CPHS Wrestling: Sandites qualify ten for State with two Regional Champions

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The Class 6A No. 5 ranked Charles Page High School wrestling team will send ten wrestlers to the State Tournament next week after placing third at the 6A-East Regional Championship in Broken Arrow Saturday night. 

The defending Regional and State Champions were unable to replicate their last year's successful outing, but crowned two tournament champions out of four finalists, finishing a mere 9.5 points behind No. 4 Mustang. The host team won the tournament handily by a 61 point margin with six champions.

Carter Young (106) and Riley Weir (113) won their brackets, Chris Kirby (145) and Kaleb Tabor (152) were runners-up, Irwin Portillo (132) and Gage Fain (220) took third, Seth Jones (120) and Scott Patton (138) placed fourth to qualify for State outright. Blake Sargent (126) and Dayvon Taylor (170) came in fifth and will have the chance to wrestle the fourth-place finisher from the opposite region in a wrestle-in match at the State Tournament. Josh Fincannon (195) took sixth and will participate in the wrestle-in match only if one of the top five place-winners cannot participate.

Freshman standout Carter Young (37-1) breezed through his first two rounds at with a pair of technical falls, defeating Leyton Warne 19-4 in 2:51 and David Boucher 24-9 in 3:53. In the finals he took on Broken Arrow freshman Jared Hill and won a shutout, scoring a reversal in the third period for a 9-0 major decision and his nineteenth-straight victory.

Defending State Champion Riley Weir (26-7, 88-25) pinned his first three competitors, taking down Garrett Johnson in 2:51, Henry Warren in 2:24, and Blazik Perez in 5:16. In the finals he battled Mustang freshman Tucker Owens and took a 2-0 lead with a first period takedown. He added a reversal in the second period, then rode out the third for a 4-0 decision.

Kaleb Tabor (24-11) pinned Ryan Stetler in 36 seconds, then defeated Christian McCutcheon 4-0 and Richie Lee 6-3. In the finals he stayed neutral through the first period against Broken Arrow senior Brady Mattioda. Mattioda got a second period reversal and rode out the final stretch for a 2-0 decision.

Chris Kirby (20-8) pinned his way to the finals, taking down Derek VanDyke in 1:35, Johnny Villa in 0:49, and Austin Daniels in 0:54, but gave up a technical fall to top-seeded Mustang freshman Tate Picklo.

Irwin Portillo (30-17, 36-22) won 5-2 decisions over Verdell Schoats and Tanner Frew before falling to Dylan Schickram. In consolation he defeated John Ritchey 3-1 to clinch his spot at state. In the finals he scored a first period takedown, Brayden Strachan escaped in the first and second, then Portillo jumped back out front with an escape and a takedown in the third for the 5-2 decision.

Gage Fain (19-8, 58-46) pinned Adam Denham in 2:20, but was in-turn pinned by defending State Champion Zach Marcheselli. In consolation he pinned Jared Galli in 2:00 and won a 3-2 ultimate tie-breaker over Stillwater senior Kameron Linsenmeyer.

Scott Patton (26-18, 33-20) defeated Enrie Chavez 7-4, fell 13-5 to Baylor Smith, then pinned Christian Webb in 3:10. In the consolation finals Union junior Jaylin Hernandez scored a takedown in the first and picked up a pair of penalty points before Patton escaped. In the third Patton cut it to a one-point deficit but couldn’t find a takedown and fell 4-3.

Seth Jones (26-14, 28-17) defeated Jackson Cockrell 3-2, fell 3-1 to Joseph Lupton, then pinned Caron Watson in 1:34. In the consolation finals he took on Owasso junior Zeke Washington. Washington scored first, both reversed, and the Ram rode out the third period for a 4-2 decision.

Senior State Qualifier Blake Sargent (12-7, 101-32) won his first match 6-3 over Tanner Robinson, but fell 11-8 to Reece Witcraft and 4-2 to Kyrie Beasley in sudden-victory overtime. In placement he rematched Robinson and scored takedowns in each period, an escape in the second, a second takedown in the third, and rode to a 9-1 major decision.

