Six Sandites take first place at Broken Arrow Tournament

By: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief

Twenty-six Sandites traveled to Broken Arrow recently for the Joe Zamora-Skyler Holman Open wrestling tournament and six took first place in their divisions, including Charles Page High School senior State Qualifier Michael Ritchey. 

Michael Ritchey (4-0) competed in the high school division at 126 pounds and took first place. He won a 3-0 decision over Enrie Chavez (Jenks), majored Garrett Jarvis (Broken Arrow) 8-0, then defeated Tristan Herrera (Owasso) 3-0 and Chase Slatton (Jenks) 3-2. 

Kaden Glass (4-0) competed in the junior high division at 200 pounds and took first place. He pinned Zach Garrison in 0:12, defeated Aaron Lytle (Sapulpa) 8-2, then pinned Cameron Johnson (Broken Arrow) and Chad Tinney (Bixby) in 3:17 and 1:27, respectively.

Josh Taylor (6-0) competed in the junior high division at 113 pounds and won his second-straight tournament. He pinned Kaelan Drake (Broken Arrow) in 2:57, majored Blake Salt (Oologah) 11-1 and teammate Caden Vaughn 9-0, then pinned Paron Dotson (Sallisaw) in 1:38 to remain undefeated this season. 

Ryder Barnes (3-0) competed in the 6th and 7th grade division at 98 pounds and took first place. He defeated Bradly Saucedo (Broken Arrow) 10-5, pinned Rashaud Morgan (Vinita) in 3:26, then won a 2-0 decision over Brock Mattioda (Broken Arrow).

Carter Young (3-0) competed in the junior high division at 89 pounds and took first place. He defeated Blazik Perez (Broken Arrow) 9-3, pinned Grant Edwards (Oologah) in 3:00, then majored Garett Strickland (Collinsville) 16-4.

Caleb Phillips (3-0) competed in the junior high division at 126 pounds and took first place. He pinned Eric Wilson (Owasso) in 1:02, majored Nate Shaw (Metro Christian) 11-0, and won an 8-4 decision over Garrett Weis (Jenks).

Christopher Kirby (3-0) competed in the junior high division at 140 pounds and took first place. He pinned James Cothran (Bixby) in 0:31 and Devon Vazquez (Broken Arrow) in 0:36, then majored Caleb Buzzard (Jay) 16-6. 

Luke Burdette (7-1) competed in the 6th and 7th grade division at 126 pounds and took third place. He pinned Braxton Utter (Cascia Hall) in 1:21, but was in-turn pinned in 1:53 by Gustabo Ramirez (Bixby). He won out from there, defeating Larahmy Blakely (Oologoah) 9-3 and Conner Linam (Oologah) 2-1, then pinned Jon Lane (Muskogee) and Daltyn Jory (Jay) in 2:41 and 1:21, respectively. 

Rhett Peak (7-2) competed in the 6th and 7th grade division at 80 pounds and took third place. He lost his opening match 6-0 to Aiden Boyd (Claremore) but won out with three pins and a major decision. After taking down Jaden Mathis (Pryor) 20-10 he pinned Kaleb Burns (Sallisaw) in 0:12, Denton Degner (Bristow) in 0:36, and Bradley Vanblaricom (McAlester) in 0:39. 

Tyler Rush (4-1) competed in the junior high division at 126 pounds and took third place. He was pinned in 2:33 in the opening round by Kohlin Garriott (Jenks), but won out in the consolation bracket. He pinned Gunnar Spence (McAlester) in 1:00 and teammate Jared Jenkins in 1:34, then defeated Jared Douglas (Cascia Hall) 4-1 and Christian McIntosh (Pryor) 5-2.

Caden Vaughn (3-1) competed in the junior high division at 113 pounds and took third place. He pinned Dayton Hill (Broken Arrow) in 1:16, but was majored 9-0 by teammate Josh Taylor. In the consolation bracket he won a close 2-0 decision over Christian Knight (Broken Arrow) then defeated Kolby Encinas (Pryor) 6-1. 

