Sugarbeeters in prime position to re-claim B-C state title; Complete Day 1 Results

BILLINGS - The Chinook Sugarbeeters came to the All-Class State wrestling tournament with unfinished business after a second-place finish a season ago. And after a promising start on the opening day of competition Friday inside the Rimrock Auto Arena at the Metra Park in Billings, the Beeters are in a perfect position to do what they couldn't a year ago.

Chinook brought seven wrestlers to state and when all was said and done on the first day, five Beeters were left standing.

Tate Niederegger, who wrestles at 132 pounds for the Beeters, led the way for Chinook after earning his way into the semifinal round, where he will be joined by teammate Kenneth Pruttis at 171 pounds. The other Chinook wrestlers that are still in the hunt to place on Saturday are Derek Bell, Kevin Young and Jake Norby.

Chinook is currently sitting in ninth place among all the B-C teams with a total of 37.5 points but are well ahead of the rest of the Class C competition. The second-place team right now is Cascade, which has 15 points and just one wrestler remaining.

The other bright spot for teams among the Hi-Line came from the Harlem Wildcats as Brenden Johnson of Harlem earned two victories to get himself into the semifinals, keeping his hopes alive for an individual state championship.

The All-Class state tournament will conclude on Saturday inside the Metra.

1, Choteau 88; 2, Eureka 70; 3, Colstrip 69; 4, Forsyth 63; 5, Huntley Project 48.5; 6, Ronan 45.5; 7, Cut Bank 39.5; 8, St. Ignatius-Charlo 38; 9, Chinook 37.5; 10, Shepherd 35; 11, Glasgow 31; 12, Conrad 28; 12, Plains-Hot Springs 28; 14, Townsend 26; 15, Malta-Whitewater 25; 16, Fairfield-Power-Simms 24; 17, Florence 22; 18, Columbus-Absarokee 19; 19, Whitehall 19; 19, Harlem 19; 21, Deer Lodge 18; 21, Thompson Falls 18; 21, Wolf Point 18; 24, Cascade 15; 25, Shelby 14.5; 26, Baker 11; 27, Superior 10.5; 28, Drummond-Philipsburg 10; 29, Belt 9; 30, Arlee 7; 30, Circle 7; 32, Highwood 5; 32, Poplar 5; 32, Broadus 5; 35, Bigfork 4; 35, Fort Benton 4; 35, Lone Peak 4; 38, Chester-Joplin-Invernes 3; 38, Boulder 3; 38, Noxon 3; 41, Big Sandy 0; 41, Valier 0.

First Round

103: Kaleb Frank, THFA, 25-5 won by forfeit over Darwyn Johnson, FPS; Slade Martinez, WOPO, p. Brendan May, CJI, 1:02; Mark Missildine, MALW, won by forfeit over No Opponent; Brock Johnson, WH, p. Spencer Stagg, RONA, 2:35; Parker Snyder, HUPR, p. Noah Brown, FLCA, 1:28; Chase DeBoo, CHOT, p. Daniel Uli, PHS, 3:45; Josh Pepos, CASC, d. Colin Rogers, PCDL, 7-2; Lincoln Stormer , CIRC, p. Kyle Richter, CONR, 1:52.

113: Hunter Peterson, RONA, p. Jimmy Smith, BELT, 3:05; Quinn Whitmus, WOPO, p. Barrett Hansen, SHEL, 1:18; Lane Bradley, COLS, p. Gavin Horn , HARL, 1:29; Trevor Moore, CHOT, p. Jethro Thorne, FLCA, 1:29; Nathan Weber, FORS, p. Colton Liddle , CHIN, 0:47; Seth Cheff, RONA, won by forfeit over Devon Rowe, WH; Kahden Bakkila, LCE, p. Nate Goddard, COAB, 0:19; Trey Simanton, MALW, p. Donte Wohlfeil, HUPR, 1:55.

