Youth Wrestling: Sand Springs Team Big wins Rough Neck Rumble

The Sand Springs Team Big wrestling club won the Rough Neck Rumble at the Cox Business Center this past weekend with five champions and five runners-up. The event was part of the USA Wrestling Tour of America Folkstyle competition.

The Sandites placed fourth in Bantam, second in Novice, and first in Middle School for an overall score of 179 points to lead Mission Arlington at 143.

Middle School

Christian Forbes (21-3) won the ninety-pound bracket with a pair of decisions, defeating Aspen Jolly 9-1 and Camden Padgett 2-1.

Kaden Glass (20-1) won the 250-pound bracket, pinning Tyler Rich in fifteen seconds and winning a 1-0 decision against teammate Caleb Phillips (5-2). Phillips pinned Rich in 42 seconds for second place.

Clayton Giddens-Buttram (31-2) won at 71 pounds, pinning Dylan Bratt in 2:20 and defeating Muhammad Badery 7-0.

Abraham Flores (17-6) came in runner-up at 114 pounds, majoring Shane Lovejoy 12-0, but falling 3-1 to Ayden Little.

Ethan White (15-11) placed second at 130 pounds. He pinned Kasey Griffin in 2:11 and defeated Alec Strange 3-0 before falling 2-0 to Gavin Thammavongsa in the finals. In the second-place challenge match he defended his silver with a 5-0 decision over Braxton Bacon.

Kaiser Simpson (2-1) placed second at 87, defeating William Heger 3-0 and Joseph Liescheski 1-0 before falling to Tyler Kaahanui.

Intermediate

Will Meredith (9-4) won the 49-pound bracket easily, pinning Noah Back in 23 seconds, then defeating Dawson Back 7-0 and Roman Tyler 7-1.

Kasen McAffrey (18-4) placed third at 71 pounds. He pinned Caiden Estrada in 1:32 before falling to Knox Karnowski, then pinned Kaden Lewis in 0:34 and Estrada in 0:36 in consolation.

Novice

Grady Mittasch (20-6) won the 74-pound bracket, defeating Destin Parker 13-8 and Hayden Wright 1-0, and pinning Isaiah Jones in 3:39.

Adrian Flores (5-14) came in runner-up at 117 pounds, pinning Titan Hix and Frankie Esparza, but falling to Aiden Cooley.

Jaxon Trotter (10-9) placed third at 98 pounds. He was pinned by Brayden Dougherty in the opening round, but snapped back with a 3-1 decision over Waylen Morrison and an 11-0 major decision against Tristan Thompsonto win the consolation bracket. In the second-place challenge match he fell 12-2 to Ritson Meyer.

Youth Wrestling: Oklahoma RTC wins Southern Plains Dual Tournament

Fifteen Sand Springs wrestlers competed at the Southern Plains Dual Tournament this past weekend at the Cox Convention Center in Tulsa.

Middle School

Christian Forbes (19-3), Owen Martin (22-8), Bryce Fisher (3-2), Brooks Dudley (6-4), Kaden Glass (18-1), and Ethan White (12-10) competed on the Oklahoma RTC team that won the tournament. Forbes and Glass went undefeated and Martin had only one loss.

RTC won all of their duals handily, 61-15 against SP Spartans, 63-12 against Terps Assassins, 71-6 against the Oklahoma Outlaws, 50-24 against Texas Dynamite Black, and 44-19 against Terps Extreme.  

Ethan Norton (10-19), Caleb Phillips (4-1), and Clay Gates (4-1) competed with Terps Assassins and finished fifth.

Elementary

Clayton Giddens-Buttram (29-2) and Rhett Peak (15-5) went undefeated on the Oklahoma RTC Elementary team that won the tournament. Giddens-Buttram pinned three of his opponents in the first period and teched another 17-2.

RTC beat Texas Dynamite Red 83-0, SP AllStars 74-6, Terps National 54-18, and Oklahoma Lightning 75-6.

Grady Mittasch (17-6) competed with the Oklahoma Outlaws and came in third with a 4-1 record. Bentley Cole (6-8), Balance Johnson (11-6) and Jaxon Trotter (8-7) placed fourth with Oklahoma Lightning.

Junior High Wrestling: Clayton Giddens-Buttram wins State Championship, Sandites place 5th

The Sand Springs wrestling team recently came in sixth place overall at the Junior High Allstate Wrestling Tournament in Oklahoma City. They placed sixth in the sixth and seventh-grade division with one champion, and twelfth in the eighth and ninth grade division with two runners-up.

The tournament is arguably tougher than the high school State Championship because the schools aren’t broken up by school classification. Wrestlers from more than 120 schools converged at Jim Norrick Arena, and Choctaw swept both divisions.

8th and 9th Grade

Christian Forbes (14-3) came in runner-up at 87 pounds. He pinned Ethan Crowe in 2:46 and Riddick Nash in 1:45, then defeated Gaige Stock 19-3, Riley Hunter 8-2, and Case Rich 5-2. In the finals he was defeated 3-1 by Catoosa’s Guy Cleavenger.

