It’s time for Sweet Home’s wrestlers to focus on the regional tournament.
Winding up a brutal schedule that ended Saturday with Reser’s Tournament of Champions at Liberty High School, the Huskies need to recover, Thorpe said.
“We’re not healthy right now,” he said after Sweet Home left Reser’s, considered one of the toughest tournaments in Oregon, with two varsity placewinners – 126-pounder Jackson Royer, who was sixth, and 138-pounder Travis Thorpe, who finished sixth after forfeiting his final two matches due to injuries.
“Right now, our focus is on getting healthy,” Steve Thorpe said.
Royer, he said, wrestled a “great” tournament, losing two close matches.
“It was just an outstanding accomplishment for him.”
Ricky Yunke “got caught” and ended up not placing, “which happens in this tournament,” Thorpe said.
Nich James did not place but won a 4-3 overtime decision over Lebanon’s Landon Kisling, his first win against Kisling this year.
In the junior varsity division, Levi Baird placed second at 195, and the Huskies got more points from their middleweight wrestlers, with Justin Kurtz fourth at 138, Zak Fox fifth at 145, CJ Mitchell fourth at 152 and Noah Moore sixth at 160.
The middle weights have been productive for Sweet Home in the last few weeks, including Thursday, Jan. 18, at Junction City, where the Huskies won 57-22, losing the bulk of their matches on the light and heavy ends. They wrestled there because of a scheduling problem with their original host, Philomath.
Thorpe said it was a “fun night” because Junction City hosted Sweet Home in a junior high dual on one mat and high school JV and female wrestlers on another before the main varsity event.
He noted particularly outstanding performances from 132-pounder Gavin Wahlberg and Damion Schocker at 170, both of whom scored falls after stepping in to wrestle at the varsity level.
“I like our depth and unselfishness where guys will do that,” Thorpe said. “I’m excited to keep building off that.”
The Huskies will close out their home season Thursday, Jan. 25, with an endowment dual at 6 p.m. against Sisters, which will also be Senior Night. Cost is $6 for adults and $4 for students.
Resers Tournament of Champions
Sweet Home Results
106 – Tristan Spencer lost by fall to Kagen Lawrence (Redmond) 1:25; lost by fall to Nick Valenti (Mountain View) 0:55; did not place.
113 – Connor Ford lost by fall to Kody Koumentis (Marshfield) 0:49; pinned Eliyjah Slaughter (Liberty) 0:57; lost 10-6 to Brendin Le (Hillsboro); did not place.
120 – Bryce Porter lost 13-1 maj. dec. to Tristin Keffer (Hillsboro); pinned Zachary Fern (Liberty) 1:11; lost 9-1 maj. dec. to Richard Vasquez (Century); did not place.
126 – Jackson Royer pinned Luke Merzenich (Sprague) 1:58; dec. Adam Young (David Douglas) 6-1; lost 2-1 to Cole Siemon (Hillsboro); lost 5-1 to Zachary Mauras (Crook County); pinned Jonah Worthington (Newberg) 3:18; placed fifth.
132 – Isaac Schaffer was pinned by Tucker Drummond (Lebanon) 1:32; pinned Kelly Floyd (Marshfield) 0:46; lost by fall to Davin Chamberlain (Century) 0:55; did not place.
138 – Travis Thorpe lost 5-4 to Aidan Villarreal (Hermiston); pinned Tucker Blackwelder (Mountain View) 2:36; pinned Seth Burton (Lebanon) 2:29; won by inj. def. over Nick Peterson (Hillsboro); pinned Trae Bolken (Redmond) 4:04; lost by inj. def. to Cael Brunson (West Linn) and Jack Evans (Newberg); placed sixth.
145 – Ricky Yunke dec. Dallas Howard (Crater) 4-0; lost by fall to Blake Ohlson (Mountain View) 3:42; lost 11-2 maj. dec. to Jahzriel Peak (David Douglas); did not place.
152 – Boe Baxter lost 11-1 maj. dec. to Matthew Lee (Milwaukie); lost by fall to Taylen Reid (Newberg) 2:38; did not place.
160 – Hayden McDonald lost by fall to Cesar Lemus (Aloha) 0:59; pinned Ulises Maldonado (North Marion) 0:53; lost 11-5 to Jerron Rhen (Culver); did not place.
170 – Nich James lost by tech fall to Travis Wittlake (Marshfield) 22-7 4:16; dec. Bailey Bryan (Aloha) 5-2; won 4-3 OT dec. over Landon Kisling (Lebanon); lost 10-6 to Romeo Manue (David Douglas); did not place.
