CPHS Wrestling: Sandites steamroll Muskogee 69-10 with ten pins
/The Sandite wrestling team (6-1) bounced back from their first loss of the season with a powerful 69-10 victory over Muskogee (2-3). The Class 6A No. 5 ranked Sandites recorded ten falls and lost only two matches in their first district dual Thursday afternoon at the Ed Dubie Field House.
The dual opened with a 195-pound forfeit to Brooks Dudley (4-2) and the Sandites won the next seven matches for a 45-0 lead before the Roughers got on the board.
Kaden Glass (16-7) pinned Zamor Hardaway in 0:58, Christian Forbes (12-6) pinned Jacob Wolf in 0:31, Brendon Wiseley (17-9, 31-17) pinned Rashaan Brownlee in 1:17, Riley Weir (15-5, 106-32) pinned Cliff Caraway in 0:30, Seth Jones (12-7, 34-21) pinned Dalton Fox in 1:16, and Blake Jones ( 11-8) pinned Trenton Jordan in 4:16. Josh Fincannon (17-13, 31-30) won the Sandites’ only decision of the dual, 7-3 over Davion Williams at heavyweight.
State Qualifier Christian Webb pinned Caleb Phillips (3-8, 5-15) in 2:40 to get the visitors on the board and Preston Medlin (7-13) gave up a 15-5 major decision to Leroy Johnson at 145.
Scott Patton (20-1, 55-23), the team’s winningest wrestler this season, pinned Jacob Church in 2:36 to kick off a new streak for the Sandites, then Chris Kirby (20-7, 42-17) came back from a 14-8 deficit and stuck Mason Seth in 4:12. Kirby leads the team in falls this season with sixteen, often while trailing in points or from the defensive position.
Braden Dahl (4-4, 5-7) pinned Mikel Swain in 1:03 and Riley Magee (7-7, 12-12) finished the dual off by pinning Jon Lane in 3:56.
Next up the Sandites will take on No. 17 Enid (3-3) who dropped a 47-24 loss to No. 14 Bartlesville (5-2) in the first round of districts. All district duals will be wrestled Thursday evening in Sand Springs, and the team with the best district record will advance to the Dual State tournament in Shawnee on February 8th at Firelake Arena.