Kaden Glass (13-1) came in runner-up at 200 pounds. He pinned Antoine Thomas in 0:59 and Brody Cannon in 0:38, and defeated Cruz Partain 13-3, Luke Winningham 6-3, and Caleb Phillips 3-2. In the finals he was pinned by Elgin’s Issiah Wolf.

6th and 7th Grade

Clayton Giddens-Buttram (25-2) won the 72-pound bracket with ease, pinning his first three opponents. Boog Jeffries fell in 0:56, Caden McElroy fell in 1:37, and Jackson Bodine fell in 2:50. In the finals he defeated Treshaun Tecson 3-0.

Owen Martin (18-7) placed fourth at 76 pounds. He pinned Logan Stephens in thirty seconds, teched Zoey Freeman 16-1, and defeated Christian Belford 6-0 before falling to Cael Hughes. In consolation he defeated Jaxson Humphries 2-0, but fell 7-0 to Landyn Sommer in placement.

Rhett Peak (11-5) placed fifth at eighty pounds. He defeated Ethan Rodriguez 8-1, Christopher Garrett Jr. 2-1, and Brantz Bateman 2-0, and pinned Gant Browning in 1:07 before falling 4-0 to William Heger. In consolation he was defeated 6-4 by Jude Randall, but he won a 1-0 rematch with Bateman in placement.

Carter Goodman (5-3) came in sixth at 105 pounds, winning his first three and losing his last three. He pinned Colson Marth in 2:28, then topped Isaac Moore 11-9 and Dayton Cross 8-0 before falling to Jaxen Wright, Chance Gruenwald, and James Leake.

Drake Fain (4-2) placed eighth at 161, pinning Nick Jones in 1:16, Caiden Wright in 1:08, and Brady Conder in 1:39. He defeated Brody Todd 9-2, but fell by pin to Coal Mountain Madison and 10-0 to Kasen Vanbuskirk.

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Division 4

Zander Grigsby (13-7) won the 64-pound bracket, defeating Max McDaniel 11-2, Iziah Tusler 4-2, and Tyler Misenheimer 15-7.

Grady Mittasch (14-4) won the 76-pound bracket by fall, pinning Braxton Sloan in 2:55, Liam Russell in 0:49, and Hudson Hackbarth in 1:24.

Balance Johnson (9-3) placed second at 140, pinning Sean Mahoney in 3:41 and majoring Zeke Keith 10-0 before falling to Bryson Williams.

Division 3

Jaxon Grigsby (17-5) won the 52-pound bracket. He defeated Brenner Ball 4-0 and Jaxson Murray 7-2, and pinned Devin McCarty in 1:23.

Nation Johnson (11-5) won the 85-pound bracket entirely by fall, pinning Jasmine Richards in 0:31, Ethan Leonard in 1:26, and Danny Robinson in 2:06.

David Ritchey (8-5) came in runner-up at 76 pounds, falling 4-0 to Shawn Rounsaville in the finals. He pinned Bryce Ward in 2:56 and teched Isaac Sensintaffar 15-0.

Jaxon Trotter (29-7) placed third at 100 pounds. He defeated Kole Lamont 4-1 before falling 15-0 to Ethan Teague. In consolation he pinned Aiden Petitt in 2:43, then won a 4-3 rematch with Lamont.

Division 2

Promised Johnson (12-3) won the 75-pound bracket, defeating Jakiyas Peterson 7-2 and Colton Flynt 8-3.

Jayden Bussell (17-12) placed second at 64 pounds, pinning Jakobie Brown in 0:48 and defeating Luis Flores 10-6 before falling to Levi Dicksion.

Kasen McAffrey (15-3) placed third at seventy pounds, winning an 8-3 decision over Payson Robinson and pinning Aaden Falls in 1:17, but fell 9-5 to Jaedan Adams.

Novice 3

Lane Bailey (15-1) won the 64-pound bracket entirely by fall, pinning Carter Meloy in 1:16, Carver Barnett in 0:28, and Kolby Robertson in 0:22.

Isaac Sensintaffar (8-0) won the 76-pound bracket, pinning Austin File in 0:21 and Devon Kramer-Klouda in 2:38, then topping D’andre Bourland 6-4 in the finals.

Connor Beals (14-9) placed third at 73 pounds, pinning Zachary Swan in 2:52 and defeating Drake Blue 4-2 before falling to Mia Adams and Brock Lawson. He also placed third in Novice 4 (1-2), defeating Cree Young 6-0.

Novice 2

Griffin Sensintaffar (12-2) won the 52-pound bracket, pinning Landon Heskett in 1:53 and Hunter Leverich in 0:55, and majoring Jantzen Leonard 14-5. He also placed fourth in Open. He fell to Conner Vance and Ty Whitlock, but pinned Tharon Ingram in 0:42 and defeated Corbin Alexander 12-9.

Taytum Parker (5-7) placed fourth at 52, defeating Heskett and Leonard 3-0, but falling to Jason Hillberg and Tucker Daniels.

Blayton Collins (18-13) came in runner-up at 64 pounds. He defeated Mason Denison 5-4 and pinned Jakobie Brown in 0:49 before falling to Owen Burns.

