Randles first, Travers third at IE tourney

SPOKANE — Freshman Casey Randles went 4-0 en route to the 152 pound championship, and senior Josh Travers (220) went 4-1 to finish third, leading the Bulldog wrestling team to a 10th place finish among 21 teams on Saturday at the Inland Empire League Tournament at Central Valley High School.

Randles won three of his matches in first period pins, and the fourth in a 7-0 decision, dominating his bracket.

Jacob Williams (170) went 3-2 during the two-day tournament, and Josh Brown (182) 2-2, the only other Bulldogs to post multiple wins over the weekend.

The tournament serves as a nice prelude to the Tri-State Tournament on Friday and Saturday at North Idaho College. Tri-State is considered one of the toughest tournaments in the Northwest, featuring brackets boasting multiple current state champions from Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Montana.

SANDPOINT FINISHERS

106 — Preston Bunty, lost 4-2 to Eisenhower and lost by pin to Ferris in :49.

113 — Scout Nash, won by pin over Lakeland in 2:18, lost by pin to University in 1:19 and East Valley in 2:30.

126 — Tanner McNelley, lost by major decision over Mead 8-0, won by pin over Eastmont in 1:18 and lost 5-0 to University.

138 — Mahonri Hunsaker, won by pin over Eisenhower in 5:46, lost 5-0 to Richland and 6-4 to Lakeland.

145 — Lewis Dunton, lost 8-7 tiebreaker to Shadle Park, beat Lakeland 6-1 and lost 5-1 to Chiawana.

152 — Casey Randles, pinned Mead in 1:02, pinned Cheney in 1:48, beat Ferris 7-0 and pinned Post Falls in 1:48.

160 — Owen Stebbins pinned Hanford in :33, lost 1-0 to East Valley and 11-6 to Eisenhower.

170 — Jacob Williams, lost by pin at 5:41 to Chiawana, won by pin in 4:25 over Lewis and Clark, won by forfeit over Richland, won 4-2 over Colville and lost a major decision 14-2 to University.

182 — Tyler Brown, won 9-6 over Mead, was pinned by Shadle Park in 2:41, won by pin over East Valley in 1:11 and by injury default to Ferris.

220 — Josh Travers, pinned Post Falls in 3:35 and Rogers in 3:15, lost by pin in 3:26 to Mead, beat Ellensberg 5-0 and Moses Lake 3-1.

285 — Talon Egbers, was pinned in 1:37 by Kennewick and 2:02 by Richland.