120: Zach Durden, LCE, p. Tavish Hawley , JEBO, 3:30; Angel Boyd, POPL, d. Brodey White, SHEL, 8-1; Kasey Seyfert, GLAS, p. Keaton Anderson, CUTB, 1:38; Austin McArthur, BRTO, p. Alex Waite, PCDL, 1:25; Clayton Currier, COLS, p. Tanner VandenBos, VALI, 0:58; Cole Giles, FPS, d. Cody Garrison, THFA, 9-2; Jonathan Schmidt, LCE, p. Dave DiAngelis, CASC, 2:41; Kaden Moore, MALW, p. Peyton Negathon, COLS, 4:01.

126: Garrett White, LCE, p. Jacob Travis, JEBO, 1:17; Micheal Wark, SHEP, p. Zach Lopez, SHEL, 3:41; Mick Reyling, GLAS, p. James Estey, CUTB, 0:40; Eli Walston, COAB, p. Bryce Henning, PHS, 1:20; Keegan Kary, BA, p. Challence Jackson, HARL, 0:23; Wesley Gilroy, THFA, m.d. Colton Hillyard, FPS, 16-2; Cole Snyder, RONA, p. Jack Dolan, BRTO, 1:04; Cory Kistler, HUPR, p. Isaac Ramos, VALI, 4:42.

132: Garrett White, LCE, p. Jacob Travis, JEBO, 1:17; Micheal Wark, SHEP, p. Zach Lopez, SHEL, 3:41; Mick Reyling, GLAS, p. James Estey, CUTB, 0:40; Eli Walston, COAB, p. Bryce Henning, PHS, 1:20; Keegan Kary, BA, p. Challence Jackson, HARL, 0:23; Wesley Gilroy, THFA, m.d. Colton Hillyard, FPS, 16-2; Cole Snyder, RONA, p. Jack Dolan , BRTO, 1:04; Cory Kistler, HUPR, p. Isaac Ramos, VALI, 4:42;

138: Torren Lawson, FLCA, p. Zach Ward, PRC, 0:36; Dawson Peterman, FPS, p. Wacey Running Crane, VALI, 2:55; T`Jay Allen , HARL, p. Jesse Entz, FPS, 3:18; Matt Weber, FORS, p. James Dunn, LCE, 2:19; JJ Werdal, CHOT, p. Keenan Schipman, MALW, 0:55; Dalton Herbst, BA, d. Jake Lile, PHS, 3-2; Cody King, GLAS, d. Jase Sorenson, THFA, 6-1; Randon Anderson, CUTB, p. Michael Ayers, HIGH, 1:17.

145: Russell Kujala, PHS, p. Tyler Behles, COLS, 0:29; Tyler Richter, CONR, d. Landon Taylor, FOBE, 8-1; Jake Norby, CHIN, d. Jacob Anderson, FPS, 8-1; Colt McDaniel, FORS, m.d. Josh Schmidt, LCE, 9-1; Taner Stone, CHOT, p. Josh Solf, BSY, 1:00; Jared Neiss, RONA, p. Jake Hentges, GLAS, 1:10; Tony Bergerson , DGP, 36-11 p. Dixon Walker, HUPR, 4:15; Jace Berkram, CUTB, p. Darin Waldner, FPS, 5:21.

152: Trent Dennison, SIC, d. Isaiah Wohlfeil, HUPR, 11-4; Blaine Berg, CONR, p. Lawrence Gannon, FPS, 2:35; Reid VandenBos, CUTB, p. Alex Stuczynski, BRTO, 3:04; Travis Tatkenhorst, SHEP, p. Garrett Graves, LCE, 3:37; John Pepos, CASC, p. Sam Deffinbaugh, CJI, 3:08; Bridger Lapierre , SUPE, p. Hunter Walker, COLS, 1:23; Hunter Blackwell, FORS, p. Colton Bray, THFA, 4:32; Ben Rauscher, CONR, p. Billy Raville, COAB, 3:39.

160: Spencer Dougherty, SHEP, p. Kyle Milner, THFA, 2:37; PJ Ayers, HIGH, p. Derek Bell, CHIN, 5:32; Kyle Synder, FPS, d. Tyler Schultz, CONR, 6-5; Luke Weber, FORS, p. Colby Hammack, LCE, 3:17; Trey Stone, CHOT, m.d. Evan Finstad, CUTB, 12-0; Luke Crowe, NOXO, d. Tony Kaiser, GLAS, 10-7; James Herring , SHEP, d. Sean Cooney, DGP, 8-7; Brenden Johnson, HARL, p. Jacob Wagner, FPS, 3:22.

