Five Sweet Home wrestlers placed at the Reser’s Tournament of Champions Friday and Saturday, Jan. 20-21 as the Huskies finished ninth in a field of 22 of the best teams in the state.
“That one is always just a grind of a tournament,” Coach Steve Thorpe said. “Both the varsity and JV tournaments are both so, so tough.
“Going into it, we’ve been fighting the same flu that everybody else that has been fighting – other teams, our town, our school.”
Senior Kobe Olson was the Huskies’ top place-winner in the varsity tournament, finishing second at 132 pounds after a loss in the finals to Bennett Mesa of Roseburg, the defending state 6A champion.
“Kobe has placed three times at Resers and that takes a lot of work,” Thorpe said.
Freshmen Jackson Royer placed third at 106 pounds and Travis Thorpe was fourth at 126. Royer beat Ryan Bibler of Dallas 8-5, who had pinned him earlier in the season, an “incredible feat,” Steve Thorpe said, and pinned the No. 1-ranked 6A wrestler in the state, Roseburg’s Tristan David.
Travis Thorpe pinned Roseburg’s Bailey Humbert, “a very good kid,” according to Steve Thorpe. “Fourth place in that tournament is quite an accomplishment.
“I’m very proud of how the kids competed.”
Other place-winners were Jake Porter, sixth at 152 pounds, and Bryce Coulter, fourth at 182.
Porter lost his opening match to three-time state 3A champ Marco Retano of Culver, the battled back through the consolation bracket to face Retano again in the fifth-place match, losing 15-3.
“He had some incredible wins as fought through the back door,” Thorpe said. “He lost a good match to Retano for fifth place. He’s wrestling as good right now as I’ve ever seen him.
“Bryce is getting better and better with every tournament. He’s not new to this tournament and he knew what to bring to it.”
In the junior varsity tournament, which featured many wrestlers who will be in the state championships, Tyler Fincher won the 138-pound title for the Huskies, a “good” performance for him, Thorpe said.
Other place-winners were: Bryce Porter, second at 120; Dillon Stutzman, fourth at 126; Zak Fox, third at 132; and CJ Mitchell, fourth at 145.
“That was the first big tournament success this year for Bryce,” Thorpe said. “I think Zak Fox wrestled the most matches (seven) of anybody. He wrestled hard. C.J. Mitchell wrestled up a weight class.
“I’m very proud of them. It’s like being in a regional championship.”
With the regional tournament fast approaching on Feb. 10-11, the Huskies will wind up their regular season with two home matches, against Sutherlin at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, and against Cottage Grove on Feb. 2.
Thorpe said the Sutherlin match will be Night of Champions for Sweet Home, during which all state place-winners from the past will be recognized.
“Everybody needs to come and honor them,” he said.
Reser’s Tournament of Champions Results
Varsity Results
Team Scores – (1) Roseburg 270; (2) Dallas 170; (3) Newberg 140; (4) Crater 135.5; (5) Culver 133; (6) Hermiston 132; (7) Crook County 122.5; (8) Sprague 113; (9) Sweet Home 101; (10) David Douglas 91.5; (11) North Marion 89; (12) Sandy 86.5; (13) Redmond 85; (14) Marshfield 82; (15) Hillsboro 70.5; (16) Century 64.5; (17)( West Linn 55.5; (18) Grants Pass 46; (19) Lebanon 44.5; (20) McMinnville 38; (21) Liberty 35; (22) La Pine 26.
106 – Jackson Royer dec. Rian Howard (Lebanon)3-0; lost by maj. dec. to Zeth Brower (Crater)17-3; pinned Tristin David (Roseburg) 2:29; dec. Ryan Bibler (Dallas) 8-5; placed third.
113 – Robert Watkins pinned Colby Giltner (Sandy) 2:27; lost by fall to Richard Monterroso (Century) 3:16; lost 4-2 to Joshua Johnson (Sprague); did not place.
120 – Robbie Yunke lost by fall to Hunter Rickman (Sandy) 1:18; pinned Ernesto Alvarez (Century) 0:46; lost 5-4 to Dillon Nunes (David Douglas); did not place.
126 – Travis Thorpe pinned Bailey Humbert (Roseburg)4:43; dec. Chase Dibala (Marshfield) 7-5; dec. Tyler Bellon (Grants Pass) 7-5; lost 5-3 to Max Brown (Sandy); dec. Nick Peterson (Hillsboro) 4-3; lost by fall to Daniel McClung (Sprague) 0:30; placed fourth.
132 – Kobe Olson pinned Andre Mushombe (McMinnville) 3:19; pinned Jack Evans (Newberg) 3:56; dec. Jace Oppenlander (Culver) 3-2; lost 11-0 maj. dec. to
Bennett Mesa (Roseburg); placed second.
138 – Ricky Yunke – pinned Seth Abbas (Culver) 0:55; lost 12-3 maj. dec. to Ethan Wendell (Liberty); lost 7-2 to Austin David (Roseburg); did not place.
145 – Justin Kurtz lost 6-5 to Brett Bell (West Linn); lost 10-0 maj. dec. to Patrick Holgate (Dallas); did not place.
