Ponies find more success in Missoula

The Havre High wrestling team put together a solid effort at the Jug Beck Rocky Mountain Classic this past weekend, but for the first time all season, the Blue Ponies walked away from a tournament without a first-place trophy.

The Ponies, who competed against the best Montana has to offer, as well as some neighboring states, finished third in its attempt to win a third consecutive title at the prestigious meet held annually in Missoula. Flathead won the team championship with 202.5 points, while Mead (Wash.) was second 167. Havre finished third with 159.5 points.

“We probably put together the most complete weekend that we have had all year for the kids that we had with us,” HHS head coach Scott Filius said. “It was probably our most consistent effort of the season.”

The highlight of the weekend for the Ponies was the performance of Parker Filius, who won an individual title in the 145-pound weight class after winning the semifinals and championship by a technical fall and major decision. Sophomore Martin Wilkie equaled the feat of Filius, taking home a title at 126 pounds. He won his semifinal matchup 18-1, before winning a 3-0 decision in the final.

While Filius and Willkie were the top performers, the Ponies had four other wrestlers who placed, led by Dane Flammond (160) and Quinn Reno (103), who each finished second in their respective weight classes. Ryan Stewart also notched a third-place showing at 113 pounds and at 120 pounds, Lane Paulson ended up in sixth.

While the Ponies put together a strong weekend, one factor in their third-place finish, was a lineup that was less than full strength. Jase Stokes, a three-time state champion, did not wrestle for Havre in the meet due to an illness. Havre was also without its regular wrestlers at 170 and 182 pounds.

“Stokes got sick on us,” coach Filius said. “We lost basically from 170 to 205, we had other people in the lineup.”

All six Havre wrestlers that placed, made it into the semifinal round of their weight class. HHS also got a solid weekend from Connor Harris, who finished eighth in the meet at 132 pounds. Mason Dionne also won two matches and was the other Pony wrestler to score points.

“I was really pleased with all those young guys,” Filius said. “Lane Paulson had a lights out weekend, Connor Harris turned a corner and Mason Dionne wrestled tough. Of course Quinn (Reno) did. Like I said, from top to bottom, it was our most consistent effort, I was awful pleased.”

The Blue Ponies were supposed to dual Great Falls High Thursday night, before travelling to Missoula for the Jug Beck, but the dual was canceled.

Havre will be back in action Tuesday night inside the HHS gymnasium. The Ponies will dual Sidney, a fellow Eastern A rival on senior night.

Jug Beck Rocky Mountain Classic

Team scores -- 1, Kalispell Flathead 202.5; 2, Mead 167; 3, Havre 159.5; 4, Helena 150.5; 5, Bozeman 138; 6, Helena Capital 124; 7, Great Falls 115; 8, Missoula Big Sky; 9, Powell 105.5; 10, Butte 98.5; 11, Coeur d'Alene 92.5; 12, Fergus County 89; 13, Ronan 85; 14, Frenchtown 82.5; 15, Central Valley 81; 16, Hamilton 76; 17, University 75.5; 18, Belgrade 65.6; 19, Columbia Falls 65; 20, Clarkston 60.5; 21, Polson 57; t-22, Ferris 53; t-22, Lake City 53; 24, Missoula Sentinel 52; 25, Corvallis 44; 26, Nampa 42; 27, Libby 31; 28, Lewiston 28; t-29, Great Falls CMR 24; t-29, Kalispell Glacier 24; 31, Superior 21; 32, Missoula Hellgate 11.

103: Championship – Rush, FTL, dec. Reno, 8-2. Third place -- Isaac Romero, HEL, dec. Doolin, LIB, 8-3. Fifth place – Welzien, MBS, dec. Walker Dyer, FTN, 1-0.

113: Championship -- Schroeder, BOZ, dec. Tebbets, MED, 6-3. Third place – Bibler, FTN, dec. Stewart, HAV, 5-3. Fifth place – Tyler Coddington, CAP, dec. Spencer Stagg, RON, 5-3.

120: Championship -- Kunz, CAP, dec. McLane, BOZ, 7-0. Third place – Mears, BEL, dec. Cody DeVall, FLT, 7-0. Fifth place – Klayten Babino, CLK, dec. Paulson, HAV, 4-0.

126: Championship -- Wilkie, HAV, dec. Clegg, CLK, 3-0. Third place – Swanson, MBS, dec. Hunter Peterson, RON, 5-3. Fifth place – Max Clark, UHI, dec. Eckley, MSN, 6-3.

