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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

Panhandle wrestling rankings

The Spokesman-Review

103: 1, Jared Madsen (Kellogg). 2, Greg Lee (Coeur d’Alene). 3, D.J. Skelton (Lewiston). 4, Jeff Parker (CdA). 5, tie, Danny Booth (Post Falls) and Sam Berger (PF).

112: 1, Joey Fio (Sandpoint). 2, James Hug (Lew). 3, Joe Erickson (PF). 4, Alec Ward (Spt). 5, Dustin Springer (Lakeland).

119: 1, Brandon Palanuik (LL). 2, Craig Byers (Post Falls). 3, Isaak Lawlor (CdA). 4, Lee Wright (Lew). 5, tie, Michael Ryan (Kell), Kyle Payne (St. Maries) and Phillip Luedecke (CdA).

125: 1, Chris Spade (Spt). 2, Aaron Stephens (Lake City). 3, Jason Ellefloot (CdA). 4, David Hayes (Bonners Ferry). 5, tie, Brett Berger (PF) and Patrick Neal (Timberlake).

130: 1, Alex Watson (Spt). 2, Gale Belgarde (Spt). 3, John Pollock (PF). 4, Randy Jerald (CdA). 5, tie, Mike Barnhouse (TL) and Adam Benda (SM).

135: 1, Josh Manes (CdA). 2, Ken Swift (BF). 3, Nathan Birdsall (LL). 4, Jake Will (Wallace). 5, tie, Kyle Meschko (Spt), Jeremy Thorne (BF) and Matt Anderson (TL).

140: 1, Bobby Kuber (PF). 2, Alex Howard (CdA). 3, Matt Schulz (Lew). 4, Cody Campbell (CdA). 5, Steve Pepperdine (Spt).

145: 1, Thomas Henderson (LL). 2, Tim Ost (PF). 3, Ryan Miller (Priest River). 4, Matt Doerflinger (CdA). 5, Carson Work (LC).

152: 1, Adam Hall (BF). 2, Derek Waldo (PF). 3, Taylor Morris (Spt). 4, Tim Strickland (PF). 5, Logan Sheldon (SM).

160: 1, Keith Olson (LL). 2, Ken Koehler (BF). 3, Jared Reynolds (CdA). 4, Eric Prestegaard (PF). 5, Rhen Lyden (LL).

171: 1, Mike Kuber (PF). 2, Travis Stolley (BF). 3, Joe Heil (Spt). 4, tie, Cody Ensley (Lew), Trevor Leaf (CdA) and Spud Jones (LC).

189: 1, Ryan Allen (CdA). 2, Dallin Davis (PF). 3, Nick Uhnack (Spt). 4, Don Dinning (BF). 5, Steven Storrs (LL).

215: 1, Adam Shamion (PF). 2, Blake Cord (Timberlake). 3, Marshall Childers (PF). 4, Ben Turner (BF). 5, tie, Harrison Bullard (LC), Kelen Efta (CdA) and Mike Vickhammer (LC).

Heavyweight: 1, David Howard (TL). 2, Don Sohler (LC). 3, Kyle Neal (PF). 4, Sheldon Cramer (Spt). 5, tie, Mark Skogrand (Lew) and Dusty Brede (SM).

NOTE: These are the preseason rankings. The top five wrestlers in the region are listed at each weight. The poll will be published weekly through the regular season with exception of the two-week holiday break. Coaches are asked to call Greg Lee (765-7127 in Coeur d’Alene area; 1-800-344-6718, ext. 7127 outside Kootenai County) or e-mail ( gregl@spokesman.com) to update their wrestlers’ records.

Power rankings: The individual rankings are used to produce the power rankings. First is worth 10 points, second eight, third six, fourth four and fifth two.

1, Post Falls 97. 2, Coeur d’Alene 73. 3, Sandpoint 65. 4, Bonners Ferry 43. 5, Lakeland 41.