MARYSVILLE – A trio of first-round pins in the last five matches enabled Oak Harbor to pull away from Marysville-Pilchuck and win Thursday’s Western Conference North meet 42-18.
The Wildcats remained undefeated while claiming victory in the league opener for both teams.
The quick pins by Chris Wichers (140), Tony Nicholas (145) and Patrick O’Brien (171) broke open a meet that was 21-12 in Oak Harbor’s favor going into Wichers’ match.
“(Oak Harbor) looked very solid all the way through the lineup,” said M-P assistant coach John Hodgins. “It was a good (league) starting match. We knew they were one of the toughest teams in the league.
“We got a feel for what it was like (to wrestle them), a measuring stick.”
Marysville-Pilchuck’s effort Thursday was highlighted by come-from-behind, third-round decision wins by Matt Barnes (112) and Matt Nye (119). Both matches were decided by a point.
189-R. Lang (OH) dec. Day 8-3; 215-Ward (OH) dec. Alexander 9-5; 275-Davis (OH) pinned Moynihan 1:33, 2nd; 103-Kubec (MP) dec. Miller 7-4; 112-Barnes (MP) dec. Pegues 4-3; 119-Nye (MP dec. R. Lemme 6-5; 125-S. Lemme (OH) pinned Fuller, 1:10, 1st; 130-Hopkins (MP) dec. J. Lang 12-7; 135-Miller (OH) dec. Escalante 7-2; 140-Wichers (OH) pinned Michel, 1:50, 1st; 145-Nicholas (OH) pinned Johnson, 1:37; 152-Clark (OH) dec. Haugen 7-2; 160-Orr (MP) pinned Soptic, :31, 1st. 171-O’Brien (OH) pinned Masten, 1:26, 1st. Records-Oak Harbor 1-0 in league, 4-0 overall. M-P 0-1, 2-1.
Lake Stevens 65, Monroe 3: Freshman Kelly Kubec set the tone in Lake Stevens’ Wesco North victory, winning 13-0 in the 112-pound weight class.
112-K. Kubec (LS) dec. Grillo 13-0; 119-Shong (LS) pinned Liebman, 1;05, 1st; 125-Carter (LS) tech fall over Hanika, 16-0; 130-Brown (LS) won by forfeit; 135-Van Leuven (LS) pinned Crepps, time not reported; 140-T. Kubec (LS) dec. Jacobson 16-4; 145-Tate (LS) dec. Pearson 6-3; 152-Moerhle (LS) dec. McKenzie 7-4; 160-Elledge (M) dec. Bargreen 5-4, 171-Wilbourne (LS) dec. Ansera 12-3; 189-Shea (LS) pinned Chevara, :54, 2nd; 215-Leonard (LS) pinned VanHulle 1:54, 2nd; 275-Osborn (LS) pinned Baunsgard 1:39, 2nd; 103-Snow (S) won by forfeit. Records-Lake Stevens 2-0 league and overall, Monroe 0-1, 2-1.
Stanwood 44, Arlington 18: Chris Mather scored a come-from-behind victory a 125 pounds to help Stanwood win the Wesco North meet. Rob Nagel had a pin for Arlington at 112 pounds.
171-Myers (A) dec. Allen, 10-6; 189-Hawley (S) dec. Ritter, 12-6; 215-Thorstad (S) pinned I. Spear, :30, 1st; 275-Sather (S) pinned Klasse, 1:53, 2nd; 103-Z. Studley (S) pinned J. Goheen, :59, 1st; 112-Nagel (A) pinned R. Studley, 1:31, 2nd; 119-T. Goheen (A) dec. Stump, 14-4; 125-Mather (S) pinned Woodard, 1:31, 2nd; 130-Erickson (A) dec. White, 4-2; 135-R. Smith (S) dec. North, 3-1; 140-Gudde (A) dec. P. Smith, 8-5; 145-Cornett (S) won by tech. Fall over J. Spear, 18-3; 152-W. Smith (S) pinned Morin, :28, 2nd; 160-Waldman (S) dec. Irwin, 10-6. Records-Stanwood 1-1 league, 2-1 overall. Arlington 0-1, 1-2.
Cascade 29, Mount Vernon 29: Cascade won the Wesco North meet on the second tiebreaker criteria, most pins. The Bruins got a pin by Johnny Gilbertson at 112 pounds and a forfeit, which counts as a pin, at 103 to overcome Mount Vernon’s lone pin at 215.