Dayvon Taylor (20-20) pinned Spencer Shook in 3:43 and won a 10-7 decision against Brannigan Reyes before falling 9-0 to top-seeded Broken Arrow sophomore Bryce Mattioda. He fell 7-6 to Kaleb Mertz in consolation and took on Jenks junior Colt Freeman in placement. Taylor scored first, Freeman reversed, then Taylor escaped and started the second period on top. Taylor cut the Trojan, who scored with twenty seconds left and took a 5-3 advantage into the third. Taylor escaped quickly and scored with nine seconds left for a 6-5 decision.

Josh Fincannon (13-18) pinned Lukas Hammack in 3:54 then dropped a 5-2 decision to Elijah Tomlin. In consolation he defeated Tanner Haskins 4-2 in sudden-victory overtime and won a 3-1 decision over Noah Hernandez before falling 5-0 to Judson Rowland. The Sandite wrestled Sapulpa senior Keland Bearpaw in placement and fell by 5-0 decision.

The Sandites didn’t wrestle anybody at 160, 182, or heavyweight, while both Broken Arrow and Mustang had full lineups. 

The State Tournament will kick off Friday, February 23rd at State Fairgrounds Arena in Oklahoma City. Doors open at 8:30 a.m., Wrestle-In matches will be held at 9:30 a.m., and the first round will begin at 11:00 a.m. 

The semifinals and first round of consolations will begin at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Consolation semifinals will begin at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, consolation finals will be at 12:45 p.m., and finals will be at 5:45 p.m.. 

6A-East Regional Champions

106: Carter Young (Sand Springs)
113: Riley Weir (Sand Springs)
120: Laif Jones (Bartlesville)
126: Reece Witcraft (Broken Arrow)
132: Dylan Schickram (Ponca City)
138: Baylor Smith (Owasso)
145: Tate Picklo (Mustang)
152: Brady Mattioda (Broken Arrow)
160: Caleb Wise (Broken Arrow)
170: Bryce Mattioda (Broken Arrow)
182: J.D. Johnson (Owasso)
195: Gavin Potter (Broken Arrow)
220: Zach Marcheselli (Broken Arrow)
285: Sam Smith (Stillwater)

6A-East Regional Team Scores

258.5 Broken Arrow
197.5 Mustang
188 Sand Springs
137.5 Ponca City
128 Owasso
124 Jenks
115.5 Union
99 Bartlesville
77.5 Stillwater
74 Muskogee
66 Sapulpa
35 Enid
31.5 Midwest City
26 Putnam City West
21 U.S. Grant
3 Bixby

CPHS Wrestling ends season 13-4 at Dual State

The defending 6A Dual State Champions didn't get to retain their title last week in Shawnee. The No. 5 ranked Sandites (13-4) from Charles Page High School were eliminated in the first round of the tournament, 34-29 by No. 4 Mustang (18-3).

The Sandites started in the hole as Chris Kirby (17-7) fell in 1:25 to Tate Picklo. They got on the board at 152 as Kaleb Tabor (21-10) won a 3-0 decision against Jojo Sylvester with an escape and two caution points.

Jasanee Harjo (3-7) had a close match against Joey Carter. He scored an escape to start the second but the Bronco took him down soon after. Harjo broke loose but was scored on again and entered the third period trailing 4-3. Mustang got an escape and stayed neutral for a 5-3 decision.

Dayvon Taylor (17-18) gave up takedowns in the first two periods against Brannigan Reyes but scored one of his own in the third to tie it at 5-5, then cut the Bronco loose. He was unable to score again, however, and gave up a 6-5 decision.

Noah Almy (4-7, 28-27) fell in the first period to Cooper Meadows, Josh Fincannon (10-15) dropped a 12-0 major decision to Judson Rowland and the Broncos took a 22-3 lead.

Gage Fain (17-7, 56-45) got the Sandites back in contention with his ninth-straight victory, pinning Adam Denham in 1:19, but Blake Russell took the points right back by pinning Robbie Parrish (3-12) at heavyweight.

Freshman Carter Young (34-1) kept the Sandites alive, working up a 5-0 first period lead against Keegan Luton and reversing in the second for a trio of back points. He continued to work and ultimately secured a 16-1 technical fall with only nine seconds left for his seventeenth-straight victory.

