Montague’s Manny Villeda, left, and Whitehall’s Trevor Swanson battle for the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association wrestling meet title at 215 pounds Saturday, Jan. 23 at Fruitport High School. Villeda eventually took the match in a 3-1 decision, but Swa

while Reeths-Puffer and Montague help complete White Lake area dominance

FRUITPORT — Going into last weekend’s Greater Muskegon Athletic Association wrestling meet, the burning question amounted to: Will the Whitehall Vikings have enough to win the city title four-straight years?

Consider that question answered in the stoutest of terms.

Whitehall took the title going away, getting place finishes 12 of the 14 weight classes, including seven city championship performances, to take the team title with 225.5 points. Reeths-Puffer was second with 164 points, and, helping complete White Lake’s dominance over the field, Montague was fourth with 89 points. Fruitport was third with 117 points.

“I would have loved to see all 14 of our wrestlers place, and I think we could have had two more in the finals,” said Whitehall head coach Cliff Sandee. “But all-in-all, the boys wrestled tough. It was a good boost for us as we are preparing for our post season run.”

Scoring title-round championship for the Vikings were Casey Robinson (112 lbs.), Nate Zach (119 lbs.), Chris Bobryk (130 lbs.), James Champion (145 lbs.), Sam Pladies (152 lbs.), Ryan Friend (160 lbs.) and D’Mario Lewis (171 lbs.). Nate Manthei (103 lbs.) and Dillon McCarthy (140 lbs.) both fell in the finals round.

“Sending the senior class out on top was great,” said Sandee, about a senior class that has never known defeat at the city meet. “The team took a lot of pride in making sure that our seniors won their fourth-straight city title.”

Sandee praised his large coaching staff — which includes Anthony Varela, Jason Johnson, PJ Mitchell, Alex Trevino, Rick Champion, Josh Robart, Tom Robinson, Craig Christensen, Shane Boyer and Dick Boyer. “Our team is very lucky to have the help that we do,” said Sandee. “Our assistant coaches put their heart and soul into this program and the boys do a great job learning from these outstanding coaches.”

He added: “This is a perfect example of iron sharpening iron. Our outstanding coaching staff is working their butts off with these kids and our wrestlers are so coachable that they are getting better every day.”

Reeths-Puffer had a great day as well, getting finals-round titles from Tyler Stenberg (103 lbs.), Cody Stenberg (135 lbs.), Jake Connell (140 lbs.), and Dan Barnhart (285 lbs.), who won the heavy weight championship over Montague’s Chen Martinez in a 3-2 tie-breaker match. The Rockets got runners-up finishes from KC Hittle (125 lbs.), Ryan Connell (152 lbs.) and Jamie Neiger-Bickham (160 lbs.). Levi Bogue (145 lbs.) and Jamie Chrystler (215 lbs.) both won their consolation-round matches for Reeths-Puffer.

Montague’s Manny Villeda (215 lbs.) was the Wildcats’ lone championship-round title winner, though the team did get runners-up finishes from Martinez and Jordan Degen (171 lbs.), as well as consolation-finals titles from Hank Martin (103 lbs.) Dylan Lohman (119 lbs.), and consolation runners-up finishes from Cameron Ferrier (130 lbs.) and Jacob Snowdin (145 lbs.).

“This day was a great day for our team,” said Montague head coach Jay Mulder. “We challenged the team to finish in the Top 5 and they did that. Everyone wrestled very hard today. The coaching staff was extremely proud of the teams’ effort.”

Montague/Reeths-Puffer/Whitehall at the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association meet at Fruitport, Jan. 23

Team results: 1. Whitehall 225.5; 2. Reeths-Puffer 164; 3. Fruitport 117.5; 4. Montague 89; 5. Orchard View 78.5; 6. Holton 68; 7. Mona Shores 66; 8. Muskegon 36.

Championship round results:103: Tyler Stenberg, RP, dec. Nate Manthei, W, 8-2. 112: Casey Robinson, W, dec. Brandon Brown, F, 11-4. 119: Nate Zach, W, dec. Scott Moreen, H, 3-2. 125: Chris Zitka, OV, maj. dec. KC Hittle, RP, 12-0. 130: Chris Bobryk, W, pin Dakota Zimmer, F, :31. 135: Cody Stenberg, RP, dec. Karmin Clark, OV, 20-16. 140: Jake Connell, RP, tech fall Dillon McCarthy, W, 4:43. 145: James Champion, W, dec. Zach Fields, MS, 12-6. 152: Sam Pladies, W, dec. Ryan Connell, RP, 7-1. 160: Ryan Friend, W, dec. Jamie Neiger-Bickham, RP, 1:48. 171: D’Mario Lewis, W, dec. Jordan Degen, M, 3:28. 189: Travis Chorny, F, dec. Chet Kidder, W, 3-1. 215: Manny Villeda, M, dec. Trevor Swanson, W, 3-1. 285: Dan Barnhart, RP, dec. Chen Martinez, M, 3-2 (tie-breaker).

