One down, one to go: Blue Ponies crush the Eastern A

The Havre High wrestling team dominated the first installment of the Eastern A wrestling meet one year ago, and Saturday in Glendive, the Blue Ponies put together an impressive repeat performance.

Havre won the tournament going away, with 294 points, compared to 166 for second-place Hardin and 162 for third-place Glendive. The Ponies crowned five individual champions and qualified 15 wrestlers for the Class A state meet which starts Friday in Billings.

Both Parker Filius (145) and Jase Stokes (205) won their fourth-consecutive divisional titles at the tournament and are now set up as top...