
Nine Mid-Valley wrestlers reached the finals Friday at the OSAA state championships at Veterans Memorial Coliseum, and three came away with titles.
Thomas Bischoff of Regis beat Crane’s Jake Doman by fall to win the Class 2A/1A 170-pound state championship.
Kennedy’s Alexandra Geschwill won the 4A/3A/2A/1A 130-pound state championship, winning the title match 3-2 against La Pine’s Julietta Leal.
Gervais’s Sariah Zepeda won 4-1 against Ontario’s Hannah Hernandez in the 4A/3A/2A/1A 135-pound championship match.
In Class 4A boys, Stayton’s Conrad Baxter placed second at 120 pounds, Cascade’s Blake Perlichek placed second at 195 pounds, and Cascade’s Nicholas Lopez placed second at 285 pounds.
In Class 2A/1A boys, Willamina’s Adoniyah Stanton (120) and Ryne Nelson (220), and Regis’s Lucas Bischoff (160) all placed second.
Results from Friday’s action are below. The tournament continues Saturday with 6A and 5A boys, and 6A/5A girls.
Friday’s OSAA state wrestling results
CLASS 4A
- 106 pounds: Champion — Bryce Haltiner (Tillamook). Locals: Drew Baker (Cascade) — lost by fall in the first round, then won 4-2 in a consolation round, then lost by fall in the next consolation.
- 113 pounds: Champion — Kyle Ieiminski (Sweet Home). Locals: Payton Burlingame (Cascade) — lost by fall in first round, then lost by fall in a consolation round.
- 120 pounds: Champion — Dylan Clark (Henley). Locals: Conrad Baxter (Stayton) — won 11-0 in the first round, then won by TF in the quarterfinals, then won 8-3 in the semifinals, then lost the title match 18-8 to place second; Cole Drager (Cascade) — lost by TF in the first round, then lost by fall in a consolation round.
- 126 pounds: Champion — Kai Carson (La Grande). Locals: Leonardo Michel (Stayton) — won by fall in the first round, then lost 5-3 in the quarterfinals, then after winning by fall in a consolation round, he fell 4-0 in a consolation round; Brody Copple (Cascade) — won 9-4 in the first round, then lost 13-1 in the quarterfinals, then won by fall in two consolation rounds, then lost 10-0 in a consolation round, then lost the fifth-place match by fall to place sixth.
- 132 pounds: Champion — Jacob Sieminski (Sweet Home). No locals.
- 138 pounds: Champion — Joshua Collins (La Grande). Locals: Tayton Miller (Cascade) — lost by fall in the first round, then won 11-6 in a consolation round, then lost 9-1 in a consolation round; Oskar Arcenaeux (Stayton) — lost by fall in the first round, then lost by fall in a consolation round.
- 145 pounds: Champion — Brysen Penaloza (La Grande). Locals: Trenton Wymore (Cascade) — won by fall in the first round, then won 7-5 in the quarterfinals, then lost 17-4 in the semifinals, then lost a consolation match by fall, then lost the fifth-place match by fall. Connor Stapleton (Cascade) — lost by fall in the first round, then won by forfeit in a consolation round, then lost in a consolation.
- 152 pounds: Champion — Gavin Sandoval (Crook County). No locals.
- 160 pounds: Champion — Ben Rintoul (Scappoose). Locals: Ethan Coates (Cascade) — won by fall in the first round, then lost by fall in the quarterfinals, then lost in a consolation; Matthew Hinkle (Cascade) — lost by fall in the first round, then won 11-3 in a consolation round, then lost in a consolation; Lyric Burrows (Stayton) — lost by fall in the first round, then lost 11-3 in a consolation round.
- 170 pounds: Champion — Trey Dieringer (Scappoose). Locals: Caleb Darby (Cascade) — won by fall in the first round, then lost by fall in the quarterfinals, then won by fall and lost by fall in the consolation.
- 182 pounds: Champion — Ethan Spencer (Sweet Home). Locals: Tucker Melton (Cascade) — won by fall in the first round, then won by fall in the quarterfinals, then lost in the semifinals, then won a consolation by fall, then lost 6-4 in the third-place match to place fourth; Brett Welch (Cascade) — lost by fall in the first round, then lost 14-13 in a consolation round.
- 195 pounds: Champion — Wyatt Anicker (Scappoose). Locals: Blake Perlichek (Cascade) — won by fall in the first round, then won by fall in the quarterfinals, then won by fall in the semifinals, then lost 8-1 in the final to place second; Andrew Snyder (Cascade) — lost by fall in the first round, then won by fall twice in consolation rounds, before losing by fall in the consolation.
- 220 pounds: Champion — Matthew McCoy (Henley). No locals.
