We've Got The County Covered
We've Got The County Covered
Chinook sophomore Favion Couturier controls his opponent, Dillon Geyer of Fort Benton/Big Sandy in the 160 pound semifinal at the Harlem Invitational on Saturday. Couturier pinned Geyer in 1:06 to advance to the final where he would finish second.
The Chinook Sugarbeeters hosted their final home mixer of the season on Friday night and the Harlem Wildcats held their annual Invitational Tournament on Saturday as the teams head into the final weekend of wrestling before the Northern B/C Divisional in Cut Bank on February 2.
Both the Wildcats and the Sugarbeeters honored their seniors at each of their home events and we will have pictures in our next edition.
The Sugarbeeters wrestled well and placed four on the podium while scoring 65 points on the day. The host Wildcats recorded one podium finish and tallied 29 points.
The Sugarbeeters were led by the effort of sophomore Favion Couturier at 160 pounds. In just his second week back on the mat Couturier is wrestling very well. In his opening match he wasted little time in pinning Poplars Levi Reddog in just 0:20.
Courturier then took down Dillon Geyer of Fort Benton/Big Sandy by pinfall at the 1:06 mark to advance to the Championship. In the final Couturier would fall to Wyatt Brusven of Shelby to finish second in the division.
Junior JT Hauer wrestled his way to a third place finish for the Sugarbeeters, taking down Kaleb Neubauer of Poplar in the third/fourth place match. Hauer pinned Neubauer in 1:58.
Chinook picked up a pair of fourth place finishes in Harlem as well from sophomore Rebecca Stroh at 113 pounds and senior Ross Reed at 145.
The Wildcats got a fourth place finish from John Hughes in the 132 pound weight class.
Chinook had six wrestlers pick up wins on Saturday, Reed finished 3-2, Hauer was 3-1, Couturier finished 2-1. Sophomore Garrett Pruttis and Stroh went 1-2 as did freshman Ethan Liddle.
The teams will head to Big Sandy on Thursday to take part in the Pioneer Mixer. Friday and Saturday they will close out the regular season at the Malta Invitational.
"We're gonna keep working hard, working on technique and just getting better," stated Co-Head Coach Perry Miller. "The kids are working hard, they're really getting after it. Now we are trying to get ourselves in position to make something happen at divisional."
The Northern B/C Divisional will be held in Cut Bank on Saturday, February 2 with the top four finishers in each weight class advancing to the All-Class State Tournament in Billings February 8-9.
"We've moved somethings around to try and get the kids in the best spot for them to succeed," said Miller. "The entire coaching staff has been really happy with their focus and their effort on the mat each week, in tournaments and in practice."
