9 Sandites remain at State, only slightly behind Broken Arrow and Choctaw

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By: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief

The remaining Sandites have about an hour long break before the next round begins at the 6A State Championship in Oklahoma City. 

Charles Page wrestling qualified eleven for the tournament with seven Regional Champions, more than either Broken Arrow or the Dual State Champions from Choctaw. Unfortunately 220 pound junior and Regional Champion Delvin Jordan was unable to participate dropping the number to nine. 

106 freshman Riley Weir (20-12) came in third at Regionals and was pitted against Choctaw's Colt Newton (40-3) in the first round and was pinned in 0:41. From there he was majored 14-4 by Yukon's Braden Fowler and eliminated. 

113 Regional Champion Michael Ritchey (22-16) was defeated in round one by Westmoore's Wes Hardin (31-11) by a narrow 5-2 decision but managed to hold the lead in the next match for a 5-3 victory over Spencer Schickram (14-9) of Ponca City. 

120 Regional Champion Blake Sargent (36-10) went into overtime with Zackery Bibb (24-5) of Capitol Hill and lost 4-2 in the tie breaker round. He fell in an early hole to Justin Gundlach (29-11) of Moore and trailed 3-2 going into the final period, but rallied for a takedown and pin at 5:14 to stay alive in the consolation bracket. 

126 two-time undefeated State Champion Daton Fix (44-0) pinned Bobby Robinson (30-13) of Deer Creek in 1:37.

132 Regional Champion Jack Karstetter (38-7) breezed through his first match with a 17-2 tech fall over Norman's Jeffrey Adams (23-12) in 5:42.  

138 Regional Champion Beau Bratcher (40-6) pinned Choctaw's Jeff Speer (23-10) in 4:48. 

145 Regional Champion Payton Scott (18-4) pinned Westmoore's Trey Painter (32-10) in 3:52.  

160 Regional Runner-Up Zane Basma (32-11) scored an 8-3 decision over Sam Hensley (31-13) of Edmond Memorial.  

170 Trace Fleischman (10-4) placed fourth at Regionals but rebounded big time at State with a 3-1 upset of West Regional Champion Jacob Schimmels (23-6) of Edmond. 

The top three teams are as close now as they have been all season with Broken Arrow at 25.5, Choctaw at 25, and Sand Springs at 23.5.  

The semi finals will begin at 7:15.  

Zane Basma takes first place at Bobby Lyons Invitational

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By: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief

Despite sitting out several key starters, the Charles Page High School wrestling squad was still more than capable of finishing third at their home tournament behind the #1 teams in 6A and 5A. After upsetting the #1 Broken Arrow Tigers Thursday night, the most important thing for the Sandites to do now is remain healthy for Regionals, State, and Dual State. #8 Riley Weir, John Jiminez, #2 Trace Fleischman, #7 Lane Lettich, and Delvin Jordan all set out the tournament to rest and recover, and several backups got to see their first varsity action of the season. 

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160 #4 Zane Basma (17-9) won his first tournament of the season, pinning Seth Steinke (Cascia Hall) in 3:01 and Alec Puckett (Bixby) in 2:29. Gabe Evans of Broken Arrow got a rematch after being pinned in Thursday night's dual, and fared slightly better this time, but was defeated 6-0 to seal Basma's trip to the finals against Tony Connor of Collinsville. Basma won that match 11-5.

At 170 Bryton Beck (5-11) gave up pins of 3:46 and 2:16 to Brad Bell (Okmulgee) and Stephen Shibley (Sapulpa), respectively.

182 Mike Brown (0-2) was pinned in 1:30 by #2 Jared Kerr of Bixby and lost 14-5 to Chris Connor, also of Bixby. Mike Martinez (0-2) also made his varsity debut at 182, but was pinned in 0:41 by Zach Wellman of Bartlesville, and in 1:54 by Paul Fleming of Cascia Hall. 

At 195 #8 Zack Sims (14-15) gave up a 1:55 pin to 5A State Runner-Up Roc Robbins of Collinsville in the opening round, then accepted a forfeit from Broken Arrow's Skylar Haynes. Sims wrapped up the Friday wrestling with a 1:48 pin of Cascia Hall's Hunter Hedrick. On Saturday, Sims lost 7-2 to #4 Cody Adams of Bixby, but managed to edge out Ponca City's #6 Bradyn Presnall 4-3 for a 5th Place finish.

220 Gage Fain (5-14) was pinned in 2:26 in the opening round by Alex Cantu of Grapevine, Texas, but turned it around with two pins of his own in 2:29 against Blake Buoy (Bartlesville) and 0:59 against Dylan Dobbs of Collinsville. From there, however, Fain would be pinned in 3:46 by Baylee Perigo of Barnsdall and forced to a rematch against Cantu. This time he avoided the pin, but gave up a 7-3 decision for a 6th Place finish. 

The Sandites wrestled two new guys at Heavyweight, Jace Anderson (0-2) and Dom Piper (0-2). Anderson forfeited to Sapulpa's #5 Daylan Durham, then was pinned in 0:11 by Derek Bay of Sperry. Piper was pinned in 2:25 by #1 Trenton Lieurance and in 4:52 by Jackson Wilson of Collinsville. 

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