Libby Greenchain secures spot at state

Libby Greenchain will advance to the final round — state championship in Billings, Mont., on Feb. 10, 11.

The Greenchain struggled toward the end of this season, yet they pulled it off last week.

The divisional tournament took place in Columbia Falls on Saturday and Greenchain muscle secured a spot at state in second place.

The five teams consisted of the Polson Pirates, Libby Greenchain, Columbia Falls Matcats, Frenchtown Broncs and the Whitefish Bulldogs.

The Greenchain had five champions at Columbia Falls: Zach Crace, 119-pound class; Mitch Haugen, 130-pound class; Kyle Leir, 145-pound class; Dylan Berget, 160-pound class, and Gunnar Moe, 189-pound class.

Polson placed first with 200 points, Libby placed second with 187 points, Frenchtown missed the second place position by 2.5 points with a total of 185.5, Columbia Falls placed third with 182 points and Whitefish placed fifth with a mere 33 points.

Championship Finals

98: Shonn Roberts, CF, def. Tyler Ishler, F, 12-6. 105: Taylor Martin, P, p. Dylan Roby, L, :43. 112: Glenn Hensley, F, p. Carlos Quinones, P, 5:36. 119: Zach Crace, L, p. Dylan Moll, P, 3:57. 125: Craig Feistner, P, p. Cody Lemmons, F, 2:24. 130: Mitch Haugen, L, tech. fall Drew Fouty, P, 18-2. 135: Cody Ishler, F, dec. Adam Richardson, CF, 5-1. 140: Alex Nystrom, P, p. Garret Chapel, 1:30. 145: Kyle Leir, L, dec. Kohl Thompson, CF, 6-2. 152: Mike Devlin, P, dec. Joshua Bowers, L, 6-0. 160: Dylan Berget, L, dec. Jacob Burgess, CF, 12-5. 171: Josh Folsom, CF, dec. David Anderson, F, 5:29. 189: Gunnar Moe, L, dec. Marcus Ross, CF, 3-2. 215: Jacob Babcock, CF, def. Jordan Zuraff, FT, 8-4. 285: Josiah Clairmont, P, p. Wolf Zinke, WF, :35.

Consolation Finals

98: Alex Helgeson, P, dec. Caleb Bagness, F, 6-3. 105: Preston Downard, F, maj. dec. Ryan Stenerson, F, 11-1. 112: Lucas Polk, P, p. Matt Barton, W, :39. 119: Carson Wabaunsee, F, p. Trysten Armstrong, W, :28. 125: Cody Hader, CF, maj. dec. Aaron Seefeldt, L, 14-5. 130: Josiah Osborne, p. Roy Schutter, F, :46. 135: Skylar Anderson, P, dec. Zayne Brunz, CF, 7-5, OT. 140: Bryan Shaffer, CF, def. Chase Ramberg, CF, 6-3. 145: Travis Provicne, CF, dec. Tel Motichka, P, 8-7. 152: Seth Hagan, F, tech fall Jared Young, P, 20-3. 160: Sam Gordan, F, won by injury default. 171: Robin Kyes, L, dec. Austin Bailey, L, 3-2. 189: Marlin Burke, P, p. Rand Pritzkau, F, 5-4. 215: Zach Dolezal, L, p. Aaron Vick, W, 1:59. 285: Nathan Bennett, F, def. Wayde Motichka, CF, 3-1, OT.

Fifth/Sixth Place

105: Garrett Rice, W, p. Jordan Hughes, CF, :31. 130: Steven Walk, P, def Judah Prestegaard, W. 140: Drew Carruth, P def. Kody Wilson, F. 145: Ricky Roach, L, def. Tucker Truett, F. 152: Aundre Condit, L, def. Brendan Moseman, CF. 189: Jacob Forrest, W, received a bye. 215: Spencer Ross, CF, def. Keleb Auld, P.