CPHS Wrestling: Sandites place fourth at Perry Tournament of Champions

Even without their defending two-time State Champion, the No. 5 ranked Charles Page High School wrestling team wrapped up an impressive fourth-place finish at the prestigious Perry Tournament of Champions Saturday afternoon.

The Sandites didn’t send anyone to the finals, but had seven placers to improve over their prior year’s eighth-place finish. The event marked the first tournament of Jarrod Patterson’s Head Coaching career at Sand Springs.

Brendan Wiseley placed third at 106, losing only to tournament champion Gabe Valencia, a returning State medalist. Wiseley only lost that match by a 5-4 decision, and breezed past most of his other opponents. He pinned Kansas State Qualifier Trent Clements in 1:35 and Aiden Odell in 5:46, and topped three-time YWL State Champion Guy Clevenger 6-2 in the consolation finals. One of his toughest opponents was his own teammate, freshman Christian Forbes.

Forbes had to settle for fifth place after losing 3-0 to Wiseley, and defeated Gabe Fontanez 10-3 in the placement round. He pinned Fontanez in the first match of the tournament, fell 5-3 to Clevenger, then defeated Clements 5-0 and Jose Becerril 7-3.

Seth Jones placed fourth at 126, falling 6-4 to Shawn Muse and 3-2 to Texas State Runner-Up John Richardson. He pinned Luke McCain in 3:01 and Kansas State Runner-Up Kael Pappan in 2:39, and won a 13-2 major decision against State Qualifier Kyler Damron.

Blake Jones placed third at 132, falling 8-0 to Kansas State Champion Gabe Buckbee in the semifinals. He majored State Qualifier Blayton Montgomery 10-0 and defeated Caleb Redman 5-3 before his loss, then pinned Montgomery in 2:32 in the consolation bracket before topping Takaya Matsuki in the finals.

Scott Patton finished third at 152, falling 5-2 to Kansas State Champion Montez Robinson in the semifinals. He majored Tyson Walker 16-2, pinned Zach Conrad in 4:00, and majored Dalton Misener 9-1 before his loss and rebounded with a 9-7 sudden victory decision over State Qualifier Abel Perez and a 6-2 decision over Texas State Qualifier Caden Mills.

Chris Kirby placed fourth at 160, falling 17-8 to State Qualifier Kyle Knowles in the semifinals and 18-6 to State Qualifier Chandler Holman in the consolation finals. He defeated Brett Black 6-4, Nate Jacobson 12-6, and pinned Black in 1:14.

Dayvon Taylor placed third at 170, falling in 2:17 to State Qualifier Taylor Fleming in the semifinals. He pinned Colten Krebs in 1:19 and Gable Norman in 2:18 and won decisions of 9-3 against Garrett Hughes, 4-2 against Kansas State Qualifier Britton MacLaughlin, and 7-5 against Brayden Dillow.

The Sandites voided the 113, 120, and 195 weight classes and were without two-time State Champion Riley Weir.

The host team, ranked first in Class 3A, won the team trophy handily with four champions and five finalists, while 6A No. 2 Choctaw barely edged out the defending Kansas State Champions by half a point for second place with three champions.

Sand Springs will return to action Thursday at 6:00 p.m. with their first home dual of the season against No. 6 Ponca City (2-0).

Team Scores
235.0 Perry
154.0 Choctaw
153.5 Arkansas City
126.0 Sand Springs
120.0 Duncan
118.5 Owasso
116.0 Edmond Memorial
108.0 Lawton MacArthur
102.5 Prosper, Texas
97.0 Chanute, Kansas
80.0 Blackwell
73.5 Houston Westside
69.5 Stillwater
67.0 Ponca City
50.5 Catoosa
48.0 Claremore
47.5 Bixby
46.0 Harrah
32.0 Pryor
12.0 Midwest City
6.0 Kingfisher

Tournament Champions
106 Gabe Valencia (Perry)
113 Ryan Smith (Perry)
120 Zach Blankenship (Bixby)
126 Shawn Muse (Choctaw)
132 Dylan Avery (Perry)
138 Spencer Schickram (Ponca City)
145 Gabe Johnson (Choctaw)
152 Hadyn Redus (Perry)
160 Hunter Jump (Duncan)
170 Christian McCutcheon (Stillwater)
182 Zane Coleman (Choctaw)
195 Drake Barbee (Blackwell)
220 Seth Seago (Claremore)
285 Stevan Culberson (Duncan)