160-Larson (Cas) dec. Roetcisoender, 13-4; 171-Vigoren (Cas) dec. Cary, 6-4; 189-Coble (MV) dec. Kendo, 9-5; 215-Dean (MV) pinned Smith, 1:07, 2nd; 275-McKinlay (Cas) dec. Campbell, 9-5; 103-Walt (Cas) won by forfeit; 112-Gilbertson (Cas) pinned Trimmer, :26, 1st; 119-Bates (Cas) dec. Pollino, 8-0; 125-Williams (MV) won by technical fall over Gilbert, 16-1; 130-O’Neill (MV) dec. Rios, 13-1; 135-Audette (MV) won by technical fall over Johnson, 22-6; 140-Mireles (MV) dec. Douglas, 6-5; 145-Metz (Cas) dec. Nilson, 5-3 OT; 152-Swanson (MV) dec. McClinchy, 6-4. Records-Mount Vernon 0-1 league, 1-1 overall. Cascade 1-0,4-0.
Mountlake Terrace 63, Lynnwood 9: Consecutive pins by Chad McVay (125 pounds) and Bryce Call (130) helped Mountlake Terrace establish early dominance in the Hawks’ Wesco South win.
112-Williams (L) dec Gentry 10-9; 119-D. Floresca (MT) won by forfeit; 125-McVay (MT) pinned Boggio, 1:03, 2nd; 130-Call (MT) pinned Snider, 1:01, 2nd; 135-Cundy (MT) won by forfeit; 140-Davis (MT) won by forteit; 145-Alhassaini (L) pinned Brady, :39, 2nd; 152-Myers (MT) dec. Spa 12-6; 160-Lindaas (MT) won by forfeit; 171-Smith (MT) dec. Christian 4-3; 189-Jerome (MT) pinned Dahlen, :45, 1st; 215-Cook (MT) pinned Crowe, :50, 2nd; 275-Miyasato (MT) won by forfeit; 103-J. Floresca (MT) dec. Detschman 11-3. Records-Lynnwood 0-1 league, 0-5 overall. Mountlake Terrace 1-0, 1-3.
Kamiak 60, Shorewood 16: Six Kamiak pins cemented the Knights’ victory in the Wesco South opener for both teams.
103-Baldwin (K) pinned Yun, :38, 1st; 112-Voice (K) won by forfeit; 119-O’Donnell (K) pinned Yumvon, :39, 1st; 125-Munro (K) pinned Bhutia, 1:03, 2nd; 130-Rich (K) pinned D. Jensen, :47, 2nd; 135-B. Jensen (SW) dec. Bennett 13-4; 140-Gray (K) dec. Ferris 5-4; 145-Wallace (K) pinned Wyman, :52, 1st; 152-Cannon (K) dec. Passi 5-4; 160-Evers (SW) pinned Buike, :48, 2nd; 171-Munoz (K) pinned Payne, :51, 2nd; 189-Hadley (K) pinned Slotvic, 1;01, 1st; 215-Nelson (SW) pinned Church, :44, 2nd; 275-Huss (K) won by forfeit. Records-Shorewood 0-1 in league, 0-3 overall. Kamiak 1-0, 4-3.
Mariner 53, Shorecrest 21: Andrew Dunn (145 pounds) and Mohammed Mustafa (152) recorded pins to put Mariner in early control of the Wesco South meet, the league opener for both teams.
130-Bush (M) won by forfeit; 135-Nakata (SC) pinned Norton, 1:48, 1st; 140-Gurr (SC) pinned Millerup, :34, 2nd; 145-Dunn (M) pinned Cheema, 1:39, 2nd; 152-Mustafa (M) pinned Sternagel, 1:31, 2nd; 160-Evans (M) dec. Hammerstrom 22-8; 171-Braaten (M) won by forfeit; 189-Rieben (SC) pinned Vongphrachanh, 1:47, 2nd; 215-Bell (M) won by forfeit; 275-Miller (M) pinned Sullivan, 1:17, 1st;. 103-Hammond (M) pinned Myers, 1:40, 1st; 112-Wong (SC) dec. Graham 13-10; 119-Kintner (M) dec. Cliney 9-7; 125-Lieu (M) dec. Pasic 8-0. Records-Mariner 1-0 league, 2-0 overall. Shorecrest 0-1, 0-3.
Edmonds-Woodway 52, Meadowdale 14: Bradley Alfi started the meet with a 9-2 decision at 130 pounds to help lead Edmonds-Woodway to the Wesco South victory.
