Sweet Home’s high school wrestling team finished second to Tillamook in the 4A tournament at the Oregon Classic Friday and Saturday in Redmond, a performance that left Coach Steve Thorpe pleased.
“I think we overachieved,” Thorpe said, noting that many of his wrestlers were competing one or two divisions above their normal weights due to injuries and other factors.
“We stepped into that tournament. It was a tournament in which guys unselfishly moved up a weight class to let someone else wrestle in their place. It was very much a team effort.”
Sweet Home defeated LaPine 64-15, then dispatched a tough Mollala squad 46-32 in the first round, before downing Ontario 51-23 and McLoughlin 39-28 to reach the semifinals against the state’s top-ranked team, Scappoose.
Behind pins from Scottie Stockman (103), Tyler Holly (112), Taylor Tagle (140) and a major decision by Brock Crocker at 152, the Huskies eked out a 37-30 win and a trip to the finals for their second match against the Cheesemakers in a week, despite losing 285-pounder Logan Clark to an injury default.
“We beat the number one-ranked team,” Thorpe said. “We train to beat people like that. That’s what we want to do.”
With Clark out of the lineup, the Huskies juggled positions and it caught up with them as Tillamook took a 39-28 win.
Thorpe said there were quality performances up and down the lineup.
“We had some guys, Jack Perry and Donny Roberts, who wrestled the entire tournament injured,” he said. “Brad Pitts has had mono and these were the first matches of the season for him.”
In the final against Tillamook, Pitts was pinned but Thorpe said he wasn’t sorry.
“Brad hasn’t had any mat time,” he said. “He was trying to win the dual, not the match, so he was going for the big win (when he was pinned).
He did a good job. It’s nice to have him back.”
He noted that Crocker finished the tournament undefeated and Athony Albright and Kyle Hummer both posted come-from-behind wins when the team needed them.
“Taylor Tagle looked very tough,” Thorpe said. “He also bumped up a weight and pinned a couple of people.”
He also cited the performance of the one “extra” wrestlers the Huskies took to the tournamnet, Marshall Arndt, who gave Scappoose state champion Seth Honl a match before being pinned at 4:47 and losing 2-0 to Tillamook state champion Dustin Woosley, and winning by a fall in his other match.
With the league schedule starting Thursday at Newport, Thorpe said it’s time to move on.
“It was a good weekend for Sweet Home wrestling,” he said. “I like where we are at.
The Huskies will have another chance at Tillamook Friday when they travel to the Cheesemakers’ tournament there after facing Newport on Thursday.
Their next home match is Jan. 29 against Central and Taft.
Oregon Classic
4A Division Results
Molalla 39 Ontario 33
MacHi 45 South Umpqua 27
Sweet Home 64 LaPine 15
Tillamook 63 Newport 15
Phoenix 61 Douglas 9
Scappoose 38 Estacada 35
Sweet Home 46 Molalla 32
MacHi 69 Newport 8
Ontario 39 LaPine 37
Tillamook 54 South Umpqua 21
Scappoose 46 Douglas 30
Illinois Valley 37 Henley 36
Cascade 41 Philomath 20
Phoenix 39 Estacada 29
South Umpqua 53 Newport 27
Estacada 48 Douglas 25
Phoenix 46 Scappoose 29
Sweet Home 51 Ontario 23
Illinois Valley 45 Cascade 30
Molalla 54 LaPine 24
Tillamook 37 MacHi 28
Henley 46 Philomath 25
LaPine 48 Newport 29
Scappoose 41 Illinois Valley 35
Philomath 40 Douglas 33
Tillamook 50 Molalla 57
Phoenix 44 Henley 33
Sweet Home 39 MacHi 28
South Umpqua 42 Estacada 37
Illinois Valley 46 Ontario 27
MacHi 35 Cascade 34
Henley 47 Molalla 32
Tillamook 41 Phoenix 28
Sweet Home 37 Scappoose 30
Phoenix 52 Scappoose 19 3rd/4th
Tillamook 39 Sweet Home 28 1st/2nd
Sweet Home 64, Lapine 15
103- Hogge (L) pinned Scottie Stockman (SH) 1:46; 112 €“ Tyler Holly (SH) pinned Brison (L) 5:54; 119 €“ Mitch Grove (SH) maj. dec. Steel (L) 13-2; 125 €“ Matt Grove (SH) won by forfeit; 130 €“ Kris Newport (SH) pinned Carriker (L) 1:00; 135 €“ Taylor Tagle (SH) pinned Farleign (L) :39; 140 €“ Marshall Arndt (SH) pinned Stanlueker (L) 3:15;145 €“ Kyle Hummer (SH) pinned Stanlueker (L) 3:46; 152 €“ Brock Crocker (SH) pinned Stroud (L) 1:47; 160 €“ Slater (L) pinned Jack Perry (SH) 2:16; 171 €“ Wilson (L) dec. Brad Pitts (SH) 5-3; 189 €“ Anthony Albright (SH) pinned Searcy (L) 2:34; 215 €“ Marc Callagan (SH) pinned Hays (L) 1:32; 285 €“ Logan Clark (SH) won by forfeit.
