The Western AA Braves recorded four pins en route to the 64-7 win over now Eastern AA Butte.
The Bulldogs used to be in the West division, but after the high school split in Kalispell they were moved east. They still made the trek north to open against one of the nation's top 30 squads.
Butte rebounded to defeat Flathead Glacier 45-25 later on in the Wolfpack's very first dual meet.
Former state champ Brian Ham (135) was one of those to lead the Braves with a season-opening pin.
Lucas Cummings (135) and John Fransen (heavyweight) earned pins in Glacier's debut.
Flathead 64, Butte 7
105 - Jake Dellaserra (B) dec. Zach Reimnitz 11-4; 112 - Shawn Lau (F) maj. dec. Justin Rowling, 8-0; 119 - Joaquin Calderon (F) dec. Zach Hettick 12-5; 125 - Levi Lovshin (B) maj. dec. Jeremiah Gaiser, 8-0; 135 - Brian Ham (F) pinned Marcus McCaughey, 2:57; 140 - T.C. Decker (F) dec. C.J. Kissell, 4-0; 145 - Ryan Thiel (F) pinned Jay Hubber, 4:33; 152 - Steve Mantel (F) dec. Todd Mulcahy, 11-4; 160 - Tyler Wells (F) tech fall Conner Leprowse, 27-12; 171 - David Lau (F) maj. dec. D.J. Renz, 16-2. 189 - Luke Fischer (F) pinned Willy Pesanti, 1:13; Hwt - Tyler Thomas (F) pinned Mack Ferko, :14.
Flathead won 98, 130 and 215 by forfeit.
Butte 45, Glacier 25
112 - Jake Dellaserra (B) pinned Sam Overton, 2:36; 119 - Justin Rowling (B) pinned Derek Mitchell 1:19; 125 - Stormy Day (G) maj. dec. Zach Hettick, 21-8; 130 - Jordan Nelson (G) dec. Levi Lovshin, 6-4; 135 - Lucas Cummings (G) pinned Marcus McCaughey, 1:03; 140 - C.J. Kissell (B) pinned Brayden Bagley 3:31; 145 - Jay Hubber (B) pinned Matt Cope 1:45; 152 - Todd Mulcahy (B) dec. Clayton Hamilton, 7-0; 160 - Connor Leprowse (B) pinned Chance Stupak 5:22; 171 - Willie Pesanti (B) won by forfeit; 189 - D.J. Renz (B) pinned Boyce Ballard, 3:32; 215 - Jake Criner (G) won by forfeit; Hwt - John Fransen (G) pinned Mack Ferko, 1:03.
Class A
Ronan 57, Whitefish 15
At Whitefish, the Chiefs used four pins to get past the Bulldogs in a Northwestern A dual on opening night.
Ronan, one of the league's preseason favorites, had five forfeits on its side as well.
Nate Templer (130), Tyson Noyes (135), Rick Luchau (160) and Josh Krantz (189) earned pins for the Chiefs.
Whitefish's lone pin was a good one as Matt Starr (140) stuck Micky Cheff in 4:19.
Ronan 57, Whitefish 15
130 - Nate Templer, R, pinned Dalton Rice, 3:31; 135 - Tyson Noyes, R, pinned Phillip Murphy, 2:49; 140 - Matt Starr, W, pinned Micky Cheff, 4:19; 145 - Toby Cheff, R, dec. Caleb Prestegaard, 10-7; 152 - Cody Morris, W, dec. Westyn Kiehn, 14-9; 160 - Rick Luchau, R, pinned Tanner Benedict, 1:55; 189 - Josh Krantz, R, pinned Derek Crittenden, 2:42; 215 - Jake Sheel, W, dec. Frank Swan, 5-4; 285 - Kevin McDowell, W, dec. Tomy Parker, 5-2.
Ronan won 98, 112, 119, 125, 171 by forfeit.
Class B-C
Thompson Falls 39, Eureka 30
At Thompson Falls, the Bluehawks had four matches decided by forfeit to Eureka's two and it was enough of an edge for Thompson Falls to win the Western B-C season opener with the Lions.
Matt Hojem (119) and Michael Glover (160) highlighted the Bluehawks' night with second period pins. The closest match of the evening went to Thompson Falls heavyweight Jason Shaw, who took a 7-6 decision over Kallan Roose.
