In their first home dual of 2025, the Star Valley Braves took care of the visiting Rigby Trojans by the score of 57-20.
Although the Trojans took the opening match at 144 pounds to open up a 3-0 lead it was never meant to last as the Braves won the next eight matches by fall, technical fall or major decision.
Tel Parry and Kooper Burk, who were both coming off event championships at the Madison Invite last weekend, easily won their matches. Grant Thomson and Ty Thompson placed second in Rexburg and also won their matches on Tuesday night. Kolbe Merritt was also second at Madison but fell in his match by decision.
The shortest match of the night went to junior Elijah Matautia who stepped onto the varsity mat for the first time this season after placing second in the JV bracket last weekend. He pinned his man in just 14 seconds.
A total of 17 junior matches were also wrestled prior to the varsity dual, those results can be found below.
Star Valley will be back in action this weekend as part of the Tiger-Grizz Invite, an event that has been a staple of the Braves’ wrestling scheduled for several decades.
The next Braves home action will be a dual against Evanston on February 13. Star Valley will then host the 4A West in a jam-packed one-day regional tournament on February 21. It will be the first regional wrestling tournament SVHS has hosted since 2008.
Star Valley: 57 Rigby: 20
144: Trexton Harned (Rigby) over Kolbe Merritt (SV) (Dec 10-3)
150: Ty Thompson (SV) over Axel Lee (Rigby) (Fall 1:51)
157: Hazen Hess (SV) over Austin Madden (Rigby) (Fall 1:17)
165: Kooper Burk (SV) over Eli Womack (Rigby) (TF 20-3)
175: Damien Burgess (SV) over Chanse Daniel (Rigby) (Fall 2:37)
190: Ryan Talbot (SV) over Tyler Stewart (Rigby) (Fall 0:59)
215: Elijah Matautia (SV) over Ethan Hickman (Rigby) (Fall 0:14)
285: Grant Thomson (SV) over Cashe Wiliams (Rigby) (Fall 1:00)
106: Thomas Hoopes (SV) over Oliver Hanson (Rigby (MD 13-2)
113: Canyon Scott (Rigby) won by forfeit
120: Hunter Anderson (Rigby) over Kayden Crookston (SV) (Fall 2:29)
126: Kimball Parry (SV) over Cody Dance (Rigby) (Fall 3:15)
132: Tucker Clark (Rigby) over Maxwell Jirak (SV) (TF 19-4)
138: Tel Parry (SV) over Trycen Bott (Rigby) (Fall 0:56)
JUNIOR VARSITY RESULTS –
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