Wrestling 2011-12-21 at Anacortes Duals

Wednesday afternoon the Wildcat wrestling team headed up SR 20 to Anacortes HS for a series of dual meets. In addition to Oak Harbor and host Anacortes, there were Mt. Vernon, Clover Park, Archbishop Murphy, Sehome, Shorewood and a catch-all team called the All-Stars.

Oak Harbor started the day against Mt. Vernon and performed well. Freshman Jeremy Vester started the day going against fellow freshman and 7th ranked Anthony Cook. Jeremy worked hard but lost 15-4. Next was Jeremy's brother Jahleel, currently ranked 4th in the state in 3A and he earned a pin in 3:47. Mark Johnston won a close 6-4 bout and Ryuta Meany was pinned by #7 Pavel Okara.

Josh Crebbin, at 152 lbs, beat his opponent 11-2, then David Payne went up against #2 ranked Jordan Watts and was pinned. Collin Higingbotham won 8-5, Jeremy Alonzo 6-4, Hunter Vail 9-4 and Jackson Constant by pin in 3:48 and won the dual 34-25

In the second dual, the Wildcats face host Anacortes and cleaned up 69-6, winning every bout except for one. Only one of the OH wins was not by pin, that a close 4-3 decision to Jeremy Alonzo.

Oak Harbor beat Sehome 63-15 behind pins by Cody Fakkema, Mark Joynston, Nate Stanford, Josh Crebbin, David Payne, Josh Orritt, Hunter Vail and Jackson Constant.

OH also dualed against the All-Stars and won 77-0. Jeremy Vester won the opening bout 17-1, then there were 12 straight pins by the Wildcats.

The wrestlers host the first sporting event of the new year when Glacier Peak comes to town on January 3rd.

131 photos of JV and varsity wrestlers are posted HERE.

6 video clips are posted HERE.