Four Sandites take first place at Coweta Wrestling Tournament

By: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief

Team Scores

1. Coweta (518)
2. Collinsville (363)
3. Glenpool (275)
4. Catoosa (231)
5. Sand Springs (186)
6. Sapulpa (159)
7. Stilwell (142)
8. Caney (127)
9. Ponca City (123)
10. Berryhill (110)
11. Claremore (102)
12. Pryor (85)
13. J4 (84)
14. Warner (81)
15. NEO (62)
16. Tahlequah (61)
17. Owasso (52)
18. Broken Arrow (49)
19. Sperry (47)
20. R.A.W. (36)
21. Sallisaw (34)
22. Ft. Gibson (16)
23. Muskogee (16)
24. Threestyle (16)

The Sand Springs Team Big elementary and junior high wrestling club competed in a USA Oklahoma tournament at Coweta High School this past weekend and took fifth place with four champions and six runners-up. 

Dariuz Black (23-13) competed in both Division Three Open and Division Four Open at 73 pounds. In Division Three he pinned Alex Rider (Stilwell) in 2:50 and Derek Bailey (Pryor) in 0:55 and scored a 6-0 decision over Carson Leach (Collinsville) for first place. In Division Four he majored Jackson Willingham (Glenpool) 14-0, Vince Veloquio (Pryor) 14-2, and Carson Leach (Collinsville) 10-2, but was pinned in 2:58 by Corban Zugelder (Catoosa) and took second place. 

Robert Burke (17-5) competed in Division Three Open at 67 pounds and took first place. He pinned Michael Blendowski (Catoosa) in 3:45 and majored Dakota Seawright (Collinsivlle) 17-3. 

Kaden Pope (11-2) competed in Division Two Open at 58 pounds and took second place. He scored a 17-1 tech fall over Wyatt Rae (Coweta) and defeated Maddox Young (Glenpool) 4-0 before falling 4-2 to David Farmer (Sallisaw).

Ryder Flores (14-4) competed in Division One Open at 40 pounds and took second place. He scored a 17-0 tech fall over Lynette Mullin (Stilwell), but lost an 8-0 major decision to Cael Dolan (Berryhill).

Thomas Naugle (5-6) competed in Division Five Open at 134 pounds and took third place. He pinned Hudson Moudy (Coweta) in 1:16, Brent Ingram (Pryor) in 2:25, and Bo Tramel (Coweta) in 2:35, but fell in 3:58 to Oryan Smith (Coweta). 

Dallas Flores (9-7) competed in Division Two Open at 70 pounds and took third place. He pinned Cruz Morrison (Catoosa) in 2:39 and defeated Braxton Baker (Stilwell) 5-2, but fell 8-0 to Boomer Murphy (Tahlequah) and 6-4 to Mason Holmes (Glenpool). 

Evan Sartin (3-1) competed in Division One Novice at heavyweight and took first place. He scored a 4-0 decision over Brycen Thomas (Warner) and pinned Cooper Nichols (Sapulpa) in 0:28. 

Brody Wilson (3-9) competed in Division Two Novice at 61 pounds and took first place. He pinned Brandon Frias (Glenpool) in 0:12, Nevaeh Partridge (Caney) in 0:40, and Bryce Cook (Coweta) in 0:56, but was pinned in 2:28 by Wyatt Hummer (Coweta). With only five competitors in the division, the wrestlers competed round-robin without a bracket, and despite the loss to Hummer, Wilson took first place with the best record.

Aaerick Collins (16-13) competed in Division One Novice at 49 pounds and took second place. He pinned Brentley Martin (Caney) in 2:42 and Austen Yocham (Coweta) in 0:21, but fell in 1:44 to Conlee Adair (Tahlequah). 

Lane Cannon (4-5) competed in Division Two Novice at 90 pounds and took second place. He pinned Elijah Rogers (Caney) in 1:32 and Charles Williams (Coweta) in 2:56, but fell 8-2 to James Seabolt (Stilwell). 

Brysyn Jones (11-11) competed in Division Two Novice at 46 pounds and took third place. He pinned Santos Valencia (Collinsville) in 1:13, teched Blake Parker (Ponca City) 17-0, and majored Parker Peak (Collinsville) 14-0, but fell in 2:16 to Noah Back (Catoosa). 

Zayveah Smith (2-4) competed in Division One Novice at 37 pounds and took third place. He pinned Banks Perkins (Glenpool) in 0:56 and Keegan Hummer (Coweta) in 0:22, but was pinned in 0:41 by Gabriel Sharp (Broken Arrow) and in 1:29 by Cody Kilgore (Coweta).

Sand Springs JV Wrestling takes third place at Inola Tournament; Burns and Portillo make finals

By: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief

Team Scores

1. Carlsbad (203.5)
2. 3A No. 10 Pawhuska (185.0)
3. Sand Springs JV (167.0)
4. Inola (155.5)
5. 3A No. 11 Barnsdall (142.0)
6. Tahlequah Sequoyah (139.0)
7. Owasso (95.5)
8. 4A No. 8 Bristow (71.0)
9. Pawnee (30.0)
10. Skiatook (17.0)
11. NOAH (12.0)

Tournament Champions

106 - Shawn Martin (Carlsbad)
113 - Corbin McCarty (Pawhuska)
120 - Cody Wood (Carlsbad)
126 - Levi Youngwolf (Pawhuska)
132 - Bryson Swan (Pawhuska)
138 - Christian McCoy (Bristow)
145 - Fabian Padilla (Carlsbad)
152 - Mario Carrasco (Carlsbad)
160 - James Cole (Barnsdall)
170 - Dalton Lough (Pawhuska)
182 - Kaleb Aguila (Inola)
195 - Jalen Johnson (Owasso)
220 - Noah Wilson (Tahlequah Sequoyah) 
285 - Brody Jenkins (Inola)

The Charles Page High School wrestling team has incredible depth of talent and boasts numerous junior varsity wrestlers that could easily make varsity in most other schools. Most recently, the Sandite JV traveled to Inola and competed against varsity squads from Oklahoma and beyond. Carlsbad, New Mexico took first place in the tournament, followed by Pawhuska, Sand Springs, and the host team. 

