What a busy weekend of wrestling for Sandpoint Legacy. There were kids on the mats in four different tournaments and wrestling in all three styles!

At the WLGWL tournament in Spokane West Valley, the bulk of our team was ready to wrestle after the let down last week. With 24 kids on the final roster, the team pulled in 18 medals after 19 made the finals – almost every kid won at least one match and the team had the second highest win percentage. Sounds like our team earned some good karma points for keeping another team’s table running when they abandoned it mid tournament – so a HUGE thank you to all the parents for going above and beyond.

5-6 Year Olds
Amzie Hatfield – 1st, Evan Darren – 2nd, and Finn Bradshaw – 3rd

7-8 Year Olds
Braxley Hatfield – 1st, Conner Darren – 2nd, Clarissa Birch – 2nd, Paz Dunn – 2nd, Beau Bradshaw – 3rd and Hunter Svedin – 3rd

9-10 Year Olds
Kaleb Bogadi – 1st, Jack Balch – 2nd, Gabby Nagel – 2nd and Michael Balch – 3rd

11-12 Year Olds
Cole Martin – 1st and Lucas Porter – 3rd

13-14 Year Olds
Summer Birch – 1st, Gage Martin – 1st and Jason Symons – 2nd

Three hours south we had a smaller group geared up for Freestyle and Greco at the Gator Memorial in Lewiston. The laid-back atmosphere with a focus on fun and learning was a great intro to the Freestyle/Greco season. A downside to the first tournaments is they are not as highly attended so many brackets were re-grouped, and we had to wrestle up in age and weight to get some competition. For some, those were their best matches for working their moves, for others not so much as we had two injuries during Greco in the Junior division. Fingers are crossed that John and Dominic are feeling better and on the mend.

FREESTYLE
U10
Kaleb Erickson 73lbs – 2nd

U14
Tyler Wood 92lbs – 1st, Zak Wood 114lbs – 1st and Dominic Ratigan 165lbs – 1st

JR
Zak Wood 120lbs – 3rd and John Holman 157lbs – 0-2

HS Girls
Leah Kerfoot 115lbs – 3rd and Maddie Hatfield 145lbs – 4th

GRECO:
U10
Kaleb Erickson -73lbs – 3rd

U14
Tyler Wood 95lbs – 1st and Zak Wood 117lbs – 1st

JR
John Holman 157lbs – 4th and Dominic Ratigan 157lbs – 5th

HS Girls
Maddie Hatfield 145lbs – 2nd

Way down south….or at least as far as Caldwell, Maxx Watson competed in the Cradle for the Cure tournament on Sunday. After a strong day of wrestling, he successfully defended his 2nd place finish in the true-second wrestle back in the 11–12-year-old 95lb bracket.

And one last shout out to Dalton Regehr and Damon Therrien who, though wrestling under the Bonners banner, also spent the weekend wrestling all three styles in Centralia, WA. Dalton worked hard and brought home two first place medals in Greco and Folkstyle.