Wrestling 2011-02-05 - District Tournament

On Friday and Saturday, the boys wrestlers traveled to Sedro Woolley while the girls went to Squalicum HS for the 3A District tournaments and Oak Harbor came away with 16 top 8 finishes with 10 wrestlers moving on to the Regional tournament and 3 finishing as champions.

At the girls tournament, Junior Jennifer Fremd pinned her way to the 140 lb championship, pushing teammate Bailey Martinez into the consolation bracket on the way. Martinez finished in 3rd, recording 6-5 and 4-0 victories and a pin to capture 3rd. Both girls will move on to the Regional Tournament Feb 12th at Sedro Woolley HS. Freshman Brittney Peppel lost two as did Sophomore Kylene Ayer and both were eliminated.

For the boys, Corey Trimbur won the 103 lb championship with a pin, a 9-0 win and a close 7-6 win for 1st.

At 112 lbs, freshman Jahleel Vester finished in 4th place, earning a trip to Regionals. Teammate Walter Castillo went 2-and-out.

Cody Fakkema recorded 4 pins at 119 lbs against 2 losses to finish 4th.

Junior Ben Pralle lost his opening match at 125 lbs but held on to finish in 7th place.

In the 130 lbs bracket, Freshman Athan Taisague lost his first match, got a pin, then lost his 2nd match and was eliminated. Ryuta Meany lost his two opening matches.

Freshman Nathan Stanford opened the 2nd day of wrestling still in the winner's bracket at 135 lbs but was quickly pinned by the eventual champion. He finished out of contention, but Junior David Payne finished in 8th place.

Cayden Cosper, a sophomore won 1 but lost 2 while Freshman Sheyenne Sams won 3 and lost two to finish in 7th place at 140 lbs.

At 145 lbs, freshman Devin Jensen went 2-and-out, but Junior Brandon Stratton pinned his way to a championship. Only the final match went past the 1st period. Stratton was down 4-1 yet found a way to get his opponent on his back and recorded a pin in 3:11.

Josh Crebbin recorded two pins and an 8-0 win on his way to the championship bout, which was close, but time expired with Josh 2 points short and he finished the tournament in 2nd. Teammate Justin Everett finished in 7th.

The 160 lb bracket had some exciting matches. Senior Steven Souza finished in 7th place and won't advance to regionals, but he won his final match as a Wildcat by pinning his opponent in 4:07. Junior (and new wrestler) Josh Orritt came very close to finding a place on the podium. In an elimination match he came from behind and scored some late points to force overtime, but his opponent scored first on OT to end the match.

Collin Higingbotham finished in 5th at 171 lbs with a close 8-6 victory and gets at trip to regionals but freshman Kenny King was eliminated early.

Oak Harbor had nobody on the podium at 189 lbs. Jeremy Alonzo lost his first two and was out. Freshman Peter Case-Smith won his first match before losing two.

215 lbs had Hunter Vail on the podium in 3rd place after a 15-3 win but sophomore Terry Joll lost his first two matches.

Finally, at 285 lbs, Oak Harbor was guaranteed at least a 5th place finish, as teammates Kyle Mellow and Ray Quinday battled each other for the final spot in the Regional tournament. It was all Mellow as he pinned Ray in 1:36.

A variety of video highlights are posted HERE.

146 photos, covering over 8 hours of wrestling, are posted HERE.

The boys are at Glacier Peak on Saturday for the Regional Tournament with the top 4 moving on to the State tournament. The girls are at Sedro Woolley HS also with the top 4 going to State.