Lebanon’s wrestlers hosted Senior Night on Wednesday, Feb. 4, taking on Corvallis.
Head Coach Michael Cox reported that lineup changes were made to allow all seven seniors to wrestle in their last home meet.
Those seniors are: David Brandt, Cade Weber, Seth Wynn, Zech Halsey, Tregon Haslith, Cael Robinson, and Sophia Ramos. Cox noted that all but one of these wrestlers have been with him for all four years of high school.
“This is one of my favorite classes. They work really hard and they’re really good kids. They’re leaders.”
Lebanon made sure to make Senior Night a victory, as the Warriors only lost four total matches against the Spartans.
“They all wrestled very well,” Cox said.
The boys then headed to Silverton to contest the Jack Berger Invite, a 5A-6A tournament in which the Warriors (who still had six wrestlers out and under the weather) wound up a solid sixth with a total of 184 points.
Crater (354) walked all over the event with 130 more points than second-place Sherwood (224). The hosts finished third with 188 points.
Lebanon tied with Hillsboro and Aloha for second-most first-placers with two (Crater was well ahead in first with five).
Those Lebanon champions were Wynn (157) and Halsey (175). Wynn pinned the defending 6A runner-up to secure the title.
Grady Cox (165) and Tyson Trast (150) placed second for the Warriors. Cox nearly won his bracket; he fell to the defending state champion from Crater 4-2.
“That was a really close match,” his head coach said.
Cade Weber (165) and David Brandt (150) earned third-place honors.
The regular season has been completed for the Warriors. The girls will wrestle districts at West Salem on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 13-14, and the boys will contest districts at Crescent Valley the following weekend.