CPHS Wrestling: Sandites 5th after day one at Regionals, Fincannon and Smith in finals

The Charles Page High School Wrestling team is sitting in fifth place after the first day of the Class 6A East Regional Championship in Broken Arrow. The Sandites went 14-16 in individual matches and advanced two to the Championship finals with another eight alive in consolation. 

Freshman standout Mitchell Smith pinned Bixby freshman Cody Kaiser in 1:32 and Deer Creek sophomore Michael Fredrickson in 4:55 then won a 5-0 decision against Stillwater sophomore Gabe Fontanez. He will wrestle top-seeded Broken Arrow sophomore Parker Witcraft in the 113 Championship finals. 

Josh Fincannon pinned Northwest Classen junior George Allen in 55 seconds and won a 14-3 major decision against Bixby junior Isaac Gibson in the 220 semis. He will wrestle Jenks junior Hayden Crawley for the title. 

Harley Newberry was pinned by top-seeded Broken Arrow senior Bryce Cockrell in the 120 quarterfinals but pinned Enid freshman Donterriou Covington in 1:19 in consolation. He will face Jenks junior Garrett Rawlins next. 

Seth Jones pinned Union freshman Andre Boyd in 38 seconds but lost 14-10 to Broken Arrow senior Jackson Cockrell at 126. He will wrestle the winner of Garrett Washington vs. Leslie Fortner in consolation. 

Blake Jones won an 11-0 major decision against Enid sophomore Trinit Zweifel but fell 1-0 to top-seeded Broken Arrow junior Jared Hill in the 138 semis. He will meet the winner of Bryson Perez vs. Chris Dugger in consolation. 

Preston Medlin lost a 6-4 decision to Muskogee’s Bobby Felts but won 7-2 against Ponca City junior Shayden Trant in the 145 consolation. Next up is a Highway 97 rivalry matchup against Sapulpa junior Luke Young. 

Chris Kirby pinned Northwest Classen senior Levi Wilson in 21 seconds and Deer Creek senior Tim Trigg in 53 seconds at 160 pounds but fell 17-8 to top-seeded Enid sophomore Chance Davis in the semis. He gave the Plainsman trouble, however, with two reversals and nearfall points. He will meet the winner of Aaron Crutison vs. Tye Rozell in consolation. 

Brooks Dudley pinned Muskogee’s Ty’Vonte Williams in 2:42 but was then pinned by Ponca City’s Landon Newlin in the 182 quarterfinals. He pinned Union junior Shane Fields in 1:34 in consolation. Next up he will meet Stillwater senior Eli Wilson. 

Sango Whitehorn was pinned by top-seeded Broken Arrow junior Emmanuel Skillings in the 195 quarterfinals. He will wrestle Enid junior Luis Vega in consolation. 

Santana Naugle won a 3-2 decision against Ponca City junior HB Bowers at heavyweight but was pinned by top-seeded Union senior Micah Walker in the quarterfinals. He will take on Owasso freshman Tyler Rich in consolation. 

Shane Wolf went 0-2 at 106. He was pinned by Ponca City freshman Preston Lee and lost an 11-1 major decision to Owasso sophomore Zeke Wheeler in consolation. 

Carter Goodman lost a 5-2 decision to Ponca City freshman Gabriel Roland and a 10-3 decision to Owasso senior Killian McNichol at 132. 

Ethan White was pinned by Broken Arrow senior William Martin in the first round of 152 then fell 4-2 to Midwest City junior Jamie Watts in consolation. 

Codey Cramer went 0-2 in his varsity debut at 170 pounds with pin losses to top-seeded Broken Arrow senior Bryce Mattioda and Ponca City freshman Joe Leavitt. 

Former Sandites Christian Forbes (Broken Arrow) and Carter Young (Stillwater) both advanced to the Championship finals. 

Broken Arrow has the team title all locked down with 250 points, and Stillwater is a distant second with 124. Jenks is third with 116.5 followed by Union at 88.5 and Sand Springs at 87.

Saturday’s wrestling will begin at 11:00 a.m. with consolation quarterfinals and semifinals. All placement matches will be held in the afternoon session at 4:00 p.m. All matches are in Tiger Field House on the campus of Broken Arrow High School. 

The top five wrestlers in each bracket will advance to the State Tournament with the sixth-place medalist as an alternate. The top three will advance to the double-elimination bracket outright while the fourth and fifth placers will wrestle a single elimination round to start. State will be held at Jim Norrick arena next weekend at the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds in Oklahoma City. 

Josh Fincannon beat Hayden Crawley 9-7 in a dual this season. The two will get a rematch for the 220 Regional title Saturday.