- 285 pounds: Champion — Matthew Evans (Astoria). Locals: Nicholas Lopez (Cascade) — won by fall in the first round, then won 2-1 in the quarterfinals, then won by fall in the semifinals, then lost by fall in the final to place second.
- TEAM SCORES: Champion — La Grande 299. Locals — 6. Cascade 111, 18. Stayton 27.5.
CLASS 3A
- 106 pounds: Champion — Carter Dawson (Glide). Locals: Andres Mendoza (Jefferson) — had a bye in the first round, then lost by fall in the quarterfinals, then won 7-4 and 8-0 in two consolation rounds, then lost 8-4 and by fall in the consolation.
- 113 pounds: Champion — Luke Cheek (Harrisburg). No locals.
- 120 pounds: Champion — Canon Winn (Burns). Locals: Martin Cortez (Jefferson) — had a bye in the first round, then lost 8-2 in the quarterfinals, then lost by fall in a consolation round.
- 126 pounds: Champion — Kale Cornell (Burns). No locals.
- 132 pounds: Champion — Landyn Philpott (La Pine). Locals: Connor McCarty (Scio) — had a bye in the first round, then lost by DQ in the quarterfinals, then won by fall and lost by DQ in two consolation rounds.
- 138 pounds: Champion — Devin Kerr (La Pine). Locals: Gryffen Hamar (Jefferson) — won 8-7 in the first round, then won by fall in the quarterfinals, then lost by fall in the semifinals, then lost 5-2 in the consolation.
- 145 pounds: Champion — Brody Buzzard (Harrisburg). No locals.
- 152 pounds: Champion — Hunter Kemper (Burns). No locals.
- 160 pounds: Champion — Tag Deluca (La Pine). Locals: Levi Forson (Scio) — had a bye in the first round, then lost 10-3 in the quarterfinals, then lost in the consolation.
- 170 pounds: Champion — Easton Kemper (Burns). Locals: Gavin Koch (Dayton) — lost by TF in the first round, then had a bye in a consolation round, then lost by fall in the consolation.
- 182 pounds: Champion — Daevon Vereen (Banks). Locals: Kevin Vath (Scio) — had a bye in the first round, then lost by fall in the quarterfinals, then won by forfeit and lost by fall in the consolation.
- 195 pounds: Champion — Mason Buss (Siuslaw). Locals: Pedro Cisneros (Dayton) — had a bye in the first round, then lost 12-0 in the quarterfinals, then won by fall and lost by fall in the consolation.
- 220 pounds: Champion — Mishael Mauck (Banks). Locals: Jackson Braa (Scio) — had a bye in the first round, then lost by fall in the quarterfinals, then lost 3-1 in consolation.
- 285 pounds: Champion — Brett Highburger (Elmira). Locals: Joseph Trammell (Sheridan) — had a bye in the first round, then lost 8-2 in the quarterfinals, then won 6-5 and lost 5-3 in consolation.
- TEAM SCORES: Champion — La Pine 195. Locals — 22. Jefferson 17, 29. Scio 6, 31. Dayton 3, 32. Sheridan 1.
CLASS 2A/1A
- 106 pounds: Champion — Mike Miller (Illinois Valley). No locals.
- 113 pounds: Champion — Micah Martinho (Illinois Valley). Locals: Adam Reyes (Kennedy) — had a bye in the first round, then lost 11-8 in the quarterfinals, then won 18-8 and lost by fall in two consolation rounds; Kisor Savage (Willamina) — had a bye in the first round, then lost by fall in the quarterfinals, then won by fall in two consolation rounds, then won the third/place match.
- 120 pounds: Champion — Harley Hardison (Lowell). Locals: Adoniyah Stanton (Willamina) — won by fall in the first round, then won by forfeit in the quarterfinals, then won 8-3 in the semifinals, then lost by fall in the final to place second; Jesus Espinoza (Kennedy) — won 2-1 in the first round, then lost by fall in the quarterfinals, then lost 14-8 in a consolation round; Marlon Giron (Gervais) — had a bye in the first round, then lost by TF in the quarterfinals, then lost by fall in the consolation round.
- 126 pounds: Champion — Taylor Parsons (Grant Union/Prairie City). No locals.
- 132 pounds: Champion — Logan Gerding (Toledo). No locals.
- 138 pounds: Champion — Ryan Martinho (Illinois Valley). Locals: Kaden Konovalov (Willamina) — had a bye in the first round, lost by fall in the quarterfinals, then won by fall in a consolation, then won by fall in consolation, then lost by fall in consolation; Wyatt Dayton (Santiam) — had a bye in the first round, then lost by fall in the quarterfinals, then won by forfeit and lost by fall in two consolation rounds.
- 145 pounds: Champion — Roger Moore (Colton). Locals: Gage Bishop (Willamina) — lost by fall in the first round, then had a bye in a consolation round, then won by injury and lost by fall in the consolation.