Irwin Portillo (6-4) competed at 126 pounds and took second place. He defeated Ivan Villareal (Carlsbad) 7-2 and Austin Mitchell (Pawnee) 5-3, but was pinned in 1:28 by Levi Youngwolf (Pawhuska).

Mikey Burns (3-1) competed at 160 pounds and took second place. He pinned Noah Leija (Carlsbad) in 2:32, John Fulton (Tulsa NOAH) in 1:36, and Warren Graves (Pawhuska) in 5:42 before falling in 3:29 to James Cole (Barnsdall).

Hunter Carter (4-4) competed at 106 and took third place. He lost his first match 13-6 to Shawn Martin (Carlsbad), but pinned Dallas McGill (Barnsdall) in 2:23 and Cyle Colclazier (Pawnee) in 5:04.

Colten Roberts (7-4) competed at 120 and took third place. He pinned Trevor Mora (Inola) in 1:36, but was pinned in 2:56 by Price Perrier of Pawhuska. In the consolation bracket he scored a 13-0 major decision over Landon Girty (Tahlequah Sequoyah) and topped Cade McNeil (Pawhuska) 8-5. 

Mike Brown (4-3) competed at 182 pounds and took third place. He pinned Noah Bennett (Tahlequah Sequoyah) in 1:48 in the first round, but was pinned in 1:39 by Kaleb Aguila (Inola). In the consolations he received an injury default from Joseph Chavez (Carlsbad) and pinned Bennett in 0:56 in a rematch for third place.

Dominique Pipes (4-3) competed at heavyweight and took third place. He was defeated 4-1 in the opening round by Joel Buckner (Tahlequah Sequoyah), but bounced back by pinning teammate Ethan Hooper in 1:52. He then pinned James Collins (Barnsdall) in 1:59 and pinned Buckner in 4:51 in a rematch for third place.

Jacob Rampy (2-3) competed at 113 and took fourth place. He lost his first match 5-2 to Eric Merida (Owasso), pinned Dalton Clark (Bristow) in 0:29, then lost 7-1 to Merida in a rematch for third place.

Gavin Garcia (4-6) competed at 145 and took fourth place. He defeated Collin Elias 2-1, but was pinned in 5:01 by Fabian Padilla (Carlsbad). In the consolations he majored Josh Copeland (Tahlequah Sequoyah) 9-1 before falling 4-1 to Payton McCarty (Pawhuska) in the finals.

Kris Edwards (3-2) competed at 220 and took fourth place. He pinned Steven Marlow (Bristow) in 4:00, but was defeated 11-5 by Mat Smith. In the consolation bracket he pinned Marc Brannan (Carlsbad) in 0:33 before falling in 0:24 to Baylee Perigo (Barnsdall).

Hyatt Cartwright (4-3) competed at 138 and took fifth place. He lost his opening match 5-1 to Ethan Johnson-Klein (Carlsbad) and was pinned in 1:34 by Ky Allen (Barnsdall), but scored a 7-4 decision over Justice Thompson (Inola) in the placement match.

Hunter Willis (5-3) competed at 195 and took fifth place. He pinned Triston McCartney (Pawhuska) in 1:02, but was teched 19-4 by Jalen Johnson of Owasso. In the consolation bracket he pinned Tyler Burch (Skiatook) in 0:53 and scored an 8-5 decision over Sage Locust (Tahlequah Sequoyah) before falling in 2:09 to Matt Morquecho of Bristow. 

Colby Heckenkamp (1-3) competed at 132 and took sixth place. He was pinned in 4:40 by Stephen Williams (Owasso), but rebounded with a pin of Rhett Gomez (Barnsdall) in 1:45 before falling in 2:43 to Micah Bynym (Inola). In the placement match he lost a close 9-6 decision to Xavier Clutter (Owasso).

Colten Sanders (1-8) competed at 170 pounds and took sixth place. He was pinned in 2:31 by Max McCombs (Inola), in 2:22 by Cody Connaughton (Skiatook), and in 3:02 by Bradley Cheater (Tahlequah Sequoyah), but he pinned Christian Ramirez (Carlsbad) in 1:24. 

Cody Motes (1-4) competed at 152 pounds but didn't place. He defeated David Mase (Inola) 15-5, but fell 18-5 to Tanner Sublett (Inola) and was pinned in 3:41 by Trenton Rosson (Tahlequah Sequoyah).

Ethan Hooper (1-2) competed at heavyweight, but didn't place. He pinned Christian Dry (Tahlequah Sequoyah) in 4:58, but fell in 2:39 to Brody Jenkins (Inola) and in 1:52 to teammate Dominique Pipes. 

