HHS grapplers gain experience at Holiday Classic

For the second straight weekend, the Havre High wrestling team took on some of the state's top talent. And as this year's young team continues to grow, the Central A Blue Ponies were able to find more success.

Friday and Saturday the Ponies were in Great Falls for the annual CMR Holiday Classic wrestling tournament. And after finishing as the No. 4 team a year ago, the Ponies came in and finished as the No. 7 team this season, earning 132 points. Great Falls High took the No. 1 spot for the second straight season, finishing with 219.5 points. Billings Skyview was second with 177.5 and Glacier was third with 171 points.

It is always good for the Ponies making the trip to the annual tournament, but the results weren't all positive for HHS this time around. They faced some top talent and got better for it, but the HHS grapplers are still waiting for some individuals to step up.

"If we are going to get better," Havre High head coach Scott Filius said. "We have to face the best talent. This is as good as tournament that we will see in the state of Montana, so we needed to see this. In order to get better you have to find the areas that need work and we found some of those areas.

"We took some steps forward in some areas," Filius said. "But we also took some steps back in other areas. We have to buckle up and get a little tougher I guess. But it's probably a little bit of both (youth and still early in the season), but at the same time, you can wait around for guys to buck up and get tough, or they can do it now. I guess I would assume to have them do it right now."

Grayson Brenna (98) and Dylan Stewart (105) continued to improve as two Blue Pony freshman. They have been thrown into the state's best wrestling pool the last two weekends, and have shown a lot of promise. This weekend was the same, as both Brenna and Stewart found ways to compete against some very tough opponents.

On Friday, in the second round, Brenna earned a win by fall in just 20 seconds. And in the quarterfinals Brenna earned an 8-6 decision over Clay Stillwagon of Butte Central. In Saturday's semifinals, Jarren Komac of Great Falls, 13-2, defeated Brenna. And in the third/fourth place round, Colt McDaniel of Forsyth defeated Brenna 5-2.

Stewart grabbed a win by fall (:57) over Caleb Shigley of Great Falls in the second round on Friday, but fell in the quarterfinals. Stewart lost to Billings Senior's Tayte Wagner 7-2. Stewart ran into another tough match in the fourth round on Saturday, falling to Jace Holman of Billings Skyview in 1:40.

"Those two have done a very nice job in the lower weights," Filius said. "And they did that again this weekend."

And the veteran wrestlers, they were led once again by Eli Hinebauch at 152 pounds.

Hinebauch won by fall (:56) in the first round, second round (3:40), and quarterfinals (2:42). Hinebauch also earned a 7-6 decision over Dallen Brauer (Forsyth) in the semifinals, and a 3-2 decision over Sam Shelton (Billings Skyview) in the finals. Brauer is one of the top 152 pounders in the state, a big win for Hinebauch in the semis.

"That was fun to watch," Filius said. "He had some close matches, but he just sticks with it and gets after it."

Also for the Ponies, Casey Schaub (189) wound up finishing third, while Dillon Seely finished fifth and Kameron Pribyl (160) finished sixth as well.

Dustin Seely (119) went 2-2, Thomas Gruber (125) went 2-2, Gunnar Aageson (130) went 1-2, Dillon Seely (135) went 4-1, Kyle Gooch (140) went 0-2, Jordan Schroeder (145) went 0-2, Grant Pattison (160) went 0-2, Casey Schaub (171) went 4-1, Dustin Odegard (215) went 1-2 and Kolton Lodge (285) went 1-2.

Schaub had another great outing, but was disappointed in his third-place finish. He cruised into the semifinals, but when he got there, he was defeated by Daryl Fulton of Forsyth, 7-4. After the loss he battled back with a 2-1 decision over Jake Leinwand of Billings West in the third-fourth place match.

Overall, the Ponies found a lot more areas to work on. They found some success, but like coach Filius said, they also suffered some set backs in areas. The Ponies will look to do some patchwork in time for their short turnaround dual with Lewistown on Tuesday at the Havre High gymnasium at 6 p.m.

