The Broadus wrestling team took to the mats last Friday and Saturday at Sidney, for the Sidney Invitational. This meet features 32 teams from around Montana, the Dakotas, and states as far flung as Ohio and Washington.
This season, the 11 member Broadus squad is large enough to compete in duals, both due to the number of kids out for wrestling and their weight distribution, which covers all but two of the weight classes. In the last few years, low recruitment numbers made for a large number of open weight classes, which meant the team gets zero points in that weight class, and makes it extremely difficult to compete in duals, according to Broadus Head Coach Frankie Schoonover.
This year at Sidney, for the first time since 2015, Broadus won a dual. The dual competitions on Friday pitted Broadus against Miles City’s JV team, Williston, ND’s JV, Lockwood’s JV, and Dickinson, ND’s JV. The Broadus squad was able to pull out wins against both Lockwood and Dickinson.
“My new wrestlers had a phenomenal weekend,” speaking of the additions to his team, which included a number of freshmen. “The turnaround in mindset I saw from the beginning of the tournament to the end was phenomenal – they went from looking intimidated to being comfortable on the mats. I credit that to leadership from the older wrestlers. They went out there and helped the younger guys, and really helped out the team, which was a big deal when we were wrestling over 70 matches over the course of the tournament.”
In regular tournament action on Saturday, the majority of Broadus wrestlers competed in the Junior Varsity tournament, with Seniors Dakota Holbrook, Seth McDowell, and Josiah Middle Rider competing at the Varsity level.
Schoonover told us that the Hawks demonstrated their superior conditioning by taking a number of matches down to the final minutes, where they were often able to take advantage of their opponent’s tired state to win the match. These wins resulted in several Hawks making the podium, whether at the JV or Varsity level.
Isaiah McMullan placed 5th at 103 lbs in the JV, Raiden Aurand, wrestling at 120 lbs placed 7th in the JV, Kail Irish wrestling at 126 lbs placed 5th in the JV, Riggin Schaffer wrestling 152 lbs placed 2nd in the JV, and Cale Emmons wrestling at 205 lbs placed 5th in the JV.
Dakota Holbrook, wrestling against a much taller Mckade Lanningham from Idaho, lost in the first match of the day but came back to beat Lanningham to win 5th place in the Varsity tournament.
This week the Hawks gear back up to head north once again, this time to Glasgow. Schoonover tells us that other than a few bumps and bruises the team is healthy, and looking to continue to improve. The Hawks will need to bring their motivation and drive – the Glasgow tourney has no JV, each wrestler may be pitted against the best overall wrestlers in their weight class.
Varsity:
138
Seth McDowell (0-2) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points.
• Champ. Round 1 - Bryson Bartelson (Circle) 4-1 won by fall over Seth McDowell (Fall 1:03)
• Cons. Round 2 - Zane Wagoner (Watford City) 2-4 won by fall over Seth McDowell (Fall 2:37)
Seth had a 3-3 record when matches from the dual and the tournament are combined.
182
Dakota Holbrook (4-2) placed 5th and scored 15.0 team points.
• Champ. Round 2 - Dakota Holbrook won by fall over Holter Reisinger (Lockwood) 1-2 (Fall 0:50)
• Quarterfinal - Mckade Lanningham (Columbia High) 2-3 won by fall over Dakota Holbrook (Fall 1:05)
• Cons. Round 4 - Dakota Holbrook won by fall over Trey Call (Lake Stevens) 0-2 (Fall 2:25)
• Cons. Round 5 - Dakota Holbrook won by decision over Wyatt Raines (Dickinson) 2-2 (Dec 5-1)
• Cons. Semi - Broch Mansor (Oak Harbor) 22-17 won by decision over Dakota Holbrook (Dec 8-3)
• 5th Place Match - Dakota Holbrook won by decision over Mckade Lanningham (Columbia High) 2-3 (Dec 5-4)
Dakota is 4-2 overall, as he did not compete in the dual.
Heavyweight
Josiah Middle Rider (0-2) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points.
• Champ. Round 2 - Nico Rodriguez (Columbia High) 4-0 won by fall over Josiah Middle Rider (Fall 0:21)
• Cons. Round 3 - Landon Fichter (Dickinson) 1-2 won by fall over Josiah Middle Rider (Fall 1:29)
Josiah is 2-3 overall.
