Mark Kirk
What a week of wrestling! Several teams won district titles to qualify for Dual State, more college signings were announced, McLoud hosted a very successful Girls Dual Tournament and once again another incredibly busy weekend of outstanding wrestling took place across the state.
Listed below are the top three teams at the Oklahoma tournaments. All of the tournament results can be found in the Tournament Results section on the home page of the OWrestle website.
BOYS TOURNAMENT RESULTS – TOP THREE TEAMS
Yukon Jay Hancock Memorial
| No. | Team | Points |
| 1 | Stillwater | 319.5 |
| 2 | Edmond North | 256 |
| 3 | Westmoore | 203.5 |
Outstanding Wrestler – Devon Miller, Westmoore
Sallisaw Paul Post Classic
| No. | Team | Points |
| 1 | Marlow | 261.5 |
| 2 | Grove | 188.5 |
| 3 | Bentonville | 147.5 |
Tulsa 7 Conference Tournament
| No. | Team | Points |
| 1 | Cushing | 238 |
| 2 | Bristow | 136 |
| 3 | Sperry | 123.5 |
Outstanding Wrestler – Brady Benham, Sperry
Skiatook Tournament
| No. | Team | Points |
| 1 | Catoosa | 304 |
| 2 | Skiatook | 245.5 |
| 3 | Wagoner | 186 |
Morey Villareal Memorial Tournament
| No. | Team | Points |
| 1 | Sand Springs | 207 |
| 2 | Bartlesville | 194.5 |
| 3 | Thomas Edison | 194 |
MidCal Classic (Gilroy, CA)
| No. | Team | Points |
| 1 | Tuttle | 335 |
| 2 | Gilroy, CA | 290 |
| 3 | Della Salle, CA | 185 |
GIRLS TOURNAMENT RESULTS – TOP THREE TEAMS
COAC Conference Tournament
| No. | Team | Points |
| 1 | Moore | 175 |
| 2 | Westmoore | 137 |
| 3 | Edmond North | 128 |
| 3 | Yukon | 128 |
Outstanding Wrestler Lower Weights – Bella Williams, Edmond North
Outstanding Wrestler Upper Weights – Shelby Kemp, Moore
McLoud Dual Tournament
| No. | Team | Points |
| 1 | Moore | |
| 2 | Harrah | |
| 3 | Bixby |
Paul Post Classic
| No. | Team | Points |
| 1 | Rogers, AR | 153 |
| 2 | Jay | 129.5 |
| 3 | Heritage, AR | 105 |
Morey Villareal Memorial Tournament
| No. | Team | Points |
| 1 | Nathan Hale | 94 |
| 2 | Will Rogers | 87 |
| 3 | McLain | 77 |
Del City Tournament
| No. | Team | Points |
| 1 | Lexington | 78 |
| 2 | Del City | 72 |
| 3 | Putnam City | 51 |
RESULTS FOR TOP 10 TEAMS (OWCA Coaches Rankings listed)
CLASS 6A
| Rank | Team | Results for Week |
| 1 | Edmond North | Won district duals / 2nd at Yukon |
| 2 | Stillwater | Won district duals / 1st at Yukon |
| 3 | Broken Arrow | 4th at Yukon |
| 4 | Bixby | 1st at Ram Duals |
| 5 | Westmoore | 3rd at Yukon |
| 6 | Yukon | 5th at Yukon |
| 7 | Sand Springs | Won district duals |
| 8 | Owasso | 3-3 at Ram Duals |
| 9 | Choctaw | 10th at Yukon |
| 10 | Moore | 9th at Yukon |
CLASS 5A
| Rank | Team | Results for Week |
| 1 | El Reno | Tuttle (L) 15-51, 5th at MidCals |
| 2 | Elgin | Won district duals / Marlow (L) 19-49 |
| 3 | Collinsville | Won district duals / 7th at Yukon |
| 4 | Carl Albert | 3-2 at Ram Duals / Claremore (W) 42-35 |
| 5 | Coweta | Won district duals |
| 6 | Lawton Mac | Won district duals / Carl Albert (W) 38-36 |
| 7 | Claremore | Pryor (L) 39-40 / 1-5 at Ram Duals |
| 8 | Duncan | Won district duals |
| 9 | Guthrie | Piedmont (L) 30-47 / 6th at Yukon |
| 10 | Glenpool |
