Montague dominated the brackets at Saturday's Ravenna invitational, scoring 252 points to easily outpace Mason County Central (158.5) for the event championship.
The Wildcats had a wrestler in the finals at nine of the 14 weight classes and put seven of them at the top of the podium.
There was no shortage of things to celebrate for Wildcats' coach Kris Maddox, though from a personal perspective for him, it was hard to beat seeing his sons, sophomore Gavyn and freshman Chayse, pick up weight-class titles at 144 and 120 pounds respectively.
"As a coach and dad, watching...both win championships was truly special," Maddox said.
Gavyn, who improved to 16-1 on the season, earned first-period pins in all three of his matches. Chayse scored two pins and edged Dameon Letts of Mason County Central 8-4 in the finals match.
Michael Jones was another Wildcat to fight out a tough title match, at 165. After easily dispatching his first two foes by technical fall, Jones picked up an 18-4 major decision win over MCC's Parker Overmyer.
Fletcher Thommen scored technical falls over all three of his opponents at at 150, and Kaiden Jeffery scored a pin and a decision before rolling to a technical fall win in the finals at 157.
Isaac French dominated the 190-pound bracket with two pins and a technical fall in the finals. Anthony Garcia only needed two wins to win the title at 115, scoring a major decision and a pin.
Maverick Osborne went 2-1 and finished second at 285, falling to Ravenna's Mason Carringer in the title match. Ken Heaton, wrestling his first varsity matches of the season, finished second at 175 with a 3-1 record. He pinned his way to the finals before Miles Russick of Muskegon Catholic bested him in the finals.
Taking third were Mason Bassett, who went 2-1 at 175 and whose only loss was to Heaton, and Gibson Smith, who went 2-1 with two pins at 132.
Though he didn't reach the podium, another highlight for the Wildcats was senior Ben Hayes scoring a pin to earn his first-ever on-mat varsity win at 120.
"We’ve competed exceptionally well over the break, and I’m really proud of how we’ve performed these last two weeks," Maddox said. "That said, we know it’s not about how you start, but how you finish. We discuss daily the tough competition ahead in the coming weeks and the importance of getting one percent better each day."
Whitehall and Reeths-Puffer did not send full teams to Ravenna, but each had some individual highlights. Joseph Thommen was the Vikings' top finisher, placing fourth at 165 with a 2-2 record. Caden Macomber (126) and Jakson Streit (113) each posted 2-1 records to finish third for Reeths-Puffer.
