Sweet Home finished fifth Saturday, Jan. 17, at the Oregon Classic wrestling tournament in Redmond.
The Huskies, facing some of the top 4A schools in the state, lost a 39-33 match to Scappoose in their opening pool, which eliminated them from a chance at the overall trophy, which went to Crook County.
“If we didn’t finish first in our pool, we couldn’t trophy,” explained Coach Steve Thorpe, who noted that the rules changed this year. “In the past we did cross-overs – one (the top finisher in one pool) would have wrestled two (the second-place finisher in another pool) and two would have wrestled one.”
Senior Tyler Schilling pinned his way through at 126 pounds, as did junior Tyrel Miller at 132. Sophomore Kobe Olson had four pins and a technical fall at 113 pounds.
“We need to improve; there are several things we need to get better at,” Thorpe said. “But one thing (the Huskies) are not is unselfish. They’re willing to step out to give another an opponent or to move up a weight class.
“To win a dual a couple of times we had to bump people up, move guys around.”
He said he was proud of the Huskies for bouncing back after the loss to Scappoose.
“I would have liked to beat Scappoose and we had a couple of swing matches we should have won, but the way we responded was coming back and winning the next four duals. We were 4-1 on the week.”
On Thursday, Jan. 15, the Huskies stopped in Sisters on their way to Redmond, winning duals against the Outlaws (82-0) and LaPine (66-16).
This weekend, Sweet Home, 25-3 in duals, will compete at the Tournament of Champions at Liberty High School in Hillsboro. Wrestling starts at 11 a.m. Friday in what is considered one of the toughest tournaments in the state.
Schilling, a senior, returns as defending champion and 124-pound fellow senior Anthony Hardee was fifth last year. Olson was one match away from a medal at 103 pounds, and Jake Porter, then a freshman, was fifth in a very tough 138-pound JV tournament.
“I like where we are at,” Thorpe said,. “We’re getting ready to go to the Tournament of Champions, then on to the regional tournament.”
Oregon Classic Results
Sweet Home 57, Estacada 21
110 – Caleb Brotnov (E) pinned JC Elder (SH) 2:45; 117 – Kobe Olson (SH) pinned Austin Puetz (E) 0:53; 124 – Anthony Hardee (SH) pinned Damon Shaw-leiferman (E) 0:47; 130 – Tyler Schilling (SH) pinned Draco Yandell (E) 0:17; 136 – Tyrel Miller (SH) pinned Austin Bloker (E) 1:12; 142 – Joe Rasmussen (SH) dec. Stone Rathbun (E) 8-5; 149 – Jake Porter (SH) pinned Justin Drury (E) 1:46; 156 – Bryce Coulter (SH) pinned Andrew Mervyn (E) 2:51; 164 – Cole Eakin (E) dec. Jason Miller (SH) 7-2; 174 – Fabio Raise (E) pinned Devin Stafford (SH) 0:42; 186 – Cole Ashcraft (SH) pinned Cody Dietrich (E) 0:26l 199 – Deven Miller (E) pinned Hunter Olheiser (SH) 2:35; 224 – Gavin Baskin (SH) won by forfeit; 289 – Dalton Doerfler (SH) won by forfeit.
Scappoose 39, Sweet Home 33
110 – JC Elder (SH) won by forfeit; 117 – Kobe Olson (SH) pinned Willie Lohman (Scap) 0:35; 124 – Braxton Sue (Scap) dec. Anthony Hardee (SH) 8-4; 130 – Tyler Schilling (SH) pinned Colton Bush (Scap) 1:21; 136 – Tyrel Miller (SH) pinned Alex Foumal (Scap) 3:54; 142 – Joe Rasmussen (SH) pinned Justin Hering (Scap) 2:27; 149 – Cody Erhardt (Scap) dec. Jake Porter (SH) 6-0; 156 – Logan Brooks (Scap) dec. Bryce Coulter (SH) 9-5; 164 – Jason Miller (SH) dec. David Krupsky (Scap) 5-4; 174 – Ben Gadbois (Scap) won by forfeit; 186 – Johnathan Tardif (Scap) pinned Cole Ashcraft (SH) 2:22; 199 – Tyson Broadbent (Scap) pinned Daniel Rooney (SH) 1:12; 224 – Devin Ray (Scap) won by forfeit; 289 – Tayler Heaton (Scap) pinned Gavin Baskin (SH) 1:30.
