Seven pins help Panthers take down Cavemen

Published 11:15 am Thursday, January 11, 2024

It was a successful trip up north for the South Medford wrestling team as it swept Grants Pass on Wednesday night.

The Panther boys outscored the Cavemen 51-27 with pins from Blake Harris at 120 pounds, Wesley Clark (132), Brody Foss (138), Carson Alvarez (157), Bridger Foss (175), Corbyn Schumack (190) and Isa De La Torre (215).

“We wrestled with a lot of toughness and competed well,” said South Medford head coach James Schumack. “In wrestling, there’s always going to be things to work on, but when you wrestle tough and put out effort, you give yourself a chance to win and, in this sport, you always want to make sure you’re happy with the effort you put forth. The biggest critic is usually yourself, and when you know you left it all out there, you can at least be at peace with the most important critic.”

Harris and Alvarez had impressive takedowns that happened in less than a minute for the Panthers, along with Wesley Hamrin getting uncontested points at 113 pounds.

The Panthers also received a win from heavyweight Jayden Solis via a 7-2 decision to cap off a dominant showing in the upper division.

South Medford’s girls team also edged out the Cavers in their tightly contested 30-24 match as Elysia Ayres won by a pin in 34 seconds after forfeits dominated the night by both teams.

Boys

TEAM SCORES: South Medford 51, Grants Pass 27

106 — Patrick Murphy, GP, pinned Alexander Jimenez, 1:43; 113 — Wesley Harmin, SM, won by forfeit; 120 — Blake Harris, SM, pinned D’Angelo Lopez, :38; 126 —Elijah Dara, GP, pinned Fabian Salas, :39; 132 — Wesley Clark, SM, pinned Ryder Winter, 3:06.

138 — Brody Foss, SM, pinned Michael Martin, 4:22; 144 — Mark Astry, GP, pinned Brady Clark, :26; 150 — Aidan Swanson, GP, dec. Kassius Rague, 4-0; 157 — Carson Alvarez, SM, pinned Hayden Behl, :16.

165 — Ashton Park, GP, pinned Josuha Gomez, 1:55; 175 —Bridger Foss, SM, pinned Isaiah Cowles, 1:38 ; 190 — Corbyn Schumack, SM, pinned Bladimir Mendez-Chavez, 3:14; 215 — Isa De La Torre, SM, pinned Austin Fuller, 2:28; 285 — Jayden Solis, dec. Andrew Hamilton, 7-2.

Girls

TEAM SCORES: South Medford 30, Grants Pass 24

100 — Maya Bushey, SM, won by forfeit; 105 — Cadence Morales, GP, pinned Zailyn Martinez, 4:20; 110 — Double forfeit; 115 — Jaelyn Wright, SM, won by forfeit; 120 — Jaelyn Harrell, GP, won by forfeit.

125 — Double forfeit; 130 — Elysia Ayres, SM, pinned Savanna Ransom, :34; 135 — Double forfeit; 140 — Double forfeit.

145 — Kendra Johnston, GP, won by forfeit; 155 — Jade McGowan, GP, won by forfeit; 170 — Leilarose Calva, SM, won by forfeit; 190 — Double forfeit; 235 — Mia Nicasio, SM, won by forfeit.

THURSTON 49, EAGLE POINT 25: At Springfield, Thurston won nine straight matches from 106 to 157 pounds to deny the Eagle Point boys team in a Midwestern League matchup.

Eagle Point got a pin from Cash Nekouie at 165 to break the drought, with Whiatt Deutschman following with a 15-14 decision at 175 and Brandon Mallari scoring a 12-3 major decision at 190.

The Eagles wrapped up the meet with a pin at 215 from Brian Cortez and a first-period fall by heavyweight Garrett Matthews. 

106 — Michael Salas Sanchez, Thu, tech. fall Talen Elizando, 16-0; 113 — Kanoe Kelly, Thu, pinned Cooper White, 3:52; 120 — Hayden Melendrez, Thu, pinned Zach Reeth, 3:16; 126 — Mason Hakki, Thu, pinned Trenton Shelton, 1:22);  132 — Sean Regas, Thu, pinned Thomas Wippel, 2:41.

138 — Holton Halstead, Thu, major dec. Nathan Mallari, 10-2; 144 — Colton Annis, Thu, pinned Gannon McNulty, 5:53; 150 — Jaden Ellis, Thu, pinned Diego De La Cruz, 3:12; 157 — Kamdyn Wardlaw, Thu, major dec. Colby Price, 11-2

165 — Cash Nekouie, EP, pinned Nicloas Thompson, 3:34; 175 — Whiatt Deutschman, EP, dec. Vincent Tarricone, 15-14; 190 — Brandon Mallari, EP, major dec. Elisha Concepcion, 12-3; 215 — Brian Cortez, EP, pinned Brando Lopez, 5:49; 285 — Garrett Matthews, EP, pinned Peighton Rofinot, 1:36.