Christmas Recap: Oklahoma High School Wrestling

Christmas Break was not a break for many as several teams and individuals had great success traveling to tournaments in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, and Texas. Coweta got it started, winning a tournament in Louisiana, followed by Marlow winning a dual tournament in Missouri. After Christmas, Ft. Gibson won a tournament in Alabama and Catoosa won a dual tournament in Arkansas. In girl’s tournaments, Sand Springs won a tournament in Arkansas, McLoud placed 2^nd in a dual tournament in Texas and Union placed 3^rd out of 30 teams in a tournament in Missouri. Staying in-state, Yukon won the Southern Oklahoma Ladies Invitational.

Listed below are a few of the Oklahoma results from the holiday tournaments.

Evangel Prep Classic Duals, Dec. 21-22, Shreveport, LA / Coweta Black – 1^st, Coweta Orange – 4^th

16-team tournament with Coweta Black going 5-0 to win the tournament.

Coweta – 83 Evangel Christian Academy, LA – 0

Coweta – 73 St. Mark’s School of Texas – 0

Coweta – 61 Parkway, LA – 15

Coweta – 75 South Beauregard, LA – 6

Coweta – 40 North Desoto, LA – 18

Coweta Black defeated North Desoto Red 40-18

106 – Jaxon Morgan (North Desoto Red) over Gus Buthod (Coweta Black) Fall 3:16
113 – Caleb Jones (Coweta Black) over Lathan Tabor (North Desoto Red) Dec 8-3
120 – Jacob Kershaw (North Desoto Red) over Tohmi Carney (Coweta Black) Dec 4-1
126 – Legend Ellis (Coweta Black) over Michael Washington (North Desoto Red) Maj 11-1
132 – Toby Shipman (Coweta Black) over Collin Bell (North Desoto Red) Fall 1:11
138 – Colby Eighinger (Coweta Black) over Nathan Adams (North Desoto Red) Fall 3:52
144 – Dylan Compton (North Desoto Red) over Brian Ballard (Coweta Black) Dec 5-2
150 – Brock Roberts (Coweta Black) over Dalton Compton (North Desoto Red) Fall 3:32
157 – Chase Smart (North Desoto Red) over Baylor Bart (Coweta Black) Dec 6-5
165 – Lake Bates (North Desoto Red) over Ben Mendenhall (Coweta Black) Dec 4-0
175 – Brock Heilmann (Coweta Black) over Andrew Arinder (North Desoto Red) Dec 7-1
190 – Jaden Finley (Coweta Black) over Caden Robison (North Desoto Red) Maj 10-2
215 – Hunter Reavis (Coweta Black) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
285 – Deacon Peterson (Coweta Black) over Caiden Burns (North Desoto Red) Dec 3-1

Coweta Black’s team score was adjusted by -1.0 for Unsportsmanlike conduct

The Warrior Duals, Dec. 23, St. Pius X High School, Kansas City, MO / Marlow – 1^st

Marlow won the five-team tournament that included St. Pius X (Kansas City) HS (ranked #1 in Class 1 in MO and took 4^th in the 73-team Kansas City Stampede) and Fort Dodge, IA (ranked 2^nd in Class 3A – largest class in Iowa).

Marlow – 42 Fort Dodge, IA – 29
Marlow – 64 Bentonville, AR – 9
Marlow – 67 Mexico, MO – 10
Marlow – 38 St. Pius X (Kansas City), MO – 33

MARLOW defeated St. Pius X (Kansas City) 38-33

113 – Jordan Bell (St. Pius X (Kansas City)) over Justin Choate (MARLOW) Fall 1:39
120 – Tommy Miller (MARLOW) over Alexander Zamudio (St. Pius X (Kansas City)) Fall 0:37
126 – Brennen Harris (MARLOW) over Andrew Garcia (St. Pius X (Kansas City)) Fall 0:30
132 – Dillan Chisam (St. Pius X (Kansas City)) over Keller Kizarr (MARLOW) Dec 2-1
138 – Austin Westfall (St. Pius X (Kansas City)) over Weston Pope (MARLOW) Fall 0:37
144 – Brantz Bateman (MARLOW) over Gable Gross (St. Pius X (Kansas City)) Fall 1:55
150 – Marco Dalakishvili (St. Pius X (Kansas City)) over Jackson Salie (MARLOW) Fall 0:22
157 – Zach Dawson (MARLOW) over Noah Gonzalez (St. Pius X (Kansas City)) SV-1 5-3
165 – Cade Gilbert (MARLOW) over Joshua Quintero (St. Pius X (Kansas City)) TF 20-3
175 – Lawson Knox (MARLOW) over Ty Ward (St. Pius X (Kansas City)) Fall 3:06
190 – Jackson Rotterman (St. Pius X (Kansas City)) over Gage Hixon (MARLOW) Fall 4:35
215 – Brock Smith (MARLOW) over Kaeto Nwodik (St. Pius X (Kansas City)) Fall 1:16
285 – Kyler Kuhn (St. Pius X (Kansas City)) over Clete Gilbert (MARLOW) Dec 4-0
106 – Patrick Hickey (St. Pius X (Kansas City)) over Daxton Halliburton (MARLOW) Dec 8-6

Gulf Shores Scuffle, Dec. 28-29, Orange Beach, AL / Ft. Gibson -1^st, Ada – 15^th

Led by champions Trenton Bell, Jaiden Johnson, Kyle Rye and Stevie Vafeas, Ft. Gibson won the 27-team tournament by 5.5 points over host Gulf Shores, AL…