Sweet Home grapplers chalked up another impressive tournament placing Saturday, the second in a week, taking second at the Seaside tournament.
Last weekend, the Huskies were third at the Oregon Classic.
“I was very impressed with our wrestlers,” Coach Steve Thorpe said. “Every single wrestlers scored points for us and that’s unusual, no matter what team you have. We didn’t have anyone go two and out.”
Coach Thorpe said the Seaside event is considered one of the top 3A individual style tournaments in the state.
No. 1 ranked Estacada took the tournament title, scoring 263.5 points. The Huskies scored 184.5. Following were: Scappoose, 144.5; Coquille, 135; Tillamook, 129; Seaside, 123; Banks, 108.5; Molalla, 104.5; Elmira, 92; Cascade, 88.5; North Marion, 85; Rainier, 80.5; Central, 70.5; Astoria, 59; Neah-Kah-Nie, 55.5; Warrenton, 45.5; Vernonia, 7.
Sweet Home placers included: Joe McCaslin, 103, fourth; Cody Sells, 112, third; Shane Vandehei, 130, second; Jon Farris, 125, third, Trevor Tagle, 135, fifth; Jesse Aitken, 215, third; Tom Helfrich, 140, fifth; Colton Cooley, 152, third; Chris Kelley, 275, fifth.
Coach Thorpe said freshmen Joe McCaslin and Cody Sells “wrestled their hearts out” in this big tournament.
“I think Cody really surprised some people,” Coach Thorpe said. “His first match was with the eventual champion and he lost in overtime. He later pinned fourth-ranked Castor from Molalla.”
Chris Kelley had a very good tournament at heavyweight, placing fifth.
Shane Vandehei hardly practiced all week due a back injury he got at the Classic. He wanted to wrestle No. 1 ranked Brady Smith from Estacada, losing 19-11. But now, he’s wrestled him once and knows what to look for.”
Jesse Aitken, 215, scored several pins for the Huskies.
“This is a pinning and scoring team,” Coach Thorpe said. “They are picking up extra points by getting the big wins.”
The Huskies will host the Stayton Eagles Thursday. JV action starts at 6 p.m.
“Stayton may not bring many JV kids, so we’ll have some exhibition matches and such,” Coach Thorpe said. “Their varsity has been giving folks some trouble.”
Saturday Thorpe’s wrestlers round out their trio of tough tournaments, traveling to the Reser Tournament in Hillsboro. Thorpe said the tourney is ranked among the top five in the nation.
Seaside Tournament
Estacada, 263.5; Sweet Home, 184.5; Scappoose, 144.5; Coquille, 135; Tillamook, 129; Seaside, 123; Banks, 108.5; Molalla, 104.5; Elmira, 92; Cascade, 88.5; North Marion, 85; Rainier, 80.5; Central, 70.5; Astoria, 59; Neah-Kah-Nie, 55.5; Warrenton, 45.5; Vernonia, 7.
103: Somatis, did not place.
103: McCaslin, fourth. Decisioned Bartel of Molalla 14-2; decisioned Jordon of Tillamook 11-2; was pinned by Perch of Estacada; was decisioned 4-0 by Reiersgarrd of Tillamook.
112: Sells, third. First round bye; was dec. by Garcia of Scappoose 10-8; pinned Pentecost of Scappose; dec. Kaster of Molalla 5-0 and dec. Montgomery of Tillamook 5-0.
119: Sutten, did not place.
125: Farris, third. Pinned Norby of Vernonia; pinned Vosper of Scappoose; was pinned by Williams of Bandon; pinned Martin of Tillamook and decisioned Oathes of Seaside 5-4.
130: Vandehei, second. Pinned Robb of Vernonia; pinned Wheeler of Cascade; won over Lewis of Tillamook on DQ; was dec. 19-11 by Smith of Estacada.
135: Tagle, fifth. Pinned Dooher of Tillamook; was pinned by Early of Molalla; pinned Merchant of Elmira; was pinned by Pedersen of Central; dec. Early of Molalla 8-6.
140: Lance Carter, did not place.
140: Tom Helfrich, fifth. Dec. Alcarez 5-2; was dec. 9-2 by Baynes of Bandon; dec. Ancona of Cascade 13-0; pinned Jorge Campos of Warrenton; was dec. 4-2 by DeWolfe of Scappoose; pinned Henderson of Coquille.
145: Rob Helfrich, did not place.
152: Colton Cooley, third. Pinned Granbush; pinned Toyas of Seaside; was pinned by Koutney of North Marion; dec. Herr of Scappose 2-1 in OT; pinned Collier of Warrenton.
160: Brent Woody, did not place.
171: Stephen Kidd, did not place.
189: Castenada, did not place.
215: Jesse Aitken, third. Pinned Hash of Tillamook; pinned Torgeson of Estacada; was dec. 12-2 by Gray of Coquille; pinned Kommer of Bandon; pinned Torgeson of Estacada.
275: Kelley, fifth; Pinned Reinoso of Warrenton; was dec. 7-1 by Edwards of Scappose; pinned Rogers of Elmira; pinned Cooper of North Marion; was dec. 6-1 by Mentzer of Cascade; pinned Smith of Neah-Kah-Nie.