Bryce Coulter finished second and Ricky Yunke was third at the Rose City Championship wrestling tournament held Friday and Saturday at Westview High School.
Sweet Home had four place-winners in the tournament, which featured 25 teams from Oregon and Washington, the majority from 5A and 6A-level schools.
Coulter, a senior, was second at 182; Yunke, also a senior; was third at 152, sophomore Nich James was fifth at 170 and junior Robbie Yunke was sixth at 138.
The Huskies placed 11th, with 142 points, directly behind Lebanon, which had 146. Newberg was tournament champion with 290 points, followed by Dallas (217) and Thurston (191).
Tillamook was fifth, with 184.
“Tillamook is very good,” Sweet Home Coach Steve Thorpe said. “They are an improved team this year.”
The Huskies hosted and defeated Harrisburg (67-0), South Albany (63-18) and Stayton (70-6) on Tuesday in their first home meet of the year.
Thorpe said the lopsided scores were, in part, due to a lack of a full team on the part of all but South Albany.
“It’s always good to come in and win matches at home,” he said. “The competition was not as I had wished.”
Still, he said, junior Robert Watkins had a key 2-1 win at 126 pounds over Chance Hendrickson of Harrisburg, whom Watkins had never defeated, and, after breaking his thumb in the South Albany match, pinned the Rebels’ Anthony Pulido.
“Robert set a new standard for toughness,” Thorpe said.
Sophomore Jackson Royer scored another quality win, he said, beating Harrisburg’s Riley Suttles 6-0 at 132 pounds.
Also, at 113 pounds, junior Marissa Kurtz pinned South Albany’s Eddie Torres.
At Rose City, the competition was a lot stiffer.
“It’s just a tough, tough tournament,” Thorpe said. “Hats off to Bryce Coulter, finishing second with two huge wins against West Linn kids, one in overtime. Ricky Yunke is getting better and Nich had a great tournament to place as a sophomore.”
“It’s a grind of a tournament and we had several kids a match away. No one is losing to bad wrestlers in that tournament.”
One of those who came up slightly short, junior Damion Schocker, had a bit of a run in the consolation bracket after being pinned in his opening match, winning the next three by falls before being eliminated one match short of a podium spot.
“Damion, he did a good job,” he said. “I’m proud of him. This is the best he’s ever done in tournament, as far as competing, placing.”
On Saturday, in a girls tournament called War of the Roses, sophomore Lexi Schilling placed second at 105 pounds, with freshman Jessy Hart third at 125 pounds.
“That was a big thing at this stage of her career,” Thorpe said of Schilling’s finish.
He said his other female wrestlers, senior Madelyn Neuschwander (117), sophomore Katen Edwards (145) and freshman Sicily Neuschwander (105) all won matches.
This week Sweet Home will wrestle in tournaments at Lebanon beginning at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 15, and at Thurston Saturday, Dec. 16, beginning at 9 a.m.
“I’m not happy where we are at yet, but I know this is a process and we will work to get there,” Thorpe said. “We are still young and we’re taking lot of inexperience into tournaments like (Rose City). I’m proud of how the boys competed.”
Rose City Results for Sweet Home
106 – Treyson Smith was pinned by Ricky Bell (West Linn) 1:24, then lost 15-3 major decision to Hunter Nakamoto (Glencoe); did not place.
106 – Hayden Stewart was pinned by Cael Morrison (Dallas) 0:13, then was pinned by Austin Kaylor (Bonney Lake, Wash.) 3:00; did not place.
113 – Marissa Kurtz won by forfeit over William Basham (Aloha); dec. Kaden Goff (West Linn) 11-7; was pinned by Jordan Reyes (Willamina) 0:47; lost 7-0 to Caleb Hart (West Albany); did not place.
120 – Connor Ford was pinned by Quintin Metcalfe (Tillamook) 0:23; pinned Zach Schultz (Sherwood) 0:36; lost by fall to Haden Munson (Sherwood) 5:00.
126 – Bryce Porter lost 21-9 maj .dec. to Dylan Averill (Thurston); pinned Josh Mercado (Glencoe) 2:02; lost 13-4 maj. dec. to Luis Macias (Tillamook); did not place.
