Stebbins, Bunty, Nash survive at Tri-State

COEUR d’ALENE — Owen Stebbins (182), Preston Bunty (152) and Scout Nash (138) survived the first day of Tri-State, no easy task, leading the Sandpoint wrestling team to a 40th place finish after day one of the prestigious Tri-State Wrestling Tournament on Friday at North Idaho College.

Nash scored a big sudden victory win over a Post Falls opponent in the first round of consolation, before registering a pair of pins to remain alive.

Stebbins made the quarterfinals after 3-2 win over Hermiston, but lost a tough 2-1 match to Lake City dropping down to today’s consolation.

Bunty scored wins over Sentinel and Enumclaw and remains alive in consolation.

Day two of Tri-State continues today, as some of the top wrestlers from four states will compete starting at 9 a.m.

SANDPOINT RESULTS

132 — Kadin Shaw, North Central, md. Tucker Hall, 11-2; Jared Rodarte, White River, d. Hall 9-2.

138 — Christian Freund, Kelso, tf. Scout Nash, Spt, 17-1; Nash won 6-2 by sudden victory over Chris Farnsworth, Post Falls; Nash p. Vance Frazier, Tonasket, 2:28; Nash p. Jesse Woll, Lakeside, :43; wrestles today in consolation.

145 — Tyler Morris, Post Falls, p. Malachi Mazzare, Spt, :53; Oscar Lopez, Hermiston, d. Mazzare, 7-2.

152 — Preston Bunty, Spt, d. Reese Rahn, Sentinel, 7-3; Jack Ervien, White River, d. Bunty, 5-0; Bunty, Spt, md. Blake Bogh, Enumclaw, 12-1; wrestles today in consolation.

160 — John Stuart, Kelso, p. Tekoa Mazzare, Spt, 1:21; Mazzare d. Duncan Somera, Enumclaw, 4-1; Garrett Mangis, North Central, d. Mazzare, 3-1.

170 — Jordan Plonka, Lakeland, p. Andrew Webster, Spt, 5:07; Camrin Doty, Sentinel, p. Webster, 1:22.

180 — Owen Stebbins, Spt, d. Joey Gutierrez, Hermiston, 3-2; Andrew Olvera, Lake City, d. Stebbins, 2-1; wrestles in consolation today.