Wrestlers see success in Ronan
Bigfork wrestling had a promising weekend in Ronan Friday and Saturday at the Western Montana Duals.
The team went 11-8 Friday, which was their most successful day so far. Shade Youso won his first three matches of the year at 132 pounds, wrestling with more confidence, head coach Josh Feller said.
“He wrestled more technically and it paid off with some wins,” Feller said.
Connor Meyer finally got to wrestle this year after recovering from an injury. He started off his season at 120 pounds going 4-0 on Friday and 1-1 on Saturday.
“Connor looked good and he will only get better as he gets more matches under his belt,” Feller said.
Tate Chenard won a tough match by points against Andrew Glynn of Glacier at 145 pounds. Chenard was awarded the winning point at the end of the third period when Glynn locked hands, awarding Chenard with a penalty point. It was his second victory of the year.
Wrestling will head to Plains on Friday and the Ted Kato Invitational in Thompson Falls on Saturday with a strong team now that all the wrestlers have returned from winter break.
Jan. 22 is the only home meet for Bigfork and will be their senior night. The team, which is one of Bigfork’s club sports, is raffling a custom outdoor fire pit, which will be drawn on Jan. 22. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at any home basketball game or by contacting Feller. Proceeds from the raffle will be used to help purchase a new wrestling mat.
Western Montana Duals, Jan 3
120 LCHS Zack Durden pin BHS Connor Meyer 3:41
120 BHS Meyer pin CHS Aaron Christenson 2:57
132 BHS Shade Youso pin Duncan Gilster 4:21
132 CFHS Nathan Hader pin BHS Youso 1:52
145 Tyler Abbot dec BHS Tate Chenard 19-6
160 CBHS Evan Finstad pin BHS Noah Vanquekelberg 0:20
160 CFHS Shane Vitch pin Vanquekelberg 2:05
170 PCHS Sheldon Danforth pin BHS Dalton Western 0:38
170 LIB Garrett Chappel pin BHS Dalton Western 1:18
Bigfork High School at Western Montana Duals, Fri. Jan 2
113 RHS Seth Cheff dec BHS Castor Conley 12-2
113 RHS Jeryn Tenas pin BHS Conley 5:25
113 PHS Cody Hedeen dec BHS Conley 15-4
120 BHS Meyer pin CHS Aaron Christenson 0:43
120 BHS Meyer pin FHS Cody Decker 1:13
120 BHS Meyer pin Luke VanVolsen 0:50
120 BHS Meyer pin CFHS Landon Wilson 1:15
132 BHS Shade Youso maj dec, WHS Christian Nesby 16-0
132 BHS Shade Youso dec Austin Jordan 17-6
132 BHS Shade Youso pin SPHS Tucker Malees 1:04
132 CFHS Cameron Goodwill pin BHS Youso 0:59
145 Tyler Abbot pin BHS Chenard 3:01
145 BHS Chenard dec GHS Andrew Glyn 9-8
160 BCHS Colton Sillwagon pin BHS Noah Vanquekelberg 5:37
160 FHS Jacob Wagner pin BHS Vanquekelberg 1:17
160 MCHS Kyle Coutore pin BHS Vanquekelberg 2:19
170 BHS Dalton Western pin RHS Jarrett Richie 1:26
170 Western pin RHS Ray Little Boy 1:12
170 Western pin Stephen Karchet 1:51