132: Championship -- Gurr, FTN, dec. Vasquez, FLT, 7-0. Third place – Birdwell, FRG, dec. Reese Karst, POW, 5-3. Fifth place – Wiggs, CV, def. Cam Hegel, MSN, ff.

138: Championship -- Degen, BEL, dec. Gordon, MBS, 7-2. Third place -- Adler, POL, dec. Kyle Tabbert, HEL, 6-0. Fifth place -- Beard, CV, dec. Yunadi Bogatyrev, MED, 5-2.

145: Championship -- Filius, HAV, maj. dec. Orrino, CV, 12-2. Third place -- Swanson, MBS, dec. Goodman, MED, 9-5. Fifth place -- Tyler Loch, GFH, dec. Kadin Schonsberg, BUT, 9-5.

152: Championship -- Komac, GFH, dec. Hume, FLT, 5-4. Third place -- Mulhill, BOZ, dec. Cameron Crawford, MED, 4-2. Fifth place -- Fetters, CFS, pin Manolo Tamez, NAM, 1:45.

160: Championship -- Manibusan, HEL, dec. Flammond, HAV, 5-4. Third place -- Wickens, FRG, dec. CJ Snyder, CAP, injury. Fifth place -- Garett Rieke, FLT, dec. Schoch, LCH, 6-2.

170: Championship -- Short, GFH, dec. Nadeau, FLT, 6-4. Third place -- Cooper, BOZ, dec. Manny Rivera, HAM, 6-3. Fifth place -- Dearcorn, POW, pin Joel Clark, HEL, 1:31

182: Championship -- Randles, CDA, def. Senn, MED, forfeit. Third place -- Schrull, HEL, tech fall Olivera, LCH, 18-3 (4:48). Fifth place -- Eli Briggs, POW, pin Finn Vaghan-Kraska, BOZ, 2:13.

205: Championship -- Hinson, HAM, dec. Jensen, CAP, 8-2. Third place -- Easum, POW, dec. Gash-Gilder, FLT, 6-4. Fifth place -- Brady Boyce, FRG, pin Tanner Stack, MSN, :40.

285: Championship -- Queer, BUT, dec. Marshall, CDA, 5-2. Third place -- Collin Grosse, MED, dec. Manny Homen, FER, 5-1. Fifth place -- Lee, FLT, pin Lettau, LCH, 1:45.

CHOTEAU CLASSIC

Team scores -- 1, Plains-Hot Springs 139; 2, Townsend 124.5; 3, Malta 106.5; 4, Shepherd 100; 5, Whitehall 96.5; 6, Thompson Falls 89; 7, Choteau 86.5; t-8, Conrad 80; t-8, Fairfield-Simms 80; 10, Anaconda 72; 11, Mission-Charlo 69; 12, Columbus-Absarokee 67; 13, Valier 58; 14, Poplar 57; 15, Cut Bank 53; 16, Wolf Point 52; 17, Cascade 45.5; t-18, Chinook 41; t-18, Shelby 41; 20, Boulder 28; 21, Harlem 26; 22, Fort Benton 19; 23, Arlee 14; 24, Deer Lodge 6; t-25, Highwood 4; t-25, Drummond-Philipsburg 4; 27, Belt 3; t-28, Chester-Joplin-Inverness 0; t-28, Circle 0; t-28, Great Falls Central 0; t-28, Lone Peak 0.

103: Semifinals -- Tanner Cook, SHP, maj. dec. Robert Dempsey, MC, 14-5; Walker Murphy, MC, pin Clancy Russel, WHL, 3:51.

Championship -- Cook, SHP, pin Murphy, MC, 4:10.

Third place -- Dempsey, MC, pin Matt Connelly, VAL, 3:24.

Fifth place -- Russel, WHL, pin Emma Belew, DL, :35.

113: Semifinals -- Colin Rogers, ANC, pin Terrence Caldwell, PHS, 5:18; Kaleb Frank, TFL, pin Easton Held, TOW, 1:27.

Championship -- Rogers, ANC, dec. Frank, TFL, 13-8.

Third place -- Held, TOW, dec. Caldwell, PHS, 7-6.

Fifth place -- Trisetan Kemp WPT, maj. dec. Mike Wilkinson, WHL, 12-1.

120: Semifinals -- Kolter Schipman, MAL, pin Darwyn Johnson, FFS, 2:13; Daniel Uli, PHS, maj. dec. Josh Pepos, CAS, 15-1.

Championship -- Uli, PHS, maj. dec. Schipman, MAL, 13-1.

Third place -- Pete Henderson, CHO, pin Connor Schnabel, FTB, 4:45.