Oklahoma Wrestling: Week Eight High School 6A Individual Rankings

By: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief

106

1. Garrett Steidley (Edmond Memorial Freshman)
2. TJ Long (Union Sophomore) Previously #3 in 113
3. Riley Weir (Sand Springs Sophomore) Previously #2
4. Gabe Johnson (Choctaw Freshman) Previously #3
5. Braden Fowler (Yukon Senior) Previously #4
6. Johnathan Warford (Sapulpa Junior) Previously #5 in 113
7. Jackson Cockrell (Broken Arrow Freshman) Previously #5 
8. Nate Becker (Edmond North Freshman) Previously #6
9. Austin Hall (Southmoore Senior) Previously #7
10. Corwin Strachan (Bartlesville Sophomore) Previously #8

Union Sophomore TJ Long has been steadily building his resume all season, taking first place at the Union Takedown Tournament and fourth at Perry, but made national attention this past weekend with an upset of nationally ranked No. 9 Nico Incontrera of Blair Academy to win the Geary Invitational. Johnathan Warford also made the cut from 113 to win the Larry Wilkey Invitational and defeated Corwin Strachan 6-4 in sudden victory. Jacob Zimmer dropped out of the rankings due to the addition of Long and Warford, while Austin Hisey moved up to 113.

113

1. Colt Newton (Choctaw Sophomore)
2. Caron Watson (Union Junior) Previously #9 in 120
3. Tanner Ward (Sand Springs Senior) Previously #2
4. Andrew Police (Broken Arrow Freshman)
5. Brandon Blose (Sapulpa Senior) Previously #7 in 120
6. Brayden Strachan (Bartlesville Sophomore)
7. Will Pham (Deer Creek Freshman) 
8. Joe Lupton (Mustang Junior) 
9. Noah Hanscom (Yukon) 
10. Dominic Derr (Westmoore)

Colt Newton came in second at Geary, pinning Caron Watson in 3:32. Watson, who cut from 120, scored a 12-8 upset over Tanner Ward and took sixth place. Brandon Blose won the Larry Wilkey Invitational and defeated Brayden Strachan 3-0. Strachan came in second and pinned Austin Hisey in 5:18. Hisey's fourth place finish wasn't quite impressive enough to jump over anyone in the rankings.

120

1. Paxton Rosen (Edmond North Senior) 
2. Canon Randall (Westmoore Senior)
3. Tyler Lawley (Broken Arrow Senior)
4. Michael Ritchey (Sand Springs Senior)
5. Cameron Picklo (Mustang Sophomore) Previously #8
6. Andy Schlaepfer (Choctaw Junior) Previously unranked
7. Blake Gonzalez (Broken Arrow) Previously #9 in 126
8. Trent Higginbotham (Edmond North Junior) Previously #10
9. Laif Jones (Bartlesville Sophomore) Previously unranked
10. Jacob Swenson (Ponca City Junior) Previously #8 in 126

Michael Ritchey came in third at Geary with a 7-0 defeat of Andy Schlaepfer. Blake Gonzalez and Schlaepfer split wins at Geary with Schlaepfer taking fourth and Gonzalez placing fifth. Schlaepfer also beat Gonzalez 4-2 in a dual last week. Laif Jones has been hovering just outside the rankings for weeks now, taking third at the Union Takedown Tournament, first at the Brad Constantine Open, and sixth at the Mid America Nationals. He finally broke through with a first place finish at the Larry Wilkey Invitational, defeating Chase Slatton 5-1 and Jacob Swenson 6-4. Jones and Swenson actually split wins, but Swenson came in second. Despite being a State Qualifier, Slatton just slipped out of the rankings after losses to both Jones and Swenson this season and a third place finish. 

126

1. Drew Wilson (Midwest City Senior)
2. Connor Holman (Choctaw Junior) 
3. Tanner Cole (Deer Creek Senior) 
4. Spencer Schickram (Ponca City Sophomore) Previously #5 in 120
5. Blake Sargent (Sand Springs Junior) Previously #4
6. Brandon Bright (Edmond North Senior) Previously #5
7. Wyatt Johnson (Owasso Senior) Previosuly #6
8. Alaisa Rubio (US Grant) Previously #10
9. Michael Harjo (Sapulpa Sophomore) Previously unranked
10. Logan Herrell (Enid Sophomore) Previously unranked

Drew Wilson came in fourth at Geary, defeating Connor Holman 2-1. Holman took fifth after defeating Blake Sargent 7-5. Spencer Schickram moved up from 120 to win the Jenks tournament and defeated Wyatt Johnson 4-2. Schickram leapfrogs over Sargent by virtue of a 10-7 dual win a few weeks ago. Johnson took third at Jenks, Michael Harjo took fifth, and Logan Herrell placed sixth after getting pinned by Harjo. 

132

1. Daton Fix (Sand Springs Senior)
2. Dylan Schickram (Ponca City Junior)
3. Drake Vannoy (Edmond North Freshman)
4. Sam Avant (Norman North Senior) Previously #8 in 138
5. TaJuan Daniels (Broken Arrow Senior) Previously #4
6. Jacob Blumenthal (Westmoore Senior)
7. Baylor Smith (Owasso Junior) Previously #9 in 138
8. Easton Hudson (Bixby Senior) Previously #7 in 126
9. Trey Edwards (Mustang) Previously #7
10. Broc Bailey (Yukon Junior) Previously #9

Daton Fix won his second Geary Invitational with a decision over a nationally ranked opponent. Dylan Schickram won the Jenks tournament after pinning both Baylor Smith and Easton Hudson. Sam Avant cut from 138 and took third at Geary, pinning TaJuan Daniels in 5:13, who took fourth. Smith came in third at Jenks and Hudson placed sixth. Ashad Rufia dropped out of the rankings due to the newcomers.

