Priest River wins top spots in Backwoods Brawl

PRIEST RIVER — The Spartan wrestling team took second place overall at their home tournament, the Backwoods Brawl, at Priest River Lamanna Jr./ Sr. High Saturday, Jan. 3.

In the round robin Justin Hopkins, 98-pounds, Grady Caudill, 106, and Tadhg McLaimtaig,113, won top spots, with Liam Pettit, 126, and Darien Raztlaff, 215, also winning their weight classes. The Spartans placed second out of 10 scoring teams with an overall score of 158, only bested by St. Maries with 197.