, 4:34; 195 — Mike Corrigan, Pol, pinned Nathan Bennett, Ftwn, :41; 220 — Rand Pritzkau, Ftwn, maj. dec. Isaiah Williams, Pol, 20-6; Heavyweight — Spencer Ross, CF, pinned Steven Quimby, Wfsh, :44.

Third/Fourth

98 — None; 106 — Thunder Morales, Pol, pinned Dillon Thorsteinson, Wfsh, 2:43; 113 — James Buckley, Wfsh, pinned Cody Hedeen, Pol, 2:05; 120 — Preston Downard, Ftwn, pinned Dylan Roby, Lib, 3:20; 126 — Tyler Ishler, Ftwn, pinned Skylar Knutson, Pol, 4:15; 132 — Wyatt Green,  CF, beat Bryce Williams, no score available; 138 — Colton Gove, CF, dec. Chase Ramberg, CF, 9-8; 145 — Judah Prestegaard, Wfsh, pinned Storm Kemppainen, CF, 4:19; 152 — Braydan Thom, Lib, tech fall Dylan Parrish, Lib, 16-1; 160 — Marcus Jackson, Whitefish, no results listed; 170 — Doug Womack, Ftwn, dec. Jason Williams, CF, 5-4; 183 — Cole Allen, Ftwn, pinned Travis Catina, Wfsh, 3:42; 195 — Matt Carr, Wfsh, def. Andrew Burgess, CF, by injury default; 220 — Mike Dennison, CF, no results listed; Heavyweight — None.