138

1. Jaxen Gilmore (Yukon Junior) 
2. Kruz Simons (Edmond North Sophomore) 
3. Jack Karstetter (Sand Springs Senior)
4. Tyler Dieringer (Stillwater Senior) Previously #5
5. Seth Graves (Edmond Memorial Senior) Previously #6
6. Josh Suter (Norman Senior) Previously #7
7. Bryce Mattioda (Broken Arrow Freshman) Previously #8
8. Cody Mathis (Sand Springs Junior) Previously #10 in 152
9. Dawson Hunt (Ponca City Senior) Previously #8
10. Austin Daniels (Jenks) Previously unranked

Cody Mathis has been filling in for Jack Karstetter, who is recovering from a minor injury, and has been knocking off solid wrestlers left and right. He dropped from 152 to take sixth at Geary, and leaped over Dawson Hunt in the rankings thanks to an 11-9 dual victory. Hunt won the Jenks tournament and defeated Austin Daniels 6-1 and Chasen Umholtz 7-2. Umholtz dropped out of the rankings after failing to place at Jenks, where he was upset by Hunt and unranked Jesse Gomez.

145

1. Kendon Lee (Stillwater Senior)
2. Beau Bratcher (Sand Springs Senior)
3. Ryan Swanson (Westmoore Junior) Previously #4
4. Brandon Conrad (Owasso Senior) Previously #5
5. Baywiin Hollingshead (Yukon) Previously #6
6. Blake Muse (Choctaw Sophomore) Previously #7
7. Noah Austin (Edmond North Senior) Previously #8
8. Shamar Duncan (Putnam City Senior) Previously #9
9. Jermain Harring (Union) Previously #9 in 152
10. Brady Mattioda (Broken Arrow Junior)

Kendon Lee defeated Bratcher 4-2 in a dual. Bratcher came in third at Geary with three ranked wins. He pinned Brady Mattioda in 4:39, majored Blake Muse 10-0, and pinned Jermain Harring in 2:38. Harring cut from 152 and came in fourth at Geary with a 7-3 victory over Mattioda. Brandon Conrad won the Jenks tournament. 

152

1. Payton Scott (Sand Springs Junior)
2. Kyle Knowles (Edmond Memorial Freshman)
3. Robert "RJ" Walker (Midwest City Senior)
4. Connor Wilcoxen (Stillwater Senior)
5. Jeff Speer (Choctaw Junior)
6. Zach Johnson (Westmoore Sophomore)
7. Ezequiel "Zeke" Rubio (Ponca City Senior)
8. Jacob Swafford (Edmond North)
9. Trey Painter (Westmoore Senior) Previously #6 in 160
10. Hunter Skaggs (Sapulpa) Previously unranked

Payton Scott won the Geary Championship and pinned Zeke Rubio for the second time this season in a dual. RJ Walker came in fourth at Geary. Rubio won the Jenks tournament. Trey Painter cut from 160 for Geary but failed to place. Hunter Skaggs came in fifth at Jenks.

160

1. Jaryn Curry (Choctaw Junior)
2. Chase Vincent (Yukon Senior) Previously #3
3. Caleb Wise (Broken Arrow Junior) Previously #4
4. Joseph Messer (Norman North Senior) Previously #2
5. Cooper Meadows (Mustang Senior) Previously #6
6. Nano Martinez (Edmond Santa Fe) Previously #7
7. Nolan Miller (Owasso Junior) Previously unranked
8. Noah Almy (Sand Springs Sophomore) Previously unranked
9. Grayson White (Ponca City Junior) Previously unranked) 
10. Trey Odam (Union Junior) Previously #10 in 170

Jaryn Curry won the Geary Championship with a 3-2 overtime victory over Caleb Wise and also teched Joseph Messer 25-10 in a dual. Wise came in second at Geary after defeating Messer 4-3, and Messer took third. Nolan Miller popped into the rankings after defeating Grayson White 6-2 and coming in second at Jenks. Noah Almy didn't place at Geary, but he defeated State Qualifier Connor Wilcoxen 3-2 and Grayson White 4-3 in duals. White came in third at Jenks and pinned Austin Manley in 4:41. Manley dropped out of the rankings after taking fifth at Jenks. Trey Odam cut from 170 for his tournament but failed to place. 

170

1. Christian Bahl (Stillwater Senior)
2. Zane Basma (Sand Springs Senior)
3. Zane Coleman (Choctaw Sophomore) 
4. Jace Brownlee (Stillwater Senior) 
5. Payden Brown (Putnam City Senior)
6. Sam Hensley (Edmond Memorial Junior) 
7. Gage McBride (Mustang Senior) 
8. Joe Speno (Edmond Santa Fe Senior) 
9. Kaleb Mertz (Owasso Junior) 
10. Lane Newlin (Ponca City) Previously #10 in 160

Lane Newlin moved up from 160 for Jenks and took second place.