JV Tournament:
103
Isaiah McMullan (1-2) placed 5th and scored 6.5 team points.
• Semifinal - Zach Fulton (Forsyth) 2-1 won by fall over Isaiah McMullan (Fall 4:47)
• Cons. Semi - Luke Mortenson (Minot) 2-2 won by fall over Isaiah McMullan (Fall 1:30)
• 5th Place Match - Isaiah McMullan won by tech fall over Landon Orthman (Hardin) 0-3 (TF-1.5 3:57 (19-4))
Isaiah is 1-4 overall.
120
Raiden Aurand (1-2) placed 7th and scored 4.0 team points.
• Quarterfinal - Brayden Mount (Rapid City) 2-2 won by fall over Raiden Aurand (Fall 0:43)
• Cons. Round 1 - Abe Potts (Forsyth) 3-1 won by major decision over Raiden Aurand (MD 17-4)
• 7th Place Match - Raiden Aurand won by forfeit over James Rasmussen (Watford City) 0-3 (For.)
Raiden is 4-4 overall.
126
Kail Irish (2-2) placed 5th and scored 11.0 team points.
• Quarterfinal - Peyton Waldo (Laurel) 3-1 won by major decision over Kail Irish (MD 13-1)
• Cons. Round 3 - Kail Irish won by fall over Gabriel Dobbs (Bowman) 0-3 (Fall 2:27)
• Cons. Semi - Brady Hoverson (Custer County) 2-2 won by decision over Kail Irish (Dec 5-4)
• 5th Place Match - Kail Irish won by forfeit over Logan Garrison (Dickinson) 1-3 (For.)
Kail had a 4-4 overall record.
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Archer Edwards (0-3) placed 8th and scored 1.0 team points.
• Quarterfinal - Kaden Harris (Laurel) 4-1 won by fall over Archer Edwards (Fall 0:46)
• Cons. Round 3 - Dillon Hughes (Glasgow) 3-2 won by fall over Archer Edwards (Fall 1:33)
• 7th Place Match - Hunter Norple (Williston) 2-2 won by fall over Archer Edwards (Fall 3:45)
Archer is 0-7 overall.
152
Riggin Schaffer (2-1) placed 2nd and scored 18.0 team points.
• Quarterfinal - Riggin Schaffer won by decision over Manny Goche (Custer County) 2-1 (Dec 15-14)
• Semifinal - Riggin Schaffer won by fall over Dillon Burke (Laurel) 0-3 (Fall 1:52)
• 1st Place Match - Jace Buchanan (Laurel) 3-0 won by fall over Riggin Schaffer (Fall 0:54)
Riggin is 4-3 overall.
170
Alex Edwards (0-2) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points.
• Quarterfinal - Sawyer Saucerman (Rapid City) 4-1 won by fall over Alex Edwards (Fall 1:28)
• Cons. Round 2 - Deon Potter (Sidney) 3-2 won by decision over Alex Edwards (Dec 4-2)
Alex is 0-6 overall.
205
Cale Emmons (2-2) placed 5th and scored 13.0 team points.
• Quarterfinal - Cale Emmons won by fall over Vladimir Delgado-Sanchez (Dickinson) 1-2 (Fall 0:11)
• Semifinal - Chance Smith (Wolf Point) 2-1 won by fall over Cale Emmons (Fall 1:48)
• Cons. Semi - Hunter Crum (Glasgow) 2-2 won by fall over Cale Emmons (Fall 1:26)
• 5th Place Match - Cale Emmons won by fall over Kelton Berg (Dickinson) 2-3 (Fall 4:10)
Cale had a 4-4 overall record at the tournament.
Heavyweight
Duke Blankenship (0-2) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points.
• Champ. Round 1 - Gabe Reeve (Rapid City) 3-2 won by fall over Duke Blankenship (Fall 1:18)
• Cons. Round 1 - Ivan Ibarra (Colstrip) 1-2 won by fall over Duke Blankenship (Fall 1:11)
Duke was 0-3 overall at Sidney.
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