Greenchain log plenty of mat time in Mission Valley
The Libby varsity wrestling team had a full weekend of wrestling in Ronan with the Western Montana Duals and Invitational.
The Greenchain placed fourth in the dual tournament on Friday.
Ronan beat Libby in the third place dual, 43-24. Frenchtown was first after beating Columbia Falls, 36-31.
In the third-place match, the Greenchain had four winners.
James Warner pinned Brady Hout in 1:51 at 170 pounds. Matthew Niemi pinned Cole Dalke in 2:50 at 182 pounds. Jace DeShazer pinned Lomar Wandering Medicine in 19 seconds at 205 while Tyler Smith won by forfeit at 285.
In Saturday’s invitational, the Greenchain placed fourth with 157 points. They had a champ with DeShazer claiming first at 205 while Warner placed second at 170.
Riley Orsborn was third at 103 pounds, Zekiah Meyers was fourth at 138, Joey Wise was also fourth at 152, Sami Jocks was fifth at 120 and Marley Erickson was fifth at 132.
DeShazer pinned Hamilton’s Derrick Saltzman in 2:58 while Smith decked Florence’s Arie McLaughlin in 1:21.
Columbia Falls edged Frenchtown for the tournament title as Justin Windauer (160), Winslow Peter (138), Tyler Gilfry (126) and Blaise Cronk (152) were all individual champions.
Thursday at the Polson Mixer, the Greenchain rolled past the host Pirates, 58-15, and Stevensville, 60-16.
Against Stevensville, Libby claimed six forfeit wins. On the mat, Marley Erickson, Niemi, DeShazer and Smith each pinned their opponents.
In the win over the Pirates, Cael Schwindt scored a major decision, while Drake Wofford, Warner, Niemi, Smith, Orsborn and Urijah Bache each won by fall.
DeShazer and Erickson won by fall.
The following results include only Libby wrestlers.
Western Montana Ronan Invitational
Saturday
Team scores — Columbia Falls 233, Frenchtown 224, Ronan 172, Libby 157, Plains 87, Florence 85, Hamilton 77, Browning 65, Whitefish 63, Corvallis 61.
Individual scores
103
3rd Place Match
Riley Orsborn (Libby) maj. dec. Jaxson Sterling (Columbia Falls), 11-2.
120
5th Place Match
Sami Jocks (Libby) p. JR Harrell (Townsend) 3:19.
132
5th Place Match
Marley Erickson (Libby) v. Seth Allen (Corvallis), Inj. 0:00.
138
3rd Place Match
Fortino Silva (Ronan) p. Zekiah Meyers (Libby), 0:59.
152
3rd Place Match
Brody Hardy (Frenchtown) p. Joey Wise (Libby), 2:15.
170
1st Place Match
Canyon Sargent (Mission/Charlo) p. James Warner (Libby), 2:09.
205
1st Place Match
Jace DeShazer (Libby) p. Derrick Saltzman (Hamilton), 2:58.
285
3rd Place Match
Tyler Smith (Libby) p. Arie McLaughlin (Florence), 1:21.