CPHS Wrestling: Colton Roberts wins Inola Tournament, Junior Varsity places fifth

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Chris Kirby placed second at the Inola Wrestling Tournament.

The Charles Page High School Junior Varsity wrestling team recently competed at a tournament in Inola and took fifth place in a field that included many varsity squads. 

Colton Roberts (9-2) took first place at 126 pounds, pinning Jacob Myers (Skiatook) in thirteen seconds and Ayron Lawson (Perkins-Tryon) in 5:35. In the finals he won an 8-6 decision over Blake Skidgel (Pawnee).

Chris Kirby (8-5) came in runner-up at 152 pounds. He pinned Ty Fixin (Tahlequah Sequoyah) in 4:53 and majored Reiley Lawson (Morris) 18-8, then received a medical forfeit from Jon McGowan (Hulbert). In the finals he was pinned by Whitt Fletcher (Vian).

Caden Vaughn (7-3) placed third at 113 pounds, winning three of his four matches by fall. He pinned Gavin Stuass (Hulbert) in 43 seconds in the quarterfinals before falling 9-1 to State Qualifier Jackson Cockrell (Broken Arrow). In consolation he pinned Bailey LaMont (Inola) in 2:36 and Tristen Butler (Stilwell) in 3:23.

Riley Magee (4-3) was fourth at 182 pounds. He pinned Noah Bennett (Tahlequah Sequoyah) in 4:24 and Jacob Surber (Bishop Kelley) in 4:00 before falling 8-3 to Kade Cato (Vian). In consolation he scored a 15-0 technical fall against James Ballinger (NOAH) in 5:49 but fell 3-2 in a tie-breaker against Zeke Rozell (Broken Arrow).

Preston Medlin (7-7) placed fifth at 145 pounds. He lost his opening match 6-4 to Kenny Scott (Okmulgee) in sudden victory overtime, but defeated Jayden Carlock (Stilwell) 9-3 and pinned Cameron Toothman (Morris) in 4:48 before falling 7-5 to Deion Mesa (Tahlequah Sequoyah). In the placement round he received a forfeit from Christian Jones (Vian).

Thomas Naugle (8-6) placed fifth at 160 pounds. He pinned Paine Suter (Morris) in 2:54 and won a 7-6 decision over Drake Leybas (Inola) before falling to Rustin Martin (Tonkawa) and Preston Ardery (Perkins-Tryon). In the placement round he received a forfeit from Brett San Miguel (Locust Grove).

Team Scores

  1. Broken Arrow Junior Varsity (208)
  2. Tahlequah Sequoyah (154)
  3. Perkins-Tryon (125)
  4. Bishop Kelley (118)
  5. Sand Springs Junior Varsity (114.5)
  6. Inola (110)
  7. 3A No. 5 Vian (110)
  8. Skiatook Junior Varsity (109)
  9. Locust Grove (105)
  10. Tonkawa (93)
  11. Pawnee (86)
  12. Hulbert (68)
  13. Morris (63)
  14. Pawhuksa (45)
  15. Okmulgee (31)
  16. Stilwell (26)
  17. NOAH (17)

Individual Champions

106 - Bryce Cockrell (Broken Arrow)
113 - Jackson Cockrell (Broken Arrow)
120 - Andrew Police (Broken Arrow)
126 - Colton Roberts (Sand Springs)
132 - Wesley Scott (Pawnee)
138 - Collin Elias (Bishop Kelley)
145 - Tony Johnson (Skiatook)
152 - Whitt Fletcher (Vian)
160 - Rustin Martin (Tonkawa)
170 - Kaleb Aguila (Inola)
182 - Taylor Fleming (Locust Grove)
195 - Tee Monk (Locust Grove)
220 - Alton Allen (Perkins-Tryon)
285 - Noah Wilson (Tahlequah Sequoyah)

Youth Wrestling: Dariuz Black, Kaden Pope, Henry Hill win Team IceFighter Tournament

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Eight members of the Sand Springs Team Big wrestling program competed at the Team IceFighter Tournament in Tulsa recently and three brought home first-place medals.

Dariuz Black (7-1) won his second-straight tournament in Division Four at 92 pounds. He pinned Walker Upton (Tuttle) in 57 seconds and scored a 7-2 decision against Cael Eremita (Catoosa).

Kaden Pope (5-2) won the 64-pound bracket in Division Three easily, scoring a 16-1 tech fall against Kason Delgado (OWA), and pinning Ari Jones (Claremore) in 46 seconds.

Henry Hill (2-0) won the Division Three Novice 64-pound bracket, majoring Urah Hooks (Oologah) 11-2 and pinning Andrew Xiong (Oologah) in 0:32.

