MatCats win two duals at home, one away

by Chris Peterson Hungry Horse News
| January 28, 2015 7:53 AM

Columbia Falls wrestlers won two home duals and one away last week as the team has one more week of wrestling before the postseason begins.

The MatCats beat Polson 45-28 and Libby 58-15 at home on Jan. 23 and Frenchtown 32-27 in an away dual on Jan. 22.

Colton Sweeney (145), Wyatt Green (152), Storm Kemppainen (160), Spencer Ross (285), Haze Bell (126) and Shonn Roberts (138) all recorded pins in the match against Polson. The Pirates had three pins and one major decision. Both teams had a forfeit.

Austin Nelson (103), Ben Windauer (120), Kaleb Gravelin (132), Roberts, and Colton Gove (145) all had pins against the Greenchain. The Loggers gave up three forfeits.

Dale Meyer (182) had the lone fall for the MatCats against the Broncs in Frenchtown.

All three matches featured a blend of junior varsity and varsity wrestlers as the team looks to qualify as many wrestlers as it can for the state tournament.

Coach Jessie Schaeffer said the goal is wrestlers in all the available weight classes, plus alternates, which is 17 wrestlers.

The MatCats are on the road for the Whitefish duals Friday. Matches start at 1 p.m. Frenchtown, Browning, Eureka, Bigfork and Whitefish will all compete.

Columbia Falls 45, Polson 28

145: Colton Sweeney (CF) over Alex Helgeson (Pl) (Fall 0:46) 152: Wyatt Green (CF) over Colton Cote (Pl) (Fall 1:16) 160: Storm Kemppainen (CF) over Noah Humphrey (Pl) (Fall 3:31) 170: Tele Seemann (Pl) over Miguel Garate (CF) (Fall 2:58) 182: Mikey Denison (CF) over (Pl) (For.) 205: Mike Corrigan (Pl) over Bekzat Abdyrazokov (CF) (Fall 1:15) 285: Spencer Ross (CF) over Isaiah Williams (Pl) (Fall 2:38) 103: Mateo Quinones (Pl) over Austin Nelson (CF) (Fall 3:12) 113: Cameron Brown (Pl) over Ben Windauer (CF) (MD 10-2) 120: Parker Adler (Pl) over (CF) (For.) 126: Haze Bell (CF) over Thunder Morales (Pl) (Fall 1:17) 132: Kaleb Gravelin (CF) over Jaben Wenzel (Pl) (Dec 5-2) 138: Shonn Roberts (CF) over Skylar Knutson (Pl) (Fall 1:43)

Columbia Falls, 58-15

103: Austin Nelson (CF) over Mason Sams (LIBB) (Fall 5:35) 113: Winfield West (CF) over (LIBB) (For.) 120: Ben Windauer (CF) over Tim Brivka (LIBB) (Fall 0:51) 126: Haze Bell (CF) over Laine Young (LIBB) (MD 9-1) 132: Kaleb Gravelin (CF) over Dylan Roby (LIBB) (Fall 1:42) 138: Shonn Roberts (CF) over Reed Christensen (LIBB) (Fall 0:31) 145: Colton Gove (CF) over Dylan Parrish (LIBB) (Fall 1:11) 152: Zach Crace (LIBB) over Cody Walters (CF) (Fall 2:11) 160: Michael Miller (LIBB) over Storm Kemppainen (CF) (Dec 7-4) 170: Garret Chapel (LIBB) over Miguel Garate (CF) (Fall 1:52) 182: Mikey Denison (CF) over (LIBB) (For.) 205: Ike Schwiekert (CF) over (LIBB) (For.) 285: Spencer Ross (CF) over (LIBB) (For.)

Columbia Falls, 32, Frenchtown, 27

113 -- Winfield West, CF, dec Owen Indreland, F, 8-1; 126 -- Cody Warner, F, dec Haze Bell, 5-3; 132 -- Tyler Ishler, F, pin Hunter Peterson, 1:59; 138 -- Shonn Roberts, CF, tech fall Bryce Williams, 16-0; 145 -- Jon Blanchard, F, dec Colton Gove, 9-5; 152 -- Preston Downard, F, dec Wyatt Green, 9-4; 160 -- Storm Kemppainen, CF, dec Tyler King, 5-4; 170 -- Miguel Garate, CF, dec Cole Jones, 8-6; 182 -- Dale Meyer, CF, pin Tristan Austin, 4:29; 103 -- Caleb Bagnell, F, pin Austin Nelson, 5:48. Frenchtown wins 120 by forfeit. Columbia Falls wins 205, 285 by forfeit.