Sweet Home 48, Sutherlin 34
110 – Dallyn Ritchie (Suth) maj. dec. JC Elder (SH) 11-0; 117 – Ricky Yunke (SH) pinned Kent Lagroma (Suth) 0:49; 124 – Kobe Olson (SH) pinned William Black (Suth) 2:34; 130 – Anthony Hardee (SH) pinned Jerimiah Scroggins (Suth) 1:46; 136 – Tyler Schilling (SH) pinned David Schriner (Suth) 1:54; 142 – Tyrel Miller (SH) pinned Stuart Hainey (Suth) 2:08; 149 – Jake Porter (SH) pinned Michael Eastwood (Suth) 0:14; 156 – Conner Grauf (Suth) pinned Travis Petersen (SH) 1:49; 164 – Jason Miller (SH) pinned Mike Smith (Suth) 0:45; 174 – Justin Crum (Suth) pinned Devin Stafford (SH) 2:47; 186 – Christian Beauregard (Suth) won by inj. def. over Brycen Denver (SH) 4:00; 199 – Andrew Smalley (Suth) pinned Hunter Olheiser (SH) 1:29; 224 – Gavin Baskin (SH) pinned Alex Kennedy (Suth) 0:27; 289 – Casey Cobert (Suth) won by forfeit.
Sweet Home 62, North Marion 13
110 – JC Elder (SH) pinned Anthony Temple (NM) 3:11; 117 – Kobe Olson (SH) TF Triston Rostocil (NM) 16-1; 124 – Anthony Hardee (SH) dec. Casey Roberts (NM) 4-0; 130 – Tyler Schilling (SH) pinned Derek Jones (NM) 5:33; 136 – Tyrel Miller (SH) pinned Rodrigo Gonzalez (NM) 0:37; 142 – Joe Rasmussen (SH) pinned Kyler Anderson (NM) 2:17; 149 – Jake Porter (SH) pinned Jarod Schweighardt (NM) 3:06; 156 – Damian Chavez (NM) dec. Bryce Coulter (SH) 8-2; 164 – Jason Miller (SH) won by forfeit; 174 – Tyler Saucedo (NM) won by forfeit; 186 – Rueben Verdugo (NM) maj. dec. Brycen Denver (SH) 12-2; 199 – Hunter Olheiser (SH) pinned Dustin Lafarge (NM) 2:24; 224 – Gavin Baskin (SH) pinned Sergio Espinoza (NM) 3:27; 289 – Dalton Doerfler (SH) won by forfeit.
Sweet Home 48,
McLoughlin/Weston-McEwen 30
110 – JC Elder (SH) pinned Zach Crisman (M) 0:49; 117 – Kobe Olson (SH) pinned Deazen Zerba (M) 1:16; 124 – Anthony Hardee (SH) pinned Riley Chester (M) 1:15; 130 – Dillon Stutzman (SH) won by forfeit; 136 – Tyler Schilling (SH) pinned Isaac Riley (M) 1:32; 142 – Tyrel Miller (SH) pinned Michael Breeding (M) 0:14; 149 – Cole Skramstad (M) pinned Joe Rasmussen (SH) 0:14; 156 – Alyxander Shaw (M) pinned Jake Porter (SH) 4:24; 164 – Jeffery Jones (M) pinned Travis Petersen (SH) 1:00; 174 – Jason Miller (SH) dec. Vince Roff (M) 5-3; 186 – Daniel Rooney (SH) dec. Jacob Chaney (M) 17-15; 199 – Cole Ashcraft (SH) pinned Joshua Torres (M) 0:46; 224 – Jacob Podolski (M) pinned Gavin Baskin (SH) 1:50; 289 – Resendo Gregory Merano (M) won by forfeit.