- 152 pounds: Champion — Ryan Griffin (Illinois Valley). Locals: Austin Johnson (Willamina) — had a bye in the first round, then won 11-6 in the quarterfinals, then lost by fall in the semifinals, then won the third-place match 6-4.
- 160 pounds: Champion — Jacob Beauchamp (Central Linn). Locals: Lucas Bischoff (Regis) — had a bye in the first round, then won by fall in the quarterfinals, then won by fall in the semifinals, then lost 8-4 in the final to place second; Finnian Clemans (Willamina) — lost 3-0 in the first round, then had a bye in a consolation round, then won by a 3-2 decision and lost by a 2-1 decision in the consolation.
- 170 pounds: Champion — Thomas Bischoff (Regis). Locals: Thomas Bischoff (Regis) — had a bye in the first round, then won by fall in the quarterfinals, then won by fall in the semifinals, the won by fall in the final.
- 182 pounds: Champion — Joseph Lathrop (Elgin). Locals: Logan Kirsch (Regis) — had a bye in the first round, then lost by fall in the quarterfinals, then lost 8-6 in consolation.
- 195 pounds: Champion — Ash Blomstrom (Toledo). Locals: Mathew Chapman (Kennedy) — lost by fall in the first round, then had a bye in a consolation round, then lost by fall in consolation; Bodhi Baller (Willamina) — had a bye in the first round, then lost 4-0 in the quarterfinals, then won in consolation, then lost in the consolation.
- 220 pounds: Champion — Logan Clayburn (Myrtle Point). Locals: Rhyne Nelson (Willamina) — had a bye in the first round, then won by fall in the quarterfinals, then won by fall in the semifinals, then lost by fall in the final to place second; Noah Emch (Regis) — lost by fall in the first round, then won by fall twice in consolation, then lost in consolation.
- 285 pounds: Champion — Wylie Johnson (Culver). No locals.
- TEAM SCORES: Champion — Illinois Valley 154. Locals — 5. Willamina 79.5, 8. Regis 53, 27. Kennedy 4, 30. Santiam 3, 33. Gervais 0.
CLASS 4A/3A/2A/1A GIRLS
- 100 pounds: Champion — Vanessa Keller (Oakridge). No locals.
- 105 pounds: Champion — Chelo Garcia (Siletz Valley). Locals: Zoe Brewer (Willamina) — won by fall in the first round, then lost by fall in the semifinals, then won by fall in consolation. Brewer placed fourth.
- 110 pounds: Champion — Macali Lade (Siuslaw). No locals.
- 115 pounds: Champion — Allison Palluck (Cottage Grove). No locals.
- 120 pounds: Champion — MaKenna Duran (Crook County). Locals: Kiara Rios (Dayton) — lost by fall in first round, then lost by fall in a consolation round.
- 125 pounds: Champion — Bailey Chafin (Sweet Home). Locals: Lillie Brooks (Dayton) — lost by fall in the first round, then lost by fall in a consolation round.
- 130 pounds: Champion — Alexandra Geschwill (Kennedy). Locals: Alexandra Geschwill (Kennedy) — won 11-1 in the first round, then won 5-3 in the semifinals, then won the title match 3-2.
- 135 pounds: Champion — Sariah Zepeda (Gervais). Locals: Sarah Zepeda (Gervais) — won by fall in the first round, then advanced to the finals due to opponents’ injury, then won the final 4-1.
- 140 pounds: Champion — Ava Collins (Vale). No locals.
- 145 pounds: Champion — Jessica Williams (Vale). Locals: Riley McCalmant (Stayton) — won by fall in the first round, then lost by fall in the semifinals, then lost by fall in consolation.
- 155 pounds: Champion — Kira Kerr (La Pine). No locals.
- 170 pounds: Champion — Oakley Anderson (Baker/Powder Valley). Locals: Evelyn Wirfs (Cascade) — lost by fall in the first round, then won by forfeit in a consolation round, then won by fall in consolation, then lost the third-place match to finish fourth.
- 190 pounds: Champion — Mallory Lusco (Grant Union/Prairie City). Locals: Chelsie Howard (Cascade) — lost by fall in the first round, then won by fall in the consolation round, then lost by fall in consolation; Jenrose Ifenuk (Kennedy) — lost by fall in the first round, then won by fall in the consolation round, then lost by fall in consolation.
- 235 pounds: Champion — Breanna Meek (North Valley). No locals.
- TEAM SCORES: Champion — La Pine 77. Locals — 15. Kennedy 23, 17. Gervais 22, 27. Cascade 13, 32. Willamina 11, 40. Stayton 4, 46. Dayton 0.
Statesman Journal reporter Pete Martini covers college and high school sports. He can be reached at pmartini@StatesmanJournal.com.