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Sugarbeeters Wildcats get season underway at Havre, Cascade Tournaments

The Chinook Sugarbeeters were in Havre for there first competition of the new year with four wrestlers competing. The Harlem Wildcats were in Cascade at the Badger Invitational.

The 'Beeters accumulated 36.5 points in Havre with just half of their wrestlers competing. Chinook will look to have most of their wrestlers on the mat this Friday when they host their home mixer.

Junior JT Hauer led the way for the 'Beeter wrestlers finishing third at the tournament in the 160 pound weight class.

Hauer began Saturday with a hard fought loss to CMR's Mike Brien Jr in first round action 10-5. Hauer bounced back in the consolation semifinal round by defeating Hunter Decker of Simms 4-0 to advance to the third place match.

Joining him on the mat was a familiar foe in Brien Jr. This time it was Hauer that would come out on top. JT avenged his opening round set back by showing a lot of heart in the consolation final, pulling out a 8-4 decision.

Senior Ross Reed also placed at the Havre Invitational, finishing fifth at 152. Ross fell to Orien Thiverge in his quarterfinal match after receiving a first round bye. He then pinned Cut Bank's Colten Barsness at the 4:14 mark.

Reed then fell to Austin Vanek of Cut Bank and found himself in the 5/6th place match. Reed pinned Quinton Spring, Great Falls CMR in 2:18 to finish fifth.

Also wrestling well for the 'Beeters in Havre were a pair of 138 pounders in Garrett Pruttis and Ethan Liddle.

Pruttis would finish fifth in the tournament by defeating Liddle by major decision 19-3. Pruttis won by pinfall in his opening match over Lucas Kinkaid of Simms in 1:30. After losing his next match Pruttis defeated Mariah Wahl of Cut Bank Fall in 2:34.

Liddle gained some valuable experience over the weekend and picked up a win along the way defeating Lucas Kinkaid of Simms in 1:30.

The Wildcats were in Cascade over the weekend and the Journal was able to acquire partial results from trackwresting.com.

According to the website four Wildcat wrestlers competed with Jeremiah Mount finishing 6th at 285. Mount won his opening match by major decision over a Great Falls High wrestler 8-0.

Both Wildcats and Sugarbeeters will head to Glasgow this Saturday following the Chinook mixer.

They will get back to work in the wrestling room to make adjustments and work on thing needed to improve as they close out 2018 in Fort Benton on Thursday, December 13.

They will then head to Great Falls to compete in the CMR Holiday Classic and the Great Falls Bison tournament on December 14-15. The will then head to Shelby for their final comeption of 2018 on Friday, December 21.

They will return to the mat in 2019 at the Chester/Joplin-Inverness Mixer on Thursday, January 3.

The Northern B/C Divisional wrestling tournament will take place on February 2 in Cut Bank with the All Class State Wrestling Tournament happening the following week in Billings at the Rim Rock Auto Arena on February 8-9.

Havre Invitational Wrestling Tournament,

Saturday, December 1

Team Scores: 1.) Great Falls High, 218.5; 2.) Havre, 182.5; 3.) CMR, 164.0; 4.) Cut Bank, 101.0; 5.) Lewistown, 95.5; 6.) Simms, 70.5; 7.) Valier, 54.0; 8.) Malta, 37.0; 9.) Chinook, 36.5; 10.) CJI, 21.0; 11.) Butte Central, 11.0.

Chinook Sugarbeeters

138 Pounds - Garrett Pruttis - 5th place. Champ. Round 1 - Won by Fall over Lucas Kinkaid, Simms 1:30; Quarterfinal - Lost to Lane Paulson, Havre by Fall 1:07; Cons. Round 2 - Received a bye; Cons. Round 3 - Won by fall over Mariah Wahl, Cut Bank Fall 2:34; Cons. Semi - Lost to Kolter Schipman, Malta by Fall 0:43; 5th Place Match - Won by Tech Fall over Ethan Liddle, Chinook 19-3.

138 Pounds - Ethan Liddle - 6th place. Champ. Round 1 - Ethan Liddle received a bye. Quarterfinal - Lost to Kolter Schipman, Malta by Fall 1:45); Cons. Round 2 - Received a bye; Cons. Round 3 - Won by fall over Lucas Kinkaid, Simms 1:48; Cons. Semi - Lost to Braeden Lomas Great Falls High School by Fall 1:45; 5th Place Match - Lost by tech fall to Garrett Pruttis, Chinook 19-3.

