Wrestling, basketball seasons underway

Wrestling

Roundup

The Own Invitational wrestling tournament was held in Polson over the weekend and the Superior team scored 15 points, coming in ahead of Whitefish and Bigfork. Class AA Sentinel won with 155.5 points, followed by Class A, Columbia Falls with 146.

Superior Coach Charlie Crabb said no one placed at the tournament but he thought the team wrestled pretty well. He also mentioned that some of the junior varsity team were in Ronan for a tournament and did well there, too.

“Mike Parkin was one match away from placing and lost a close match to get in. He made it the furthest through the bracket. We are young and have a lot of learning yet to do but for the most part I was pleased with the weekend,” Crabb said.

In other team totals Eureka garnered 139; Polson, 132; Frenchtown, 119; Lake City, 99; Thompson Falls 91; Ronan, 80; Corallis, 76.5; Hamilton, 67; Florence, 53; Stevensville, 48.5; Mission-Charlo; 47; Glacier, 42; Missoula Hellgate, 32; Whitefish, 12 and Bigfork, 11.

The Superior team includes:

113 Mike Parkin freshman

120 Tyler VanTassel sophomore

126 Isaiah kovalski freshman

132 Wes Buchannen freshman

132 Kaleb Ververis junior

138 Jesse Shaske sophomore

138 Kyler Francis freshman

145 Tucker Mclees junior

152 Jack Mitchell sophomore

160 Trey Green freshman

160 Ryan Cahahlin junior

160 Eli Galarneau sophomore

205 Trevor Linkey sophomore

285 Evan Hall junior

Superior is scheduled to play again on Dec. 9 with Home Duals, and Dec. 10 with the Bob Kinney tournament in Superior.

Basketball Roundup

Clark Fork Mountain Lady Cats down Lynx in season opener, 57-39

The Clark Fork Mountain Cats had their basketball season opener on Friday in Lincoln where the Lady Cats held a strong lead of 57-39 to beat the Lynx. Freshman, Samantha Clevenger dominated play, putting 23 points on the board.

Clark Fork was up 30 to 19 by the half and put another 19 points away in the third quarter. Head coach, Jeff Schultz said the players were a little nervous at first, but then they settled down and played a good game.

Madison Mask, sophomore, and junior, Kenzie Mueller both had seven points. Hailey Kelly with six, Montanna Baughman and Margeret Parkin with four. Hannah Calloway with three and Sophia Krutilla with two.

On the Lincoln side Jerilyn Dietz was high scorer with 12; Tanea Reisch, 10; Maggie Jorgensen, nine; Karissa Ninahuanca with four; and both Alyssa Rios and Carly Templeton with two.

On Saturday the Lady Cats took to the court again in Seeley but didn’t have the same outcome as Friday. They lost to the Blackhawks, 54-19. Both Kenzie Mueller and Samantha Clevenger scored seven points. Madison Mask had three and Hailey Kelly with two. Montanna Baughman was unable to play due to a sprained ankle received during warmups.

For Seeley Alex Bohlman was high scorer with 16. Andi Bohlman and Ashely Miller both had nine; Cera Strumpfer six; Stevi Meade, four; Mary Strumpfer and Autumn Morris, three; Chloe Robbins and Lauryn Barnes with two.

The Clark Fork boys suffered losses at both Lincoln and Seeley with only five boys suited up for the game. In Lincoln, the Cats lost 51-34 where senior, Nick Turnbull led the team by putting 20 points on the board. Followed by sophomore, Michael Spence with 11, and Rustan Lucas with three.

Nathan Brown led the Lynx with 16 points, Payton Petersen, 12; Gage Fitzgerald, six; Bridger Kamps, five; Coletin Trump with 12.

At Seeley on Saturday, the Blackhawks flew past the Cats 69-22. The Cats put up a challenge in the first quarter with Seeley in the lead, 23-12. But the remainder of the game was a struggle for the Catswith only six points scored in the second half. Michael Spence was the Cats high scorer with 13, followed by Turnbull with five; Austan Lucas and Korey Radford had two.

For Seeley Cameron Haines had 15; Gunner Sloan and Chance Johnson with 13 each; Brad Miller, 7; Logan Robinson and Keaton Johnson, 6; Avery Smith, 5; Nino Robinett and Hunter Shelmerdine, 2 each.

Next week both the St. Regis Tigers and the Clark Fork Mountain Cats will be in Pablo for a two-day tournament on Friday and Saturday.