24 Top Dog wrestlers medal at Panhandle Championships

Sandpoint Top Dog wrestling competed in a pair of events over the past two weeks.

On Saturday, Nov. 16, the Top Dogs hosted the Panhandle Championships for the North Idaho Wrestling League at Sandpoint High School.

The Top Dogs had 48 wrestlers take part in the event and 24 of them walked away with medals. Colton Corey was the only Sandpoint wrestler to claim first in an event as he captured the Bantam 43A title.

The Top Dogs also secured eight runner-up finishes and a trio of third place results.

A total of 569 wrestlers competed in the Panhandle Championships this year, which is an NIWL all-time record.

On Nov. 9, the Top Dogs traveled to Lakeland High School to take part in the Battle for the North Tournament.

Sandpoint took 31 wrestlers to the tourney and 20 of them earned medals. Drew Knowles (Intermediate 71B), Jonah Snyder (Bantam 49C) and Shane Sherrill (Middle School 119) all claimed first in their respective weight classes while eight other Top Dogs secured second place results.

Sandpoint results

Panhandle Championships

Intermediate 63B — Jacob Neff, 2nd.

Bantam 43A — Colton Corey, 1st.

Intermediate 67A — Colton Dickinson, 2nd.

Pre-Bantam 40A — Gaige Cramer, 2nd.

Bantam 77 — Wyatt Lanaville, 2nd.

Novice 117 — Payton Fisher, 2nd.

Pre-Bantam 49B — Graysin Buxton, 2nd.

Intermediate 77A — Dominic Ratigan, 5th.

Middle School 124 — Shane Sherrill, 2nd.

Pre-Bantam 63 — Kormac Dunn, 2nd.

Intermediate 71B — Drew Knowles, 4th.

Middle School 106 — Jorden Tyler, 3rd.

Bantam 53B — KyAaron Jolley, 4th.

Novice 82 — Joe Neff, 5th.

Bantam 56C — Sj Noble, 4th.

Bantam 43B — Tyson Ames, 4th.

Middle School 106 — Dakota Rief, 4th.

Middle School 83 — Gavin Buxton, 4th.

Bantam 49D — Jonah Snyder, 4th.

Intermediate 59 — Jaydin Buxton, 6th.

Intermediate 71A — Harley Buxton, 6th.

Novice 92 — Isabella Stark, 3rd.

Middle School 136 — Bryson Tucker, 5th.

Intermediate 77B — Cody Warwick, 3rd.

Battle for the North Tournament

Intermediate 71B — Drew Knowles, 1st.

Bantam 49C — Jonah Snyder, 1st.

Middle School 119 — Shane Sherrill, 1st.

Novice 74A — Caiden Addington, 2nd.

Intermediate 77B — Dominic Ratigan, 2nd.

Intermediate 71A — Colton Dickinson, 2nd.

Bantam 62D — Tayden Cramer, 2nd.

Intermediate 71D — Cody Warwick, 2nd.

Bantam 53B — KyAaron Jolley, 3rd.

Intermediate 77A — Paden Hines, 2nd.

Novice 117 — Payton Fisher, 2nd.

Middle School 136 — Bryson Tucker, 2nd.

Novice 67B — Arrow Cramer, 3rd.

Novice 108B — Ryker Tucker, 3rd.

Middle School 106 — Jorden Tyler, 3rd.

Novice 82 — Joe Neff, 3rd.

Bantam 49B — Noah Pepperdine, 4th.

Bantam 56B — Patrick Morton, 4th.

Intermediate 63B — Jacob Neff, 4th.

Intermediate 93 — Camden Funderburg, 4th.