Elgin Grapplers Take Title At Pine Eagle Invitational

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PINE EAGLE – The wrestling team of Elgin topped 13 other teams on Saturday, Feb. 12 to grab the team title at the Pine Eagle Invitational.

For the majority of the teams in attendance, the Invitational was a final tune up before the upcoming district meets this weekend.

Elgin was forced to hold off the host Pine Eagle team in the team scoring. Elgin finished the day with 120.5 points with Pine Eagle scoring 104 points. Heppner placed third with Grant Union fourth and Vale rounding out the top five.

Team scores: 1. Elgin, 120.5. 2. Pine Eagle, 104.0. 3. Heppner, 96.5. 4. Grant Union, 90.0. 4. Vale, 90.0. 6. Crane, 76.0. 7. Irrigon, 75.0. 8. Enterprise, 71.0. 9. Nampa Christian, 70.0. 10. Adrian, 51.0. 10. Echo, 51.0. 12. Imbler, 37.0. 13. Joseph, 29.0. 14. Nyssa, 0.

106-1st Place Match: Hunter Buck (Pine Eagle) defeated Riley Workman (Nampa Christian) by decision, 7-0. 3rd Place Match: Omar Vesa (Vale) defeated Phoenix Taylor (Elgin) by major decision, 9-0. 5th Place Match: Virginia Tolman (Adrian) defeated Finnley Olson (Nampa Christian) due to forfeit.

120-1st Place Match: Roen Waite (Heppner) defeated Jett Peterson (Joseph) by fall, 1:54. 3rd Place Match: Gabby De Lapena (Enterprise) defeated Payton Perry (Vale) by fall, 1:23.

126-1st Place Match: Garrett Burns (Imbler) defeated John Otley (Crane) by fall, 1:46. 3rd Place Match: James Denson (Pine Eagle) defeated Zac Brown (Heppner) by decision, 10-6. 5th Place Match: Giovanni Cartwright (Pine Eagle) defeated Tanner Cagle (Nampa Christian) by fall, 1:18.

132-1st Place Match: Coy Butner (Pine Eagle) defeated Colt Cummings (Vale) by major decision, 9-0. 3rd Place Match: Keegin Chitty (Echo) defeated Julian Abbott (Irrigon) by fall, 5:41. 5th Place Match: Irwyn Murguia (Irrigon) defeated Brady Otley (Crane) by fall, 4:42.

138-1st Place Match: Chase Butner (Pine Eagle) defeated Nathan Kimball (Vale) by fall, 3:30. 3rd Place Match: Jack Roath (Crane) defeated Kadyn Trick (Imbler) by decision, 7-2. 5th Place Match: Cohen Simpson (Pine Eagle) defeated Tanler Fuller (Grant Union) by decision, 4-0.

145-1st Place Match: Reece McConnell (Elgin) defeated Jacob Ayala (Irrigon) by fall, 3:15. 3rd Place Match: Will Seggerman (Pine Eagle) defeated Jack Strong (Grant Union) by fall, 1:44. 5th Place Match: Buster Harmon (Vale) defeated Tegan Evans (Enterprise) by fall, 4-1.

152-1st Place Match: Ty McLaughlin (Elgin) defeated Gen Wintersteen (Elgin) by fall, 1:42. 3rd Place Match: Isaiah Lemmon (Echo) defeated Kelton Dunten (Crane) by fall, 3:24. 5th Place Match: Gavin Russell (Joseph) defeated Ryan Coombs (Grant Union) by fall, 0:37.

160-1st Place Match: Joseph Lathrop (Elgin) defeated Justin Hodge (Grant Union) by decision, 5-2. 3rd Place Match: Kase Schaffeld (Vale) defeated Josiah Moreno (Irrigon) by fall, 1:13. 5th Place Match: Tyler Boor (Heppner) defeated Sam McCracken (Grant Union) by decision, 7-0.

170-1st Place Match: Gabe Hasbell (Elgin) defeated Jake Doman (Crane) by decision, 8-7. 3rd Place Match: Chase Andrade (Adrian) defeated Ethan Pearson (Nampa Christian) by fall, 3:51. 5th Place Match: Cody Fent (Enterprise) defeated Alex Finley (Grant Union) by fall, 2:54.

182-1st Place Match: Conor Brosnan (Heppner) defeated Riddick Hutchison (Grant Union) due to injury. 3rd Place Match: Sean Peden (Elgin) defeated Bennie Ayala (Irrigon) by fall, 2:41. 5th Place Match: Sean Barton (Nampa Christian) received a bye.

195-1st Place Match: Cade Cunningham (Heppner) defeated Will Ogden (Enterprise) by technical fall, 18-1). 3rd Place Match: Austin Wells (Irrigon) received a bye.

220-1st Place Match: Toby Clow (Adrian) defeated Gabriel Bowlin (Nampa Christian) by fall, 1:50. 3rd Place Match: Gunnar McDowell (Enterprise) defeated Peyton Riggs (Nampa Christian) by fall, 4:21. 5th Place Match: Emery Hammond (Crane) defeated Nathan Ellsworth (Heppner) by decision, 6-1.285-1st Place Match: Rylan Cox (Grant Union) defeated Rolando Moreno (Grant Union) by fall, 0:14. 3rd Place Match: Gino Gallegos (Echo) defeated Trey Charlton (Enterprise

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