Mat season gets underway

Justin King Jefferson of Colfax placed third in the Davenport Invitational wrestling tournament Saturday with a 3-1 record. Wrestling in the 182-pound bracket, he dropped to the consolation bracket after being pinned by Niko Knezovich of Reardan in the second round. Knezovich went on to top the class.

Jefferson went on to defeat two Newport wrestlers on the way to topping the consolation bracket. He was the lone Bulldog to compete at Davenport because other team members lacked enough practice sessions to compete. Jefferson booked a 2-1 mark in the jamboree opener last week at Lakeside.

Wrestlers from 12 schools participated.

Coach Dennis Gransbery expects three or four more wrestlers will be eligible for their next event, an invitational at Potlatch Saturday.

Now logging practice time with the team is Daython Maltone, a junior heaveyweight who had returned to wresting this year.

Also expected in the lineup are Ray Compton, a sophomore who could compete in the 172 class, and Brandon Arneson, a freshman in the 152 class.