Columbia Falls grapplers do well at Mining City duals

by Hungry Horse News
| December 14, 2016 9:48 AM

The Columbia Falls wrestling squad had a solid week of wrestling.

At the Mining City duals they made it to the quarterfinals, but fell short to Flathead 58-9.

Austin Nelson (113) got the lone win for the Cats, winning by technical fall over Bryce Shaffer.

On Friday, the MatCats lost to Havre, 42-24, but beat Hellgate 54-9 and Billings West 46-23.

Complete results from Butte were unavailable.

On Thursday, the squad dropped Dillon in a dual, 50-15.

Heavyweight Kyler Koski, Austin Nelson (113), Ayden Role (126), Hunter Peterson (132), Ben Windauer (145), Colton McPhee (160) and Jacob Freeman all had wins over the Beavers.

The team travels to Browning Thursday and then to the Holiday Invitational in Great Falls Friday and Saturday.

Flathead 58, Columbia Falls 9

103 — Tilynne Vasquez, F, pinned Garret Salminen, 1:46; 113 — Austin Nelson, CF, tech fall Bryce Shaffer, 20-3; 120 — Winfield West, CF, won by forfeit; 126 — Tanner Russell, F. pinned Ayden Role, 2:00; 132 — Trae Vasquez, F, maj. dec. Hunter Peterson, 12-3; 138 — Bo Meyer, F, pinned Brandon Thomas, 1:31; 145 — Kenyon Fretwell, F, pinned Ben Windauer, 4:24; 152 — Payton Hume, F, won by forfeit; 160 — Colton McPhee, CF, dec. Garrett Rieke, 4-3; 170 — Tucker Nadeau, F, maj. dec. Storm Kemppainen, 13-3; 182 — Hunter Wellcome, F, dec. Taylor Frezzman, 5-3; 205 — Matt Gash-Gilder, F, won by forfeit; 285 — Michael Lee, F, pinned Kyler Koski, 2:44.

Columbia Falls 50, Dillon 15

HWT – Kyler Koski (CF) pin Ben Kruzich, 2:34; 103 – Garhet Salminen (CF) by forfeit; 113 – Austin Belson (CF) maj. dec. Luke Huffaker, 21-13; 120 – Winfield West (CF) by forfeit; 126 – Ayden Role (CF) maj. dec. Kyzer Bair, 10-2; 132 – Hunter Peterson (CF) dec. Kwin Stoddard, 5-1; 138 – Brandon Thomas (CF) dec. Cooper Hoffmanm 8-6; 145 – Ben Windauer (CF) pin Sam Peterson, :59; 152 – Brent Tezak (D) dec. Mason Fetters, 5-2; 160 – Colten McPhee (CF) pin Pete Gibson, 1:20; 170 – Patrick Griffin (D) pin Storm Kemppainen, 2:46; 182 – Jakob Freeman (CF) pin Shawn Horner, 1:27; 205 – Ash Norris (D) by forfeit.