170: Alex Bertollt, ARLE, p. Jacob Schuster, BSY, 1:39; Austin Blaede, COLS, p. James Slaughter, FPS, 1:53; Kai Dole, HUPR, d. Joey Clark, CHOT, 10-3; Ken Pruttis, CHIN, p. Graydon Irish, RONA, 3:57; Evander Wilbur, BRTO, p. Andrew Craft, BA, 2:56; Jesse Dannels, CHIN, m.d. Sheldon Danforth, PCDL, 10-2; Jace Pancake, FLCA, p. Javan Carroll, CONR, 1:18; Thayne Hage, COLS, p. Sawyer Evans, CASC, 1:28.

182: Steven Bravo, SIC, p. Brett Henke, CJI, 1:12; Justin Mayse, LPBS, p. Steven Gabel, FORS, 0:54; Wyatt Anzalone, COLS, won by forfeit over Roman Lorance, CASC; Hunter Mycke, CONR, p. Kail Cheff, RONA, 0:37; Steeler French, CHOT, p. Tanner Roness, GLAS, 3:36; Chase Murray, MALW, p. Alan Chojnacky, NOXO, 3:04; Joe Fehr, LCE, p. Alec Breding, CONR, 0:34; Will Griffel, COAB, d. Blake Jessen, HUPR, 4-2.

205: Vinny Quirk, BIGF, p. Jaiden Little Dog, CUTB, 0:45;Dillon Hoerauf, WH, m.d. Merlin Whitedirt, COLS, 11-3;Travis Field, CHOT, d. Ben Grass, SHEP, 5-4;Streeter Stirling, SHEL, p. Shane Morigeau, SIC, 1:21;Eli Hohn, BRTO, p. David Knerr, WOPO, 3:45;Kevin Young, CHIN, p. Sam Johnson, LCE, 0:18;Antonio Lopez, MALW, p. Luiz Gonzalez, RONA, 2:20; Kian Brown, HUPR, p. Walter Snyder, CHOT, 1:39.

285: Ethan Goss-Dickie, SIC, p. Reece Hutton, HARL, 2:54; Tanner Miller, HUPR, p. Joe Pickard, CASC, 0:56; Lucas Dekker, SHEP, d. Tyler Norstedt, BELT, 4-0; Justin Pfeifer, CUTB, p. Chris Anderson, SIC, 0:56; Denver Krone, CHOT, p. Dylan Bell, FORS, 4:47; Denton Cornell, HARL, p. Gray Cook, RONA, 3:00; Michael Irvine, RONA, p. Ron Kinyon, SHEL, 1:54; Jake Sessions, COLS, p. Kalvin Rohrer, FPS, 1:46.

Quarterfinals

103: Martinez, WOPO d. Frank, THFA 8-2; Johnson, WH p. Missidine, MALW 1:24; DeBoo, CHOT p. Snyder, HUPR 3:44; Pepos, CASC d. Stormer, CIRC 7-2.

113: Peterson, RONA d. Whitmus, WOPO 8-4; Moore, CHOT md Bradley 9-1; Weber, FORS p. Cheff, RONA :54; Bakkila, LCE p. Simanton, MALW 1:10.

120: Durden, LCE p. Boyd, POPL 1:08; Seyfert, GLAS p. McArthur, BRTO 2:34; Currier, COLS p. Giles, FPS :50; Schmidt, LCE . Moore, MALW 3:50.

126: White, LCE p. Wark, SHEP 1:16; Walston, COAB d. Reyling, GLAS 7-0; Kary, BA d. Gilroy THA 7-6; Snyder, RONA tf Kistler, HUPR 23-8.

132: Mullisn, SIC p. Coleman, COAB 3:34; Torgerson, COLS, tf DeBruycker 15-0; Rogrs, PCDL p. Giles, FPS 1:39; Niederegger, CHIN d. Harms, FORS 7-4.

