IDAHO FALLS, Idaho – A week after winning its own tournament, the Green River Wolves wrestlers matched the finish in one of the biggest tournaments in Idaho.

The Wolves dominated the Tiger-Grizz Invitational over the weekend as they added to their trophy case. Green River finished with 204 points which topped the charts. Columbia High School finished second, almost 20 points behind with 188. Bonneville, Highland and Kuna rounded out the top five finishes.

The only other Wyoming school to participate was Evanston. The Devils wrestled to a 19th-place finish with 57 points.

Individually, the Wolves had several top-ten finishes including two titles, Caleb Nathan at 113 and Shandon Welsh at 152.

Nathan opened the tourney with a bye and scored a fall in round two to earn a trip to the quarterfinals. He continued to roll with pins in the quarters and another in the semifinals over Kade Lincoln of Skyline.

In the finals, Nathan would face Teton High grappler Tanner Klingler who had two wins by pins and a major decision on his way to the championship match. Both wrestlers would go the distance and in the end, it would be Nathan by two, 8-6.

For Welsh, he would open the Tiger-Grizz with a technical fall in round one. He would follow with a 40-second pin in the second and another technical fall in the quarters. Welsh would have his hands full in the semifinals as he faced off against Bonneville wrestler Donivan Banks.

It would be close throughout with Welsh punching his ticket to the championships with an 8-4 decision. In the finals, it would be all Welsh as he pinned Kuna’s Dusty Jones at the 1:15 mark of the match.

Several other Wolves had strong finishes. Gage Byers just missed bringing home a third individual trophy. Byers scored three straight falls to earn a spot in the 120 final match. He would come up just short against Borah High School wrestler Peter Huntsman in a 5-2 decision.

At 106, Cyro Montoya bounced back from a loss in the semis to win his final two matches to bring home third. Also bringing home third at 220 was Brendan Hopkins. He would cruise to the semifinals but would come up just short in a 4-1 decision against Bonneville’s Christen Jamagin. Hopkins would bounce back with a win by pin in his next match and would end up taking third in a 6-1 decision over Brennan Reese of Spring Creek High School.

At 182, Blake Waite would fall early but respond. Waite would lose in the second round to Nathan Sargent of Blackfoot but would not get down. Waite responded with four straight wins by fall to earn a shot at third place. He would get an opportunity to get a little revenge as he would face Sargent for the second time. It would be Sargent who would again get the win as Waite would finish in fourth.

Also finishing in the top ten for Green River was Dylan Vangieson, who finished seventh at 170, Jacob Mortensen, who would finish seventh at 126 and Ira Dickinson, who would finish eighth at 138.

 

Tiger-Grizz Results
Team Scores
1. Green River High School 204.0
2. Columbia High School 188.0
3. Bonneville High School 178.5
4. Highland High School 170.0
5. Kuna High School 154.0
6. Blackfoot High School 135.0
7. Snake River High School 121.0
8. Idaho Falls High School 116.5
9. Teton High School 112.0
10. Capital High School 91.0
10. Pocatello High School 91.0
12. Spring Creek High School 89.0
13. Vallivue High School 84.5
14. Shelley High School 82.0
15. Sugar Salem High School 79.5
16. Borah High School 67.0
17. Box Elder High School 66.5
18. Middleton High School 63.0
19. Evanston High School 57.0
20. Mountain View High School 48.5
21. Bishop Kelly High School 43.5
22. Rigby High School 39.0
23. South Fremont High School 37.5
24. Eagle High School 37.0
25. Skyline High School 36.5
26. Hillcrest High School 33.0
27. Corner Canyon High School 29.0
28. Wood River High School 28.0
29. Preston High School 21.0
30. Timberline High School 10.0
31. Madison High School 6.0

 

Individual Tiger-Grizz Results 

106 – Cyro Montoya (25-2) placed 3rd and scored 23 team points.
Rd 1 – Montoya received a bye
Rd 2 – Montoya won by fall (0:19) over Braydon Holmes (Middleton)
Quarters – Montoya won by tech fall (15-0) over Levi Cluff (Columbia)
Semifinal – Kreede Peterson (Kuna)won by fall (3:40) over Montoya.
Cons. Semi – Montoya won by tech fall (16-0) over Caleb Norman (Sugar Salem)
3rd Place – Montoya won by fall (1:40) over Antony Mello (Mountain View)

 

113 – Caleb Nathan (17-8) placed 1st and scored 30.00 team points.
Rd 1 – Nathan received a bye
Rd 2 – Nathan won by fall (3:21) over Ashton Mandersheld (Eagle)
Quarters – Nathan won by fall (3:34) over Colton Evans (Pocatello)
Semis – Nathan won by fall (5:29) over Kade Lincoln (Skyline)
1st Place – Nathan won by decision (8-6) over Tanner Klingler (Teton)

 

120 – Gage Byers (23-5) placed 2nd and scored 26.00 team points.
Rd 1 – Gage Byers received a bye
Rd 2 – Byers won by fall (5:05) over Kieran Bruns (Bishop Kelly)
Quarters – Byers won by fall (1:50) over Denton Moulton (Teton)
Semis – Byers won by fall (1:09) over Dyllan Fuchs (Spring Creek)
1st Place – Peter Huntsman (Borah) won by decision  (5-2) over Byers

 

