We've Got The County Covered
We've Got The County Covered
Senior Jesse Dannels
Senior Kevin Young
The Chinook Sugarbeeter wrestling team was nearly complete this weekend in Cut Bank as senior Kevin Young wrestled for the first time and senior Jake Norby is expecting to return this weekend when the team travels to Fairfield Thursday and the Choteau Classic Friday and Saturday.
The team is still impressive on the mat finishing sixth overall this weekend.
Junior Tate Niederegger captured another individual championship while senior Kenny Pruttis wrestled his way to a third place finish. Seniors Derek Bell and Jesse Dannels each wrestled well, placing fourth while Young fought through his bracket to finish sixth in his first outing this winter.
"We had a great performance in Cut Bank," stated co-head coach Perry Miller. "We had several great performances from our younger wrestlers. It was nice to see them provide the team with some big wins."
Niederegger was champion at 138 pounds in Cut Bank. The top ranked B/C wrestler in the class pinned James Buckley of Whitefish in 3:04 and Josh Schmidt of Lincoln Friday.
Saturday Niederegger earned the top spot on the podium by defeating James Dunn of Lincoln 9-3 and Dawson Peterman of Fairfield-Simms 5-3.
Pruttis turned in a solid performance as well securing a third place finish at 170 pounds.
Pruttis earned a 4-2 decision over Matt Gilder of Flathead and pinned Konrad Zinke of Whitefish Saturday to earn his place on the podium.
Pruttis won all three of his matches by pinfall Friday. First he pinned Alan LaRogue of Great Falls High followed by Kyle Snider of Fairfield-Simms and Raymond Little Dog of Browning.
Bell's fourth place finish included a 3-0 start Friday. He pinned Thor Abassi of Havre then won 10-0 over Colby Hammack of Lincoln before concluding the day with a pin over Nate Burnett of Jefferson.
Saturday Bell pinned Chad Landers of Lewistown going 1-2 on the day.
Dannels opened the tournament with two wins Friday. First he pinned Raymond Little Dog of Browning and then earned a major decision 15-5 over Seth Schimerowski of CMR.
Saturday Dannels pinned James Slaughter of Faifield/Simms, going 1-2 on the day.
Young made his first appearance on the mat in Cut Bank and wrestled well earning a sixth place finish going 2-2.
The team expects to be at full strength this weekend when they take to the mat this weekend, "We're looking to go into Choteau with a full squad, 11 wrestlers," commented Miller.
"It's a big test this week with all B/C teams. We're looking to polish things up, work on a lot of individual aspects with each of the boys," said Miller.
"We have a great attitude right now and we need to keep it up. We need to keep working hard, keep improving so that we are peaking at the right time," concluded Miller.
The right time of course would be February11-13 in Billings at the All-Class State Wrestling Tournament.