126 – Triston Saultz was pinned by Bryce Mode (Willamina) 3:08; was pinned by Joe Burton (West Albany) 0:56; did not place.
132 – Gavin Walberg (1-2) was pinned by Tanner Craig (Camas, Wash.) 0:37); dec. Francisco Gonzalez (Thurston)6-0; was pinned by Aj Lucas (Glencoe) 2:58; did not place.
132 – Jackson Royer pinned Elias Meyer (Edmonds-Woodway, Wash.) 1:26; dec. Clayton Wengert (Sherwood) 3-1; lost 7-4 to Gavin Stockwell (Sunset); pinned Ethan Tyler (West Albany) 2:46; lost 4-1 to Travis Blasingame (Westview); did not place.
138 – Robbie Yunke pinned Grant Parker (Camas) 1:04; pinned Grayson Lecompte (Edmonds-Woodway) 3:23; was pinned by Alexander Cruz (Orting, Wash.) 0:57; pinned Kieran McCalpin (Aloha) 1:51; pinned Chad Werner (Tillamook) 2:24; was pinned by Marcus Peterson (Sumner, Wash.) 4:35; lost 13-6 to Joseph Foster (Dallas); placed sixth.
138 – Isaac Schaffer was pinned by Jacob Skjei (Willamina) 0:44; was pinned by Kieran McCalpin (Aloha) 3:41.
145 – CJ Mitchell lost by tech. fall to Salihou Fatty (Edmonds-Woodway) 3:51, 20-5; pinned Konner Borshiem (Thurston)1:37; pinned Kaleb Reid (Willamina) 1:46; lost by inj. def. to Marick Best (Lebanon); did not place.
145 – Travis Thorpe pinned Tyler Olsen (McMinnville) 2:00; maj. dec. Antonio Chacon (Tillamook) 12-4; lost maj. dec. to Nick Peterson (Hillsboro) 10-2; pinned Blake Hernandez (Westview) 2:37; lost 8-6 to Austin Cleland (Sumner); did not place.
152 – Ricky Yunke pinned Derric Cox (West Albany) 1:00; pinned Trona Free (West Albany) 1:34;
dec. Cody Klient (Lebanon) 3-0; lost 7-6 to Isaac Duncan (Camas); dec. Bryce Miller (Dallas) 4-0; maj. dec. Shane Teigen (Thurston) 13-2.
152 – Justin Kurtz maj. dec. Colson Spencer (Dallas) 14-4; was pinned by Chris Silveira (Tillamook) 0:36; dec. Travis Randall (North Marion) 5-2; pinned Phoenix Farrar (Orting, Wash.) 3:44; dec.
Cole Hadaller (Edmonds-Woodway)3-2; was pinned by Bryce Miller (Dallas) 2:33; did not place.
160 – Noah Moore was pinned by Rowan Gallardo (Newberg) 2:55; was pinned by Devon Schaumburg (Glencoe) 2:23; did not place.
160 – Boe Baxter pinned Jeffrey Falla (Forest Grove) 1:00; lost 8-1 to Mitchell Sorte (West Albany); pinned Bryan Billings (Sumner) 0:50; lost 9-5 to Austin Weeks (Tillamook); did not place.
170 – Damion Schocker was pinned by Caleb Werner (Tillamook) 3:31; pinned Conor O`Reilly (Sunset) 0:38; pinned David Stadelman (Glencoe) 0:56; pinned Steven Ryan (McMinnville) 4:21; was pinned by Patrick Holgate (Dallas) 2:25; did not place.
170 – Nich James dec. Jacques Badolato (Camas) 7-2; dec. Steven Ryan (McMinnville) 5-3; was pinned by Sean Harman (West Linn) 2:52; dec. D`Angelo Jenkins (Aloha) 7-0; dec. Nathan Carnicle (Sumner) 5-2; lost 2-0 to Eli McCrae (Tillamook); pinned Nicholas Nelson (Dallas) 1:02; placed fifth.