138: Lawson, FLCA md Peterman, FPS 16-7; Weber, FORS p. Allen, HARL :33; Werdal, CHOT md Herbst BA, 11-2; King, GLAS md Anderson, CUTB 16-4.

145: Kujala, PHS p. Richter, CONR 1:46; McDaniel, FORS p. Norby, CHIN 2:58; Stone, CHOT d. Neiss, RONA 5-3; Berkram, CUTB; d. Bergerson, DGP 3-2.

152: Dennison, SIC p. Berg, CONR 2:56; VandenBos, CUTB p. Tatkenhorst, SHEP 1:35; Lapierre, SUPE tf Pepos, CASC 17-2; Rauscher, CONR md Blackwell, FORS 12-3.

160: Dougherty, SHEP d. Ayers, HIGH 13-10; Weber, FORS p. Snyder, FBS 1:13; Stone, CHOT p. Crowe, NOXO 3:32; Johnson, HARL p. Herring, SHEP 3:55.

170: Blaede, COLS d. Bertollt, ARLE 11-6; Pruttis, CHIN d. Dole, HUPR 9-4; Wilbur, BRTO p. Daniels, CHIN 1:42; Hage, COLS md Pancake, 15-1.

182: Bravo, SIC p. Mayse, LPBS 1:59; Mycke, CONR p. Anzalone, COLS 4:05; French, CHOT p. Murray, MALW :26; Fehr, LCE p. Griffel, COAB 2:15.

205: Hoerfauf, WH d. Quirk, BIGF 6-4 OT; Stirling, SHEL d. Field, CHOT 5-1; Hohn, BRTO d. Young, CHIN 5-2; Brown, HUPR p. Lopez, MALW :35.

285: Miller, HUPR d. Goss-Dicki SIC 6-4; Pfeiffer, CUTB d. Dekker, SHEP 5-0; Krone, CHOT p. Cornell, HARL 3:39; Sessions, COLS d. Irvine, RONA 7-2.

Consolation Rounds

103: May, CJI won by forfeit; Stagg, RONA won by forfeit; Uli, PHS d. Brown, FLCA 6-4; Rogers, PCDL p. Richter, CONR 3:17.

113: Smith, BELT p. Hansen, SHEL 3:58; Thome, FLCA p. Horn, HARL 2:20; Liddle, CHIN won by forfeit; Wohlfeil, HUPR p. Goddard, COAB 4:37.

120: White, SHEL p. Hawley, JEBO 5:40; Anderson, CUTB tf Waite, PCDL 17-2; Garrison, THFA p. VandenBos, VALI 1:46; DiAngelis, CASC d. Negathon, COLS 8-5.

126: Travis, JEBO p. Lopez, SHEL :40; Henning, PHS p. Estey, CUTB :59; Hillyard, FPS p. Jackson, HARL :29; Dolan, BRTO d. Ramos, VALI 5-4.

132: Connard, HUPR md Mears, MALW 8-0; Henning, PHS p. Monroe, VALI 1:48; Spence, SHEP p. Dailey, CONR 1:37; Klakken, FLCA p. Amundsen, BRTO 4:00.

138: Ward, PRC md. Running, VALI 9-1; Dunn, LCE p. Entz, FPS 2:06; Lile, PHS p. Schipman, MALW 1:53; Sorenson, THFA p. Ayers, HIGH 2:44.

145: Behles, COLS p. Taylor, FOBE 2:27; Schmidt, FCE p. Anderson, FPS 3:48; Hentges, GLAS p. Solf, BSY 3:20; Walker, HUPR tf Waldner, FPS 16-1.

152: Gannon, FPS d. Wohlfeil, HUPR 2-0; Graves, LCE md Stuczynski, BRTO 9-1; Walker, COLS p. Deffinbaug, CJI 1:47; Raville, COAB d. Bray, THFA 7-5.

160: Bell, CHIN d. Milner, THFA 10-4; Hammack, LCE p. Crowe, NOXO 4:05; Finstad, CUTB p. Kaiser, GLAS 4:55; Cooney, DGP p. Wagner, FPS 4:16.