Defending State Champion Riley Weir (22-7, 84-25) had a tough competitor in Tucker Owens. The two went neutral through the first and Weir rode the whole second period before escaping with fifty seconds left. The Bronco scored the go ahead takedown soon after, however, and won the 2-1 decision.

Seth Jones (24-12, 26-15) scored a takedown on Joe Lupton but gave up a reversal in the second period. He escaped late in the third and scored a last second takedown for a 5-2 decision.

Blake Sargent (10-5, 99-30) suffered a 4-2 decision to Cam Picklo, Irwin Portillo (26-16, 32-21) received a forfeit, and Scott Patton pinned Mark Boyd in 25 seconds to bring the dual to a close.

The Broncos were eliminated 35-26 by eventual State Champion No. 2 Choctaw (8-1) who defeated No. 1 Broken Arrow (9-1) 29-20 in the finals.

Youth Wrestling: Sand Springs places third at State Tournament with 7 Champions

The Sand Springs Team Big wrestling club sent thirty athletes to compete at the Oklahoma USA Youth Wrestling League State Championship in Norman last weekend and seven brought home first-place medals in their divisions.

The Sandites placed third out of 87 teams, trailing Edmond's Oklahoma Wrestling Academy (OWA), and the Cowboy Wrestling Club from Stillwater. Team Big placed second in Open Division One and third in Open Division Four.

The YWL offers five Open age divisions and four Novice divisions, each with several weight classes amounting to 129 total brackets. The Sandites competed in only 27 of these and still amassed 168 points. OWA sent 93 competitors and finished with 355 points. Stillwater also sent thirty and had 203 points. Sand Springs placed higher than eight other teams with equal or larger teams. 

Division 4

Michael Jones (6-2) won the 64-pound bracket and needed only two points to do it. After getting a bye in the quarterfinals, he won 1-0 decisions against Iziah Tusler and teammate Zander Grigsby (10-7). Grigsby defeated Max McDaniel 11-3 and Jason Goodin 2-1 before falling to Jones, then won a 2-0 decision against Tusler. 

Clayon Gidens-Buttram (17-2) took first place at seventy pounds, pinning Damon Ingram in 1:07 and majoring Gage Walker 9-0. 

Grady Mittasch (7-3) won the 73-pound bracket entirely by fall, pinning Madden Smith in 0:39, Cason Rumley in 0:24, and Andrew Havens in 2:53.

Division 3

Jaxon Grigsby (14-5) won the 52-pound bracket with two decisions and two major decisions. He defeated Parker Warren 12-2, Jake Noble 14-1, Cooper Jackson 4-2, and Devin McCarty 5-2.

Jaxon Trotter (22-6) won the hundred-pound bracket by defeating Gunner Tate 9-0, Gavin Salt 3-0, Cale McPeek 8-3, and pinning Braedyn Markel in 27 seconds. 

Nation Johnson (6-4) placed fourth at 85 pounds, defeating Danny Robinson and Skylar Redelk 6-4, but falling 5-2 to Brady Brewer and 14-0 to Ty Thrasher. 

Division 2

Kasen McAffrey (11-1) came in runner-up at seventy pounds, pinning Payson Robinson in 0:13 and Blaze Black (Duncan) in 2:05, but falling in 0:52 to Jaedan Adams.

Promised Johnson (9-2) defeated Colten Stevens 10-3 before falling 2-1 to Berryhill’s Carter Wood. He worked his way through consolation by defeating Maddox Riffe 9-5 and pinning Colton Flynt in 1:20, then pinned Jakiyas Peterson in 2:36 in the second-place challenge match. 

Jayden Bussell (16-10) placed third at 64 pounds. He defeated Maddix Wooten 4-0 and pinned Elijah Davis in 2:05, but lost a 2-2 ultimate tie-breaker to Sonny Hicks. In consolation he majored Cooper Miller 9-0 and pinned Gage Goodwin in 1:00, but lost his second-place challenge match to Levi Dicksion. 

Division 1

Asher Giddens (18-4) won the 46-pound bracket with three decisions and a 41-second fall against Landon Hodge. He defeated Shawn Ware 5-2, Maddox Masters 9-4, and Parker Ingram 3-0 in the finals.

