The Dragon wrestlers had a busy and successful week of wrestling!  Traveling for over 25 hours in 4 days with 14 duals against some very tough opponents, the Dragons came home 14-0 for the week.

The MHS wrestling team began their week Wednesday, January 22 in South Fremont where they dueled teams from both South Fremont and Sugar Salem.  The 4a teams were no competition for the Dragons as they beat both teams in their duals with some truly great wins.

Malad 65 

South Fremont 22 

Malad 63 

Sugar Salem 20

The following night, Thursday, January 23, Malad wrestled in front of their home crowd as they hosted Marsh Valley and American Falls. Malad beat Marsh Valley 76-10 and then handed the American Falls Beavers their first loss of the season with a 43-33 victory. 

After the Thursday night duels came to a close, the wrestlers loaded the bus and hit the road for a 10 hour drive to Clearwater valley. Looking to face off against wrestlers they will see at the state, the Dragons signed up to compete in the northern tournament.  After two days of dominating the mats, the Malad wrestlers could easily say it was worth the drive. 

Malad’s aggressive wrestling led them to a commanding victory as they claimed the win in all 10 of the duals of the tournament.  In addition to winning the team championship trophy, Malad had 7 wrestlers go undefeated throughout the tournament. 

Malad’s Drake Morrison won the Outstanding Wrestler award as well as having his 100th varsity win at the tournament. Morrison is a sophomore and has a record of 48-2 for the season. Drake is the sophomore class president and has a 3.9 GPA.

Undefeated wrestlers at the Clearwater Valley tournament 

98lbs Jaxon Mills

106lbs Jack Willie

132lbs Porter Mills

150lbs Drake Morrison 

190lbs Rydon Montgomery

215lbs Cam Bingham

285lbs Orrin Miller

Dual results from the tournament 

Malad 79 Clearwater Valley 6

Malad 64 St Marie 22

Malad 75 Priest River 12

Malad 78 McCall 12

Malad 78 Tri-Valley 7

Malad 69 Kellogg 18

Malad 75 Nampa Christian 9

Malad 69 Potlatch 17

Malad 84 Grangeville 6

Malad 89 Lakeside 0

“We really tested the kids this week,” commented Head Coach Devin Morrison.  “The schedule was brutal between the travel time and the tough teams we were up against. The boys didn’t let us down.  They showed up each and every match and proved they have been putting in the work necessary to defend their title. Our fundraising this year was a huge help in making traveling to the northern tournament possible. These head to heads against the northern teams are what we need to prepare for the state tournament.”

The Lady Dragon wrestlers had a more relaxed week as they had only one night of duels competing against Star Valley and Preston at the West Side High School.  The MHS team took the team win over Preston, 42-18 but fell to Star Valley, 21-42, largely due to a number of forfeits.  Had the Lady Dragons not forfeited any matches, they would have narrowly won the matchup 21-18.  

Of the 13 matches they competed in, Malad won 8, an exciting accomplishment given the high level wrestling Star Valley competes at.  The Lady Dragon coaches commented, “Star Valley is a really good team so we are really excited with how we wrestled against them.”

Thursday, January 30, the Lady Dragons will have their final home matches before wrestling in the Burley tournament the final day.