CPHS Wrestling: Sandites beat Springdale 44-27 at Ram Duals tournament

Pictured: Preston Medlin competes at the Bobby Lyons Invitational. Medlin pinned his opponent at 52 seconds in a dual with Springdale Friday.

After suffering a surprise upset to No. 11 Owasso in the first round of the 5th Annual Ram Duals, the Sandites got back on track with a 44-27 win over Springdale, Arkansas. The Class 6A No. 8 ranked Charles Page High School wrestling team (4-4) earned bonus points in all eight of their wins, with four pins and two forfeits.

Springdale started off well, with Zayne Lewis winning the first match 8-2 against Shane Wolf (8-9). Mitchell Smith (9-3) got the Sandites out front with an 11-0 major decision against State Qualifier Trinton Evans, but State Qualifier Meinshu Jiang eked out a 10-8 sudden-victory win against Harley Newberry (5-10) and State Qualifier Peter Henry won 5-3 against Ethan Norton (3-11, 3-16).

Then it was the Sand Springs show. Freshman Carter Goodman (7-6) pinned State Qualifier Timoj Mewa in 4:36, Blake Jones (15-6, 41-20) received a forfeit, and Preston Medlin (10-12, 23-34) pinned Johey River in 0:52 to make it 22-9.

State Qualifier Terri Wise pinned Ethan White (3-8) in 4:26, but the Sandite put up a solid effort with two takedowns and led 6-4 before the fall. Chris Kirby (18-8, 76-32) received a forfeit at 160, then J.R. Leban pinned Dakota Taylor (1-12, 1-19) in 2:00.

Sango Whitehorn (7-14, 9-18) earned a 9-1 major decision against Jason Pedrus, Brooks Dudley (16-13, 26-21) pinned Ernesto Casas in 2:13, and Josh Fincannon (22-9, 61-43) pinned Ethan Nessar in 1:28 before Springdale’s Jadon Wilkerson ended the dual with a pin at 285 against Robbie Parrish (6-12, 8-27).