182

1. Gavin Potter (Broken Arrow) Previously #9
2. Easton Rendleman (Choctaw Junior) Previously #1
3. Shane Flandermeyer (Westmoore Junior) Previously #2
4. Justin "JD" Johnson (Owasso Junior) Previously #3
5. Dakota Carnes (Sapulpa Senior) Previously #3 in 195
6. Noah Hooks (Edmond North Junior) Previously #4
7. Declan O'Brien (Deer Creek) Previously #5
8. Jaylen Childs (Putnam North) Previously #6
9. Joe Curtis (Bixby Sophomore) Previously #7
10. Max Guyer (Bixby) Previously unranked

Gavin Potter surged to the top of the rankings with a 1-0 victory over Easton Rendleman for the Geary Championship. He also pinned Gary Dockery in 2:11 in a dual. Shane Flandermeyer came in third at Geary. JD Johnson won the Jenks Invitational, defeated Dakota Carnes 2-1 in overtime, and also pinned Carnes and Abram Arechiga. Carnes cut from 195 and took second. Max Guyer pinned Arechiga in 5:41 for fifth at Jenks to knock Arechiga out of the rankings.

195

1. Zach Marcheselli (Broken Arrow Sophomore)
2. Blake Minnick (Edmond North Sophomore) Previously #4
3. Jesse Wetherington (Norman North) Previously #5
4. Rafe Johnson (Deer Creek Freshman) Previously #9
5. Gary Dockery (Choctaw Junior) Previously #10
6. Bradyn Pressnall (Ponca City Senior) Previously #8
7. Fisher Jones (Putnam City) Previously unranked
8. Arin Copas (Mustang Senior) Previously #6
9. Colin Foster (Yukon) Previously #7
10. Riley Corona (Westmoore Senior) Previously unranked

Zach Marcheselli won the Geary Championship. Jesse Wetherington and Gary Dockery split wins at Geary, but Wetherington got the last word in for fifth while Dockery took sixth. Bradyn Pressnall came in third at Jenks. Fisher Jones made his ranked debut after pinning Arin Copas in a dual. Carnes cut to 182 for Jenks and Cody Adams moved up to 220. Riley Corona moved into the open spot by virtue of a second place finish at the Westmoore Open earlier this season.

220

1. Delvin Jordan (Sand Springs Senior)
2. Mason Lancaster (Putnam City Junior)
3. Jon Martinez (Westmoore Senior)
4. Cody Adams (Bixby Junior) Previously #2 in 195
5. Austin Fry (Ponca City Senior) Previously #4
6. Caulin Poole (Choctaw Junior) Previously #5
7. Keland Bearpaw (Sapulpa Junior) Previously #6
8. Yousef Aliyah (Union Senior) Previously #7
9. Julian Flores (Broken Arrow Junior) Previously #8
10. Beltazar Reyes (U.S. Grant) Previously #9

Delvin Jordan came in second at Geary, falling to a nationally ranked wrestler. Cody Adams moved up from 195 and won the Jenks Invitational with a 4-0 victory over Austin Fry. Fry came in fourth, beating Keland Bearpaw 3-1 in sudden victory. John Bolton was bumped out of the rankings by Adams's arrival. 

285

1. Brey Walker (Southmoore Junior)
2. Gage Johnson (Norman North Senior) Previously #3
3. Trenton Lieurance (Broken Arrow Senior) Previously #2
4. Zach Austin (Choctaw Senior) 
5. Elwood Tomlin (Union Senior) 
6. Ryan Tilbury (Midwest City Senior) 
7. Malik McGee (U.S. Grant) 
8. Trey Cossey (Mustang Senior)
9. Zane Bailey (Edmond North)
10. Gage Fain (Sand Springs Junior) 

Gage Johnson won the Geary Championship with a pair of ranked wins. He defeated Zach Austin 7-1 and Trenton Lieurance 5-1 in overtime. Lieurance defeated Austin 5-0, Eldwood Tomlin 1-0, and pinned Gage Fain in 0:42 to take second place. Austin came in third and pinned Tomlin in 2:17. Tomlin placed fourth and defeated Ryan Tilbury 3-2. 

Daton Fix and Payton Scott win Geary Invitational; Sandites place fourth

By: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief

Team Scores

173.00 Blair Academy (National No. 1)
131.50 Tuttle (National No. 11)
96.00 Broken Arrow (OK 6A No. 3)
86.00 Sand Springs (National No. 16)
77.00 Lawton MacArthur (OK 5A No. 1)
70.00 Choctaw (National No. 18)
57.00 Norman North (OK 6A No. 12)
55.00 Tulsa Union (OK 6A No. 8)
51.00 Altus (OK 5A No. 4)
41.00 Arkansas City, KS
41.00 Randall, TX
38.00 Rio Rancho, NM
37.50 Collinsville (OK 5A No. 3)
34.00 Geary (OK 3A No. 4)
23.00 Arlington Martin, TX
17.00 Midwest City
14.00 Westmoore (OK 6A No. 6)
11.00 Tascosa, TX
6.00 Duncan (OK 5A No. 7)
2.00 Del City (OK 5A No. 10)

Champions

106 TJ Long (Union)
113 Trevor Mastrogiovanni (Blair)
120 Mike Madara (Blair)
126 Chris Cannon (Blair)
132 Daton Fix (Sand Springs)
138 Tanner Litterell (Tuttle)
145 Brik Filippo (Tuttle)
152 Payton Scott (Sand Springs)
160 Jaryn Curry (Choctaw)
170 Leo Tarantino (Blair)
182 Gavin Potter (Broken Arrow)
195 Zach Marcheselli (Broken Arrow)
220 Chase Singletary (Blair)
285 Gage Johnson (Norman North)

The No. 1 ranked Charles Page High School varsity wrestling team (3-0) continued their nationally-recognized season with a fourth place finish at the oldest high school tournament in the country. The Sandites, who are ranked sixteenth in the nation by FloWrestling.com, traveled to the 72nd Annual Geary Invitational Tournament this weekend and fell by 87 points to the No. 1 team in the country, Blair Academy. 