Teagan Campbell (3-1) competed in the junior high division at 175 pounds and took third place. He pinned Jonathan Navarro in 0:28, but was sent to the consolation bracket with a 10-3 decision to Bryce Jackson (Oologah). There he won a close 4-3 match against Tyler Bachman (Bixby) and a 3-0 decision over Matt Roach (Bristow).

Chase White (2-1) competed in the 6th and 7th grade division at 113 pounds and took second place. He pinned Drake Norfleet (Broken Arrow) in 1:13 and won a 5-0 decision over Carson Young (Claremore) before falling in 3:56 to Isaac Xiong (Oologah) in the championship round. 

Sam Harris (3-4) competed in the junior high division at 120 pounds. He lost his opening match 6-0 to Ti Lockwood (Wagoner), then won three straight before being eliminated after a 6-0 decision to Josiah Holliday (Broken Arrow). He pinned Jonathon Goodloe (Broken Arrow) in 1:18, Jakob Black (Broken Arrow) in 0:46, and Mathew Frapp (Vinita) in 1:39.

Bryson Pippin (3-2) competed in the junior high division at 162 pounds. He was pinned in 1:50 in his opening match against Ramses Soto (Broken Arrow), but rebounded with three-straight wins before being pinned in 0:24 by Derek Sanderson (Metro Christian) and eliminated. He majored Brayden Sears (Bixby) 10-0, and pinned Dominic Alexander (Broken Arrow) and Blake Bacon (Claremore) in 0:20 and 0:25, respectively. 

Hunter Thompson (2-2) competed in the junior high division at 200 pounds. He won his opening match by pinning Dylan Cruse (Bixby) in 3:44, but was pinned in return by Derek Glover (Jay) in 1:22. In the consolations he pinned Matt Doyle (Bixby) in 1:57, but was eliminated after a 2:27 pin by Lane Watson (Broken Arrow). 

Robert Parrish (2-2) competed in the junior high division at heavyweight. He was pinned in 2:00 by Johnny Williamson (Jay) in the opening round, but rebounded with two pins of his own. He took down Harry Panagopoulos (Cascia Hall) in 2:37 and Talon Wheeler (Broken Arrow) in 2:10 before falling in 2:58 to Jonathan Parham (Broken Arrow).

Ethan Norton (4-4) competed in the 6th and 7th grade division at 89 pounds. He pinned Kason Pollard (Coweta) in 2:40, but was pinned in 2:42 and 2:00 by Cohlson Peper (Sapulpa) and Parker Witcraft (Coweta), respectively. 

Braden Dahl (1-2) competed in the junior high division at 150 pounds. He pinned Austyn Brooks (Broken Arrow) in 3:20, but was teched 16-0 by Caleb Miller (Owasso) and pinned in 2:58 by Tye Rozell (Broken Arrow). 

Ethan Grimes (0-2) competed in the 6th and 7th grade division at 80 pounds and was pinned in 2:26 by Jaden Mathis (Pryor) and decisioned 9-4 by Michael Bellard (Vinita). 

Kaleb Eckfeltd (0-2) competed in the junior high division at 80 pounds and was pinned in 0:42 and 2:52 by Colby Strachan (Bartlesville) and Christian Kaiser (Bixby), respectively. 

Juan Sanchez (0-2) competed in the junior high division at 98 pounds and was pinned in 3:59 by Dylan Brown (Vinita), then lost 5-4 to Denton Duran (Jay). 

Hunter Hilger (0-2) competed in the junior high division at 106 pounds and was pinned in 0:!6 and 1:19 by Brayden Barnett (Broken Arrow) and Kilian McNichol (Owasso), respectively. 

Jared Jenkins (0-2) competed in the junior high division at 126 pounds. He was majored 13-0 by Trey Hudgens (Sallisaw) and pinned in 1:34 by teammate Tyler Rush.

Alan Becerra (0-2) competed in the junior high division at 200 pounds. He was pinned in 2:00 by Jeremiah Brackett (Broken Arrow) and 1:40 by Ontario Wilson (Owasso). 

Shawn Brauer (0-2) competed in the junior high division at 200 pounds. He was pinned in 0:08 by Cameron Johnson (Broken Arrow) and 0:17 by Zach Huddleston (Oologah).