152 – Jake Porter lost by fall to Marco Retano (Culver) 2:48; pinned Brayden Satre (Grants Pass) 1:29; pinned Cade Hite (Marshfield) 0:23; dec. Josh Grant (Century) 11-10; lost 4-2 to Patrick Boulanger (Newberg); lost 15-3 maj. dec. to Marco Retano (Culver); placed sixth.
160 – Nich James lost 12-0 maj. dec. to Cody Janssen (Dallas); lost 6-0 to Thomas Myers (Newberg); did not place.
182 – Bryce Coulter dec. Tyler Good (West Linn) 5-3; dec. Hunter James (Newberg) in overtime, 2-1; lost by fall to Tanner Sallee (Lebanon) 0:34; dec. Matt Carrillo (North Marion) 4-3; lost by fall to Clay Coxen (Dallas) over Bryce Coulter 3:45; placed fourth.
JV Tournament Results
106 – Connor Ford lost 12-3 maj. dec. to Cameron Cross (Roseburg); dec. Houston Miner (Grants Pass) 6-5 in overtime; lost 4-2 to Tanner Nicol (Newberg); did not place.
113 – Marissa Kurtz lost 5-1 to Uriel Rodriguez (Century); pinned Tayler Lundquist (West Linn) 1:36; pinned Tanner Vogt (Lebanon) 2:40; lost 3-0 to Archer Bergeron (Roseburg); did not place.
120 – Bryce Porter pinned Michael Soper (Sprague) 1:57; pinned Dakota Doescher (Redmond) 1:33; pinned Lane Downing (Culver) 3:45; lost by fall to Dylan Miller (Sandy) 1:47; placed second.
126 – Dillon Stutzman pinned Cyrus Gray (West Linn) 0:44; pinned Ryan Frey (Newberg) 0:59; lost by TF to Evan Spragg (Sprague) 15-0/3:48; pinned Andrey Ponomarev (David Douglas) 4:55; lost 12-5 to Damien Wells (Roseburg); placed fourth.
132 – Zak Fox pinned Tadd Anderson (Culver) 0:44; lost by fall to Isaiah Hernandez (Roseburg) 3:36; pinned Ralphy Medina (Hillsboro) 0:29; pinned Tyler Olsen (McMinnville) 0:54; pinned Brayden Pfeiler (Sprague) 1:41; pinned Payten Andrews (Sandy) 2:20; pinned Turrell Wilson (La Pine) 0:59; placed third.
138 – Tyler Fincher pinned Gavin Tarvin (Hermiston) 1:38; pinned Chaz Daniels (Lebanon) 3:20; dec. Diego Smith (Crook County) 3-0; dec. Isaiah McIntosh (Dallas) 3-1; dec. Saul Tarula (North Marion) 10-8; placed first.
145 – CJ Mitchell pinned Jonathan Figueroa (Culver) 2:46; lost 9-3 to Ethan Stoner (Roseburg); pinned Jordan Beaudry (Newberg) 1:00; dec. Austin Ivan (Liberty) 6-5; dec. Nathan Santoni (Crater) 6-3; lost 6-3 to Ruslan Pilat (David Douglas); placed fourth.
152 – Oscar Hernandez lost 15-10 to Ayden Beck (Crater); pinned Mason Bala (Liberty) 1:48; lost 10-4 to Zach Kirkpatrick (Hermiston); did not place.
160 – Damion Schocker lost by fall to Nathan Rediger (Sprague) 2:58; pinned
Cameron Redding (Dallas) 2:07; lost by fall to Jacob Russell (Grants Pass) 2:18; did not place.
220 – Josh Rice lost by fall to Isaiah Parker (Newberg) 2:22; lost 5-1 to Max Labahn (Roseburg); did not plce.
285 – David McMullen lost by fall to Joshua Villa-Hernandez (Hillsboro) 1:31; lost by fall to Isaac Garcia (Sprague) 2:01; did not place.
January 17
Sweet Home 72, Sisters 10
106 – Connor Ford (SH) pinned Dylan Vantress (S) (0:40); 113 – Jackson Royer (SH) pinned Dalton Ford (S) (1:07); 120 – Robert Watkins (SH) pinned Rylan Carter (S) (0:22); 126 – Robbie Yunke (SH) pinned Garrett Reid (S) (0:32); 132 – Kobe Olson (SH) pinned Anthony Randolph (S) (1:11); 138 – Travis Thorpe (SH) won by forfeit; 145 – Boe Baxter (SH) pinned Damien Wills (S) (5:26); 152 – Ricky Yunke (SH) pinned Jake Stevens (S) (2:15); 160 – Jake Porter (SH) pinned Dustin Smith (S ) (3:01); 170 – Nich James (SH) pinned Sal Gibney (S) (1:31); 182 – Bryson Denver (SH) pinned Ethan Martin (S) (3:50); 195 – Bryce Coulter (SH) pinned Patrick Dingeman (S) (0:15); 220 – Casey Warburton (S) maj. dec. Josh Rice (SH) (15-1); 285 – Tyler Surface (S) pinned David McMullen (SH) (4:00).