126 – Jacob Mortensen (17-10) placed 7th and scored 11.00 team points.
Rd 1 – Mortensen received a bye
Rd 2 – Mortensen won by fall (1:20) over Kekana Fouret (Columbia)
Quarters – Ryan Anderson (Wood River) won by decision (8-7) over Mortensen
Cons. Rd 4 – Mortensen won by decision (4-1) over Caden Armstrong (Pocatello)
Cons. Rd 5 – Coby Contreras (Kuna) won by decision (10-5) over Mortensen
7th Place – Mortensen won by fall (4:33) over Baerett Nelson (Idaho Falls)

 

132 – Kaycee Cochrane (18-9) place is unknown and scored 6 team points.
Rd 1 – Austin Iorga (Capital) won by decision (7-5) over Cochrane
Cons. Rd 1 – Cochrane won by fall (1:50) over Bryce Sloan (Hillcrest)
Cons. Rd 2 – Cochrane won by fall (0:57) over Easten Beck (Wood River)
Cons. Rd 3 – Shea Randall (Borah) won by decision (13-6) over Cochrane

 

138 – Ira Dickinson (8-12) placed 8th and scored 6 team points.
Rd 1 – Dickinson received a bye
Rd 2 – Brody Hardy (Idaho Falls) won by tech fall (20-5) over Dickinson
Cons. Rd 2 – Dickinson received a bye
Cons. Rd 3 – Dickinson won by fall (3:56) over Lorenzo Segura (Columbia)
Cons. Rd 4 – Dickinson won by decision (11-8) over Trevan Bassett (Blackfoot)
Cons. Rd 5 – Zach Brinkerhoff (Evanston) won by decision (8-4) over Dickinson
7th Place – Ace Christensen (Sugar Salem) 21-12 won by fall (4:58) over Dickinson

 

145 – Eric Clingenpeel (10-10) place is unknown and scored 4 team points.
Rd 1 – Clingenpeel received a bye
Rd 2 – Tim Wofford (Columbia) won by fall (4:37) over Clingenpeel
Cons. Rd 2 – Clingenpeel received a bye
Cons. Rd 3 – Clingenpeel won by fall (4:34) over Ben Hale (Teton)
Cons. Rd 4 – Austin Worthington (Blackfoot) won by decision (4-0) over Clingenpeel

 

152 – Shandon Welsh (26-4) placed 1st and scored 31 team points.
Rd 1 – Welsh won by tech fall (16-1) over Isaiah Sowers (Evanston)
Rd 2 – Welsh won by fall (0:40) over Trevor Morin (Vallivue)
Quarters – Welsh won by tech fall (20-5) over Caleb Cureton (Sugar Salem)
Semis – Welsh won by decision (8-4) over Donivan Banks (Bonneville)
1st Place – Welsh won by fall (1:15) over Dusty Jones (Kuna)

 

160 – Edgar Alatorre (12-14) place is unknown and scored 7 team points.
Rd 1 – Alatorre won by mjr decision (13-4) over Bayley Porreca (Spring Creek)
Rd 2 – Alatorre won by fall (3:25) over Dalan Abegglen (Sugar Salem)
Quarters – Aaron Esplin (Highland) won by decision (12-5) over Alatorre
Cons. Rd 4 – Russell Murdock (Teton) won by decision (9-2) over Alatorre

 

170 – Dylan VanGieson (20-9) placed 7th and scored 12 team points.
Rd 1 – VanGieson received a bye () (Bye)
Rd 2 – VanGieson won by fall (0:17) over Elijah Sarault (Kuna)
Quarters – Jared Bird (Bonneville) won by tech fall (22-4) over VanGieson
Cons. Rd 4 – VanGieson won by fall (1:58) over Tyler Smith (Columbia)
Cons. Rd 5 – Sam Seamons (Preston) won by decision (4-2) over VanGieson
7th Place – VanGieson won by mjr decision (13-2) over Joe Senn (Bishop Kelly)

 

182 – Blake Waite (11-14) placed 4th and scored 20 team points.
Rd 1 – Waite received a bye
Rd 2 – Nathan Sargent (Blackfoot) won by fall (1:28) over Waite
Cons. Rd 2 – Waite received a bye
Cons. Rd 3 – Waite won by fall (2:35) over Brayden McCormic (Capital)
Cons. Rd 4 – Waite won by fall (3:52) over Tyler Galindo (Highland)
Cons. Rd 5 – Waite won by fall (1:31) over Chris Fullmer (Teton)
Cons. Semi – Waite won by fall (0:28) over Jake Stone (Bishop Kelly)
3rd Place – Sargent (Blackfoot) won by fall (2:23) over Waite

 

220 – Brendan Hopkins (19-6) placed 3rd and scored 22 team points.
Rd 1 – Hopkins received a bye
Rd 2 – Hopkins won by fall (1:27) over Shad Foster (Shelley)
Quarters – Hopkins won by fall (4:28) over Bryson Allen (Highland)
Semis – Christen Jarnagin (Bonneville) won by decision (4-1) over Hopkins
Cons. Semi – Hopkins won by fall (2:18) over Damien Peterson (Mt View)
3rd Place – Hopkins won by decision (6-1) over Brennan Reese (Spring Creek)

 

285 – Jordan Tucker (16-6) place is unknown and scored 6 team points.
Rd 1 – Tucker received a bye
Rd 2 – Tucker won by fall (3:12) over Josh Sheffield (Middleton)
Quarters – Payton Dye (Capital) won by decision (8-2) over Tucker
Cons. Rd 4 – Vincent Kelemente (Highland) won by decision (9-2) over Tucker