Ethan Norton (5-8) placed second in Division Five at one-hundred pounds. He fell 3-2 to Allison Hynes (Broken Arrow), but defeated Cameron White (Sapulpa) 10-5.

 

CPHS Wrestling: Sandites fall 43-25 to No. 1 Broken Arrow

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The defending Class 6A State Champions from Charles Page High School suffered their first defeat of the season in a dual with No. 1 ranked Broken Arrow (6-1). The fifth-ranked Sandites rattled off twenty-five straight victories over the course over the past two seasons before falling 43-25 Tuesday night at Clyde Boyd Middle School.

The No. 24 nationally-ranked Tigers jumped out to a quick 18-0 lead with pins from State Champion Gavin Potter and Noah Cortes and a forfeit at 220. Freshman Carter Young got the Sandites on the board at 106 pounds by pinning Jared Hill, then State Champion Riley Weir scored a 12-0 major decision against Blazik Perez. Seth Jones edged out Bryce Cockrell 3-2 to cut the deficit to 18-13.

Reece Witcraft won a 9-1 major decision against Sandite State Qualifier Blake Sargent then Blake Gonzales defeated Irwin Portillo to make it 25-13, but the Sandites won the next two matches by pin to tie it up. Scotty Patton pinned Diego Maturino and Chris Kirby pinned Ryan Primicias. 

State Qualifier Brady Mattioda put the Tigers back out front with with a 5-3 decision over Kaleb Tabor and a pin from Caleb Wise at 160 meant the Sandites needed to win their next two matches with bonus points to win the dual. 

State Qualifier Bryce Mattioda scored a 6-0 decision over Dayvon Taylor to clinch the dual for the Tigers and Zeno Marcheselli pinned Riley Magee to ice the cake. 

Sand Springs will look to start a new streak Thursday night when they host No. 13 Muskogee (5-1), Bartlesville (2-4), and No. 15 Enid (3-4) in the District Duals quadrangle. The winner of the four-way battle will advance to the Dual State Championship in Shawnee this February. Sand Springs is the defending Dual State Champion. Broken Arrow will host No. 8 Ponca City (3-2) on Thursday. 

Youth Wrestling: Four Sandites win gold at U.S. Junior Open Championship

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Four members of the Sand Springs Team Big wrestling club won first place titles at the United State Junior Open Championship in Oklahoma City earlier this month. The Sandites placed fourteenth out of 175 teams. The Oklahoma Wrestling Academy, located in Edmond, won the tournament with ten champions.

Division 5

Kaden Glass (4-0) breezed through his competition at 200 pounds. He pinned Michael McCain (Hinton) in 34 seconds and Brody Cannon (Warner) in 58 seconds, teched Tieler Cummings (Henryetta) 15-0, and won a 5-2 decision over Kyle Hobill (Davenport) in the finals.

Owen Martin (9-1) had only two competitors at 75 pounds, but handled both for his third-straight tournament title. He defeated Caden Holman (Choctaw) 1-0 and pinned Boog Jeffries (Choctaw) in 2:27.

Blake Jones (5-2) placed fourth at 113 pounds. He defeated Darrius Dixon (Hard Knox) 4-1 and pinned Nicholas Denson (OKC) in 54 seconds before falling 10-8 to Reese Davis (Tuttle) in sudden victory overtime. In consolation he majored Aidan Rutnarak (NB Elite) 11-0, defeated Bk Seago (Threestyle) 3-0, and pinned Tyson Stevens (Blue T Xtreme) in 2:00 before falling 4-3 to Braden Anderson.

Division 4

Clayton Giddens-Buttram (11-0) won his third-straight tournament, handily pinning all five of his foes at seventy pounds. He took down Jackson Bodine (StandFast) in 2:34, Jace Province (OWA) in 0:31, Gage Walker (Jay) in 1:01, Colt Collett (Checotah) in 2:26, and Cash Holman (Choctaw) in 0:42.

Jaxon Trotter (10-4) placed third at 100 pounds. He pinned Clete Gilbert (Sulphur) in 2:13 and Andrew Williams (Hard Knox) in 2:19 before falling 5-3 to Kyle Harrall (Geary). He won consolation by pinning Jon Broehl Li (Tulsa) in 2:43 and Jessiah Baeza (Woodward) in 1:00, but fell to Ritson Meyer (Chickasha) in the second-place challenge round.

