Action from the Northwest Bigfoot Battle in Liberty Lake, Wash., the opening event of the Folkstyle Tour of America.

USA Wrestling’s popular youth folkstyle series, the Folkstyle Tour of America, had a great launch for the 2012-13 season with a record-setting Northwest Bigfoot Battle in Liberty Lake, Wash. on Saturday, November 17

The event was held at the impressive HUB Sports Center in Liberty Lake, and set a record for the number of entries in this competition. There were over 700 wrestlers from 10 states competing in this growing event, which featured a number of youth age divisions.

The Folkstyle Tour of America events host both regular divisions and true beginner divisions for wrestlers with less than two years of experience. This was very well received in Washington, as many athletes and their families chose to compete in the true beginner divisions.

The individual champions are listed below. Fans can check out the brackets by visiting the link below:
Northwest Bigfoot Battle results


Special thanks to go to Washington USA Wrestling and the Viper Wrestling Club, which served as outstanding hosts for this tournament.

Folkstyle Tour of America events are point-scoring events for USA Wrestling’s popular  Future Olympian Rankings. These rankings have been updated through this event. To view the updated rankings, click here:
Future Olympian Rankings

The next event in the Folkstyle Tour of America is the 2012 King of the Mountain, set for Castle Rock, Colorado on Saturday, December 1. Weighins will be held on Friday, November 30.

There will be age divisions from Bantam  through Middle School, with regular divisions and true beginners divisions in every age group. This event is also looking to grow from last year.  We already have wrestlers registered from 13 states!

Click to register for King of the Mountain

King of the Mountain event website

For more information on all of USA Wrestling’s regional and national folkstyle events, please visit:
www.usafolkstyle.com

2012 NORTHWEST BIGFOOT BATTLE CHAMPIONS

Bantam
40 - Joel Martinez of tri cities wrestling club
45 - Daeton Johnson of tri cities wrestling club
50 - Chase Eaglin of Team Aggression
55 - Isaiah Medina of freedom wrestling
60 - Conner Kovick of Helena Wrestling Club
65 - Julian Sanchez of popeye wrestling
70 - Owen Spendlove of Viper Wrestling Club
75+ - Mack Wilson of Viper Wrestling Club

True Beginners Only: Bantam 
39 - Julian Torres of Elite Wrestling Club
40 - Joel Martinez of tri cities wrestling club
42 - Kael Campos of Ironman Wrestling
43 - Tege Kelley of Mettle Wrestling
44a - Daeton Johnson of tri cities wrestling club
44b- Flynn Hoopes of Hells Canyon Wrestling
45a - Vidal Barajas of Team Takedown
45b - Hoyt Hvass of Hells Canyon Wrestling
46 - Jeroen Smith of Moscow Wrestling Club
47- Kaleb Whitney of Moscow Wrestling Club
48 - Ryder Robertson of Big Cat Wrestling Club
49- Bodee Thivierge of Hells Canyon Wrestling
50- Geovanny Alba of Hells Canyon Wrestling
51- Wyatt Hartig of Moscow Wrestling Club
51- Bianca Johnson of Moses Lake Wrestling Club
52- Bo Maciosek of Buzzsaw Wrestling Club
55 - Josh Neiwert of Big Cat Wrestling Club
56 - Camryn Barrientoz of Moses Lake Wrestling Club
59 - Marcus Regehr of Bonners Ferry Wrestling Club
64 - Colton Altimus of team real life wrestling club
65- Juan Ceron of Moscow Wrestling Club
71 - John Rudebaugh of Post Falls Wrestling Club

Intermediate
50 - Spur Owens of Usa Cobra Montana Wrestling Cl
55 - Tryon Kaess of Extreme Takedown
60 - Ricky Cisneros of Victory Wrestling-Central WA
65 - Carson DesRosier of Helena Wrestling Club
70 - Diego Martinez of Bull Catcher
75 - Hayden Hebert of Usa Cobra Montana Wrestling Cl
80 - Rylin Burns of Colstrip
87 - Matthew Weinert of Relentless Wrestling Club
95 - Connor Larsen of Over Time (OT)
112 - Everett Ashley of freedom wrestling
120+ - Gage Cook of Yakima MMA Team Alpha

True Beginners Only: Intermediate
48 - Alina Gonzalez of tri cities wrestling club
53a - Saul Salinas of Moses Lake Wrestling Club
53b - Bridger McLean of Kellogg Wrestling Club
54 - Gabriel Smith of Moscow Wrestling Club
58 - Roddy Romero of Buzzsaw Wrestling Club
60 - Hutton Hegbloom of Lakeland Wrestling Club
62 - Maxwell Barnes of Team Spartan
64 - Tyler Pendleton of Patriot Wrestling Club
67 - Garrett Secord of Buzzsaw Wrestling Club
69 - Devon Suko of Lakeland Wrestling Club
77 - Shane Abel of Over Time (OT)
83 - James Billingsley of Buzzsaw Wrestling Club
87 - Kaydrean Cervantes of freedom wrestling

Novice 
60 - Yusief Lillie of Extreme Takedown
65 - Hunter Mode of metro mat club viper
70 - Kade Thompson of Mettle Wrestling
75 - Stockton O`Brien of Mettle Wrestling
80 - Chance McLane of Bozeman Mat Dogs
85 - Graham Calhoun of Plymouth
90 - Travis Sherman of Salem Elite Mat Club
95 - Jacob Olson of tri cities wrestling club
100 - Lorenzo Gonzalez of Team Spartan
105 - Kadin Shaw of Team Spartan
112 - Blake Gillum of Salem Elite Mat Club
130 - Hunter Oles of team real life wrestling club
140+ - Santos Cantu of Salem Elite Mat Club
140++ - Jorge Rodriguez of Othello Wrestling Club

True Beginners Only: Novice
65 - Josiah Smith of Moscow Wrestling Club
70 - Dominique Jessos of Buzzsaw Wrestling Club
79 - Lucas Ramey of Extreme Takedown
84 - Garrett Dingman of Buzzsaw Wrestling Club
90 - Zane Lettau of team real life wrestling club
97 - Carmelo Martinez of Othello Wrestling Club
113 - Jaydden Cervantes of Moses Lake Wrestling Club

Middle School
70 - Patrick Samson of unattached
77 - Ridge Lovett of team real life wrestling club
84 - Brayden Schwalbe of Billings Wrestling Club
91 - Jaxon Cole of No. Summit Youth Wrestling Clu
98 - Dalton Young of Suncrest Kids Wrestling Club -
105 - Josiah Rodriguez of Victory Wrestling-Central WA
112 - John Manning of Team Legacy
120 - Jared Henry of Salem Elite Mat Club
128 - Bryan Wais of Team Spartan
136 - Caleb Rushing of Helena Wrestling Club
144 - Casey Randles of Top Dog
152 - Owen Stebbins of Top Dog
175 - John-Henry Line of Hermiston Wrestling Club

True Beginners Only: Middle School
79 - Garek Pennington of timberlake wrestling club
90 - Tony Armstrong of Billings Wrestling Club
101 - Ethan Wendell of Salem Elite Mat Club
115 - Calvyn Jacobsen of North Valley Predators
122 - Craig Hill of Big Cat Wrestling Club
142 - Kelly Stokes of Billings Wrestling Club