Bentley Cole (5-4) placed second at 43 pounds, defeating Landon Goodgion 4-3 and Rowden Benavidez 8-7 before falling 11-0 to Jaegar RomanNose in the finals.

Novice 4

Jesse Moore (4-7) placed second at 84 pounds, defeating Adyson Lewis 7-0 and Braden Pride 6-2 before falling 2-1 to Tod Brakebill in the finals.

Novice 3

Lane Bailey (12-1) won the 61-pound division, pinning Uriah Hooks in 0:55 and Jake Montetathchi in 2:35, and winning a 9-4 decision over Julian Aguilar.

Henry Hill (7-2) came in runner-up at 64 pounds with two 10-0 major decisions and a 6-1 decision over Marshal Mansfield before falling to Harrah’s John Barker in the finals. Tanner Copeland (6-3) placed third, falling to Barker in the opening round, but rebounded with four-straight wins. He pinned Marshal Mansfield in fifteen seconds, Kolby Robertson in 27, and Garrett Justice in 41, and won a 3-0 decision over Ava Granados. 

Novice 2

Griffin Sensintaffar (6-2) placed fourth at 52 pounds, falling 4-0 to Tommy Parker in the consolation finals. He previously majored Parker 17-8 in the second round after pinning his first opponent, but fell 5-3 to Alanzo Rigal in the semifinals. He majored Tucker Daniels 13-3 in the consolation semis.

CPHS Wrestling: Sandites throttle Bixby 75-6 with eight pins

The Class 6A No. 5 ranked Charles Page High School wrestling team (13-3) secured their biggest win of the year at Tuesday night’s Homecoming dual, recording eight pins in a 75-6 rout of Bixby (0-10).

Brendon Wiseley (13-7, 14-7) received a forfeit at 106, Carter Young (33-1) pinned Aidan Kirkland in 39 seconds, and Seth Jones (23-12, 25-15) pinned Jacob Burdette in 23 seconds for an 18-0 lead.

Blake Sargent (10-4, 99-29) took on Ainsley Lane in the only match of the night that went the distance. He recorded a takedown in the first period and a reversal in the second. He spent most of the match working on a pin before changing strategy midway through the third and trying to score points. He scored two more takedowns in the final minute but was held to a 10-3 decision.

Irwin Portillo (25-16, 31-21) restarted the pinning streak, finishing off Gavin Southern in 1:10. Scott Patton (23-16, 30-18) pinned Braden Bickle in 1:23, Colby Heckencamp (3-4) pinned Derek VanDyke in 2:58, Chris Kirby (17-6) pinned Ryan Statler in 24 seconds, Kaleb Tabor (20-10) pinned Christian Brylewski in 1:25, and Dayvon Taylor (17-17) pinned Andrew Plumlee in 2:42.

Chad Moore picked up the only points of the night for Bixby by receiving a forfeit at 182. Josh Fincannon (10-4) received a forfeit at 195, Gage Fain (16-7, 55-45) received a forfeit at 220, and Robert Parrish (3-11) received a forfeit at heavyweight to end the night.

The dual was the last of the year for Bixby, who will return to action at the Regional Tournament Friday the 16th in Broken Arrow.

The Sandites will travel to Firelake Arena in Shawnee this Friday to take on No. 4 Mustang (18-3) at 6:00 p.m. in the Dual State Championship quarterfinals. The Sandites are the defending Dual State Champions and won 25 straight duals before falling 43-25 to No. 1 Broken Arrow (9-1) in January.

CPHS Wrestling: Sandites top No. 8 Jenks 38-23

Class 6A No. 5 ranked Charles Page High School (10-1) improved to 4-1 in Frontier Valley Conference wrestling with a 38-23 Thursday night victory over No. 8 Jenks (9-2). The Sandites won eight matches to six and picked up bonus points in several.

Davon Taylor (16-17) started off the night at 170 pounds and scored first with a takedown, but Colt Freeman quickly reversed and ran the match till the third period. Trailing 7-5 in the final stretch, Taylor escaped and took a shot with ten seconds left, but Freeman came out on top with a 9-6 decision.

Noah Almy (4-6 season, 28-26 career) took on Jaylon Pitts and scored first with a second period takedown. Pitts escaped and scored on the Sandite, then Almy escaped to tie it up. Pitts took the lead with a third period escape and scored a pair of takedowns for the 9-5 decision.

