Seyfert, King Place At State

Kasey Seyfert placed third at 120 and Cody King sixth at 138. And as a unit, the six Scotties at the state B/C wrestling tournament in Billings last weekend made it to the Sweet 16 top teams.

"We did OK," coach Jory Casterline told The Courier. "I knew with our (disappointing) Divisional that we had that we wouldn't do as good as we hoped at State."

Seyfert, a year after placing sixth at 113 at State, placed third this time around at 120. He decisioned Jonathan Schmidt of Eureka, 10-6, in the third place match and went 4-1 over the weekend at MetraPark.

Seyfert's Top 3 showing followed several weeks in which we was dealing with an illness and wrestled a limited schedule in hopes of strengthening for State.

"Kasey showed up and brought it," Caserline said. "What we did paid off for him, definitely. There were no signs of (his illness) on the mat."

King went 2-3 at State, getting through the quarterfinals 2-0 before losing three matches. His 9-2 loss to eventual runner-up JJ Werdal of Choteau proved to be his undoing.

"Cody had a good tournament up until the semis with Werdal," Casterline said. "It's tough to bounce back mentally from that. We just have to be able to come back from that and look for that third place finish."

Not placing for the Scotties were Mick Reyling (2-2) at 126, Jake Hentges (1-2) at 145, Tony Kaiser (0-2) at 160 and Tanner Roness (2-2) at 182.

But Roness did come up big at MetraPark. He signed a Frontier Conference letter of intent to play football for the Montana Western Bulldogs, per the team's Facebook page.

Roness, 5-11 and 185 pounds, was a bruising All-State force at fullback and linebacker on last season's powerhouse Scottie football team. He made it to State in only his second year of wrestling. Casterline commended him for having a "good tournament" and wrestling to his ability.

He's undecided on his major at Western.

Casterline thanked Scottie Nation for its support at State and driving over winter roads to meets during his first year at coach.

"We can't do it without those guys," he said. "We had quite a few fans in Billings. They need to be complimented. Words of encouragement can go a long way for these kids."

B/C State

Wrestling Tournament

Top 16 Of 41 Teams

1 Choteau 188.5, 2 Colstrip 145, 3 Forsyth 129, 4 Eureka 107, 5 Huntley Project 99.5, 6 Ronan 72.5, 7 Chinook 68.5, 8 Cut Bank 65.5, 9 St. Ignatius/Charlo 61, 10, Conrad 54, 11 Shepherd 54, 12 Malta/Whitewater 53, 13 Townsend 51, 14 Hot Springs 45, 15 Fairfield 42, 16 Glasgow 38

Glasgow Results

B/C - 120 - Kasey Seyfert (21-10) placed 3rd and scored 18.00 team points.

Champ. Round 1 - Kasey Seyfert (Glasgow) 21-10 won by fall over Keaton Anderson (Cut Bank) 28-12 (Fall 1:38)

Quarterfinal - Kasey Seyfert (Glasgow) 21-10 won by fall over Austin McArthur (Broadwater (Townsend)) 33-13 (Fall 2:34)

Semifinal - Zach Durden (Lincoln Co. (Eureka)) 42-4 won by major decision over Kasey Seyfert (Glasgow) 21-10 (MD 13-4)

Cons. Semi - Kasey Seyfert (Glasgow) 21-10 won by decision over Cole Giles (Fairfield / Power / Simms) 37-12 (Dec 9-4)

3rd Place Match - Kasey Seyfert (Glasgow) 21-10 won by decision over Jonathan Schmidt (Lincoln Co. (Eureka)) 10-4 (Dec 10-6)

B/C - 126 - Mick Reyling (27-14) place is unknown and scored 7.00 team points.

Champ. Round 1 - Mick Reyling (Glasgow) 27-14 won by fall over James Estey (Cut Bank) 2-19 (Fall 0:40)

    Quarterfinal - Eli Walston (Columbus / Absarokee) 43-5 won by decision over Mick Reyling (Glasgow) 27-14 (Dec 7-0)

Cons. Round 2 - Mick Reyling (Glasgow) 27-14 won by fall over Colton Hillyard (Fairfield / Power / Simms) 27-19 (Fall 2:51)

Cons. Round 3 - Micheal Wark (Shepherd) 33-21 won by decision over Mick Reyling (Glasgow) 27-14 (Dec 4-1)

B/C - 138 - Cody King (34-13) placed 6th and scored 8.00 team points.

Champ. Round 1 - Cody King (Glasgow) 34-13 won by decision over Jase Sorenson (Thompson Falls) 21-17 (Dec 6-1)

Quarterfinal - Cody King (Glasgow) 34-13 won by major decision over Randon Anderson (Cut Bank) 38-17 (MD 16-4)

Semifinal - JJ Werdal (Choteau) 40-4 won by decision over Cody King (Glasgow) 34-13 (Dec 9-2)

Cons. Semi - Dawson Peterman (Fairfield / Power / Simms) 35-12 won by major decision over Cody King (Glasgow) 34-13 (MD 9-1)

5th Place Match - James Dunn (Lincoln Co. (Eureka)) 28-12 won by decision over Cody King (Glasgow) 34-13 (Dec 6-4)

B/C - 145 - Jake Hentges (19-12) place is unknown and scored 3.00 team points.

Champ. Round 1 - Jared Neiss (Ronan) 39-11 won by fall over Jake Hentges (Glasgow) 19-12 (Fall 1:10)

Cons. Round 1 - Jake Hentges (Glasgow) 19-12 won by fall over Josh Solf (Big Sandy) 19-16 (Fall 3:20)

    Cons. Round 2 - Jake Norby (Chinook) 34-16 won by fall over Jake Hentges (Glasgow) 19-12 (Fall 2:56)

B/C - 160 - Tony Kaiser (32-19) place is unknown and scored 0.00 team points.

Champ. Round 1 - Luke Crowe (Noxon) 30-6 won by decision over Tony Kaiser (Glasgow) 32-19 (Dec 10-7)

Cons. Round 1 - Evan Finstad (Cut Bank) 25-22 won by fall over Tony Kaiser (Glasgow) 32-19 (Fall 4:55)

B/C - 182 - Tanner Roness (34-16) place is unknown and scored 2.00 team points.

Champ. Round 1 - Steeler French (Choteau) 38-0 won by fall over Tanner Roness (Glasgow) 34-16 (Fall 3:36)

Cons. Round 1 - Tanner Roness (Glasgow) 34-16 won by decision over Alan Chojnacky (Noxon) 20-13 (Dec 5-0)

Cons. Round 2 - Tanner Roness (Glasgow) 34-16 won by decision over Wyatt Anzalone (Colstrip) 16-23 (Dec 5-3)

Cons. Round 3 - Blake Jessen (Huntley Project) 40-9 won by fall over Tanner Roness (Glasgow) 34-16 (Fall 3:52)