CMR Holiday Classic

Team Scores

1. Great Falls High 219.5; 2. Billings Skyview 177.5; 3. Glacier 171; 4. Forsyth 165.5; 5. Laurel 154; 6. Billings Senior 143; 7. Havre 132; 8. Helena 130; 9. Bozeman 107; 10. Belgrade 106; 11. Choteau 90; 12. Dillon 88.5; 13. Butte 86.5; 14. Glasgow 82; 15. Fergus 78; 16. Billings West 77.5; 17. Chinook 73; 18. Great Falls High JV 68; 19. CMR 67; 20. Conrad 57; 20. (tie) Harlem 57; 22. Fort Benton 55; 23. Missoula Hellgate 54.5; 24. Townsend 51.5; 25. Frenchtown 49.5; 25. (tie) Ronan 49.5; 27. Cascade 48; 28. Cut Bank 47; 29. Missoula Big Sky 46; 30. Helena Capital 37; 31. Drummond/Granite 29.5; 32. Anaconda 27; 33. Butte Central 22; 34. Chester-Joplin-Inverness 19; 35. Shelby 18; 36. CMR JV 17; 37. Browning 16; 38. Poplar 14; 39. Big Sandy 13; 39. (tie) Great Falls 3 13; 41. Heart Butte 4; 41. (tie) Park 4; 43. Belt 3

Championship Matches

98—Matt Schmidt, Billings Senior M-Dec Jarren Komac, Great Falls High, 14-2

105—Landon Bailey, Helena dec. Tayte Wegner, Billings Senior High, 3-2

112—Cree Minkoff, Billings Senior pinned Zak Harney, Butte High, 3:48

119—Luke Schlosser, Conrad dec. Gabe Schroeck, Helena High, 4-3

125—Jerime Granot, Fergus dec. Austin Shupe, Great Falls High, 5-2

130—Clay Cathey, Billings Skyview M-Dec Taylor French, Forsyth High, 11-3

135—Josh Morin, Great Falls dec. Kolter Kukes, Laurel High, 8-4

140—Luke Zeiger, Glasgow dec. Cole Mendenhall, Great Falls High, 7-6

145—Jim Malone, Fergus dec. Cooper Sipe, Glacier High, 9-2

152—Eli Hinebauch, Havre dec. Sam Shelton, Billings Skyview High, 3-2

160—Barrett Stanghill, Drummond/Granite dec. Shane St. Onge, Glacier High, 8-4

171—Ryan Gosselin, Laurel M-Dec Jake French, Choteau High, 9-0

189—Benjamin Stroh, Chinook pinned Daryl Fulton, Forsyth High, 3:24

215—Jorrell Jones, Chinook dec. Darby Maier, Missoula Big Sky High, 6-0

HWT—Tucker Erickson, Helena by def. Mack Sutherland, Glacier High School.

Third/Fourth Place Matches

98—Colt McDaniel, Forsyth dec. Grayson Brenna, Havre High, 5-2;

105—Casey Dobson, Great Falls dec. Shay Snider, Harlem High, 6-4 OT;

112—Kylan Berkram, Cut Bank dec. Teague Jones, Harlem High, 4-3 OT;

119—Daniel Temme, Billings West dec. Karson Kukes, Laurel High, 4-3;

125—Bryce Weatherston, Belgrade pinned Koby Reyes, Billings West High, 4:38;

130—Markus Kolp, Bozeman pinned Kaleb Mitchell, Glacier High, 2:54;

135—Chris Nile, Forsyth dec. Ty Johnston, Bozeman High, 6-3;

140—Shawn Tezak, Dillon dec. Tom Challeen, Butte High, 4-1;

145—Shay Christiansen, Townsend dec. Keaton Sterling, Belgrade High, 5-0;

152—Dallen Brauer, Forsyth dec. Tommy Cooper, Laurel High, 4-1;

160—Jon Hagstrom, Billings Senior dec. Dilan Starkel, Dillon High, 10-6;

171—Trey Dillon, Billings Skyview dec. Luke Paine, Billings Senior High, 3-2;

189—Casey Schaub, Havre dec. Jake Leinwand, Billings West High, 2-1;

215—Austin Boucher, Laurel pinned Andreas Gearnios, Great Falls High, 1:26;

HWT—Cody Stone-Murphy, Laurel dec. Lane Urick, Great Falls High, 9-2

Fifth/Sixth Place Matches

98—Demetri Koures, Missoula Hellgate pinned Tyler Ishler, Frenchtown High, 2:16;

105—Bryan Armstrong, Butte pinned Vito Degidio, Bozeman High, 2:24;

112—Johnny LaFountain, Billings Skyview dec. Josh Smart, Great Falls High, 6-2; 119—Logan Harms, Forsyth dec. Logan Schwope, Townsend High, 3-2;

125—Alex Markle, Helena Capital dec. Kessler Leonard, Great Falls J.V., 9-2;

130—Andrew Teigan, Ronan pinned Quinn Trindle, Fort Benton High, 2:42;

135—Dillon Seely, Havre dec. Jeremy Quitero, Belgrade High, 5-4;

140—Ethan Sterling, Belgrade dec. Eric Gordon, Billings Skyview High, 9-4;

145—Jarod Dickson, C.M. Russell by def. Brandon Weber, Forsyth High School;

