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POKANE VALLEY — Lakeland’s Alex Edelblute was the area’s lone champion at the Inland Empire Classic, beating Nathan Chang of Eastmont by an 8-0 major decision in the 120-pound championship match on Saturday at Central Valley High.

“He wrestled tough all weekend,” Lakeland coach Rob Edelblute said. “He was seeded third in the tournament and came all the way through. He controlled the entire final match, and was just really dominant. I was happy with his result.”

Sam Edelblute (126 pounds) and Ryan Quimby (145) finished third, Connor Heim fifth at (182) and Riley Siegford (132) sixth for Lakeland, which finished seventh with 137.5 points.

“Overall, I thought the kids wrestled well,” Rob Edelblute said. “We were missing three guys out of the lineup, but was happy with their performance. This is a great dialing-in tournament and great way to start things out.”

Payton Keough (132), Gavin Sherar (138) and Gunner Giulio (160) were third for Coeur d’Alene. Dylan Moffat (106) and Nick Dohm (182) were fourth, Nolan Randles (145) fifth, Rome Worley (120) and Hunter Schueller (126) sixth for the Vikings, who finished sixth with 147 points.

I was pretty happy with our guys,” Coeur d’Alene coach Jeff Moffat said. “They competed hard. We’ve got some things to work on and things to fix, but I think we’ll be just fine.”

Chiawana of Pasco won the tournament.

On Wednesday at Andrews Gymnasium in Kellogg, Coeur d’Alene will face Lakeland and Kellogg, while Lakeland wrestles Lake City and Coeur d’Alene."

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