CPHS Wrestling: Sandites place 6th at Perry with three finalists

The Class 6A No. 7 ranked Charles Page High School varsity wrestling team competed at the Perry Tournament of Champions this weekend and sent three to the finals in a 6th-place effort. No. 2 Choctaw won the tournament, closely followed by No. 8 Stillwater and No. 5 Edmond Memorial.

Seth Jones (5-1, 49-30) dominated the 126-pound bracket, pinning Jacob Quinton (Choctaw) in 0:31 and Garrett Washington (Bixby) in 2:40, then won an 18-2 technical fall against Kai Shultz (Claremore) in only 2:36 with four takedowns and 9 nearfall points. In the finals he gave up 3-2 decision to State Qualifier Cade Nicholas (Stillwater).

Blake Jones (5-1, 31-15) breezed through 138 with a 15-0 technical fall against Rashaud Morgan (Vinita) in 2:25 for a new school record at that weight class. In the quarterfinals he pinned Colton Kern (Weatherford) in 1:49, then he majored Kaleb Owen (Perry) 12-0. In the finals he met his match in a 10-4 decision to State Qualifier Bam West (Edmond Memorial).

Josh Fincannon (6-1, 45-35) pinned Carson Cottrill (Stillwater) in 1:14 and Chubba Davis (Harrah) in 0:39, then won a 5-1 decision against Jesse McCaslin (Weatherford) and a 5-2 decision against Devin Harris (Owasso). In the finals he took State Qualifier Ryan Cochran (Claremore) to an ultimate tie breaker, where Cochran won 3-2 in a match that only featured escapes.

Brendon Wiseley (6-3, 58-23) pinned Rhylee Toepfer (Kingfisher) in 1:28 at 113 pounds and won an 11-2 major decision against Kaleb Kerr (Midwest City), but was pinned in 5:09 by Choctaw freshman Speedy Walden in the quarterfinals. He led 4-3 before giving up the fall. In consolation he pinned Ethan Kemble (Ponca City) in 2:56 and won a 5-0 decision against Angel Tiscarena (Perry) before falling 4-0 to Cooper Mahaffey (Yukon). He won the 5th place match by pinning Gabe Fontanez (Stillwater) in 3:14.

Brooks Dudley (3-3, 13-11) won his first match at 195 by pinning Spencer Lewis (Claremore) in only 27 seconds, but was pinned in turn by Matthew Santos (MacArthur). In consolation he won a 16-2 major decision against Jaxson Eichhorn (Vinita) before falling 2-1 to Chase Parham (Prosper).

Shane Wolf (2-1) took a 7-0 lead against Bixby’s Colby Holladay in the first round of 106 before pinning him in 3:27. He was pinned by Duncan’s Carson Villalon in the quarterfinals and by Choctaw’s Mason Hanna in consolation.

At 152 pounds Ethan White (2-3) pinned Chris Noble (MacArthur) in 3:56 before getting pinned in 1:24 by Gabe Johnson (Choctaw). In consolation he was defeated 9-7 in sudden victory overtime by Wallace Tilley (Yukon).

Chris Kirby (3-2, 61-26) wrestled at 160 pounds and pinned Josh Kime (Perry) in 2:10 before falling to Eli Cordy (Edmond Memorial) in 4:18. He forfeited his consolation match.

Chase White (1-4, 1-6) was pinned in 2:00 by Nathan Atwood (MacArthur) at 170 pounds. He pinned Gable Norman (Blackwell) in 2:10 in consolation before giving up a 5-1 decision to Tyson Walker (Duncan).

At 132 Caleb Phillips (1-3, 9-30) was pinned by Zach Blankenship (Bixby) in 1:05, then pinned Chris Pacheco (Perry) in 1:19 before getting pinned by EJ Tecson (Owasso) in 1:44.

Preston Medlin (2-2, 15-24) was defeated 2-0 by Dax Hughes (Stillwater) and 7-6 by Jaxon Flaming (Edmond Memorial) at 145 pounds.

Sango Whitehorn (1-2, 3-6) was pinned in 1:33 by Hunter Mauldin (Harrah) and in 0:48 by Jersey Robb (Bixby) at 182 pounds.

Heavyweight Robbie Parrish (2-2, 4-17) was pinned in 1:15 by Steven Culberson (Duncan) and in 4:10 by Brian Pifer (Vinita).

The Sandites voided 120.

Sand Springs (2-0) will return to action Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. with a home dual against No. 2 Mustang (3-0).

Champions
106: Cael Hughes (Stillwater).
113: Cruz Aguilar (Edmond Memorial).
120: Kael Pappan (Arkansas City).
126: Cade Nicholas (Stillwater).
132: Carter Young (Stillwater).
138: Bam West (Edmond Memorial).
145: Jaylon Otero (Catoosa).
152: Gabe Johnson (Choctaw).
160: Chandler Holman (Choctaw).
170: Zele Coleman (Choctaw).
182: Brayden Dillow (Chanute).
195: Deston Miller (Arkansas City).
220: Ryan Cochran (Claremore).
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Team Scores
236.0 Choctaw
200.0 Stillwater
178.5 Edmond Memorial
131.0 Chanute
130.5 Arkansas City
119.0 Sand Springs
91.5 Perry
89.0 Claremore
85.5 Duncan
87.0 Lawton MacArthur
81.5 Yukon
78.0 Owasso
76.0 Bixby
75.5 Catoosa
74.5 Prosper
69.0 Vinita
65.0 Pryor
64.0 Weatherford
61.0 Ponca City
55.0 Blackwell
51.0 Harrah
27.0 Midwest City
11.0 Kingfisher