Consolation round results:

103: Hank Martin, M, pin Jusiah Liphard, F, 4:27. 112: David Balcom, MS, pin Brant Hull, H, 2:41. 119: Dylan Lohman, M, dec. Tony Brown, F, 8-5. 125: Tom McPjail, MS, dec. David Van Bergen, F, 10-8. 130: Cody Witkowski, OV, pin Cameron Ferrier, M, 2:13. 135: Tommy Neff, H, dec. Dre Lewis, W, 4-2. 140: Kyle Pawlowski, MS, dec. David Juarez, F, 9-4. 145: Levi Bogue, RP, dec. Jacob Snowdin, M, 6-3. 152: Cody Gannon, OV, tech fall D. Walker, Musk., 4:25. 160: Anthony Link, OV, dec. Sheldon Cregg, H, 6-4. 171: Matt Schucker, F, maj. dec. Trevion Calvin, Musk., 12-0. 189: Chet Atkins, H, dec. Matt Nowack, MS, 7-4. 215: Jamie Chrystler, RP, pin Colin Turnbow, MS, 2:59. 285: Willie Coulter-Hill, Musk., dec. Dexter Kilgore, F, 2-1.

Whitehall/Montague at West Michigan Conference Quad at Shelby, Jan. 27

Shelby 36, Whitehall 24

103: Ben Schroeder, S, dec. Nate Manthei, W, 2-1. 112: Will Foster, S, won by forfeit. 119: Emilio Borrego, S, dec. Casey Robinson, W , 9-2. 125: Nate Zack, W, maj. dec. Josh Crowder, S, 12-3. 130: Chris Bobryk, W, pin Jorge Salgado, S, 4:58. 135: Dre’ Lewis, W, tech fall Jordan White, S, 15-0. 140: Dillon McCarthy, W, dec. Nick Ashbaugh, S, 9-5. 145: Jamie Garcia, S, dec. Codie Pider, W, 14-10. 152: Sam Pladies, W, dec. Brandon Bennitt, S, 15-11. 160: Ryan Friend, W, dec. Josh Peterson, S, 9-3. 171: Mason Courtright. S, pin D’Mario Lewis, W, 4:52. 189: Seth Leutzinger, S, pin Chet Kidder, W, 5:23. 215: Richard Rodriguez, S, dec. Trevor Swanson, W, 6-3. 285:Tyler Bloom, S, pin Reese Wabsis, W, 1:09.

Whitehall 64, Mason County Central 12

103: Nate Manthei, W, won by forfeit. 112: Casey Robinson, W, won by forfeit. 119: Anthony Bower, W, won by forfeit. 125: Josh Couturier, W, won by forfeit. 130: Chris Bobryk, W, pin Josh Belke, MCC, :49. 135: Dre’ Lewis, W, pin Tony Gonzalez, MCC, 3:28. 140: Dillon McCarthy, W, maj. dec. Robert Allen, MCC, 24-8. 145: Codie Pider, W, pin Justin Steiger, MCC, :31. 152: Nick Allen, MCC, dec. Sam Pladies, W, 7-5. 160: Ryan Friend, W, pin Boris Radloff, MCC, :50. 171: D’Mario Lewis, W, tech fall Stephen Dipple, MCC, 16-0. 189: Chet Kidder, W, pin Steven Christofferson, MCC, 3:19. 215: Tad Jones, MCC, dec. Trevor Swanson, W, 4-3. 285: Tim Peterson, MCC, won by forfeit.

Montague 57, Mason County Central 24 

103: Hank Martin, M, won by forfeit. 112: Kyle Fahrlander, M, won by forfeit. 119: Dylan Lohman, M, won by forfeit. 125: Tristen Schultz, M, won by forfeit. 130: Cameron Ferrier, M, pin Josh Belke, MCC, :19. 135: Tony Gonzalez, MCC, won by forfeit. 140: Robert Allen, MCC, pin Billy Welch, M, 1:08. 145: Jacob Snowdin, M, dec. Justin Steiger, MCC, 9-7. 152: Nick Allen, MCC, won by forefeit. 160: Boric Radloff, MCC, pin Sebastian Felt, M, :52. 171: Jordan Degen, M, pin Stephen Dipple, MCC, 3:00. 189: Clark Gillish, M, pin Steven Christafferon, MCC, 1:38. 215: Manny Villeda, M, pin Tim Peterson, MCC, 3:42. 285: Chen Martinez, M, pin Tad Jones, MCC, 2:27. 

Shelby 68, Montague 9 

103: Austin Cox, S, dec. Hank Martin, M, 5-2. 112: Will Foster, S, pin Kyle Fahlrander, M, 1:20. 119: Houston Jones, S, tech fall Dylan Lohman, M, 18-1. 125: Josh Crowder, S, pin Tristen Schultz, M, :20. 130: Jorge Salgado, S, pin Cameron Ferrier, M, 1:15. 135: Jordan White, S, pin Billy Welch, M, :45. 140: Nick Ashbaugh, S, won by forfeit. 145: Jamie Garcia, S, pin Jacob Snowdin, M, 1:20. 152: JP Peterson, S, won by forfeit. 160: Brandon Bennitt, S, pin Sebastian Felt, M, :45. 171: Mason Courtright. S, pin Jordan Degen, M, 1:59. 189: Seth Leutzinger, S, pin Clark Gillish, M, 3:43. 215: Manny Villeda, M, dec. Richard Rodriguez, S, 9-5. 285: Chen Martinez, M, pin Tyler Bloom, S, 4:31.

Holland at Reeths-Puffer, Jan. 27

Holland 42, Reeths-Puffer 23