152 Pounds - Ross Reed - 5th place. Champ. Round 1 - Received a bye; Quarterfinal - Lost to Orion Thiverge, Havre by fall 3:30; Cons. Round 2 - Received a bye; Cons. Round 3 - Won by fall over Colten Barsness, Cut Bank 4:14; Cons. Semi - Lost to Austin Vanek, Cut Bank by fall 1:00; 5th Place Match - Won by fall over Quinton Spring, Great Falls CMR 2:18.

160 Pounds -JT Hauer - 3rd place. Quarterfinal - Lost to Mike Brien Jr. Great Falls CMR by decision 10-5; Cons. Round 1 - Received a bye; Cons. Semi - Won by decision over Hunter Decker Simms 4-0; 3rd Place Match - Won by decision over Mike Brien Jr. Great Falls CMR 8-4.

Havre Invitational Round Robin,

Friday, November 30

Chinook Sugarbeeters

138 Pounds - Garrett Pruttis - Round 1 - Won by fall over Lucas Kinkaid, Simms 1:11; Round 2 - Won by fall over Mariah Wahl, Cut Bank 1:37; Round 3 - Won by fall over Devin Nelson, Havre 1:15.

138 Pounds - Ethan Liddle - Round 2 - Lost to Lane Paulson, Havre by fall 1:24; Round 3 - Lost to Braeden Lomas, Great Falls High School by Fall 0:45.

152 Pounds - Ross Reed - Lost to Caden Hilliard, Great Falls High School by Fall 0:51; Round 2 - Lost to Austin Vanek, Cut Bank by Fall 2:58; Round 3 - Lost to Connor Harris, Havre by Fall 0:56.

160 Pounds - JT Hauer - Round 1 - Won by fall over Junior Cady, Fergus by Fall 3:25; Round 2 - Lost to Liam Swanson, Great Falls High School by Fall 1:26.

Cascade Badger Invitational Wrestling Tournament,

Saturday, December 1

Team Scores: 1.) Broadwater (Townsend) 220.0; 2.) Whitehall 205.0; 3.) Great Falls High 194.0; 4.) Columbus/Absarokee 190.5; 5.) Jefferson (Boulder) 128.0; 6.) Choteau 114.0; 7.) Shelby 104.0; 8.) Cascade 83.0; 9.) Powell County (Deer Lodge) 78.0; 10.) Manhattan 71.0; 11.) CM Russell 63.5; 12.) Fort Benton/Big Sandy 52.0; 13.) Anaconda 51.0; 13.) Conrad 51.0; 15.) Helena High 41.0; 16.) Harlem 20.0; 17.) Helena Capital 18.0; 18.) Highwood 10.0; 19.) Belt 7.0.

Harlem Wildcats

145 Pounds - Andrew Rasmussen - Champ. Round 1 - Won by fall over Powell County (Deer Lodge) 0:59; Champ. Round 2 - Won by decision over Great Falls High 4-0; Quarterfinal - Lost to Colton Getz, Columbus/Absarokee) by Fall; Cons. Round 2 - Lost to Dallen Hoover, Whitehall by Fall 2:11.

170 Pounds - Harlem - Champ. Round 1 - Lost to Caden Crowell, Cascade by Fall 0:53; Cons. Round 1 - Won by fall over Helena High 1:54; Cons. Round 2 - Lost to Choteau by Fall 0:09.

182 Pounds - Harlem - Champ. Round 1 - Lost to Mathew Travis, Jefferson (Boulder) by Fall 1:02; Cons. Round 1 - Won by fall over Helena Capital 0:56; Cons. Round 2 - Lost to Broadwater (Townsend) by Fall 2:05;

285 Pounds - Jeremiah Mount - 6th place. Champ. Round 1 - Won by Major Decision over Great Falls High 8-0; Quarterfinal - Won by fall over CMR 2:44; Semifinal - Lost to Cody Best, Whitehall by Fall 4:51; Cons. Semi - Lost to Jonah Jones, Powell County (Deer Lodge) by Fall 2:41; 5th Place Match - Lost to Jacob Kingsolver, Shelby by Fall 3:20.