Photos: Champions crowned at Montana high school wrestling championships
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Lewistown senior Caleb Birdwell (left) won the 126-pound Class A state championship. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)
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Great Falls CMR’s Kai Stewart celebrates his 138-pound state championship. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)
Dillon’s Brent Tezak holds three fingers in the air after winning his third individual state championship on Saturday, a Dillon record. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)
Great Falls High senior Jordan Komac won back-to-back titles after winning the 160-pound championship on Saturday. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)
Colstrip’s Nakoda Siegel (top) won the 170-pound Class B-C wrestling championship, capping an undefeated junior season. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)
Kalispell Flathead’s Tucker Nadeau sticks out his tongue moments after winning the Class AA 182-pound championship. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)
Eureka’s Garrett Graves (right) hugs opponent Spencer Jones of Florence-Carlton after defeating him in the 182-pound state championship. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)
Huntley Project’s Blaine Buchanan (white singlet) takes down Colstrip’s Trey Yates in the 205-pound championship. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)
Havre High’s Tyler Schaub waits for the clock to hit zero in his championship-clinching match against Hardin’s Will Caprata. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)
Missoula Sentinel’s Bryar Newbary looks for points or a potential pin against Billings Senior’s Jarret Leinwand in the 205-pound championship. Leinwand won the match. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)
Billings Senior’s Jarret Leinwand enjoys a moment of celebration with the Broncs’ crowd after winning the 205-pound championship. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)
Colstrip wrestler Merlin Whitedirt celebrates his second straight heavyweight wrestling championship. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)
Sidney’s Ryan Horner looks for a pin against Glendive heavyweight Keegan Mires in the 285-pound state championship match. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)
Sidney’s Guy Melby jumps out of his chair in excitement after senior wrestler Ryan Horner won the 285-pound state championship. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)
Sidney heavyweight wrestler Ryan Horner hugs coach Guy Melby after he won the 285-pound championship. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)
Kalispell Flathead heavyweight Michael Lee gets tended to during his championship against teammate Alex Paull, who looks on overhead. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)
Kalispell Flathead heavyweight wrestlers Alex Paull (left) and Michael Lee (right) met in the 285-pound championship, where Lee won. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)
Kalispell Flathead heavyweights Alex Paull (left) and Michael Lee (right) hug after their state championship match on Saturday. Lee won in overtime. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)
Huntley Project 103-pound wrestler Clayton Donally looks at the score clock during his 2018 championship match against Camron Reilly of Forsyth. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)
Billings Senior’s Alejandro Madrid (back) waits for the whistle during his match against Billings Skyview’s Gentry Lamb in the 103-pound championship at the 2018 state wrestling tournament. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)
Forsyth’s Camron Reilly points to the crowd moments after winning the Class B-C 103-pound wrestling title. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)
Billings Senior’s Alejandro Madrid flexes in excitement after winning the State AA 103-pound championship. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)
Billings Senior wrestling fans cheer after Alejandro Madrid won the Class AA 103-pound state title. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)
Kaiden Cline of Sidney shouts in excitement after winning the Class A 103-pound championship. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)
Sidney sophomore Kaiden Cline leaps into the arms of coach Guy Melby after winning the 103-pound Class A championship. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)
Bozeman sophomore Jaiden James (left) tries to earn a takedown against Helena High’s Isaac Romero in the 113-pound State AA championship. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)
Eureka’s Gunnar Smith holds on to Shepherd’s Tanner Cook during the Class B-C 113-pound championship. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)
Cooper Birdwell of Lewistown (in white) fights for positioning against Libby-Troy’s Buddy Doolin in the 113-pound championship match. Birdwell won the Class A title. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)
Helena High’s Isaac Romero gets tended to by Bengals’ coach John Burke. Romero won the 113-pound State AA title. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)
Lewistown’s Cooper Birdwell (left) defeated Libby-Troy junior Buddy Doolin in the 113-pound championship. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)
Lewistown’s Cooper Birdwell won the 2018 Class A 113-pound wrestling championship. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)
Helena High’s Isaac Romero reacts after winning the Class AA 113-pound wrestling championship. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)
Eureka’s Gunnar Smith points to the Lions’ crowd after winning the Class BC 113-pound wrestling championship. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)
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