Sweet Home’s wrestlers got a taste of top-flight competition last weekend at the Rose City Championships in Portland, and Coach Steve Thorpe said it’s just the beginning.
The Huskies placed 16th out of 25 teams at Rose City, held at Westview High School. The only placewinner was senior Tyrel Miller, who was fourth at 145 pounds, and would have placed higher if he had not lost 7-6 to Riley Seward of Edmonds-Woodway (Wash.) in the semifinals.
“Tyrel Miller did great,” Thorpe said. “It’s hard to say it was horrible officiating, but Tyrel won that match. The thing about Tyrel is, he didn’t pout about it.”
Miller then decisioned Franky Garcia of Kamiakin (Wash.) 1-0 before losing 4-1 to Patrick Boulanger of Newberg in the consolation final.
“He’s a leader and a great example, to kids from the Mat Club who are 4 or 5 years old to junior high,” Thorpe said.
The tournament was “incredibly tough,” he said. Only one weight division had two Oregon wrestlers facing each other in the final.
Sweet Home “had a great first day, but we didn’t do what we were supposed to on Day 2,” Thorpe said.”We took 14 wrestlers into Day 2. I was happy with some of our younger guys, winning matches, but as a team, we didn’t have as good a second day. We need to have a better second day.
“As coach it’s my job to fix that. We’re going to go back to work on how to succeed on Day 2. It’s going to come down to a lot of work and conditioning.”
In addition to Miller, Thorpe said senior 220-pounder Dalton Doerfler “had the best tournament he’s ever had for us,” pinning three opponents after an opening-round loss.
The Huskies hosted Stayton, Sutherlin, South Albany and Churchill last week in a five-way dual-match event, losing only to Churchill, one of the top teams in the 5A division, 48-30.
This weekend Sweet Home will travel to Grants Pass for the Winter Kickoff Tournament, which will feature 40 teams from Oregon, California and Nevada.
After a layoff from competition next week, they will be back in action Dec. 29-30 for the Northwest Duals at the Armory in Albany.
“This schedule I have us into is preparing us for February,” Thorpe said. “That’s the goal.”
Rose City Championships
Team Scores: (1) Newberg 252.5; (2) Hillsboro 204.5; (3) Edmonds-Woodway (Wash.) 202.0; (4) Tahoma (Wash.) 196.0; (5) Aloha 171.5; (6) Monarch (Colo.) 171.0; (7) Lebanon 158.0; (8) Glencoe 151.0; (9) Nampa (Idaho) 148.5; (10) Westview 143.0; (11) Kamiakin (Wash.) 140.5; (12) Camas (Wash.) 137.0; (13) Sumner (Wash.) 136.5; (14) Rogers (Wash.) 131.5; (15) Sprague 128.5; (16) Sweet Home 122.5; (17) West Linn 111.0; (18) Willamina 106.0; (19) Tillamook 80.5; (20) Tualatin 71.0; (21) West Albany 68.0; (22) Milwaukie 63.0; (23-tie) Mountain View (Wash.), Sunset 48.0; (25) Heritage (Wash.) 27.0.
Sweet Home Individual FInishes
106 – Robert Watkins pinned Kyle Santos (W. Albany) 2:38; lost by fall to Marques Chan (Glencoe) 1:08; pinned Sammy Victoriano (Tualatin) :49; pinned Zaire Foster (Westview) 1:33; lost by fall to Corban Rupe (Aloha) 1:48; did not place.
106 – Boden Petersen pinned Alex Steffans (Nampa) 4:25; lost by fall to Corbin Rupe (Aloha) :49; pinned Nicolus Alva (Westview) 4:47; lost by fall to Wyatt Richardson (Lebanon) 3:00; did not place.
113 – Robbie Yunke lost by technical fall to Alex Scott (Monarch) 4:12; pinned Brody Lukens (Camas) :59; pinned Jarrett Graff (Milwaukie); lost by fall to Izzy Murrietta (Tahoma) 2:31; did not place.