Novice 1

Cooper Ellenburg (19-10) placed fourth at 52 pounds. He pinned Brian Colvin in fifty seconds before falling 21-18 to Zayden Gray. In consolation he pinned Sam Finton in thirteen seconds, then defeated Nolan Harper 6-4 and Brady Herrera 8-6 before falling to Gray again in the finals.

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Division 4

Clayton Giddens-Buttram (21-2) won the seventy-pound bracket handily. After winning a 4-0 decision over teammate Grady Mittasch, he pinned Madden Smith in 2:09 and Devon Miller in 2:35. Mittasch (10-4) was runner-up, defeating Miller 2-1, and pinning Smith in 1:02.

Balance Johnson (7-2) came in runner-up at 130 pounds, pinning Hunter Degraffenreid in 1:16, but falling 13-10 to William Shoemaker.

Division 3

Jaxon Trotter (26-6) won the hundred-pound bracket handily, majoring Cale McPeek 17-6 in the opening round before rattling off three falls. He pinned Evan Hoopingarner in 3:56, Lance Arbona in 2:29, and Jaxon Goddard in 57 seconds. He also wrestled up to Division 4 (6-4) at 96 pounds and came in runner up. He pinned Braden Henry in 2:15 and Wyatt Cargill in 3:33, but fell 9-2 to Braden Hall.

Nation Johnson (8-5) came in runner-up at ninety pounds. He lost his opening match in a close 10-8 decision to Garritt Hunt, but rebounded with a 19-4 technical fall against Ayden Allison, then pinned John Allen in 2:10.

Henry Hill (2-2) placed third at 61 pounds. He pinned Julian Aguilar in 3:39 and defeated Kason Delgado 7-0, but fell to Blake Cooper and Kason Delgado.

Division 2

Promised Johnson (10-3) came in runner-up at 76 pounds, defeating Peyton Heuer 10-5, but was pinned in the finals by Jakoby Petree.

Kasen McAffrey (13-2) placed second at seventy pounds, pinning Daxton Adams in 1:19 and Barrett Blakemore in 0:51, but falling 12-1 to Jaedan Adams.

Division 1

Asher Giddens (20-4) won the 46-pound division, pinning Rocco Esposito in 1:58, and defeating Braxton Johnson 4-0.

Novice 3

Isaac Sensintaffar (5-0) won his second-straight tournament at 76 pounds, pinning David Hornbeck in 1:16 and Isaiah Ochoa in 0:26. He also placed third in Open (1-5), pinning Gavin Pettit in 4:04.

Novice 2

Griffin Sensintaffer (8-2) won the 49-pound bracket with a pair of decisions, defeating Hunter Leverich 7-5 and Buddy Fitzgerald 10-7. He also placed third in the Open division (2-2). He dropped a pair of decisions, but he received a forfeit and pinned Leverich in 56 seconds.

Legend Johnson (6-4) came in runner-up at 61 pounds, pinning Austin Peterson in 2:08 and CJ Allee in 2:59 before falling to Mikaili Lee.

Novice 1

Cooper Ellenburg (15-8) won the 52-pound bracket, pinning Zayden Gray in 2:42 and Samual Finton in fourteen seconds.

NJCAA Wrestling: Karstetters qualify for National Championship

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Jack Karstetter competes at the OSSAA 6A State Championship in 2017.

Charles Page High School graduates Jack and Cody Karstetter recently qualified for the National Junior College Athletic Association Championship after making the finals in the West Central District Championship.

Cody, a redshirt sophomore, won the championship. Jack, a freshman, came in runner-up. Both wrestle for Northern Oklahoma A&M in Miami. Jack is currently ranked fourth in the country at 133 pounds, while Cody is ranked third at 141.

Jack Karstetter (27-3) recently came in fifth at the Roger Denker Open, pinning Von Gray in twelve seconds before falling 13-6 to Isaac Jacquez. In consolation he defeated Corey Muniz 11-5 and pinned Weston Cronan in 49 seconds. He took first place at the Golden Norsemen Open, pinning Chris Hansen in 4:38 and Terrell Banuelos in 2:36, then defeating Jet Taylor 13-6 and Corbin Nirschl 12-4. At the West Central District Championship he majored Garret Wild 12-4 and pinned Ottis Rollins in sixteen seconds before falling 8-7 to Gage Gomez in the finals.

Cody Karstetter (26-5, 33-10) won both of his matches at the recent UNK Midwest Duals, pinning Conner Mares-Ballard in 5:36 and topping Scott Cook 4-3. At the District Championship he received a forfeit in the first round, then defeated Alec Castillo 11-3 and Keaton Sander 6-4 for first place.

The Norsemen took first place at the UNK Duals, the Golden Norsemen Open, and the District Championship. They placed third at the Roger Denker Open behind the Universities of Missouri and Nebraska. They claimed the No. 1 ranking in the latest NJCAA poll.

The Karstetters will return to action Friday, February 23rd at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Jack will rematch Garrett Wild in the first round, while Cody will take on Tre Pone.