PREP WRESTLING: McLaimtaig brothers thrive at Rollie Lane

NAMPA — Priest River’s Caeden and Colm McLaimtaig are solidifying themselves in the record books. At the renowned Rollie Lane Wrestling Tournament held at the Ford Idaho Center in Nampa this Friday and Saturday, Colm picked up his 100th career varsity win while Caeden, who picked up his 100th career varsity win in early December, placed sixth in the 152-pound bracket.

Exactly 100 different schools attended this year’s tournament. Overall, 93 boys teams and 75 girls teams were fielded. The best of Idaho, Washington, California, Oregon, Utah and Nevada were represented, making the McLaimtaig brothers' achievements that much more impressive.

Caeden reached the semi-finals after winning four straight matches. After some tough consolation matchups, he finished sixth in the 64-man bracket. Caeden won two matches via decision and two by pin. He pinned Steven Christensen of Riverton (1:56) in round one and Ronan Brown of Owyhee (5:14) in round three. In round two, he defeated Brady Johns of Mountain View via decision (5-2) and Ivan Ivanov of Eagle (9-4) in the quarterfinal. He finished the tournament with a solid 4-3 record.

Colm went 3-2 on the weekend in the 138-pound bracket. In the first round, he picked up his 100th career varsity win against Bradyn Snyder of Lowry by pin (1:15). After falling in round two, he picked up two wins in the consolation bracket. Colm pinned both Oliver Russell of Chiawana (1:30) and Andrae Ramirez of Meridian (2:15).

According to trackwrestling.com, Colm is now 26-6 on the season, Caeden is 25-5, which makes them some of the top wrestlers in Idaho’s 1A/2A classification.

Priest River will dual Bonners Ferry at home on Tuesday.

    Colm McLaimtaig's hand is raised in the air after defeating Bradyn Snyder of Lowry via pin (1:15) in round one of the Rollie Lane Wrestling Invitational on Friday.