Wrestling Tournament 2014

2014 WRESTLING TOURNAMENT

Feb. 14-15 Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark

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Top photo: Chris Nile of Forsyth wrestles Nolan Simanton of Malta before winning the 145-pound title at the 2013 state wrestling tournament.

Photo by PAUL RUHTER/ Gazette Staff

FRIDAY 7:30 a.m.: Wrestlers’ breakfast 8 a.m.: Grooming and skin condition check. All athletes must be checked before they weigh in. Report to the Expo Center.

8 a.m.: Official weigh-in time. All wrestlers must be in weigh-in area (Expo Center).

8 a.m.: Gates open for spectator admission 9:30 a.m.: Assemble for Parade of Athletes 9:40 a.m.: Parade of Athletes 9:50 a.m.: National anthem 10 a.m.: First round matches 2 p.m.: First round consolation and quarter-final matches 30 minutes after last match of previous round: second round consolation matches SATURDAY 7 a.m.: Wrestlers’ breakfast 7:30 a.m.: Official weigh-in time. All wrestlers must be in weigh-in area (Expo Center) at 7:30 a.m.

7:30 a.m.: Gates Open for Spectator Admission 8:50 a.m.: National anthem 9 a.m.: Semifinal and consolation quarter-final matches Noon: Consolation semifinal 1:45 p.m.: Consolation finals — 12 mats 4 p.m.: Parade of finalists and national anthem Championship Finals: three mats

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Two wrestlers from Corvallis pray before the start of the 2013 state wrestling tournament at the Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark.

ADMISSION ADULTS All-session (both days): $23 Single session: $14 After 5 p.m.: (Friday) $8 After 3 p.m.: (Saturday) $8

STUDENTS All-session (both days): $18 Single session: $12 After 5 p.m.: (Friday) $6 After 3 p.m.: (Saturday) $6

Bottom left photo: Columbia Falls wrestling fans, from left, Kari Green, Jamey Green and Mike McPhee cheer from the stands at the state wrestling tournament in 2013 at Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark.

Photo by CASEY PAGE/ Gazette Staff Bottom right photo: Wrestlers from Anaconda enter the Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark for the parade of athletes at the 2013 state wrestling tournament. Photo by CASEY PAGE/Gazette Staff

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Wrestlers face off in the opening rounds of the 2013 state wrestling tournament at Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark.

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Wrestlers hoping for some ‘Metra Magic’ this weekend It’s not quite the old Boston Garden, Yankee Stadium or Lambeau Field.

But for Montana high school wrestlers and fans, Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark is hallowed ground each February. It’s where “Metra Magic” flashes and causes euphoric feelings for some and, in reverse, woeful emotions for others.

This Friday and Saturday when the state wrestling tournament plays out inside Montana’s grandest arena, get ready for a treat.

“One thing about going to our state tournament is everybody is excited about getting to Metra,” said Guy Melby, who has guided the Sidney Eagles to eight State A titles in 28 years at the helm. “It is a great place to have a state tournament. We are just hoping to get

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back on track and get on top of the podium.”

And, what would a state tournament be without the favorites, the underdogs and those just itching to take that next step?

Great Falls eyes repeat In Class AA, top-ranked and defending champion Great Falls looks to be the team to beat.

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Forsyth head coach Scott Weber talks to his son Luke before a match in the 135-pound class at the 2013 state wrestling tournament.

Forsyth has captured the B-C team title the past three seasons. Matt, Luke and Brandon Weber have all been individual champions.

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The Bison advanced a Due to scheduling, and tourney-high 24 wrestlers the geographic size of the to this weekend’s big dance. state, many wrestlers and Out of the 24 who came out teams in Class AA didn’t see of the Eastern AA seeding much of each other in the tournament, seven were regular season. champions in their weight But, that’s just fine with class and five were runners- Skyview senior Matt Dilup. lon, who won the Eastern Billings Skyview, ranked AA seeding tourney at 182 second in the Jan. 31 coach- pounds. es’ poll, was state runner-up The Billings teams twice last year and qualified 21 traveled to tourneys in individuals for state. The Wyoming.

Falcons are hoping to add a “The way I look at it is seventh state title to their when we go out-of-state, trophy case and last won the we wrestle kids we’ll never championship in 2005. see again, so it gives us an Bozeman was third in opportunity to work on our the Jan. 31 coaches’ poll, good stuff or primary takeand there will be 20 Hawks downs,” Dillon said. circling the mats this week“Also, I think it makes us end. Last year’s third-place work harder. We don’t know team, Sentinel, was ranked how good they (the Monfourth in that same poll. tana teams) actually are. It Missoula Big Sky qualified keeps us working hard and the most wrestlers out of being the best we can be so the Western AA seeding at that time, we’ll be ready.”