Undefeated Oklahoma State University-signed senior Daton Fix took first place for the second-straight year and junior Payton Scott won his bracket for the first time. Six total Sandites placed in the tournament that featured all-star talent from across the country. Delvin Jordan took second place, Michael Ritchey and Beau Bratcher took third, and Cody Mathis took sixth.

The Geary Tournament uses a blind draw instead of seeding the brackets, and also features a second-place challenge match for consolation winners who didn't already wrestle the runner-up.

Nationally ranked No. 11 Tuttle came in second, while Oklahoma 6A No. 3 Broken Arrow upset both Sand Springs and Choctaw for third place. Blair Academy has held the No. 1 spot in the country since knocking off Wyoming Seminary nearly a year ago. The Buccaneers won national prep titles in both 2015 and 2016.

The Sandites' performance is made even more impressive by their incomplete roster. State Runner Up Jack Karstetter (5-1, 78-16) and State-placer Zane Basma (4-1, 66-26) sat out with injuries, and the Sandites didn't wrestle anybody at the 170 or 195 weight classes.

Daton Fix (19-0 season, 137-0 career) competed at 132 and scored a trio of dominating tech falls to earn his way to the finals. He defeated both Connor Manderfield (Arlington Martin) and State-qualifier David Hunter (Duncan) 23-7 each, then teched State-qualifier Sam Avant (Norman North) 20-4. In the championship round he had his closest win of the season, 7-3 over nationally ranked No. 6 Zach Sherman, a University of North Carolina commit.

Payton Scott (18-1, 39-9) competed at 152 and won his first two matches with close decisions over tough competitors. He topped USAW Preseason National Runner-Up Dustin Plott, a freshman from Tuttle, 8-6, then defeated two-time New Mexico State Champion Ryan Rochford of Rio Rancho. In the semifinals he pinned Tascosa freshman Sam Mora in 2:51, setting himself up for a finals bout with Willy Kaiser of Blair Academy. He prevailed 3-1 in overtime for his second tournament championship this season. 

Delvin Jordan (18-2, 49-14) competed at 220 and continued his pin streak with a 1:12 fall over Georgia State-qualifier Josue Arroyo (Altus). He met his match in the semifinals, however, in a 16-1 tech fall to nationally-ranked No. 1 Chase Singletary (Blair). In the consolation bracket he pinned Micah Walker (Union) in 0:45 and won a rematch with Arroyo 9-3. In his challenge match he scored a 15-8 decision over State-placer Dion Brown.

Michael Ritchey (14-7, 43-31) defeated Dylan Morris (Duncan) 5-0 in the first round of 120, but fell 6-3 to Mike Madara of Blair Academy. In the consolations he scored a 2-0 decision over Quinton Smith (MacArthur), then defeated Choctaw's Andy Schlaepfer 5-0 in the finals. He was pinned in the first period of his challenge match by two-time State Champion Rhett Golowenski (Tuttle).

Beau Bratcher (16-5, 107-28) competed at 145 and won two impressive matchups on day one. He scored a 10-0 major decision over Blake Muse (Choctaw), then pinned State-qualifier Brady Mattioda (Broken Arrow) in 4:39, setting himself up for his toughest opponent of the season. He put up an impressive effort, but eventually fell 6-1 to nationally-ranked State Champion No. 18 Brik Filippo of Tuttle. In the consolations he handily defeated Dillan Rowland (Lawton MacArthur) 7-0, then pinned Jermaine Harring (Union) in 2:38 in the finals. In his challenge match he gave up a close 6-2 decision to State Champion Nate Keim (Collinsville).

Cody Mathis (7-5, 25-19) competed at 138 and drew a tough competitor to start. He was pinned in 4:42 by nationally-ranked No. 7 Malcolm Robinson of Blair Academy, but worked his way up through the consolations. He defeated New Mexico State-placer Zak Vigil 3-1 and Cameron Traylor (Union) 8-5 before falling 5-2 to David Reyes (Arlington Martin) in the consolation semifinals. In the placement round he forfeited to Jack Hammond (Collinsville).

Riley Weir (14-6, 35-18) lost his first round match at 106, but the closeness of the loss was impressive. Blair Academy's Nick Incontrera is currently ranked ninth in the nation according to FloWrestling.com, but Weir hung close and only lost 4-1. The sophomore resoundingly won his next match with an 8-0 major decision over Luke Garcia (Arlington Martin), then scored a 16-1 tech fall over Alex Emmer (Rio Rancho), before falling 13-4 to Johnathon Ortegon (Randall). 

Tanner Ward (13-6, 89-18) won his first match at 113, pinning Alec Ramirez (Tascosa) in 1:24, but gave up a 12-8 decision to Union's Caron Watson in the quarterfinals. In the consolations he defeated Will Hicks (Duncan) 7-2, but was edged out 6-5 by Daniel Vargas (Rio Rancho).

Blake Sargent (14-6, 66-20) scored a 7-0 decision over Ryder Ramsey (Tuttle) in the first round at 126, then lost a close 7-5 match to two-time State Runner-Up Connor Holman of Choctaw. In the consolations he pinned Landon Holt (Geary) in 0:40, but lost a 3-2 decision to Texas State Champion Xavier Torres (Randall).

