Wrestlers sweep tri-match

The Mountain Home Tiger wrestling team swept a tri-match at Jerome Wednesday night, beating Jerome and Canyon Ridge.

Mountain Home 47, Jerome 27

Mountain Home won nine of the 15 matches against Jerome, picking up five pins and four decisions, to beat the Tigers of Jerome 47-27.

Winning by pins were DJ Hale at 138 pounds, Charlie Shoemaker at 145, Josh Deal at 170, Jon Ryan at 195 and Dallin Dearing at 285.

Picking up decision wins were Aerial Groene at 106, Jaime Ibarra at 113, Tanner Sessions at 132, and Ryan Goldsby at 152.

Losing by decisions were Justin Lisonbee at 120, Austin Clark at 160 and Jeff Checketts at 182.

Losing by pins were Jonathon Deese at 126 and Solomon Chung Hee at 220.

The Tigers forfeited at 98 pounds.

Mountain Home 47,

Canyon Ridge 36

Mountain Home won eight of the 15 matches to beat the River Hawks 47-36 in the other match at Jerome.

Winning by pins were Tanner Sessions at 132 pounds, DJ Hale at 138, Charlie Shoemaker at 145 and Jeff Checketts at 182.

The Tigers picked up forfeit wins by Justin Lisonbee at 120, Josh Deal at 170 and Dallin Dearing at 285.

Ryan Goldsby won by technical fall (15-0) at 152.

Losing by pins were Aerial Groene at 106 pounds, Jaime Ibarra at 113, Jonathon Deese at 126, Austin Clark at 160, Jon Ryan at 195 and Soloman Chung Hee at 220.

The Tigers forfeited in the 98-pound weight class.

"We went over there and really took care of business against Jerome and Canyon Ridge," said Tiger wrestling coach Lynn Knudson. "We put some young kids in the lineup... and it all worked out."

Mountain Home also wrestled in the Bonneville Duals over the weekend in Idaho Falls, winning five of nine matches and placing eighth.

They opened Friday against Bonneville and lost 71-5, but bounced back with three wins, beating Hillcrest 51-36, Idaho Falls 57-27 and Madison 54-24.

Saturday's action saw them open with a 45-36 win over Rigby before losing to Skyline 42-34 and Blackfoot 52-27. They bounced back with a 63-24 win over Shelley and finished with a 51-33 loss to Pocatello to go 5-4 for the tournament.

"Any time you go down there and wrestle nine matches in two days, that's tough," said Coach Knudson, "but it just helped us get into better shape (and) gave our kids more experience. And once again, we had a number of young people in there, so just that experience that they're getting, improving their record, but also improving their skill level, that's what we're always looking for. It's definitely going to help our team here in the long run."

In other wrestling action, the Tiger junior varsity quad competed at the Bear-Cat Tournament in Jerome, where the team finished seventh.

Brett Stempfley won the 132-pound weight class and Josh Saporta was second at 106 pounds. Nick Cruz (132) and Dallin Dearing (220) both placed fourth. John Rooney was fifth at 120 pounds.