120 – John Elder won by technical fall over David Elwood (Willamina) 5:21; lost 7-0 to John Lor Donayre (Westview); lost by fall to Nick Peterson (Hillsboro) :51; did not place.
126 – Kobe Olson pinned Allen Davis (Camas) :49; lost by fall to Scott Danner (Nampa) 5:17; pinned Nathanie Atkins (Rogers) 1:35; lost maj. dec. to Ian Snapp (West Linn) 13-4; did not place.
126 – Dillon Stutzman pinned Logan Folsom (Tualatin) 1:23; lost by fall to Peyton Bell (Hillsboro) :52; pinned Cristian Reyes (Tualatin) :34; lost 11-5 to Cleland (Sumner); did not place.
132 – Tyler Fincher lost by fall to Nate Johnson (Glencoe) 2:35; lost by 4-2 to Jose Valero (Hillsboro); did not place.
132 – Ricky Yunke pinned Wesley Soderstrom (Sprague) 3:21; pinned Loudyn Reese (Hillsboro) 1:38; lost by fall to Nate Johnson (Glencoe) 1:55; lost 5-2 to Chandler Villareal (West Albany); did not place.
138 – Keegan Schuster lost by fall to Justin Fletcher (Westview) 1:57; lost by tech. fall to Michael Murphy (Sprague) 3:29; did not place.
138 – Justin Kurtz lost by fall to Matt Frey (Newberg) 3:51; pinned Justin Fletcher (Westview) 3:46;
145 – Joe Rasmussen pinned Alan Ferrera (Monarch) 3:02; lost 9-2 to Patrick Boulanger (Newberg); pinned Matthew Lee (Milwaukie) 2:29; lost 5-3 to Manolo Tamez (Nampa); did not place.
145 – Tyrel Miller dec. Ebrahim Babajan (Heritage) 8-2; pinned Kody Chun (Glencoe) 1:08; dec. Kane Snapp (West Linn) 9-4; lost 7-6 to Riley Seward (Edmonds-Woodway); decisioned Franky Garcia (Kamiakin) 1-0; lost 4-1 to Patrick Boulanger (Newberg); placed fourth.
152 – Oscar Hernandez lost 12-5 to Neithan Stanley (Heritage); lost by fall to Roman Wheeler (Westview); did not place.
152 – Jake Porter lost 12-1 to Juan Lopez (Aloha); pinned Vaughn (Tahoma) 4:04; pinned David Frank (Westview) 2:03; lost 9-3 to Terry McCord III (Lebanon); did not place.
160 – Kaden Peterson lost 703 to Kal-El Rivera (Tualatin); lost by fall to Nathan Rediger (Sprague) 1:29; did not place.
170 – Bryson Denver pinned Gage Dress Moran (Tahoma) 5:51; lost by fall to Austin Howard (Willamina) 3:18; maj. dec. Brian Rieger (Tillamook) 18-10; lost by fall to Chad Papenfuhs (Aloha) 4:12; did not place.
195 –Daniel Rooney lost by fall to Tito Tovar (Nampa) 1:33; lost by fall to Dagen Kramer (Tahoma) :45; did not place.
220 – Dalton Doerfler lost by fall to Arien Craggett (Lebanon); pinned Jaeyoon Kim (Westview) 1:31; pinned Colten McGriff (Hillsboro) :32; pinned Conner Maloney (West Linn) :45; lost by fall to Williams (Monarch) 1:48; did not place.
285 – Gavin Baskin lost by fall to Nick Little (Kamiakin) :26; pinned Steve Biagi (Mountain View) :49; lost by fall to Caleb Eldred (Camas) 1:33; did not place.
