Traeden McPherson Memorial Tournament

The Traeden McPerson Memorial wrestling tournament was held last weekend hosted at Bear Lake High School.  Several local wrestlers from Soda Springs and North Gem were in attendance.  Joining our local wrestlers were competitors from thirteen other schools located in Idaho, Western Wyoming and Northern Utah.  Even with the tough and deep competition several local wrestlers were able to tally some wins with a few placing very well.

Soda Springs had four girls take part in the tournament.  At the 100 lb weight class Brinlee Hemmert went 2-0 getting two pins and placing first.  Taylor Hirsbrunner wrestled at 107 lbs and earned a 1-1 record placing her in third place.  Laryah Dilworth was unable to secure a win going 0-2 at 132 lbs.  Abbiegail Krupp wrapped up the girls wrestling finishing with a 2-1 record at 165 lbs winning third place.

Several boys from Soda Springs and North Gem competed in a much deeper tournament than the girls had.  At 120 lbs Conner Lee and Jace Garbett both from Soda Springs competed.  Lee made it all the way to the semi finals before suffering his only loss.  Lee finished with a 4-1 record and placed third.  Garbett made a good effort but finished with a 1-2 record.  Ryker Hemmert from Soda Springs competed at 126 lbs and finished 1-2 missing his shot at a placing.  At 138 lbs the first North Gem wrestler competed.  Luke Rindlisbaker made it to the semi finals before his first loss.  Rindlisbaker finished in fourth place with a record of 3-2.  In the 144 lb weight class three locals competed.  From North Gem we had the Welker brothers Jaxsyn and Lukky and from Soda Springs we had Troy Krupp.  The younger Welker, Jaxsyn, finished 0-2 and missed out on placing.  Lukky also missed placing but did get a pair of wins going 2-2 in the tournament.  Krupp managed to get one win but finished just 1-2 and did not place.  At 157 lbs Craig Yost of North Gem and Zayden Garbett of Soda Springs each finished with a 3-2 record.  However the bracket favored Garbett this time and he was able to finish in fourth place.  At 165 lbs once again we had two local wrestlers.  Kaiden Kimball from Soda Springs and Haydn Frandsen from North Gem each finished with 1-2 records both missing out on placing.  Two Soda Springs wrestlers competed at 175 lbs.  Carson Cook finished with a 1-2 record and did not place.  Ashtin Call put together a pair of wins but still missed placing with a 2-2 record.  We saved the best for last.  At 215 lbs Cole Garbett rolled through his bracket only needing three wins to earn first place overall.  Garbett won all three matches by pin with the longest match only lasting one and a half minutes.

The public can get a first hand look at all of these wrestlers this week when Soda Springs hosts the district duals Wednesday evening.