Class A competition In Class A, Havre is the defending champion and has won the title five times since 2007. In 2012, the Blue Ponies were third and in 2011 they were second.

The top-ranked Blue Ponies again look strong, having easily won their divisional 296.5-210.5 over No. 3 Belgrade.

The second-ranked Sidney Eagles should figure into the equation as to who hoists the trophy Saturday night.

Sidney cruised to the Eastern A banner with a 341.5-204.5 victory over No. 9 Hardin.

No. 6 Corvallis and No. 4 Columbia Falls also won their divisionals by wide margins.

A dogfight in B-C

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Brandon Weber of Forsyth pins Erik Kelly from Chester-Joplin-Inverness in a 152-pound match at the state wrestling tournament in 2013.

In Class B-C, the Forsyth year during that span.

Dogies have been the story At the Eastern B-C, Matt the past three seasons, cap- Weber (126), Luke Weber turing the team title each (145), Brandon Weber (152) and Chris Nile (160) were all individual champs for the Dogies.

All were also ranked first in the Feb. 5 B-C coaches’ poll. Entering divisionals, Luke Weber was 50-0, Brandon Weber was 50-0 and Chris Nile was 50-0.

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No. 3 Colstrip Colts charged hard into divisionals and defeated Forsyth 210-183.5.

No. 6 Huntley Project was third with 164. Colstrip had six individual champions.

The Colts only state title came 20 years ago in 1994, when they were a Class A team.

Colstrip’s coach, Codey Currier, was a two-time state champ for Colstrip in 1995 and ’96. He was a sophomore on the title team in 1994.

Earlier this year at the Billings Duals at Skyview, coach Currier said of his team’s title chances: “We have a shot. It will be close

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Forsyth just nipped Choteau for last year’s state title, 202-201. In fact, Choteau has been second the past three years at state to the Dogies, while the past two years the Colts have been third.

No. 2 Choteau won the Southern B-C divisional, No. 10 St. Ignatius-Charlo claimed the Western B-C and seventh-ranked Conrad was the victor in the Northern B-C.

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Making it official: Wrestling referee hangs up his stripes

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In a sense, referee Lance Orner came full circle when he circled around the wrestling mat for the last time on Feb. 1 in Hardin.

The 61-year-old Orner, a member of the Rocky Mountain College Athletic Hall of Fame from his days as a quarterback for the Battlin’ Bears, raised the hand of the winner for the last time, concluding a 29-year career as an official in Montana.

“I feel really good about that being it,” Orner, the principal at Will James Middle School said, recalling one of his first big assignments was in Hardin.

“I had the Eastern AA Divisionals and turned it down. … Dick Imer, the Hardin coach, called me to come down and do a match when I was at Shepherd. Hardin was ranked No. 3 and Butte Central second and Hardin won 31-29. It came down to the last match and after Dick asked if I could come back the next day and do another match. It was Dillon and Hardin and Dillon was ranked first and Hardin second. Hardin knocked them off 32-31. Both matches, the Hardin heavyweight won the last match of the night to win the dual. I’ll never forget those two. I was starting out as a referee and it was pretty big.”

Dave Cobb, a referee for 18 years and principal at Billings West, said the two things that most stand out about Orner’s referee career and love of wrestling was he was a “great mentor” for new officials and a “great ambassador” for the sport.

Cobb gave Orner credit for helping to expand wrestling at the middle school level in Billings. Three years ago, Orner helped get duals on the middle school schedule instead of only the traditional invites, “increasing the popularity of the sport

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Lance Orner referees a wrestling match at Huntley Project High School in January. After a 29-year career, Orner retired recently.

“I plan to still go and watch a lot of wrestling. I’m going to be 62. My knees and hips still work. It’s time for the younger officials to move up.

We have some good young officials in Billings.”

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retired wrestling referee and the team concept of it,” Cobb said.

Orner has been the head of the 14-member Billings official’s pool for the past 15 years. The group includes nine master officials. Cobb said Orner’s leadership in that role required many volunteer hours. The group usually meets once a week at Will James.

“Our meetings have evolved more than just learning your schedule, but

young and old officials learn from each other,” Cobb said.

“We get out the mats and do demonstrations and have coaches come in and talk.

It’s not just knowing the rules, but being able to apply them. Lance made study clubs meaningful and purposeful.”

One of the things Orner is pleased about with the timing of his decision to retire is two more officials from the Billings pool will test up to

the master official rank next year. Aside from working various invites in the state, the Billings pool will officiate regular-season matches as far west as Livingston, as far east as Miles City and as far north as Lewistown.

Occasionally the referees also venture south into Wyoming. Orner said he is going to miss the camaraderie of the referees, coaches, wrestlers and “wrestling family.”

“I plan to still go and watch a lot of wrestling,” he said. “I’m going to be 62. My knees and hips still work.

It’s time for the younger officials to move up. We have some good young officials in Billings. It’s time for them to move up.”