Eureka was led by Taylor Brown (140) and Cory Greenwood (152), who both opened the season with pins.
Thompson Falls 39, Eureka 30
119 - Matt Hojem, TF, pinned Randy Kirkedahl, 3:29; 135 - Taylor Vaughn, E, def. Shawn Barnes 5-2; 140 - Taylor Brown, E, pinned Richard Lyons, 3:52; 145 - Brian Price, E, def. Logan Clay, 10-6; 152 - Cory Greenwood, E, pinned Aaron Barrus, 1:59; 160 - Michael Glover, TF, pinned Andrew Lowe, 1:21; Hwt - Jason Shaw, TF, def. Kallan Roose, 7-6.
Eureka won 112, 215 by forfeit. Thompson Falls won 125, 130, 171, 189 by forfeit.
Cascade Invite
At Cascade, the Darby wrestling team sits in second place behind host Cascade-Simms during its two-day invitational meet.
The Tigers scored 57 points on the first day of the season-opening meet, but trail the Badgers (78) heading into Saturday's semifinals and finals.
Florence (47) and Arlee (46fi) are in the top 10 at the mostly Class B-C meet.
There are 14 western Montana wrestlers in the semis, including a pair of weight classes with two.
Florence's Corbin Newbary and Arlee's Jake Trujillo meet in one of the 112-pound semis, and Florence's Josh Marquart and Darby's Kyle Maki square off at 171 pounds.
Team scores
Cascade-Simms 78, Darby 57, Boulder 54.5, Choteau 54.5, Great Falls High JV 53, Florence 47, Arlee 46.5, Whitehall 40, CMR JV 39, Harlem 34, Fort Benton 34, Deer Lodge 29, Butte JV 28.5, Townsend 21, Helena Capital JV 20, Fairfield 19, Noxon 11, Helena High JV 10
Semifinal matchups
98-Austin Lundin, Capital JV, vs. Jade Rauser, Townsend; Colton Dirden, Harlem, vs. Willie Anderson, Capital; 105-Kayle Axtman, Fort Benton, vs. Lathan Crossland, Cascade-Simms; Anthony Zimmer, GFH JV, vs. Val Rauser, Townsend; 112-Derek Rogers, Cascade-Simms, vs. Tony Grubb, CMR JV; Corbin Newbary, Florence, vs. Jake Trujillo, Arlee; 119-Matt Halmes, Cascade-Simms, vs. Jake Boyle, Capital; Cole Rice, Arlee, Chase Dirden, Harlem; 125-Jordan Lefler, Arlee, vs. Kyler Gardipee, Butte; Brent Peterson, Fort Benton, vs. Clay Gruel, Cascade-Simms; 130-Keith Dosland, Whitehall, vs. Will McLaughlin, Boulder; Nathan Enochs, Cascade-Simms, vs. Tucker Lytle, Arlee; 135-Ben Wideman, Whitehall, vs. Dylan Gillaspie, CMR JV; Bryce Hofer, Harlem, vs. Michael Majors, Darby; 140-Jake Halmes, Cascade-Simms, vs. Brennen Lund, Florence; Cory Martini, Boulder, vs. Garrick Thompson, Deer Lodge; 145-Brian Brunelle, Cascade-Simms, vs. Josh Young, Choteau; Ridge Wallace, Choteau, vs. John Wagner, Fairfield; 152-Dylan Isakson, Choteau, vs. Cody Fiske, Capital; Darren Wood, Boulder, vs. Jeremiah Almos, Cascade-Simms; 160-Brad Cain, Deer Lodge, vs. Trent Jones, Harlem; Justin Richardson, Darby, vs. Daniel Woodland, Cascade-Simms; 171-Josh Leibers, Whitehall, vs. Jerry Marias, Fort Benton; Josh Marquart, Florence, vs. Kyle Maki, Darby; 189-Cody George, Boulder, vs. Tim Welsh, GFH JV; Justin Rogers, Choteau, vs. Craig Ashworth, Florence; 215-Raymond DeBruycker, Choteau, vs. Mike Nelson, CMR JV; Jamin Bonato, Deer Lodge, vs. Zach Birnel, Choteau; Hwt-Ethan Tweet, Fort Benton, vs. Tom Larson, Capital JV; Jesse Johnson, Boulder, vs. Keegan Fluke, Arlee
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