Class A State Wrestling: HHS marches three into finals; trails by 20 points

Saturday morning saw the HHS wrestling team win three of six semifinal matches, but the Ponies are 20 points behind Laurel, which surged to the lead. The Locomotives are in first with 170 points, Belgrade is second with 154.5 and Havre has 150. Wrestling for state championships later today for the Ponies will be Duell Stadel at 119 pounds, Eli Hinebauch at 145 pounds and Casey Schaub at 171 pounds. Gilbert Bara (112), Dillon Seely (130) and Kameron Pribyl (152) all lost in this morning's semis. The Ponies also went 3-for-5 in the consolation round this morning, meaning Havre will place nine wrestlers overall at this year's state tournament.

Semifinals

112 - Gilbert Bara lost 10-5; 119 - Duell Stadel won maj. dec. 11-3; 130 - Dillon Seely lost by fall; 145 - Eli Hinebauch won by fall; 152 - Kameron Pribyl lost 2-1' 171 - Casey Schaub won 11-5 dec.

3rd round consolation

130 - Zack Smith won 3-2; 160 - Grant Pattison lost 11-0; 189 - Jared Ruttkofsky won by fall; 215 - Josh Salapich lost by fall; HWT - Tyler Adams won by fall.

Place

Team Score 1.

Laurel 170.00 2.

Belgrade 154.50 3.

Havre 150.00 4.

Corvallis 133.00 5.

Dawson Co. (Glendive) / Terry 132.00 6.

Frenchtown / Alberton 111.00 7.

Custer Co. (Miles City) 91.00

(tie) Polson 91.00 9.

Sidney 88.50 10.

Ronan 82.50 11.

Fergus (Lewistown) 68.00 12.

Hardin 59.50 13.

Beaverhead Co. (Dillon) 59.00 14.

Libby / Troy 46.00 15.

Columbia Falls 44.00 16.

Anaconda 30.00 17.

Billings Central 29.00

(tie) Hamilton 29.00 19.

Park (Livingston) 14.00 20.

Whitefish 6.00 21.

Butte Central 3.00 22.

Browning 1.00