Veteran Billings Skyview coach Rich Malia said Orner is the caliber of referee who “should be working the state tournament every year.” He said Orner took

the time during a match to explain a call and was clear on the calls he made, saying he was approachable and

easy to communicate with.

“Lance was always trying to make himself better as a referee,” Malia said. “He went to some really tough out-of-state tournaments in the beginning of his career to make himself better … He always really worked to improve himself.”

Guy Melby, who has guided the Sidney Eagles for 28 years, was sorry to hear Orner was retiring from officiating.

“He has been a great example for Montana wrestling. He has always been fair and always really cares about kids and really cares about coaches,” Melby said.

“He really cares about what you think and respects not only the kids wrestling and the coaches putting in the time. He has been a great ambassador for the sport of wrestling. I heard about midway through the season he was thinking about retiring and anytime you see a guy retiring who has been around that long, it is kind of sad. The sport of wrestling will miss him. Anybody I’ve ever talked to, he is a wellrespected referee and has really done a great job for Montana.”

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Jake Leinwand of West High wrestles Keavon Buckley of Bozeman in the 189-pound title match at the 2013 state wrestling tournament.

Leinwand won the state title.

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Class AA team results 2013 Great Falls: 263.5 Billings Skyview: 246.5 Missoula Sentinel: 192.5 Billings Senior: 191 Bozeman: 177.5 Missoula Big Sky: 160.5 Kalispell Glacier: 153 Billings West: 143 Helena: 102.5 Butte: 98.5 Great Falls CMR: 66 Helena Capital: 38 Kalispell Flathead: 34 Missoula Hellgate: 12

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Class A team results 2013

4-time individual champions The 23 four-time individual state champions in Montana prep wrestling history, listed in chronological order: *Gene Davis Sentinel, 1960-63, 95-103-112-133

Havre: 233.5 Sidney: 207 Belgrade: 172.5 Hardin: 158 Glendive: 148 Columbia Falls: 132 Corvallis: 109 Frenchtown: 101 Libby: 89.5 Laurel: 88 Lewistown: 85 Anaconda: 80 Dillon: 67 Polson: 62 Billings Central: 57.5 Butte Central: 48 Browning: 37 Hamilton: 26 Livingston: 13 Miles City: 12 Whitefish: 12

Jim Darlington Ronan, 1973-76, 145-167-185-185 Colin Lybeck Chester, 1974-77. 98-126-132-138 Tim Mayer Arlee, 1979-82, 98-112-119-132 Matt Campbell Havre-Hellgate, 1979-82, 98-112-119-119 T.J. Campbell Havre-Kalispell, 1984-87, 98-112-126-138 Bill Zadick Great Falls, 1988-91, 98-112-119-135 Chris Currier Colstrip, 1990-93, 112-112-125-130 Mike Zadick Great Falls, 1994-97, 105-112-125-135 Eric Dunmire Butte, 1995-98. 105-112-119-125 Chris Nedens Hardin, 1998-2001, 119-130-140-140 *Beau Malia Billings Skyview, 2001-2004, 105-119-119-130 Joe Lauer Billings Skyview, 2001-04, 125-135-140-145 Cole Dallaserra Butte, 2003-06, 105-119-140-145

Sidney’s Ryder Peterson celebrates his win in the 171-pound class with coach Guy Melby at the 2013 state wrestling tournament.

Jesse Obergfell Sidney, 2004-07, 98-105-112-119 Ryan Leonard Cascade, 2005-08, 98-112-125-130

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Hunter Azure Poplar, 2007-10, 119-125-135-145 *Jade Rauser Townsend, 2008-11, 98-105-119-119 Tanner Sprenkle Senior, 2008-11, 119-125-130-135

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Layne Schafer of Sidney wrestles Chad Landers of Lewistown in the 112-pound weight class at the state wrestling tournament in 2013.

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Class A individual champions 2013 Billings Central’s Zach Wall battles Shonn Roberts of Columbia Falls in the 112-pound class at the 2013 state wrestling tournament.

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teams with the most state championships 14 championships: Butte, 1980-92, 1995 12 championships: Missoula Sentinel — 1957, 58, 196069; Glasgow — 1963-64, 66, 73, 77, 93, 2001-02, 07-10 10 championships: Havre, 1969, 70, 97, 99, 2001, 07-10, 13 9 championships: Ronan, 1973, 74, 76, 1978-82, 1991 8 championships: Sidney, 1989, 92, 93, 2000, 03, 04, 05, 06 7 championships: Custer Co. — 1958-61, 1984-86; Flathead — 1973, 2004, 2006-10 6 championships: Billings Skyview — 1993, 96, 98, 2001, 02, 05; Huntley Project — 1986-89, 91, 2000 5 championships: Cut Bank — 1970-72, 1983-84; Great Falls CMR — 1971, 1975-77, 1979; Bozeman — 1962, 1968, 71, 72, 2011 4 championships: Malta, 1964-66, 1969

