Wrestling Roundup: Junior High Lady Sandites Place 2nd at Home Tourney, Keystone Kids 2nd at State

Chanute, Kansas edged out No. 5 Westmoore 211.5 to 207 to win the second annual Sand Springs girls high school wrestling tournament Saturday at Clyde Boyd Middle School.

The defending champions, Springdale Har-Ber, slipped to 17th this year while host No. 10 Sand Springs placed 21st in the field of 42 teams.

In junior high action the Sandites finished runner-up to Norman by a margin of 228 to 214.5 after calling down a pair of varsity freshmen. Defending junior high champion Perry tied for third place with Bixby at 173 points. 37 schools participated in the junior high tournament.

Sand Springs went 3-1 in the finals while Norman was 1-2, but the Tigers had the edge in consolation with seven top-five placers to the Sandites’ five.

High School Girls

Kelsi Hilton led the varsity team with a fourth place finish at 140 pounds, with both of her losses coming to Har-Ber’s Kinalisa Lokot. Hilton previously pinned Lokot for first place at the Diamond State Invitational in December, but the junior State placer got the upper hand this time with a pair of second period falls.

Laila Mirza went 5-2 at 115 for fifth place, with all of her wins coming via fall. Trinity Owens placed eighth at 110, Audree Robinson placed 10th at 125, and Emily Ambriz placed 10th at 235.

Junior High Girls

Kenzie Johnson won at 89 pounds with two falls and an 8-7 semifinal decision. In the finals she pinned Ponca’s Bailey Ward in 4:10.

Bailey Copeland won at 96 pounds, pinning her first four opponents before dominating Cleveland’s Hannah Stephenson 8-0 in the finals.

Ambrielle Chambers won at 102 pounds, pinning all five of her foes. In the finals she stuck Norman’s Rylie Hillis in 2:41.

Copeland and Chambers, both freshmen, usually wrestle with the varsity team.

Rylee Allen was runner-up at 117, pinning her first four opponents before getting pinned by Norman’s Claire Lancaster in the finals.

Kyla Crittenden placed third at 73, Faith Humble placed sixth at 117, Collby Garrison placed seventh at 145, Lyla Waldren placed eighth at 102, Cailey Miller placed eighth at 155, Brylee Smith placed ninth at 145, Audrey Pride placed ninth at 117, Rowen Hull placed tenth at 138, Savannah Taylor placed 11th at 110, and Sawyer Briscoe placed 12th at 102.

Junior High Boys

The junior high boys competed at the 82nd annual Ted Anderson tournament in Edmond and took fifth place with two champions.

Griffin Sensintaffar won at 86 pounds for his fourth title of the season. He pinned his first three opponents before closing out with a pair of decisions. In the finals he wont 3-0 against Broken Arrow’s Bryson McQueen in a rematch of last week’s semifinals. Sensintaffar pinned McQueen last weekend en route to a tournament title at Perry.

Freshman Jaxon Grigsby won at 126 pounds with two pins and two decisions before taking down Edmond North’s Brooks McCollom in the finals. Grigsby scored a takedown with 15 seconds left to tie it at 3-3. He scored a takedown in overtime but McCollom had a pair of escapes to tie it at 5-5 before Grigsby scored a reversal in the third overtime period for the 7-5 win.

Kasen McAffrey placed third at 140, Kaden Pope placed fifth at 132, Rowdy Ash placed sixth at 80 pounds, Corbin Wooley placed sixth at 155, and Hunter Fields placed sixth at 170.

Youth Wrestling

The Keystone Kids Wrestling Club competed at the OKUSA State Championship and took first place in Division I and Division II and second place overall. Head coach Kyle Waag was named the OKUSA Coach of the Year for the east side of the state.

Madden Moore, Jett Galloway, and Raylee Dawes won gold in Division I and Holden Yingst was runner-up.

Patrick Sanchez and Hagan Wolfenberger won gold in Division II, Hudson Waag was runner-up, and Maddix Spencer placed fourth.