Josh Fincannon (9-14) scored on Ethan Felts immediately and added a trio of back points before the buzzer. He added escapes in the second and third periods and scored a takedown with 45 seconds left for the 9-1 major decision to get the Sandites on the board.

Gage Fain (15-7, 54-45) easily took down Jared Galli twice in the first period and added nearfall points for a 6-1 lead. He picked up two more takedowns in the second period for an 11-3 advantage before sticking his foe for the 10-6 team lead.

Caleb Orr took a 4-1 first period lead against Robbie Parrish (2-11) and rode it out for the duration.

Carter Young (32-1) won his fifteenth-straight match by pinning Sian Suan in 1:13, then State Champion Riley Weir (22-6, 84-24) won his fourteenth-straight by pinning Jonathan Kelvington in 2:14 after taking a 10-3 first period lead. Seth Jones (22-12) scored immediately on Matt Ruley and pinned the Trojan in fifty seconds and the Sandites pushed their lead to 28-9.

Blake Sargent (9-4, 98-29) returned to the lineup for the first time since the Broken Arrow dual to take on Branden Elrod. Sargent scored early in the first and started the second on top with a 2-0 lead. Elrod reversed to tie it up and started the third period on top, but Sargent reversed again for a 4-3 decision.

Irwin Portillo (24-16, 30-21) took a 2-0 first period lead on Garrett Weis, then added a reversal, takedown, and nearfall points in the second. A takedown in the third period gave Portillo the 14-4 major decision to clinch the dual at 35-9.

Scott Patton (22-16, 29-18) was well matched against Enrie Chavez and the two went scoreless till the third period when Patton got a point on a penalty. The Sandite escaped soon after but Chavez scored the lone takedown of the match to tie it up. Patton escaped again and survived a pair of shots for the 3-2 decision.

Austin Daniels took a 5-0 first period lead on Chris Kirby (16-6) and ultimately prevailed 16-0 in 4:00 technical fall.

Kaleb Tabor (19-10) had an equally tough competitor in Drake Vannoy and gave up a pair of takedowns before reversing late in the second period. Vannoy scored again in the third, then gave up a penalty for a 6-3 decision.

The dual wrapped up at 160 as Jasanee Harjo (3-6) fell in 51 seconds to Killian McGrew

The Sandites will return to action Tuesday, February 6th with a 7:00 p.m. home dual against Bixby (0-6). Jenks won’t dual again till Dual State in February, but they will travel to the Pryor Tournament Friday morning.

NCAA Wrestling: Daton Fix wins first tournament over two conference finalists

Charles Page High School Class of 2017 graduate and Oklahoma State University freshman Daton Fix won his first collegiate title last month at the prestigious Reno Tournament of Champions. 

After going undefeated for four-straight State Titles in high school, Fix is off to a great start in his college career with a 5-0 record. Despite being the number-one recruit in the country, Fix took a redshirt his freshman year, leaving the 125-pound spot to All-American No. 8 ranked Nick Piccininni. However, he was able to wrestle unattached at the RTOC.

In the first round he scored an 18-2 technical fall against Highline College sophomore Jacob Mendoza in 2:45, then followed it up with a 17-2 tech against Eastern Oregon sophomore Caballa Mhar in 4:24. In the quarterfinals Fix majored Wyoming sophomore Drake Foster 19-5 with seven takedowns, giving up only escape points.

The semifinals were a close one as Fix went head to head with two-time Pac 12 finalist Ronnie Bresser of Oregon State. Neither scored on offense, remaining neutral throughout the first period. Fix escaped 27 seconds into the second, Bresser escaped with 28 seconds left in the third, and Fix was awarded the win on riding time. 

In the finals the young Sandite went up against ACC-finalist No. 3 ranked Sean Fausz from North Carolina State. The two stayed neutral through the first period but Fausz escaped twelve seconds into the second. Fix elected to start the third period neutral and scored a takedown with ten seconds left for the 2-1 decision. 

The Cowboys are currently ranked fifth in the country by the NCAA and hold an 8-1 dual record. They will return to action Saturday in a home non-conference dual against undefeated No. 3 Missouri (15-0).