Fifth place -- Pepos, CAS, pin Johnson, FFS, 2:19.

126 : Semifinals -- Josiah Vanderwall, PHS, tech fall Ronnie Barnhill, CON, 15-0; Jack Dolan, TOW, dec. Isaac Ramos, VAL, 5-4.

Championship -- Vanderwall, PHS, pin Dolan, TOW, 5:17.

Third place -- Connor Johnson, WHL, dec. Ramos, VAL, 4-2.

Fifth place -- Barnhill, CON, dec. Ethan Mishler, FFS, 8-5.

132:Semifinals -- Quinn Whitmus, WPT, pin Kameron Rauser, TOW, 1:45; Hunter Reum, POP, dec. Kaden Moore, MAL, 4-2.

Championship -- Whitmus, WPT, pin Reum, POP, 2:36.

Third place -- Moore, MAL, pin Rauser, TOW, 2:50.

Fifth place -- Riley Forcella, WHL, pin Nate Goddard, CA, 1:22.

138: Semifinals -- Trey Simanton, MAL, pin Brodey White, SHE, 1:54; Cole Giles, FFS, dec. Brandon Bisch, ANC, 9-3.

Championship -- Simanton, MAL, dec. Giles, FFS, 6-4.

Third place -- Ostwald, TFL, pin Sam White, SHE, 12-4.

Fifth place -- Bisch, ANC, maj. dec. Nathan Gallegos, TOW, 14-5.

145: Semifinals -- Tate Niederegger, CHI, pin Luke Lile, PHS, 3:35; Robbie Coleman, CA, dec. Barrett Hansen, SHE, 8-4.

Championship -- Niederegger, CHI, pin Coleman, CA, 1:54.

Third place -- Lile, PHS, dec. Hansen, SHE, 6-4.

Fifth place -- Braxtyn Armstrong, WHL, pin Jayden Johnson, SHP, 2:48.

152: Semifinals -- Dawson Peterman, FFS, maj. dec. Cody Garrison, TFL, 11-1; James Detienne, PHS, pin David Vinley, CHO, :58.

Championship -- Peterman, FFS, dec. Detienne, PHS, 14-8.

Third place -- Finley, CHO, pin Cody Garrison, TFL, :47.

Fifth place -- Powell, SHP, dec. Trever VandenBos, VAL, 6-1.

160: Semifinals -- Tanner Stone, CHO, pin JR Seewald, CUT, :58; Kane Lawson, PHS, dec. Spencer Dougherty, SHP, 3-1.

Championship -- Stone, CHO, maj. dec. Lawson, PHS, 9-0.

Third place -- Seewald, CUT, pin Derek Neel, TOW, :22.

Fifth place -- Brevlin Thompson, ANC, def. Dougherty, SHP, injury.

170: Semifinals -- Ben Rauscher, CON, maj. dec. Jacob Anderson, FFS, 10-1; Jase Sorenson, TFL, pin Sonny Cochran, SHP, 3:50.

Championship -- Rauscher, CON, dec. Sorenson, TFL, 5-2.

Third place -- Cochran, SHP, dec. Gustav Wenz, SHP, 5-3.

Fifth place -- George Shick, ARL, dec. Anderson, FFS, 8-4.

182: Semifinals -- Gus Bosley, MC, pin Tyson Sutherland, POP, 5:03; Justin Large, TOW, pin Andres Lopez, MAL, 4:57.

Championship -- Bosley, MC, pin Large, TOW, :58.

Third place -- Taylor Johnson, SHP, dec. Brett Monroe, VAL, 6-4.

Fifth place -- Sutherland, POP, pin Lopez, MAL, 2:28.

205: Semifinals -- Hunter Mycke, CON, pin Nick Workman, BOU, :50; Reece Hutton, HAR, maj. dec. Dakota Daley, CHO, 10-2.

Championship -- Mycke, CON, maj. dec. Hutton, HAR, 13-5.

Third place -- Christian Pfeifer, SHP, pin Dustin Stepper, CA, 4:07.

Fifth place -- Workman, BOU, pin Daley, CHO, 2:31.

285

Semifinals -- Justin Pfeifer, CUT, pin Trey Pribbernow, POP, 1:19; Dawson Hoerauf, WHL, pin Glen Ferguson, CAS, 2:14.

Championship -- Pfeifer, CUT, pin Hoerauf, WHL, 2:57.

Third place -- Ferguson, CAS, pin Pribbernow, POP, :34.

Fifth place -- Chris Anderson, MC, def. Alex Cline, CAS, injury.