Wrestling 2010-01-21 Monroe

Monroe was at OHHS Thursday night for the final home meet of the 2009-2010 wrestling season.

JV started off poorly, losing the first two matched by pinfall and the next three by decision.

Jeremy Alonzo stopped the losing streak by winning a close-fought 10-7 decision over Still. Kelly Turner also won, pinning Hansen in 1:13.

Oak Harbor lost the next two matches by pin and then Josh Crebbin hit the mat for his 2^nd match of the night. He got in trouble early and was down 2-10 but was able to work his way out and pinned Sherris with just 30 seconds left in the match.

Between the JV and varsity matches time was taken to recognize all the seniors and their parents for their dedication and sacrifices.

In varsity, Justin Everett went first at 152 pounds and had problems getting off his back, losing to Foster 0-9.

Steven Souza was next at 160 lbs and pinned T. Hansen in 3:32.

Zach Loescher had the most interesting bout of the night against Elledge. Both wrestlers were on their feet for the entire first period, working hard and looking for an opening. The ref didn’t see it that way and called both wrestlers for stalling twice. Zach worked his way to a 5-3 lead, during which time both Zach was hit once more for stalling and Elledge twice more. In the 3^rd, just as it appeared that Zach was getting a takedown, the official blew his whistle and called a stall on both wrestlers. Since it was Elledge’s 5^th stall call, he was disqualified, giving Loescher the win and the Wildcats 6 team points.

The Wildcats got another win when Hunter Vail, down 1-4 at the time, was able to pin Heideman halfway through the 2^nd period.

At 215 pounds, Javon Payne, new to the varsity squad, fought hard against Ingersoll, but got pinned as did Jeremy Foster against Martin.

Dropping back to the little guys, Corey Trimbur had little trouble racking up 20 points in his 20-3 tech fall over Callahan, extending the team lead to 23-15.

Monroe closed to 23-21 after OH had to forfeit at 112 lbs then took the lead 39-23 when Ben Pralle and Ryuta Meany both got pinned and OH forfeited 130 lbs to the Bearcats.

With 3 matches to go and down by 16, OH still had the chance to win the meet.

Senior Josh Barton, at 135 pounds took on Johnson. Barton started out on the short end of a 6-2 score, but earned 4 points in the 2^nd round to tie it up. The close match was delayed several times due to a lot of bleeding by Johnson, and at the beginning of the 3^rd Josh scored 2 points to go ahead 8-6, but Johnson was able to get a reverse on Josh and earned back points to win 11-8.

Oak Harbor finished the meet with two pins to make the score a respectable 43-35. Colton Elliot needed 2:32 to pin Curnutt and Josh Stratton needed only 1:29 to pin Detweiler.

This was the final home meet for the Wildcats. The wrestlers finish their league season with a trip to Cascade on Tuesday the 25th and to top-ranked Lake Stevens on Thursday the 28th. The Wildcats start the post-season on Feb 5th with the divisional meet at Marysvlle-Pilchuck HS on Friday and Saturday.

Video highlights from the JV and Varsity matches are HERE.

94 photos are HERE.