Noah Almy (8-9) competed at 160 pounds and was eliminated after the first day. He was pinned in 4:16 by State-placer Ryce Haymaker (Collinsville) and in 2:20 by State-placer Ross Shawnee (Geary). 

Hayden Cramer (1-3) competed at 182 and was eliminated after a pair of close losses to tough competition. He was defeated 4-1 by Jacob Base (Geary) and 5-3 by Brady Worthington (Blair Academy).

Gage Fain (12-6, 25-28) competed at 285 and was pinned in 0:42 by two-time State-placer Trenton Lieurance of Broken Arrow. In the consolations he scored an 8-3 decision over Baylor Walker (Tascosa), but was pinned in 1:49 by Michael Pope (Del City). 

Sand Springs wrestlers compete at Virginia Duals on Team Oklahoma; two attain All-American status

By: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief

Team Results

18th Place - Oklahoma Outlaws Elementary (6-4)
31st Place - Oklahoma Energy Elementary (5-5)
50th Place - Oklahoma Lightening Elementary (6-5)
(60 Teams Participating)

19th Place - Oklahoma Storm Middle School
38th Place - Oklahoma Tornadoes Middle School
47th Place - Oklahoma Thunder Middle School
(60 Teams Participating)

Several Sand Springs elementary and middle school wrestlers recently joined Team Oklahoma at the Virginia National Holiday Duals. Clayton Giddens and Carter Young both attained All-American status by going undefeated through the entire tournament.

Clayton Giddens (24-1) went undefeated at 64 pounds for the Oklahoma Outlaws elementary team and earned All-American status. Giddens outscored his ten opponents by a total 56-8 with one pin and one tech fall. He scored an 18-3 tech fall over Maryland State Champion Morgon Corwine, and was only one point shy from a tech fall when he defeated North Carolina State Champion Jax Forrest 14-0. He also topped USJOC Runner-Up Christian Fretwell 7-0. Giddens went into a tie-breaker round against Nevada State Champion Muhammad Badery and came out 1-0, then defeated USJOC Champion Shawn Ryncarz 2-1 in a sudden victory round. The Outlaws competed against Team Ohio Scarlet for fifth place in the Silver bracket but fell 44-30. Giddens defeated his final opponent, Jace Jett 1-0 for a perfect tournament record. 

Carter Young (20-2) went undefeated at 92 pounds for the Oklahoma Storm middle school team and earned All-American status. Young outscored his nine opponents 72-14 with two pins and one technical fall. He defeated Freakshow Runner-Up and Flo Reno Worlds Runner-Up Drew Lang (Utah) 5-0, and Southeast Regional Champion David Panone (Minions Black) 7-3. In the seventh place match the Storm defeated Terps Express 50-26 and Young overcame Ohio State Champion Richard Delsanter 4-1 to complete his undefeated streak. 

Christian Forbes (7-6) competed at 70 pounds for the Oklahoma Storm middle school team. He went 5-4 overall and it could have easily been 6-3 as one of his loses was an overtime tie-breaker. 

Rhett Peak (16-8) competed at 76 pounds for the Oklahoma Outlaws elementary team. He went 5-5 in the tournament overall with two major decisions and three decisions. He scored an 11-0 major decision over Maryland State Champion Alexander Rodrigues, a 7-3 decision over Southeast Regional Champion Lane Foard, and a 4-0 decision over USAW Preseason National Runner-Up Carson Thomas. Luke Burdette (14-7) also competed for the Outlaws and went 4-6 with three forfeits and one decision. He defeated Caleb Beaty 4-0. 

Grady Mittasch (29-7) competed at 68 pounds for the Oklahoma Energy elementary team. He went 5-5 in the tournament overall, recording three pins, and scored a 13-6 decision over Georgia State Champion Colin Dragon. Three of his loses were by three points or less and he was never pinned nor defeated by technical fall. In the final dual of the tournament the Oklahoma team competed against Team Morrison Fitness for seventh place in the Bronze bracket and prevailed 57-21. Mittasch went into sudden victory overtime against Southeast Regional Champion Tyson Sherlock, but fell 4-2. 

Josh Taylor (10-5) competed at 112 pounds for the Oklahoma Tornadoes middle school team and went 4-5. He pinned two opponents and two of his losses were by a single point. Sam Harris (9-14) competed at 119 for the Tornadoes and went 2-7. He scored a 4-0 decision over Reno Worlds Champion Ryan Rutherford (California Black) and pinned Gavin Gregory (Michigan Select Red) in 0:30. 

Dariuz Black (12-11) competed at 72 pounds for the Oklahoma Lightening elementary team. He went 2-9 overall, but four of his losses were by three points or less and two were by a single point. Both of his victories were by fall, including 1:15 over Virginia State Runner-Up Anthony Lucchiani.

Ethan White (4-13) competed at 112 pounds for the Oklahoma Thunder middle school team. He didn't win any matches, but two of his losses were by two points or less and he took on some of the toughest competitors in the country.

No. 1 Sandites top No. 10 Stillwater 59-9, win nine of eleven matches

By: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief

It was another dominating win Thursday evening at the Ed Dubie Field House as the No. 1 ranked Sand Springs Sandites (3-0) continued their undefeated start to the season with their second-straight win over a top-ten team. The tenth-ranked Stillwater Pioneers (3-2) boast an impressive roster of powerful wrestlers, but it wasn't enough to stop the tidal wave that is the nationally recognized Charles Page team. Sand Springs, which is ranked 17th in the country by FloWrestling, rolled to a 59-9 victory with only two losses. The junior high team also prevailed 45-21 over Stillwater.

