It’s one of the toughest tournaments on the schedule and one of the longest lasting events on the Star Valley wrestling calendar, the Tiger-Grizz Invite awaits schools from around the region this Friday and Saturday.
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After Day 1, the Lady Braves were in second place as a team with 81.1 points. The Braves were 8th after Day 1 with 70.0 points.
Saturday coverage is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m.
JR Burgess will be on site for SVI to bring you video coverage of the event here and on the SVI Media YouTube channel. Read the recaps of how the teams did at the Madison Invite last week under the video.
Saturday:
Friday:
Lady Braves dominate Madison mats
• Andrews and Foreman place first
There were 21 teams at the Madison Invite in Rexburg, Idaho over the weekend, but all of them were chasing the Lady Braves. At the end of the tournament, the Star Valley girls finished with 227.0 team points, nearly 40 in front of second-place Malad.
Leading the way was Cara Andrews at 138 and Veil Foreman at 145 who both won their respective brackets. The ladies also put Cashlee Hepworth, Brooke Schwab, Remington Aullman, Keston Johnson, Hallie Robertson and Carlee Angell into the finals with all of them placing second.
Madison Team Scores
Star Valley 227.0
Malad 188.0
Preston 156.0
Green Canyon 134.0
Idaho Falls 130.5
(21 Teams)
SVHS Madison Placers
100: Carlee Angell (2nd)
100: Constance Peterson (6th)
107: Kenna Merritt (4th)
114: Hallie Robertson (2nd)
120: Keston Johnson (2nd)
138: Cara Andrews (1st)
138: Remington Aullman (2nd)
145: Veil Foreman (1st)
152: Settelly Roberts (4th)
165: Brooke Schwab (2nd)
235: Cashlee Hepworth (2nd)
• Wrestlers place 2nd at Madison Invite
The Braves grapplers added another podium finish to their season as they competed at the Madison Invitational in Rexburg, Idaho over the weekend.
The Star Valley boys placed second at Madison with 158.5 team points.
Tel Parry and Kooper Burk won their weight classes with Grant Thomson, Kolbe Merritt and Ty Thompson placing second.
“I felt really good about it,” replied head coach Eddie Clark. “They wrestled well and we got some things to work on but that’s the idea. We need to get a little better on top and we need to control wrists a little better. Some technical things like that.”
In addition to the two champions, nine other wrestlers placed in the event.
“They all wrestled super well,” Clark added. “Some of them performed way above what their own expectations were which is fun.”
The Star Valley masters of the mat will be back in the Gem State as they now return for the traditional Tiger-Grizz Invite which has been one of the top tournaments on the wrestling schedule for decades.
“It’s a giant tournament,” Clark said of the Tiger-Grizz. “The Richardson, Tiger-Grizz and Ron Thon are our biggest tournaments. They vary from year to year of course, but Corner Canyon will be there with their full team and they are tough. Some of the teams might be bringing some guys who didn’t make it from earlier in the year. It’s always a very good event.”
Clark also added that the program is working to fill spots including a major injury this past weekend.
“We are making some weight class adjustments but we will get it done.”
Madison Invite Team Scores
Madison 247.0
Star Valley 158.5
Jerome 132.0
Century 131.5
S. Fremont 128.0
(16 Teams)
SVHS Placers
126: Kimball Parry (3rd)
138: Tel Parry (1st)
144: Kolbe Merritt (2nd)
144: Darrell Hunting (6th)
157: Ty Thompson (2nd)
157: Hazen Hess (5th)
165: Kooper Burk (1st)
165: Cameron Mickelsen (4th)
175: Damien Burgess (5th)
175: Carson Clapp (6th)
215: Grant Thomson (2nd)
