The Montana State University-Northern wrestling team wasn’t happy with a 29-23 loss to Northwest College last Thursday night in Havre.
So the Lights took out their frustrations on competitors Sunday afternoon in Spokane. MSU-N captured the team title at the Northwest Intercollegiate Tournament Sunday in Spokane, crowning five individual champions and placing 13 grapplers overall.
“We got to see some tough competition from Boise State’s 2’s and 3’s as well as starters from NIC (North Idaho), Highline Community College, UGF 2’s and 3’s, and Simon Fraser. There were plenty of other competitors in the unattached groups that gave us great competition.,” MSU-N head coach Tyson Thivierge said. “This tournament was a building block for this season, and hopefully we take this performance and run wild with it.”
MSU-N's three individual titles came at 133 pounds, 141 and 174. The Lights also shared titles at 184 as Kody Reed and Garrett DeMers didn’t wrestle off for that championship.
Max Payne won the 174-pound title by beating teammate Jared Miller 5-2 in the championship match. At 141 pounds, Hunter Azure went undefeated, including an 18-5 win over Boise State’s Manny Ybarra in the title bout. Chris Williams beat Issac Bernard of Simon Fraser, 6-5 to also win an individual title for the Lights. Red-shirt Jorrell Jones also reached a championship match, losing to V.J. Guilio at 197 pounds. Teammate Toby Cheff also lost to Guilio, but wound up finishing third.
Veterans Ethan Hinebauch and Cameron Neiss each lost just once on Sunday, bringing home third-place finishes as well, while Aaron LaFarge (125) and Trevor Goss (149) both grabbed fourth-place finishes. Freshman Eli Hinebauch also finished fifth at 157 pounds for the Lights.
“We had guys that have been struggling this season and they were able to turn it around this weekend and that was fun to witness,” Thivierge said. “Now they just need to continue to grow, get stronger and build from this experience. We need to find a level of consistency whether it is in a dual meet or tournament. This was a good weekend for that. Now it is time for them to feel good about this performance, go home and see family and come back stronger.”
The Lights will have this week off before competing in the annual Battle of the Rockies Nov. 20 and Dec. 1 in Great Falls. The Lights are back at home to host arch rival UGF Dec. 4. For full results from Sunday’s tournament in Spokane, go to www.havredailynews.com.
SPOKANE OPEN RESULTS 2012
125
Aaron La Farge, 4th Place
WIN 4-0 over Skylar Davis (SFU)
LOSS 4-5 to Brock Banta (NIC)
WIN by fall over Ruben Navejas (HCC)
LOSS 2-7 to Skylar Davis (SFU)
Duell Stadel
LOSS 4-10 to Brock Banta (NIC)
WIN by fall over Dalton Baunsgard (Una)
LOSS 3-8 to Skylar Davis (SFU)
Riley Miller (Elite Division)
LOSS 6-8 to Ruben Navejas (HCC)
LOSS 4-14 to Skylar Davis (SFU)
133
Chris Williams, 1st Place
WIN 12-2 over Nathan Brown (UGF)
WIN 11-4 over Sukhan Chahal (SFU)
WIN 18-3 over Keaton Vallance (NIC)
WIN 6-5 over Isaac Bernard (SFU)
Doug O’Hara
LOSS by fall to Brandon Matlock (NIC)
LOSS 2-11 to Nathan Brown (UGF)
141
Hunter Azure, 1st Place
WIN by fall over Josh Hackney (Una)
WIN 26-8 over Zachary Mahaney (NIC)
WIN 6-1 over Deshar House (HCC)
WIN 18-5 over Manny Ybarra (BSU)
Cameron Neiss, 3rd Place
WIN by fall over Brendon Seppala (SFU)
LOSS 6-12 over John Hedge (HCC)
WIN by fall over K. Hopkins (Una)
WIN 9-2 over Kit Major (NIC)
WIN by fall over Deshar House (HCC)
WIN 15-3 over Max Welsh (HCC)
149
Trevor Goss, 4th Place
WIN by fall over Nate Williams (Una)
WIN 9-1 over Omar Gomez (NIC)
LOSS by fall to Jeremy Golding (NIC)
WIN 24-7 Alec Robbie (BSU)
LOSS 7-9 SV to Tyler Booth (NIC)
Dillon Seely
LOSS by fall to Jeremy Golding (NIC)
LOSS by fall to Charlie Bolton (Una)
157
Micky Cheff
LOSS 2-18 to Nick Moreno (NIC)
**Injury Default out of tournament
Eli Hinebauch, 5th Place
WIN by fall over Daniel Swain (Una)
WIN 3-2 over Connor Pelzel (NIC)
LOSS 6-8 to David Huizar (HCC)
LOSS by fall to Derrick Booth (NIC)
WIN by fall over Shay Christiansen (NIC)
Tommy Cooper
LOSS 2-9 to Nick Schmidt (UGF)
WIN 16-7 over Emmanuel Tejeda (Una)
LOSS 2-13 to Derrick Booth (NIC)
165
Ethan Hinebauch, 3rd Place
LOSS by fall to Kario Wallin (HCC)
WIN by fall over Stephen Harvey (Una)
WIN by fall over Taylor West (BSU)
WIN by inj def over Kario Wallin (HCC)
WIN by fall over William Goforth (UGF)
174
Max Payne, 1st Place
WIN 9-1 over Adam Raemer (Una)
WIN 7-4 over Kyle Sweedman (NIC)
WIN 5-2 over Jared Miller (MSUN)
Jared Miller, 2nd Place
WIN 5-0 over John Dennis (NIC)
WIN by fall over Ben Carter (UGF)
WIN 9-0 over Sam Voigtlaender (UGF)
LOSS 2-5 to Max Payne (MSUN)
184
Kody Reed, Co-1st Place
WIN by fall over Jasmit Singh (SFU)
WIN 6-3 over Lucas Huyber (HCC)
Garrett DeMers, Co-1st Place
WIN by fall over Manvir Sahota (SFU)
WIN by inj def over Caleb Rivera (NIC)
197
Jorrell Jones, 2nd Place
WIN 8-1 over Ryan Yewchin (SFU)
WIN by inj def over Derek Tomasone (Una)
LOSS 0-6 to VJ Giulio (HCC)
Toby Cheff, 3rd Place
WIN by fall over Athony Whitmarsh (HCC)
LOSS by fall to VJ Giulio (HCC)
WIN by fall over Nehemia Salo (Una)
WIN by forfeit over Derek Tomasone (Una)
WIN 16-1 over Justin Korthuis (Una)
285
Travis Williams
LOSS by fall to Kabe Fluaitt (UGF)
WIN by fall over Christian Sartin (Una)
LOSS by fall to Bryan Smith (NIC)
Tucker Erickson
LOSS 6-10 to Bryan Smith (NIC)
LOSS by fall to Harley Fandrich (Una)