Sweet Home Junior Varsity Results
106 – Treyson Smith lost by fall to Boulder Friesen (Newberg) 5:19; 14-0 lost maj. dec. to Aaron Joklur (Sprague); did not place.
113 – Preston Ulrich lost 12-6 to Tylen Greene (Roseburg); pinned Skyler Goodwin Lowell (Sprague) 0:59; pinned Michael Raby (David Douglas) 0:30; lost by fall to Calvin Salido (Redmond) 1:35; did not place.
126 – Triston Saultz lost by fall to Ralphy Medina (Hillsboro) 3:09; dec. Michaelo DeGross (Redmond) 2-0; lost 6-2 to Emmanuel Carillo-Alatorre (Hermiston); did not place.
132 – Gavin Walberg lost by fall to Andrey Ponomarev (David Douglas) 5:23; won by forfeit over Jon Lee (Milwaukie); lost by fall to Kellen Kerrigan (Crater) 3:59; did not place.
138 – Justin Kurtz pinned Joshua Young (Milwaukie) 1:02; won by forfeit over Joshua Hinds (Marshfield); maj. dec. Jayden Strickland (Hillsboro) 10-1; lost 6-1 to Devin Folk (Roseburg); pinned Gage Perry (Crook County) 1:46; lost 4-3 to Colson Spencer (Dallas); placed fourth.
145 – Zak Fox pinned Kaedyn Malcom (Sprague) 1:45; pinned Isaac Lee (Liberty) 0:44;
pinned Austin Rosales (Mountain View) 5:16; lost 10-3 to Saul Tarula (North Marion); lost by tech. fall to James Depas (Dallas) 17-1 4:30; dec. Hunter Augustynovich (Culver) 8-3; placed fifth.
152 – CJ Mitchell pinned Justin Holtan (Newberg) 4:19; dec. Cole Peters (West Linn) 6-3; lost by fall to Jared Coxen (Dallas) 0:58; dec. Nathan Santoni (Crater) 4-0; lost 6-3 to Roland Hare (Sprague); placed fourth.
160 – Noah Moore pinned Ivan Hall (Sandy) 2:52; lost 7-4 to Leslie Combs (Mountain View); pinned Cole Bacheller (Sprague) 0:47; dec. Cody Burns (David Douglas) 7-4; dec. Austin Quale (Crater) 8-6; lost by fall to Wyatt Parker (Crook County) 2:29; lost to Leslie Combs (Mountain View); placed sixth.
170 – Damion Schocker lost 7-5 to Taylor Vidal-Avalos (Century); dec. over Tyler Engles (Mountain View) 7-2; lost by fall to Cameron Redding (Dallas) 4:42; did not place.
182 – Iakona Howerton lost by fall to Cooper Hise (Dallas) 1:45; lost by fall to Jordan Beaudry (Newberg) 0:59.
195 – Levi Baird pinned Dakota Jensen (Liberty) 0:31; won by forfeit over Clayton Rife (Sandy); maj. dec. Wade Guthrie (Redmond) 12-2; lost by tech. fall to Cody Van Sickle (Roseburg) 16-0; 5:15; placed second.
220 – David McMullen maj. dec. Alvaro Ruiz (Marshfield) 11-0; lost 3-1 to Hunter Hillard (Roseburg); pinned Eduardo Penaloza (Culver) 2:51; lost 3-0 to Isaiah Parker (Newberg); did not place.
Sweet Home 57, Junction City 22
106 – Evan Potter (JC) maj. dec. Tristan Spencer (SH) 16-3; 113 – Cameron Truesdell (JC) pinned Connor Ford (SH) 5:48; 120 – Bryce Porter (SH) pinned Zane Shadrick (JC) 0:53; 126 – Jackson Royer (SH) pinned Alejandro Ayala (JC) 1:57; 132 – Gavin Walberg (SH) pinned Ezra Haddy (JC) 2:42; 138 – Travis Thorpe (SH) pinned Henry Casarez (JC) 1:50; 145 – Ricky Yunke (SH) pinned Garrett O’Callaghan (JC) 2:46; 152 – Boe Baxter (SH) pinned Tanner Gibson (JC) 4:16; 160 – Hayden McDonald (SH) pinned Tanner Crane (JC) 0:37; 170 – Damion Schocker (SH) pinned Brandon Andresen (JC) 3:51; 182 – Nich James (SH) pinned Zachary Holliday (JC) 0:43; 195 – Tyler Morris (JC) pinned Levi Baird (SH) 1:27; 220 – David McMullen (SH) dec. Bryer Moore (JC) 4-2; 285 – John Dover (JC) won by forfeit.