POLSON — Polson ended Ronan’s two-year hold on the Northwestern A Divisional wrestling title on Saturday at the Linderman gym.
The Pirates, ranked No. 4 in Class A, rolled up 232 points to easily best Ronan, 180, Libby, 176 1/2, Columbia Falls, 136 1/2, and Whitefish, 38.
The Pirates qualified 15 individuals for next weekend’s Class A state tournament in Billings and had four individual champions — Craig Feistner (98), Jacob Young (135), Brock Picard (171) and Kaden Thomas (285).
Picard has won four divisional titles.
Columbia Falls had the most individual winners with five — Seth McCall (105), Sal Baccaro (112), Justin Whitman (119), Shawn Whitman (140) and Kelly Houle (215).
Bacarro and Shawn Whitman repeated as champions.
Ronan, ranked No. 3 and winners of last year’s divisional over Polson by 12 1/2 points, had four individual winners — Cameron Neiss (130), Micky Cheff (152), Cole McArthur (160) and Toby Cheff (189).
Neiss, who came into the divisional with a 33-0 record, won the divisional’s Jug Beck Quick Pin Award. He had three falls in 4:38.
Libby, 10th ranked in A, had two champs — Mike Roby (125) and Bylan Berget (145).
Northwestern A Divisional
Team Totals
Polson 232, Ronan 180, Libby 176 1/2, Columbia Falls 136 1/2, Whitefish 38
Championship
98 — Craig Feistner, P, pinned Lucas Conklin, R, 1:49; 105 — Seth McCall, CF, pinned Isaac King, L, 1:43; 112 — Sal Bacarro, CF, pinned Andrew Tiegan, R, 1:43; 119 — Justin Whitman, CF, dec. Jesse Alfiero, P, 6-3; 125 — Mike Roby, L, pinned Nick Howell, P, :37; 130 — Cameron Neiss, R, pinned Mitch Haugen, L, 1:48; 135 — Jacob Young, P, dec. Kyle Leir, L, 7-3; 140 — Shawn Whitman, CF, dec. Mike Devlin, P, 10-6; 145 — Dylan Berget, L, dec. Brock Bleazard, P, 5-4; 152 — Micky Cheff, R, maj. dec. Ty Fouty, P, 13-4; 160 — Cole McArthur, R, dec. Tanner Benedict, W, 5-1; 171 — Brock Picard, P, dec. Kyle Sweedman, L, 5-4; 189 — Toby Cheff, R, pinned Kody Berget, 3:03; 215 — Kelly Houle, CF, pinned Josiah Clairmont, P, 1:51; 285 — Kaden Thomas, P, pinned Lucas Puckett, L, 1:39.
Third/Fourth
No match scores available
98 — Pat Sumner, P, def. Ian Edwards-Myslicki, L; 105 — Lucas Polk, P, (no fourth place wrestler); 112 — Razz Walhood, P, (no fourth place wrestler); 119 — Drew Fouty, P, def. Aaron Seefeldt, L; 125 — Adam Richardson, CF, def. Kyle Lawson, R; 130 — Shelby Grant, R, def. Dalton Rice, WF; 135 — Cody Hader, CF, def. Kohl Thompson, CF; 140 — Cody Elliot, L, def. Randy Kelley, P; 145 — Nick O’Dell, W, def. Dustin Goldsby, R; 152 — Billy Gross, CF, def. Quenton Denton, R; 160 — Joe Gross, CF, def. Austin Bailey, L; 171 — Tyler Wheeler, R, def. Geoff Streeter, WF; 189 — Devin Kamarainen, P, def. Jacob Babcock, CF; 215 — Colby Roberts, R, def. Rigo Ibbara, L; 285 — Aaron Yazzi Whitworth, R, def. Wolf Zinke, WF.