Division 3

Will Meredith (5-2) lost his opening match 4-2 to Cason Craft (Spiro) but won three-straight in consolation. He defeated Carlos Chay (Harrah) 4-0, Cooper Jackson (Tuttle) 6-5 in a tie-breaker, and teammate Jaxon Grigsby 7-1 before falling 2-0 to Lane Walters (Salina) in the finals for fourth place.

Grigsby (8-2) teched Chay 15-0 and pinned Dylan Ota (Team Punisher) in 2:41 before falling 7-2 to Talon Verbeck (Ark City). In consolation he was defeated 7-1 by Meredith, then won a 6-1 decision over Colt Fox (Maverick Elite) for fifth place.

Division 1

Asher Giddens (10-2) placed third at 46 pounds. He pinned Nate Edmonson (C4) in 57 seconds and scored a 16-0 technical fall against Ty Chavez (Woodward) before falling 6-0 to Easton Rodgers (RAW). In consolation he majored Nick Beidelschies (Paola) 11-2 and Cru Foster (Chickasha) 10-1.

Novice 4

Chase Kelley (5-7) placed second at 110 pounds. He majored Brett Reed (C4) 16-4 and won a 7-1 decision against Kareli Cadena (Maverick Elite) before falling to Luke Leonard (OWA) in the finals.

Novice 3

Lane Bailey (6-0) won his second straight tournament, taking first place at 61 pounds. He pinned Brannon McDonald (Spiro) in 2:13 and won decisions of 6-2 and 10-7 against Carver Barnett (Bristow), and Evan Notley (Tulsa), respectively.

Youth Wrestling: Six Sandites win First Place at Pryor Tournament

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Six members of the Sand Springs Team Big wrestling club won their brackets at the recent Gage Underwood Memorial Tournament in Pryor. 

Division 5

Owen Martin (7-1) won his third tournament of the season. He drew only one competitor at 76 pounds and won a best-of-three series with a 15-0 technical fall and a 12-2 major decision against Bradley Vanblaricom (McAlester).

Wyatt Meredith (4-1) drew only one competitor at 84 pounds. He pinned Keynon Encinas (Pryor) in 3:49 and 1:26 for his first tournament championship of the season.

Division 4

Abraham Flores (9-1) won his third-straight tournament at 110 pounds. He drew only two competitors and pinned Joseph Robbins (Pryor) in 3:46 and scored a 16-0 technical fall against Alex Enfield (South Central).

Division 3

Matthew Moore (9-2) won his first tournament of the season at 64 pounds with three pins and a technical fall. He took down Joseph Ketcher (Pryor) in 1:24, Elijah Wilson (Claremore) in 1:04, and Bodie Elam (Pryor) in 2:01. He also scored a dominant 16-0 tech fall against Aiden Machado (16-0).

Division 2

Jayden Bussell (8-4) won his second tournament of the season at 64 pounds. He pinned Hagen McHenry (Catoosa) in 2:29 and won a 6-0 decision against Kolby Wickham (Jay) to make his way to the finals. In the first place match he pinned Luis Flores (Sapulpa) in 2:05.

Novice 3

Connor Beals (10-4) won his fourth tournament of the season at 76 pounds. He pinned Braxton Snow (Bentonville) in 1:57, won a 10-5 decision against Braxton Cook (Coweta), then pinned Drake Blue (Sperry) in 2:19 in the finals.

Novice 2

Brayden Grimes (2-1) placed second at 61 pounds, pinning Zachariah Dooley (Del City) in seventeen seconds, and Shelby Correa (Cushing) in 2:21 before falling to Carter Williams in the finals.

Novice 1

Spencer Grimes (1-1) placed second at 37 pounds, winning a 5-3 decision over Aubrey Holman (Sand Springs), but falling to Hutch Landrum (Broken Arrow).

Cooper Ellenburg (10-4) placed third at 52 pounds. He lost his opening match to Eli Phillips (Jay), but pinned his next three foes and received one forfeit. He took down Max Brown (Claremore) in 0:34, Madden Richenberger (Bentonville) in 2:41, and Hudson Williams (Pryor) in 0:54.

Youth Wrestling: Kasen McAffrey wins Collinsville Christmas Classic

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Sand Springs Team Big wrestler Kasen McAffrey (7-0) recently took first place in his third-straight tournament at Collinsville Christmas Classic.

The Sandite competed in the seventy-pound weight class in Division Two with little effort, pinning all three of his foes. He defeated Payson Robinson (Sapulpa) in 1:02, Noah Boulware (Broken Arrow) in 1:07, and Kelton Shaffer (Neosho) in 2:32. 

He previously took first place at the Catoosa Tournament and the Claremore Youth Invitational earlier this season.