170: Slaughter, FPS p. Schuster, BSY 2:16; Clark, CHOT p. Irish, RONA 1:20; Danforth, PCDL p. Craft, BA 1:33; Carroll, CONR d. Evans, CASC 12-9.

182: Gabel, FORS p. Henke, CJI 1:50; Cheff, RONA won by forfeit; Roness, GLAS d. Chojnacky, NOXO 5-0; Jessen, HUPR p. Breding, CONR 2:41.

205: Whitedirt, COLS p. Little Dog, CUTB 4:01; Grass, SHEP p. Morigeau, SIC :59; Knerr, WOPO p. Johnson, LCE 2:14; Snyder, CHO p. Gonzalez, RONA 4:58.

Hwt: Pickard, CASC p. Hutton, HARL 3:29; Norstedt, BELT p. Anderson, SIC :25; Bell, FORS p. Cook, RONA :55; Rohrer, FPS p. Kinyon, SHEL 2:39.

103: Stormer, CIRC p. May, CJI 1:32; Snyder, HUPR d. Stagg, RONA 5-1; Uli, PHS p. Missildine, MALW 2:26; Frank, THFA md Rogers, PCDL 12-0.

113: Simanton, MALW p. Smith, BELT 2:15; Cheff, RONA p. Thome, FLCA 1:52; Bradley, COLS p. Liddle, CHIN :52; Whitmus, WOPO md Wohlfeil, HUPR 13-5.

120: White, SHEL tf Moore, MALW 19-2; Giles, FPS d. Anderson, CUTB 17-2; McArthur, BRTO d. Garrison, THFA 4-3; Boyd, POPL p. DiAngelis, CASC 4:13.

126: Kistlers, HUPR p. Travis, JEBO 3:50; Gilroy, THFA p. Henning, PHS 1:59; Reyling, GLAS p. Hillyard, FPS 2:51; Wark, SHEP p. Dolan, BRTO 1:11.

132: Harms, FORS p. Connard, HUPR 4:17; Henning, PHS d. Giles, FPS 8-2; Spence, SHEP d. DeBruycker, FOBE 15-8; Coleman, COAB d. Klakken, FLCA 7-5.

138: Ward, PRC p. Anderson, CUTB 2:40; Dunn, LCE d. Herbst, BA 5-1; Lile, PHS p. Allen, HARL 3:56; Peterman, FPS d. Sorenson, THFA 4-3.

145: Bergerson, DGP p. Behles, COLS 3:36; Neiss, RONA md Schmidt, LCE 9-1; Norby, CHIN p. Hentges, GLAS 2:56; Walker, HUPR p. Richter, CONR 3:55.

152: Blackwell, FORS p. Gannon, FPS 1:58; Graves, LCE p. Pepos, CASC 4:15; Tatkenhorst, SHEP d. Walker, COLS 3-0; Raville, COAB d. Berg, CONR 10-5.

160: Belt, CHIN d. Herring, SHEP 4-2; Crowe, NOXO d. Hammack, LCE 7-1; Finstad, CUTB d. Snyder, FPS 9-4; Ayers, HIGH d. Cooney, DGP 9-2.

170: Pancake, FLCA md Slaughter, FPS 15-4; Clark, CHOT p. Dannels, CHIN 1:52; Danforth, PCDL d. Dole, HUPR, injury default; Bertollt, p. Carroll, CONR 1:31.

182: Griffel, COAB p. Gabel, FORS 1:58; Murray, MALW d. Cheff, RONA 8-3; Roness, GLAS d. Anzalone, COLS 5-3; Jessen, HUPR d. Mayse, LPBS 8-1.

205: Lopez, MALW d. Whitedirt, COLS 6-0; Young, CHIN p. Grass, SHEP 1:21; Field, CHOT p. Knerr, WOPO 4:44; Snyder, CHOT p. Quirk, BIGF 4:58.

Hwt: Irvine, RONA p. Pickard, CASC 2:31; Norstedt, BELT p. Cornell, HARL 1:13; Dekker, SHEP p. Bell, FORS 2:58; Goss-Dicki, SIC p. Rohrer, FPS 1:12.