Wrestling vs Mountlake Terrace, 12-11-08

After losing both ends of a double-dual last week at Mariner HS, the Oak Harbor Wildcat wrestling team defeated Mountlake Terrace in convincing fashion 69-3

Since the Mountlake Terrace JV squad had only two wrestlers, there was a lot of purple vs gold JV matches. First up was Freshman Justin Everett, who pinned Rook in only 39 seconds. Souza wrestled Leonard and pinned him in 4:43. Rook wrestled twice in the JV match, his second against Oak Harbor’s Hunter Vail, who pinned Rook in 1:29. Collin Higinbotham wrestled Leonard and also got the pin. Purple/Gold action consisted of Josh Schrum pinning Ben Pralle, Ian Cardwell pinning Jaron Strickland, Zach VanPelt beating David Payne 8-2, and Matt Bistline pinning Nick Farrell. In the final JV match, two heavyweights battled each other. Alec Castillo and Phil Rodgers, both juniors and newcomers to wrestling went to the 2nd period before Castillo was able to record the pin.
The Hawks forfeited 4 weight classes to Oak Harbor, and out of the remaining 10 matches, won only 1. The domination started when freshman Brandon Stratton took to the mat against Khuu and scored a technical fall, 16-0, before the end of the 1st period. Ben Page pinned his opponent in 2:45. Tucker Lundstrom was in a close, low scoring match but won 9-3. John Tuttle started out slow, but defeated his opponent 15-2. Jarred Tyson and Zach Loescher both got pin in their matches – Zach in the 1st period. The lone Wildcat loss was Jake Lundstrom in a very close match vs Call. The match was slow early, but the action increased as both wrestlers scored a flurry of point late. Call prevented Jake from getting a last-second reverse and near-fall, ending the match 17-12 in favor of Call. It was an exciting match to watch. Wrestling in the 285 point weight class, Brian Howard pinned his opponent and showed his excitement afterward. Corey Trimbur won 19-12, and in the final match of the night, Royce Cardwell pinned Quinteiro in 3:45. Gathering 24 team points in forfeits for Oak Harbor were Colton Elliot, Chris Neumiller, Brandon Strickland and Connar Zimmerman.
The wrestlers will be in Sedro Woolley Saturday for the Spud Walley invite then at Everett HS on Dec 18th for their last dual meet before Christmas break.

37 pictures of the meet can be found by clicking HERE.