Liberty Bell High School wrestlers on both the boys’ and girls’ teams finished well on Saturday (Jan. 4) at the Banks Lake Brawl, held at Almira-Coulee-Hartline High School. Noah Holston was the only boy to make the trip to Coulee City. He won three out of his four matches to take third place in his […]
LBHS wrestling
Mountain Lions place four wrestlers at Mat Classic in Tacoma
LBHS finishes 16th in team competition By Don Nelson All four of Liberty Bell High School’s representatives placed at last weekend’s Mat Classic state championships in Tacoma, and the Mountain Lions matched their 2018 performance by claiming 16th place among 45 teams in class 1B/2B competition. Liberty Bell freshman Cody White, wrestling at 106 pounds, […]
Four Mountain Lions headed to Mat Classic
The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) canceled all boys’ and girls’ regional wrestling tournaments last weekend because of threatening weather conditions, including the 1B/2B regional tournament that was scheduled for Saturday (Feb. 9) in Oroville. The WIAA instead created 32-entry brackets for the 2019 Mat Classic state meet in Tacoma that begins on Friday (Feb. 15). As a result, […]
Three Mountain Lions headed to state wrestling tournament
By Don Nelson Three Liberty Bell High School wrestlers will be competing at the boys’ state championships, Mat Classic XXX at the Tacoma Dome, starting on Friday (Feb. 16) and continuing through Saturday (Feb. 17). Senior Finlay Holston (192 pounds), junior Jed McMillan (120 pounds) and freshman Bodie Paul (145) pounds will represent Liberty Bell, […]
Liberty Bell qualifies 6 wrestlers for regional meets
Five Liberty Bell High School wrestlers have advanced to the boys’ regional tournament in Kittitas on Saturday (Feb. 10), based on performances at last weekend’s District 5/6 1B/2B tournament at Oroville. The girls’ regional wrestling tournament for Region 4 is also on Saturday, at East Valley High School in Spokane. Competing for Liberty Bell will […]
Learning the moves
Four girls are competing for the Liberty Bell High School wrestling team this year, and their progress was demonstrated at the recent Oroville Mixer on Dec. 13, where Lily Cooley, Shelby White and Spencer Hoffner all came away with first-place medals. In the top photo, they showed off their hardware: from left, coach Cory Spellman, […]
Getting a good grip
Liberty Bell High School sophomore Jed McMillan handled Tonasket’s Derek Hollister for a win in the 120-pound division at the Oroville Mixer on Dec. 13. In other wrestling action later in the week at the Oroville Invite, according to the Liberty Bell Booster Club’s Facebook page, McMillan took second place…
Finlay Holston takes second place at state wrestling meet
Liberty Bell High School junior Finlay Holston took second place in the 182-pound division in 1B/2B competition at the Mat Classic XXIX statewide meet last weekend.
Holston, the Mountain Lions’ only competitor in this year’s state meet, won his first match on Friday (Feb. 17) by pinning Mason Payne of Reardan in 5:37. He then defeated Matthew Haynes of Kalama, 4-1, moving into the semi-finals.
Holston takes first place at district wrestling finals
Liberty Bell High School’s Finlay Holston pinned opponent Dylan Kalma of Tonasket to take first place in the 182-pound division at the Central Washington 2B district finals on the Mountain Lions’ home mats last weekend.
Holston, a junior, is one of six Liberty Bell wrestlers who will travel to the regional tournament in Tonasket on Saturday (Feb. 11), where …
Mountain Lion wrestlers take to the mat with new coach
The Liberty Bell High School wrestling team starts the new season under a new coach: Jonathan McMillan, a Liberty Bell graduate who was an assistant under coach Gunnar Doggett last year. McMillan was a three-time qualifier for the state wrestling meet as a Mountain Lion and is part of a family that has produced several […]
