CPHS Wrestling: Sandites send three to Regional finals, seven still in contention

The No. 5 ranked Charles Page High School wrestling team is sitting in fourth place after day one at the 6A-East Regional. The Sandites have seven wrestlers still in contention and sent three to the Championship finals. The team has 95 points, trailing No. 1 Broken Arrow at 268.5, No. 4 Edmond North at 134.5 and No. 9 Owasso with 114.5.

Two-time State Champion Riley Weir is out for the remainder of the season with a rib injury and ended his career with a 108-34 record. Junior heavyweight Josh Fincannon finished the season 25-17, missing Regionals with appendicitis.

Brendon Wiseley (35-11, 49-19) pinned his way to the 106-pound finals, taking down Cooper Britton in 5:34 and Brenner James in 1:38. In the semis he took a 6-0 lead on Bartlesville’s Colby Strachan before felling the Bruin at 4:27. Wiseley will take on Broken Arrow junior Bryce Cockrell in the finals. He pinned Cockrell in their last meeting.

Scott Patton (28-1, 63-23) got a first round bye at 152 then pinned Ponca City senior Spencer Shook in 5:23. In the semis he majored Edmond North senior Jayden Villalobos 14-1 with three takedowns and six nearfall points. In the finals he will take on defending Jenks State Champion Drake Vannoy, who he defeated 6-2 in a dual earlier this year.

Kaden Glass (31-8) pinned Curtis Fodor in 1:07 and Luis Vega in 1:41 at 195 pounds, then edged out Union senior Elijah Tomlin 3-2 in the semifinals. In the finals he will take on two-time defending Broken Arrow State Champion Gavin Potter. Potter pinned Glass at the Sapulpa tournament finals, but Glass was able to score on the senior.

Seth Jones (18-13, 40-27) competed at 126 and pinned Killian McNichol in 3:38 and Noah Smith in 1:51 before falling 9-0 to defending Bartlesville State Champion Laif Jones in the semis. He will wrestle either Putnam North senior Ahmad Alserafei or Enid freshman Trinit Zweifel in the consolation semifinals.

Chris Kirby (31-12, 53-22) wrestled at 160 and pinned Noah Alexander in 2:11, but was in turn pinned by Owasso junior Nate Jacobson. In consolation he pinned Putnam North freshman Devin Cross in only eighteen seconds. On Saturday he will meet Bixby freshman Isaac Gibson, who he pinned in a dual two weeks ago.

Riley Magee (16-17, 21-22) received a first round bye at 182 and suffered a 12-6 decision at the hands of top-ranked Broken Arrow sophomore Emmanuel Skillings in the quarterfinals. He pinned Shawnee sophomore Kyle Heile in 1:15 in consolation and will take on Ponca senior State Qualifier Abram Arechiga on Saturday. Arechiga won their last meeting 6-5 at the Perry Tournament of Champions.

Blake Jones (23-12) was pinned by Union freshman Caleb Rogers in 5:26. In consolation he pinned Enid’s Logan Herell in 2:47 and won an 8-2 decision against Jenks junior Garrett Weis. He will take on Norman freshman Cason Deyalsingh on Saturday.

Justin Smith (1-4) competed at heavyweight and was eliminated from contention. He was pinned in 0:41 by Broken Arrow Senior State Qualifier Noah Cortes and in 2:23 by Sapulpa senior Blake Brooks.

Christian Forbes (28-11) competed at 113 and eliminated. He was defeated 6-3 by Bartlesville senior State Qualifier David Boucher and 12-5 by Shawnee senior Caleb Nahmahpeah.

Ethan Norton (0-5) was pinned by Shawnee’s Jordan Lomeli in 1:21 and decisioned 8-3 by Jenks senior Garrett Johnson at 120 pounds.

Caleb Phillips (6-20, 8-27) went 1-2 at 138. He was pinned by Bartlesville senior Brayden Strachan in 1:38, pinned Norman freshman Aydin Matanone in 2:01 in consolation, then was pinned in 3:20 by Shawnee junior Jose Cervantes.

Preston Medlin (13-22) was eliminated from contention at 145 pounds. He was pinned in 3:13 by Owasso State Qualifier DJ Anderson and in 1:46 by Broken Arrow junior Chris Moores.

Braden Dahl (9-17, 10-20) wrestled 170 and was eliminated. He was pinned in 1:14 by Bartlesville junior Laken Clowdus and majored 15-3 by Jenks senior Russell Stanley.

Brooks Dudley (10-8) was eliminated from contention at 220. Dudley was pinned by Bartlesville’s Jaden James 4-2 in 2:25 and by Ponca sophomore HB Bowers in 1:33.

The Consolation Quarterfinals and Consolation Semifinals will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday with the placement matches beginning at 5:00 p.m.

Team Scores
268.5 Broken Arrow
134.5 Edmond North
114.5 Owasso
95.0 Sand Springs
87.5 Jenks
77.0 Bartlesville
70..0 Ponca City
60.0 Union
44.0 Bixby
42.0 Enid
35.0 Shawnee
33.5 Muskogee
33.5 Norman
21.0 Putnam North
17.0 Edmond Santa Fe
8.0 Sapulpa

Finals
106: Wiseley (CPHS) v. Cockrell (Bartlesville).
113: Cockrell (BAHS) v. Tecson (Owasso).
120: Blankenship (Bixby) v. Hill (BAHS).
126: Perez (BAHS) v. Jones (Bartlesville).
132: Witcraft (BAHS) v. Washington (Owasso).
138: Schickram (PoHi) v. Gonzalez (BAHS).
145: Randall (EdNo) v. Hernandez (Union).
152: Patton (CPHS) v. Vannoy (Jenks).
160: Floyd (EdNo) v. Rozell (BAHS).
170: Mattioda (BAHS) v. Bowman (EdNo).
182: Skillings (BAHS) v. Fleming (Owasso).
195: Potter (BAHS) v. Glass (CPHS).
220: Marcheselli (BAHS) v. McCoy (EdNo).
285: Cortes (BAHS) v. Orr (Jenks).