152—Colter Devers, Belgrade dec. Ryan Bergtoll, Glasgow High, 4-3;

160—Kameron Pribyl, Havre by def. Matt Dillon, Billings Skyview High School;

171—Tyler Weaver, Great Falls by def. Riley Pisk, Glacier High School;

189—Lane Armstrong, Glacier pinned Austin Reichelt, Fort Benton High, 1:13;

215—Owen DeBruycker, Choteau pinned Thomas Walsh, Billings Skyview High, :42;

HWT—Jacob Moderie, Missoula Hellgate pinned Cody Nelson, Shelby High, 1:40

Havre Individuals

98 — Grayson Brenna (4th)

2nd round – pinned Randon Anderson, Cut Bank :20; quarterfinals – dec. Clay Stillwagon, Butte Central 8-6; lost maj. dec., 13-2 Jarren Komac, Great Falls High; third/fourth place – lost dec. 5-2 Colt McDaniel, Forsyth.

105 — Dylan Stewart

2nd round – pinned Caleb Shigley, Great Falls High 3:57; quarterfinals – lost dec. 7-2, Tayte Wegner, Billings Senior; consolation 4th round – pinned by Jace Holman, Billings Skyview 1:40.

119 — Dustin Seely

1st round – lost tech fall, 15-0 Gabe Schroeck, Helena; consolation 2nd round – maj. dec. Angelo Flores, Chinook 12-2; consolation 3rd round – dec. Brenden Jensen, 6-3; consolation 4th round – pinned by Daniel Temme, Billings West, 4:50.

125 — Thomas Gruber

1st round – pinned Tyler Mogan, Laurel, 1:46; 2nd round – lost maj. dec. Brock Miller, Billings Skyview, 11-2; consolation 2nd round – pinned Will Held, Townsend, 3:31; consolation 3rd round – lost dec. Cody Lemons, Frenchtown, 9-7.

130 — Gunnar Aageson

1st round – pinned Michael Kraft, Cut Bank, 2:38; lost tech. fall Tanner Johnson, Belgrade, 15-0; consolation 2nd round – pinned by Cooper Ryan, Helena, :50.

135 — Dillon Seely (5th)

2nd round – pinned Colt Harris, Conrad, 3:20; quarterfinals – lost maj. dec. Ty Johnston, Bozeman, 15-1; consolation 4th round – defeated Brady Baxter, Billings West; pinned Keighton Svejkovsky, Butte Central, :38; fifth/sixth place – dec. Jeremy Quitero, Belgrade 5-4.

140 — Kyle Gooch

1st round – pinned by Austin Cannon, Laurel, :58; consolation 2nd round – pinned by Dakota Kimborough, Townsend, :21.

145 — Jordan Schroeder

2nd round – pinned by Shay Christiansen, Townsend, 2:55; consolation 2nd round – lost dec. Jake Lenegar, Dillon, 5-0.

152 — Eli Hinebauch (1st)

1st round – pinned Gerrit Bruhaug, Billings Senior, :56; 2nd round – pinned Shelby Grant, Ronan, 3:40; quarterfinals – pinned Ryan Bergtoll, Glasgow, 2:42; semifinals – dec. Dallen Brauer, Forsyth, 7-6; championships - ; dec. Sam Shelton, Billings Skyview, 3-2.

160 — Kameron Pribyl (5th)

2nd round – pinned Keevan Pickle, Belgrade, 5:25; quarterfinals – maj. dec. Cole Gebhardt, Bozeman, 15-6; pinned by Shane St. Onge, Glacier, 3:57; fifth/sixth place – defeated matt Dillon, Billings Skyview.

171 — Grant Pattison

1st round – lost maj. dec. Austin Burshia, Poplar, 10-1; consolation 1st round – lost dec. Quentin Denton, Ronan, 4-2.

189 — Casey Schaub (3rd)

1st round – pinned J.W. Windsor, Laurel, :42; 2nd round – pinned Austin Reichelt, Fort Benton, 2:50; quarterfinals – pinned Colby Roberts, Ronan, 2:47; semifinals – lost dec. Daryl Fulton, Forsyth, 7-4; third/fourth place – dec. Jake Leinwand, Billings West, 2-1.

215 — Dustin Odegard

1st round – pinned by Jorell Jones, Chinook, :58; consolation 2nd round – pinned Ryan Wozniak, Missoula Hellgate, 2:23; consolation 3rd round – lost dec. Colter Darlington, Big Sandy, 10-8.

HWT — Kolton Lodge

1st round – pinned by Tucker Erickson, Helena, 3:44; consolation 2nd round – pinned Connor Cappis, CMR, 2:38; lost dec. Dakota Rutherford, Browning, 4-2.