Grizzly Wrestlers Compete In Two Events
Feb 26, 2026 10:03AM ● By Jody Reeves
Bella Eddins gains top control during one of her wins last week.
Last week the Grizzly wrestlers competed in two separate events. They started the week at home wrestling in a quad meet with Declo, West Jefferson, and Kemmerer Wyoming. The Grizzlies performed well in the quad meet with several wrestlers picking up wins in their individual bouts. The Lady Grizzlies were able to pick up team wins over West Jefferson and Declo but fell short to Kemmerer. Meanwhile the boys team was able to tie with Declo on team points but due to the number of wrestlers came up short against West Jefferson and Kemmerer.
Following the home quad meet the Grizzlies traveled to Challis to wrestle in the Mario D’ Orazio tournament. This tournament was full of drama. For the boys team Jayden Lunt was able to finish in fifth place while freshman Tate Stoddard had to wrestle an incredible eight matches going 7-1 to claim third place. CJ Newby had a strong performance going 3-1 and claiming second place. Carter Kimball won his first two matches making it to the semi finals where he would face Hunter Gamble from Clearwater Valley. This was possibly one of the best matches of the year in 3A wrestling. The match ended up going to an ultimate tie breaker that unfortunately Kimball lost by the score of 3-2. Kimball went on to claim third the best place he could get after the loss.
Mack Jorgensen attempts to throw his opponent. Jorgensen finished the week undefeated.
The big winner of the day however came from Mack Jorgensen who was a perfect 3-0 on the day winning the championship. Jorgensen has consistently improved as the season has progressed. He really impressed me when I got to watch him in the Grizzlies home meet last week. Jorgensen showed real poise and patience in his matches which he won all of.
The Lady Grizzlies also were very impressive at the tournament in Challis. With just four girls competing the Lady Grizzlies were able to walk away with the top spot as a team. Individually all four girls placed in the top three in their brackets. Hayden Ball finished in third with Skyla Cloud coming in second place. Adeline Clark went 2-0 finishing in first and the ever impressive Bella Eddins was a perfect 4-0 also claiming the top spot.
The Grizzlies are looking strong with just one week to go before the district tournament.