In Division III Ty Galloway and Autumn Foust placed third and Sutton Hawley placed fourth.

Maddox Pope won gold In Division IV while Karson Waag and Bryson Pope were runners-up. Wes Wilson and Zander Pope placed fourth.

Kayden Worthington won gold in Division V.

In the Novice divisions: Landon Replogle and Carter Randall won gold; Gage Fadenrecht and Maverick Spencer placed third; and Hunter Sims, Brayden Replogle, Nakona Eaglin, and Joseph Satoe placed fourth.

Sandite Junior High Wrestlers Place 3rd at Home Tournament

Both the boys and girls wrestling teams took third place at the Sand Springs Junior High tournament on Saturday, December 2nd at Clyde Boyd Middle School.

The Gold team placed third, Black was 18th, and White was 23rd in the tournament with four total champions. Bristow won the boys’ tournament with 244 points, followed by Coweta with 241.5 and Sand Springs Gold with 193.

Union won the girls’ tournament with 221 points, followed by Perry with 160 and Sand Springs with 135. The Lady Sandites had eight finalists and three Champions.

Boys

Kasen McAffrey pinned all eight of his opponents in the first period. The 140-pound champion outscored his opponents 26 to 5, only allowing escape points.

Griffin Sensintaffar won the 86-pound bracket with four first-period falls and two technical falls, outscoring his opponents 61 to 4, only allowing escape points.

Jaxon Grigsby won the 126-pound bracket with four falls, outscoring his opponents 49 to 6.

Kaden Pope won the 132-pound bracket with six pins, outscoring his opponents 57 to 14, only allowing escape points.

Kayden Worthington went 6-1 at 140 pounds with four pins before falling in the finals to teammate Kasen McAffrey.

Corbin Wooley went 7-1 for third place at 155 pounds with four pins. His only loss was a 12-5 decision to Vinita’s Kolbe Bargas that he avenged with a first-period falls in the placement round rematch.

Hunter Fields went 5-3 with three pins for seventh place at 170. Andrew Price went 4-3 with two pins for seventh place at 106.

Kellen Foster went 3-4 with two pins for eighth place at 112. David Cline went 3-4 with three pins for eighth place at 195.

Rowdy Ash went 2-3 with one pin for 10th place at 80. Chandler Copeland went 2-3 with two pins for 10th place at 92. Lincoln Callis went 2-3 with one pin for 10th place at 98.

Sam Moore went 3-3 with two pins for 11th place at 119. Josh Compton went 3-3 for 11th place at 126. Jace Smith went 3-3 with three pins for 11th place at 285.

Jeffery Norton went 2-4 with two pins for 12th place at 106 pounds after injury forfeiting his final two matches.

Syrus Pratt went 4-3 with two pins for 13th place at 170. Caleb Childers went 3-3 with two pins for 13th place at 112.

Girls

Savannah Taylor won the 102-pound bracket, pinning all six of her opponents. Audrey Pride won the 126-pound bracket with five pins. Ayla Asher won the 138-pound bracket with five pins.

Kenzie Johnson went 6-1 at 89 pounds, pinning her first six opponents before falling to Berryhill’s Grace Halbert in the finals.

Bailey Copeland went 4-1, pinning her first four opponents at 96 pounds before falling to Union’s Raeya Perkins in the finals.

Faith Humble went 4-2 for second place at 117 with four pins. Liz Cline went 4-2 for second place at 126 with three pins. Addison Dinapoli went 3-3 for second place at 138 with two pins.

Camden Garrison went 5-2 for third place at 96 pounds, pinning four of her opponents, including Glenpool’s Alexis Morris in the consolation finals.

Cailey Miller went 6-2 for third place at 155 pounds, pinning six of her opponents in the first period.

Rylee Allen went 4-2 with three pins for fifth place at 117.

Lyla Waldren went 3-4 for sixth place at 102. Areli Martin went 3-4 with two pins for sixth place at 117.

Mia Bruns went 3-3 for seventh place at 126. Rowen Hull went 4-2 for seventh place at 138 with two pins.