The Sandites started off with a 6-0 lead as Riley Weir (12-4 season, 33-16 career) received a forfeit at 106 pounds. Senior State-qualifier Tanner Ward (11-4, 87-16) took on Skylar Lancaster at 113 and made quick work of his opponent. He was working on a pin when the first period expired and had to settle for near-fall points. Lancaster started the second period neutral, trailing 7-1, setting Ward up for a takedown and pin at the 3:19 mark.

Stillwater forfeited the 120 and 126 pound weight classes to Michael Ritchey (11-5, 40-29) and Blake Sargent (12-4, 64-18), respectively, giving the Sandites a 24-0 lead. Sophomore Irwin Portillo (1-0, 4-3) made his season debut at 132 and picked up a huge win over John Ritchey. It was a close match, but Portillo led 2-1 after the first period and never trailed. He held off his Stillwater challenger throughout the third period and prevailed 8-5 for a 27-0 team score.

Oklahoma State University-signed senior Daton Fix (15-0, 133-0) continued his undefeated career with a incredible win at 138 pounds. Stillwater's Tyler Dieringer is no joke of an athlete. The three-time State-qualifier and two-time State placer went a combined 66-27 over the last two seasons, but Fix worked him over just like everyone else the Sandite stud takes on for a technical fall in only 4:25. Dieringer started out tough and only trailed 4-1 after the first period, but gave up eight takedowns in the second period and ultimately lost 26-11. 

Beau Bratcher (12-3, 103-26) drew a tough opponent in two-time Louisiana State Champion, one-time Oklahoma State-placer Kendon Lee and suffered his third loss of the season. Bratcher defeated Lee 4-2 last year for the Regional Title and 7-2 at Perry, but Lee dealt Bratcher a 4-2 loss in sudden victory last month at the Kansas City Stampede. This time around the pair were once again perfectly matched. The duo entered the third period tied 0-0 and Lee chose bottom to start. Bratcher had to cut Lee loose immediately and went to work looking for points. Instead it was Lee who padded his lead with a minute left. Bratcher got the reversal with ten seconds left and cut Lee loose again, but was unable to take the lead and fell 4-2. 

The Pioneers had put their first points on the board, but were behind 32-3 with seven matches to go. At 152 pounds Payton Scott (14-1, 35-9) made easy work of Parker Nichols, building a 6-2 lead before pinning the Pioneer in 1:41. Trailing 38-3, the Pioneers would need to win every single match by fall to win the dual.

One match where the Pioneers were likely to put up points was 152 pound State-qualifier Connor Wilcoxen versus sophomore Noah Almy (8-7), but the first-year starter had other plans. Almy hasn't had much varsity experience yet, but he's undefeated in duals and made sure to remain that way in a nail bitter overtime performance. The duo ended the first period scoreless and each scored a single escape point in the following periods. The sudden victory round ended scoreless and both wrestlers scored a single escape point in the tie-breaker rounds. Tied up 2-2, Almy started the first ultimate tie-breaker round on top. Wilcoxen was like an angry bull, doing anything he could to try and get Almy off, and had a few close calls where he nearly won it. But the Sandite was resilient and got the win after a frustrated Wilcoxen accidentally kicked Almy in the head and lost on a penalty. 

The dual was officially locked up in the Sandites' favor by this point, but there were still matches left to wrestle. The Pioneers managed to cut into the deficit a little bit with a 1:09 pin by State Champion Christian Bahl over Mikey Burns (0-1) at 170, but their second match win would be their last match win.

At 182 sophomore Luke Bratcher (2-0) took a quick 5-2 lead over Jakob Ogden after the first period and held on for an 8-2 decision. 

Freshman Hayden Cramer (1-1) picked up his first win of his high school career at 195, and he went the distance to do it. After a scoreless first period, Cramer took a 1-0 lead over Aaron Veselak with an escape to start the second. Veselak did the same to start the third and caught Cramer by the leg. The Sandite was hobbling on a single leg for nearly thirty seconds before he managed to escape off the edge of the mat. Veselak was unable to catch him off guard again, and they went into sudden victory. With three seconds left Cramer got the takedown for the 3-1 victory. 

Gage Fain (11-4, 24-26) got to wrestle close to his own weight for once, and it made a world of difference. The 207 pound junior has wrestled at 285 this entire season and 80% of last season due to the lack of a true heavyweight for the Sandites. Used to far heavier competitors, Fain easily took down Mason Fedderson ten seconds in and pinned the Pioneer in 0:23. 

This time Delvin Jordan (14-1, 45-13) took the heavyweight position, giving up 63 pounds to his competitor, but the All-State linebacker had no problem in continuing his pinning streak. Jordan took a 4-1 lead before recording his twelfth pin of the season in 1:21. His average match has lasted a mere 2:08 so far this season. 

The Sandites will return to action with another top-tier competition at the 73rd Annual Geary Invitational. Geary is the country's oldest high school wrestling tournament and will pit the Sandites against the toughest competitors in the country. The No. 17 nationally ranked Sandites will be joined by No. 18 Choctaw, No. 11 Tuttle, and No. 1 Blair Academy. The top-ranked team in the nation will be making the pilgrimage from New Jersey to defend their back-to-back Geary Titles. The Sandites placed fifth at Geary last year.