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Class B-C team results 2013 Forsyth: 202 Choteau: 201 Colstrip: 127.5 Ronan: 114.5 St. Ignatuis-Charlo: 105.5 Columbus-Absarokee: 94.5 Cut Bank: 92.5 Baker: 91 Harlem: 84 Fort Benton: 55 Whitehall: 53 Chinook: 49.5 Eureka: 46.5 Plains-Hot Springs: 46 Cascade-Simms: 43 Superior: 41.5 Glasgow: 41 Malta: 41 Huntley Project: 37.5 Wolf Point: 36.5

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Luke Weber of Forsyth wrestles Quinn Trindle of Fort Benton in the 135-pound championship match at the 2013 state wrestling tournament. Weber won the title.

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Past team champions 1956 Billings, 115

1971 AA: Great Falls CMR, 73 A: Bozeman, 51 B-C: Cut Bank, 44

1957 Missoula, 125

1972 AA: Great Falls, 75 A: Bozeman, 69.5 B-C: Cut Bank, 73.5

1958 AA: Missoula, 119 AB-C: Custer County, 28 1959 AA: Great Falls, 99 AB-C: Custer County, 45

1973 AA: Flathead, 108.5 A: Glasgow, 50 B-C: Ronan, 68

1960 AA: Missoula, 112 AB-C: Custer County, 59

1974 AA: Billings West, 71 A: Ronan, 80 B-C: Chester, 75

1961 AA: Missoula, 88 AB-C: Custer County, 56

1975 AA: Great Falls CMR, 97 A: Columbia Falls, 67 B-C: Chester, 54

1962 AA: Missoula, 135 AB-C: Bozeman, 72

1976 AA: Great Falls CMR, 120.5 A: Ronan, 133 B-C: Superior, 855

1963 AA: Missoula, 129 AB-C: Glasgow, 56 1964 AA: Missoula, 110 A: Glasgow, 31 B-C: Malta, 17

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1968 AA: Missoula Sentinel, 93 A: Bozeman, 38 B-C: Baker, 8

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1969 AA: Missoula Sentinel, 96 A: Havre, 58 B-C: Big Sandy, 21

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1997 AA: Butte, 238 A: Havre, 141 B-C: Conrad, 172

1984 AA: Butte, 83 A: Custer County, 79 B-C: Cut Bank, 127

1998 AA: Billings Skyview, 255 A: Laurel, 178.5 B-C: Conrad, 161

1985 AA: Butte, 162 A: Laurel, 148.5 Custer County, 148.5 B-C: Chinook, 114.5

1999 AA: Great Falls, 266 A: Havre, 173.5 B-C: Conrad, 130

1986 AA: Butte, 192.5 A: Custer County, 138 B-C: Huntley Project, 125 1987 AA: Butte, 205.5 A: Libby, 188 B-C: Huntley Project, 98.5 1988 AA: Butte, 231.5 A: Libby, 161 B-C: Huntley Project, 154.5 1989 AA: Butte, 202 A: Sidney, 197.5 B-C: Huntley Project, 153.5 1990 AA: Butte, 192.5 A: Columbia Falls, 191 B-C: Choteau, 149.5 1991 AA: Buttte, 182.5 A: Ronan, 219.5 B-C: Huntley Project, 198 1992 AA: Butte, 180.5 A: Sidney, 176.5 B-C: Forsyth, 148 1993 AA: Billings Skyview, 202 A: Sidney, 229.5 B-C: Glasgow, 159.5 1994 AA: Billings West, 204 A: Colstrip, 184 B-C: Superior, 180 1995 AA: Butte, 264 A: Polson, 199.5 B-C: Conrad, 240 1996 AA: Billings Skyview, 249.5 A: Polson, 198.5 B-C: Corvallis, 152.5

2000 AA: Butte, 217 A: Sidney, 165 B-C: Huntley Project, 142 2001 AA: Billings Skyview, 277.5 A: Havre, 177 B-: Glasgow, 190.5 2002 AA: Billings Skyview, 310 A: Corvallis, 160.5 B-C: Glasgow, 179.5 2003 AA: Butte, 274 A: Sidney, 223 B-C: Conrad, 218.5

2010 AA: Flathead (Kalispell), 274 A: Havre, 215 B-C: Glasgow, 185 C: Chinook, 120 2011 AA: Bozeman 270 A: Laurel 198 B-C: Forsyth 194.5 C: Chinook, 77.5 2012 AA: Glacier, 253 A: Corvallis, 222.5 B-C: Forsyth, 211 C: Chinook, 98.5 2013 AA: Great Falls, 263.5 A: Havre, 233.5 B-C: Forsyth, 202 C: Fort Benton, 55

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