CPHS Wrestling: Seth Jones to State Finals, three alive in consolation - presented by Inkwell Printing
/Sango Whitehorn competes in a dual with Jenks.
The Charles Page High School wrestling team is sitting in ninth place after day one of the OSSAA 6A State Championships in Oklahoma City. The Sandites qualified six wrestlers for State, and four are still alive. Seth Jones will compete for a State title Saturday, while three others are still fighting to place on the consolation end.
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Seth Jones (26-5) won a 5-0 decision against Norman North Senior Jacob Zimmer (29-10) and a 3-0 decision against Stillwater junior and former State Champion Cade Nicholas (44-8) in the 126 semifinals. He will take on Broken Arrow senior Jackson Cockrell (33-9) in the finals in a rematch of their Regional semifinal meeting. He beat Cockrell 8-2 in a regular season dual before falling 14-10 at Regionals.
Chris Kirby (31-11) won the 160 quarterfinal with an easy 30-second pin of Norman North senior Dylan Smith (24-14), but fell 11-5 to two-time defending State Champion Drake Vannoy (31-4) from Jenks. He will take on Choctaw junior Chandler Holman (37-9) in the consolation semifinals. He is 2-1 against Holman this season with all three meetings being decided by fall.
Josh Fincannon (32-12) won his 220 quarterfinal by 5-2 decision against Moore senior Frank Morales (17-13) but was pinned by defending State Champion and University of Central Oklahoma-committed Mustang senior Judson Rowland (45-4) in the semifinals. He will wrestle Bixby junior Isaac Gibson (13-9) in the consolation semis. He beat Gibson 14-3 at Regionals.
Mitchell Smith (18-7) took an upset in the 113 quarterfinals. He only trailed 3-2 with time to work, but got pinned at the 5:34 mark by Putnam City junior Kalib Nolan (35-9). In consolation he won a 3-0 decision against Edmond North sophomore Aiden Godbehere (26-19). Next up he will face Yukon senior Cooper Mahaffey (29-6) in the consolation semifinals.
Blake Jones (24-13) won his 138 wrestle-in match by 14-0 major decision against Choctaw’s Nathan Harjo with ten nearfall points, but lost 5-1 to Edmond Memorial sophomore Bam West (33-4) and 5-4 to Southmoore sophomore Jake Wright (39-7) in consolation.
Sango Whitehorn (10-25) lost his wrestle-in match 11-2 to Yukon junior Conner Columbus (34-12) at 195.
Two former Sandites will be wrestling for State titles. Stillwater’s Carter Young (43-1) will wrestle Broken Arrow junior Blazik Perez (27-7) for the 132 title, and Broken Arrow’s Christian Forbes (26-6) will take on Stillwater freshman Cael Hughes (41-0) in the 106 finals.
Consolation semifinals will begin at 10:30 a.m. Saturday with consolation finals at 12:30 p.m. and championship finals at 6:00 p.m. The tournament is being held at Jim Norrick Arena at the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds.
Team Scores
110.5 Broken Arrow
92.5 Mustang
74.5 Choctaw
51.0 Stillwater
40.0 Edmond Memorial
38.0 Deer Creek
25.0 Jenks
23.0 Yukon
21.0 Sand Springs
21.0 Union
18.0 Bixby
16.0 Enid
8.0 Owasso
6.0 Norman North
6.0 Southmoore
4.0 Bartlesville
4.0 Edmond North
4.0 Putnam City
4.0 Westmoore
1.0 Ponca City
0.0 Edmond Santa Fe
0.0 Midwest City
0.0 Moore
0.0 Norman
0.0 Putnam City North
0.0 Sapulpa