130-Bra. Alfi (E-W) dec. Daely, 9-2; 135-D. Alfi (E-W) pinned Scott, 3:53, 2nd; 140-Korbein (E-W) pinned T. Yen, 2:47, 2nd; 145-Bri. Alfi (E-W) major dec. Goldberg, 12-2; 152-Pautler (E-W) pinned Forester, 5:07, 3rd; 160-Wilcox (E-W) dec. Baginski, 11-5; 171-J. Olson (E-W) dec. Park, 7-3; 189-Stannard (E-W) pinned A. Yen, 2:39, 2nd; 215-M. Olson (E-W) dec. Harbison, 18-12; 275-Arnold (E-W) won by forfeit; 103-Trieu (E-W) pinned Primacio, 2:50, 2nd; 112-Bruno (M) won by injury default; 119-Perrin (M) dec. Harkins, 6-2; 125-Stevenson (M) won by injury default; Records-Edmonds-Woodway 1-0 in league, 1-1 overall. Meadowdale 0-1, 2-2.
Blaine 46, Sultan 42; Mount Baker 63, Sultan 12: Blaine benefited from three Sultan forfeits to capture the North Cascades meet. Ryan Conley, who won state at 125 pounds last season, defeated Colt Warren (Mount Baker) 8-2 at 135 pounds in a rematch of the 2A title match. Mount Baker took nine of 14 matches and benefited from six Sultan forfeits in the North Cascades meet.
103-Double forfeit; 112-Jones (B) won by forfeit; 119-Brady (B) won by forfeit; 125-Abrams (B) dec. Mann, 12-8; 130-Jordan (B) won by forfeit; 135-Conley (S) tech. fall over Stremler, 15-0; 140-Moore (B) maj. dec. Criswell, 12-4; 145-Root (S) pinned Malaticky, 1:31, 1st; 152-Beedle (S) pinned Johnson, 3:10, 2nd; 160-Hendrickson (S) dec. Behon, 9-7; 171-Shearer (S) maj. dec. Brandonburger, 12-4; 189-Lemmon (S) won by forfeit; 215-Double forfeit; 275-Carr (B) won by forfeit. Records-Sultan 0-2 in league, 0-2 overall. Blaine 1-0, 1-0.
103-McCracken (MB) won by forfeit; 112-Manteith (MB) won by forfeit; 119-Morris (MB) won by forfeit; 125-Mann (S) pinned Marshall, 1:36, 1st; 130-Not reported (MB) won by forfeit; 135-Conley (S) dec. Warren, 8-2; 140-Brown (MB) pinned Criswell, :54, 1st; 145-Jacson (MB) pinned Root, time not reported, 1st; 152-Beedle (S) dec. Horsman, 7-3; 160-Hendrickson (S) won by forfeit; 171-Sigmon (MB) dec. Lukone 8-6; 189-George (MB) pinned Lemmon, 4:44, 3rd; 215-Klein (MB) won by forfeit; 275-Brown (MB) won by forfeit. Records-Sultan 0-2 in league, 0-2 overall. Mount Baker 1-0, 1-0.
Darrington 45, Archbishop Murphy 42: Brothers Josh and Justin Friddle had almost identical pins to lead Darrington to the Northwest A/B win. Josh pinned his 125-pound opponent in 43 seconds. Justin followed with a pin at 130 pounds in 42 seconds. It was the first wrestling meet in school history for Archbishop Murphy. The Wildcats’ 112-pounder, Jack Reeves, became the first Murphy wrestler to win a bout other than by forfeit when he pinned 119-pounder Max Parris in the third round of an exhibition bout.
171-Ankrum (D) pinned Larson, :34, 1st; 189-Veirling (AM) won by forfeit; 215-White (D) pinned Ramback, 1:07, 1st; 275-A. Gillan (AM) won by forfeit; 103-Double forfeit; 112-Reeves (AM) won by forfeit; 119-Parris (D) won by forfeit; 125-Josh Friddle (D) pinned Pynsky, :43, 1st; 130-Justin Friddle (D) pinned Wattum, :42, 1st; 135-Caveness (D) dec. Suchan, 10-6; 140-Darnell (AM) won by forfeit; 145-Burrs (D) pinned Henderson, 1:45, 1st; 152-Sadowski (AM) won by forfeit; 160-T. Gillan (AM) won by forfeit. Records-Darrington 1-0 league, 1-0 overall. Archibishop Murphy 0-1, 0-1.
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