Sweet Home Five-Team Meet Results
Sweet Home 72, Sutherlin 6
106 – Robert Watkins (SH) won by forfeit; 113 – Double Forfeit; 120 – John Elder (SH) won by forfeit; 126 – Kobe Olson (SH) pinned Noah Thompson (S) (1:00); 132 – Tyler Fincher (SH) pinned Cole Johnson (S) (0:28); 138 – Ricky Yunke (SH) pinned Devon Barott (S) (1:01); 145 – Joe Rasmussen (SH) won by forfeit; 152 – Brandon Carrillo (S) pinned Oscar Hernandez (SH) (2:57); 160 – Jake Porter (SH) pinned Conner Grauf (S) (1:21); 170 – Kaden Peterson (SH) won by forfeit; 182 – Bryson Denver (SH) pinned Zachary Lepre (S) (0:54); 195 – Daniel Rooney (SH) pinned Christian Beauregard (S) (1:34); 220 – Dalton Doerfler (SH) pinned Justin Crum (S) (0:38); 285 – Gavin Baskin (SH) pinned Tanner Strong (S) (0:40).
Sweet Home 78, Stayton 6
106 – Robert Watkins (SH) won by forfeit; 113 – Marissa Kurtz (SH) won by forfeit; 120 – John Elder (SH) pinned Ryan Ninman (St) (1:00); 126 – Kobe Olson (SH) pinned Drake Foust (St) (1:46); 132 – Tyler Fincher (SH) pinned Bailey Archuleta (St) (1:15); 138 – Ricky Yunke (SH) won by forfeit; 145 – Joe Rasmussen (SH) won by forfeit; 152 – Oscar Hernandez (SH) won by forfeit; 160 – Jake Porter (SH) won by forfeit; 170 – Daniel Sandefur (St) pinned Kaden Peterson (SH) (0:39); 182 – Bryson Denver (SH) won by forfeit; 195 – Daniel Rooney (SH) pinned Matthew Heskew (St) (0:49); 220 – Dalton Doerfler (SH) won by forfeit; 285 – Gavin Baskin (SH) won by forfeit.
Sweet Home 56, South Albany 21
106 – Robert Watkins (SH) pinned Eduardo Torres (SA) (1:30); 113 – Tryston Allen (SA) won by forfeit; 120 – John Elder (SH) pinned Anthony Pulido (SA) (0:18); 126 – Dillon Stutzman (SH) pinned Matt Roeser (SA) (1:03); 132 – Kobe Olson (SH) maj. dec. Tyler Montgomery (SA) (11-1); 138 – Tyler Fincher (SH) pinned Bradley Johnston (SA) (5:53); 145 – Ricky Yunke (SH) maj. dec. Isaac Ogden (SA) (11-0); 152 – Joe Rasmussen (SH) over Richard Monize (SA) (1:07); 160 – Oscar Hernandez (SH) pinned Aaron Reineccius (SA) (1:12); 170 – Jake Porter (SH) pinned Keenan Chance (SA) (1:52); 182 – Austin Wimer (SA) dec. Bryson Denver (SH) (8-5); 195 – Anthony Sutherlin (SA) won by forfeit; 220 – Dalton Doerfler (SH) pinned Angel Huerta-Carrera (SA) (0:22); 285 – Lane Hersha (SA) pinned Gavin Baskin (SH) (1:49).
Churchill 48, Sweet Home 30
106 – Gavin Sherrill (C) dec. Robert Watkins (SH) (8-5); 113 – Landon Robinson © won by forfeit; 120 – Dakoata Lutje (C) pinned John Elder (SH) (1:01); 126 – Kobe Olson (SH) pinned Joseph Wolf (C) (1:02); 132 – Cade Ezell (C) pinned Tyler Fincher (SH) (2:00); 138 – Ricky Yunke (SH) pinned Evan Powell (C) (1:50); 145 – Gabe Blough (C) dec. Joe Rasmussen (SH) (3-1); 152 – Oscar Hernandez (SH) pinned Noah Montgomery (C) (1:15); 160 – Jake Porter (SH) won by forfeit; 170 – Kaleb Roach (C) won by forfeit; 182 – Justin Kearney (C) pinned Bryson Denver (SH) (1:44) 195 – Riley Jaramillo (C) pinned Daniel Rooney (SH) (0:12); 220 – Dalton Doerfler (SH) pinned Kaden Wallace (C) (1:10); 285 – Blayne Burnett (C) pinned Gavin Baskin (SH) (0:19).