182 – Iakona Howerton lost 10-7 to Ace Morton (McMinnville); was pinned by Anthony Choi (Camas) 3:30; did not place.
182 – Bryce Coulter pinned Ian Glenn (Sherwood) 2:39; maj. dec. Dylan Lalone (Orting) 10-2; pinned
Brett Bell (West Linn) 4:27; OT dec. Steven Shelofsky (West Linn) 4-2; lost by maj. dec. to Treve Earhart (Dallas) 13-0; placed second.
195 – Levi Baird was pinned by Levi Crabtree (Tillamook) 1:53; was pinned by Jorge Rubio (Heritage, Wash.) 1:08; did not place.
220 – David McMullen pinned Jose Cabuto (Lebanon) 2:23; was pinned by Jhamante Woods (Westview) 2:59; was pinned by Alec Fillmore (Lebanon) 2:30; did not place.
Sweet Home 70, Stayton 6
106 – Treyson Smith (SH) won by forfeit; 113 – Marissa Kurtz (SH) won by forfeit; 120 – Connor Ford (SH) pinned Cody Murphy (ST) 3:07; 126 – Robert Watkins (SH) won by forfeit; 132 – Jackson Royer (SH) maj. dec. Bailey Archuleta (ST) 16-8; 138 – Robbie Yunke (SH) pinned Tanner Goodman (ST) 0:23; 145 – Travis Thorpe (SH) won by forfeit; 152 – Ricky Yunke (SH) pinned Zachary Briles (ST) 0:47; 160 – Boe Baxter (SH) won by forfeit; 170 – Nich James (SH) pinned Ethan Howard (ST) 0:19; 182 – Bryce Coulter (SH) pinned Clay Dickerson (ST) 2:42; 195 – Garret Sandefur (ST) pinned Levi Baird (SH) 1:50; 220 – David McMullen (SH) pinned Elliot Anundi (ST) 3:26; 285 – Double Forfeit.
Sweet Home 63, South Albany 18
106 – Logan Bond (SA) pinned Treyson Smith (SH) 3:10; 113 – Marissa Kurtz (SH) pinned Eddie Torres (SA) 1:35; 120 – Connor Ford (SH) pinned Jace Muntz (SA) 2:29; 126 – Robert Watkins (SH) pinned Anthony Pulido (SA) 2:46; 132 – Jackson Royer (SH) won by TF over Mikey Medina (SA) 19-1 4:16; 138 – Robbie Yunke (SH) pinned Gage Jones (SA) 0:36; 145 – Travis Thorpe (SH) won by TF over Bradley Johnston (SA) 25-8, 4:29; 152 – Ricky Yunke (SH) pinned Myles Souza (SA) 0:43; 160 – Boe Baxter (SH) won by technical fall over Cael Matta (SA) 18-2, 4:22; 170 – Nich James (SH) won by forfeit; 182 – Bryce Coulter (SH) won by forfeit; 195 – Levi Baird (SH) won by forfeit; 220 – Ryan Miller (SA) pinned David McMullen (SH) 1:30; 285 – Angel Huerta (SA) won by forfeit.
Sweet Home 67, Harrisburg 0
106 – Treyson Smith (SH) won by forfeit; 113 – Marissa Kurtz (SH) won by forfeit; 120 – Connor Ford (SH) won by forfeit; 126 – Robert Watkins
(SH) dec. Chance Hendrickson (H) 2-1; 132 – Jackson Royer (SH) dec. Riley Suttles (H) 6-0; 138 – Robbie Yunke (SH) pinned Shamas Lawson (H) 1:10; 145 – Travis Thorpe (SH) pinned Brynden Bevins (H) 1:47; 152 – Ricky Yunke (SH) won by forfeit; 160 – Boe Baxter (SH) won by forfeit; 170 – Nich James (SH) dec. Chander Strauss (H) 7-4; 182 – Bryce Coulter (SH) maj. dec. Leithan Briggs (H) 9-0; 195 – Levi Baird (SH) won by forfeit; 220 – David McMullen (SH) won by forfeit; 285 – Double Forfeit.