Sweet Home 46, Molalla 32
103- Scottie Stockman (SH) won by forfeit; 112 €“ Hayner (M) maj. dec, Tyler Holly (SH) 16-0; 119 €“ Marshall (M) dec. Mitch Grove (SH) 7-5; 125 €“ Matt Grove (SH) maj. dec, Taylor (M) 17-7; 130 €“ Kris Newport (SH) pinned Tidwell (M) :28; 135 €“ Taylor Tagle (SH) pinned McGann (M) :53; 140 €“ Brock Crocker (SH) pinned Hess (M) 1:10; 145 €“ Kyle Hummer (SH) pinned Miller (M) 4:21; 152 €“ Lee (M) won by forfeit; 160 €“ Reed (M) won by forfeit; 171 €“ Jenck (M) pinned Brad Pitts (SH) 2:24; 189 €“ Spinas (M) pinned Anthony Albright (SH) 2:48; 215 €“ Marc Callagan (SH) pinned Williams (M) :43; 285 €“ Logan Clark (SH) pinned Leighton (M) 3:55.
Sweet Home 39, McLouglin 29
103- Rogers (M) pinned Scottie Stockman (SH) 3:52; 112 €“ Bullock (M) maj. dec. Tyler Holly (SH) 16-0; 119 €“ Mitch Grove (SH) dec. Seargeant (M) 7-1; 125 €“ Sheets (M) dec. Matt Grove (SH) 11-8; 130 €“ Kris Newport (SH) pinned Paez (M) :24; 135 €“ Taylor Tagle (SH) dec. D. Sheets (M) 10-3; 140 €“ Kyle Hummer (SH) pinned Rodrighiero (M) 4:45; 145 €“ Brock Crocker (SH) pinned Law (M) 5:35; 152 €“ Seargent (M) pinned Donny Roberts (SH) 1:02; 160 €“ Kraunan (M) dec. Jack Perry (SH) 7-2; 171 €“ Brad Pitts (SH) dec. Grimabi (M) 10-5; 189 €“ Anthony Albright (SH) pinned Timmins (M) 3:13; 215 €“ Marc Callagan (SH) pinned Watts (M) 5:03; 285 €“ Palacios (M) pinned Logan Clark (SH) 2:47.
Sweet Home 51, Ontario 23
103- Scottie Stockman (SH) won by forfeit; 112 €“ Tyler Holly (SH) pinned Prentiss (O) :41; 119 €“ Mitch Grove (SH) pinned Garcia (O) 1:29; 125 €“ Matt Grove pinned Gonzalez (O) 2:26; 130 €“ Morales (O) dec. Kris Newport (SH) 9-8; 135 €“ Fields (O) dec. Taylor Tagle (SH) 3-2; 140 €“ Martinez (O) maj. dec. Kyle Hummer (SH) 18-3; 145 €“ Brock Crocker (SH) dec. Lopez (O) 9-4; 152 €“ Nakamura (O) pinned Donny Roberts (SH) 3:22; 160 €“ Jack Perry (SH) pinned Gillette; 171 €“ Brad Pitts (SH) pinned Erntson (O) 1:02; 189 €“ Anthony Albright (SH) pinned Reyes (O) :47; 215 €“ Marc Callagan (SH) pinned Alvarado (O) 1:38; 285 €“ Villalobas (O) pinned Logan Clark (SH) 2:29.
Sweet Home 37, Scappoose 30
103- Scottie Stockman (SH) pinned Wills (S) 1:17; 112 €“ Tyler Holly (SH) pinned Murdock (S) 2:34; 119 €“ Goodrich (S) dec. Mitch Grove (SH) 7-5; 125 €“ J. Smith (S) dec. Matt Grove 3-0; 130 €“ Kris Newport (SH) won by forfeit; 135 €“ Honl (S) pinned Marshall Arndt (SH) 4:47; 140 €“ Taylor Tagle (SH) pinned Mills (S) 3:18; 145 €“ Kyle Hummer (SH) dec. Z. Smith (S) 8-4; 152 €“ Brock Crocker (SH) maj. dec. Simantal (S) 11-2; 160 €“ Hill (S) pinned Donny Roberts (SH) 3:00; 171 €“ Pendleton (S) pinned Brad Pitts (SH) 1:09; 189 €“ Anthony Albright (SH) dec. Aguilara (S) 8-7; 215 €“ Marc Callagan (SH) dec. Apon (S) 6-3; 285 €“ Jones (S) won by inj. def. over Logan Clark (SH).
Tillamook 39, Sweet Home 28
103 €“ Peak (T) pinned Scottie Stockman (SH) 1:-03 ; 112 €“ Tyler Holly (SH) pinned Pyatt (T) 3:37 ; 119 €“ Mitch Grove (SH) dec. Hall (T) 8-3; 125 €“ Smith (T) maj. dec. Matt Grove (SH) 18-2; 130 €“ Kris Newport (SH) pinned Greeson (T) 4:24; 135 €“ Woolsey (T) dec. Marshall Arndt (SH) 2-0; 145 €“ Mickelson (T) dec, Kyle Hummer (SH) 12-2; 152 €“ Brock Crocker (SH) pinned Zepeda (T) 5:12; 160 €“ Cook (T) dec. Jack Perry (SH) 6-2; 171 €“ Kuttre (T) pinned Brad Pitts (SH) 4:49; 189 €“ Anthony Albright (SH) dec. Neu (T) 6-4; 215 €“ Barico (T) won by forfeit; 285 €“ Strang (T) pinned Marc Callagan (SH) 1:02.