by Scott Sacry
Jug Beck Rocky Mountain Classic
On Friday, January 17 and Saturday, January 18, Missoula Sentinel hosted the annual Jug Beck Rocky Mountain Classic. There were teams from 30 Montana, Idaho and Washington schools. Paired with this event is the John Fisher, which included JV wrestlers and those who lost out from the Jug Beck. Wrestlers from Hamilton, Stevensville and Corvallis were among the participants.
As would be expected with so many wrestlers, placing in the Jug Beck was hard to do. For Corvallis, Chase Davis placed 4th at 103 and Sean Davis placed 8th at 126. Hamilton’s Jesse James placed 7th at Heavyweight.
Choteau Classic
The wrestling teams from Florence and Darby joined 23 other schools in the Choteau Classic on Friday, January 17 and Saturday, January 18. In the boys team standing, Florence finished 5th and Darby finished 16th. In the girls team standing, Darby finished 14th and Florence finished 18th.
Individually for Darby, Shannon Stuart took 1st place at Heavyweight, and Eli Spross took 3rd at 215. For the Darby girls, Logan Paddock took 1st place at 140, and Halana May took 6th at 155.
Individually for the Florence boys, Brett Riley placed 2nd at 157, Jett Murray placed 2nd at 175, Max Rosenthal placed 3rd at 138, Caleb Scussel placed 4th at 103, Landon Serevaag placed 5th at 126, Isaac Nicoson placed 5th at 144, and Jacob Schauer placed 6th at Heavyweight.
For the Florence girls, Audrey Blair placed 5th at 115, and Libby Lee placed 6th at 103.
Hellgate Girls Wrestling
Invitational
The girls wrestlers from Stevensville, Corvallis and Hamilton were in Missoula on Friday, Jan. 17 and Saturday, Jan. 18 for the Hellgate Girls Wrestling Invitational. This was a huge event with girl wrestlers from nearly 30 regional high schools.
The Bitterroot Valley had three girls who placed in this deep event. For Corvallis, Jocelyn Covington placed 3rd at 135. For Stevensville, Keenya Gibson placed 4th at 130, and Avery Faler placed 6th at 105.