CLASS 4A
| Rank | Team | Results for Week |
| 1 | Tuttle | El Reno (W) 51-15 / 1st at MidCals |
| 2 | Catoosa | 1st at Skiatook |
| 3 | Chickasha | Won district duals / Harrah (W) 67-12 / Marlow (L) 18-46 |
| 4 | Cascia Hall | Blackwell (L) 24-45 / 17th at Yukon |
| 5 | Cushing | Perry (W) 54-16 / Pawnee (W) 56-15 / 1st at Tulsa 7 |
| 6 | Wagoner | |
| 7 | Heritage Hall | Guthrie (L) 24-60 / 11th at Yukon |
| 8 | Skiatook | Bristow (L) 37-39 / 2nd at Skiatook |
| 9 | Cache | Clinton (L) 36-37 |
| 10 | Harrah | Chickasha (L) 12-67 / Blanchard (L) 30-45 |
CLASS 3A
| Rank | Team | Results for Week |
| 1 | Blackwell / DCLA | Won district duals |
| 2 | Marlow | Elgin (W) 49-19 / Chickasha (W) 46-18 / 1st at Sallisaw |
| 3 | Jay | Grove (W) 37-31 / 4th at Sallisaw |
| 4 | Salina | 14th at Yukon |
| 5 | Comanche | Sulphur (L) 31-41 |
| 6 | Pawnee/Hominy | Cushing (L) 15-56 / 11th at Sallisaw |
| 6 | Sperry | 3rd at Tulsa 7 |
| 8 | Perry | Cushing (L) 16-54 / 6th at Sallisaw |
| 9 | Vinita | Berryhill (L) 33-36 |
| 10 | Inola |
GIRLS
| Rank | Team | Results for Week |
| 1 | Bixby | 3rd at McLoud |
| 2 | Broken Arrow | |
| 3 | Union | Moore (L) 30-52 |
| 4 | Moore | Union (W) 52-30 / 1st at McLoud / 1st at COAC |
| 5 | Jay | Grove (W) 28-6 |
| 6 | Edmond North | 7th at McLoud / T 3rd COAC |
| 7 | Westmoore | 2nd at COAC |
| 8 | Yukon | T 3rd COAC |
| 9 | Vian | 9th at Sallisaw |
| 10 | Elgin |
You can also see the weekly OWCA Coaches Rankings from OSSAA on the OWrestle website. They are free to view and located on the left side of the header on the homepage.
Congratulations to the following wrestlers who recently signed to wrestle in college!
- Rachel Burns (Perkins-Tryon) signed with Central Christian College in McPherson, KS
- Severn Torres and Carson Spencer (Broken Arrow) signed with Ottawa University and will be joining Broken Arrow alum Braden Anderson and Dayton Hill on the team.
- Karsten Holmes (Blanchard) signed to wrestle for Ouachita Baptist University.
A week late, but congratulations to Tuttle’s Braden Potts on picking up his 100th career win! Potts entered the season with 99 wins, but didn’t get to see the mat until winning the Tuttle Tournament last weekend.
Congratulations to Bixby junior Gage Walker on picking up his 100th career win at the Ram Duals!
There were several outstanding performances this past week, but one that bears mentioning again is Westmoore sophomore Devon Miller winning the 120 lb. title at the Yukon Tournament. The weight included 2X state champion Cannon Acklin (Collinsville), 2X finalist and 2021 state champion Sam Smith (Stillwater) and 2022 state champions Cash Donnell (Piedmont) Gerald Harris (Cascia Hall) and Stockton Allen (Stillwater). It was Miller, a 3rd place state medalist as a freshman last year who worked his way through that incredible bracket to claim the gold medal and fittingly, the OW Award. Miller beat Smith (for the 2nd time this year) with a 3-2 UTB thriller in the semifinals and then did it again with a thrilling 3-2 UTB win in the finals over Acklin. Smith took 3rd, with Harris 4th and Donnell 5th in this power-packed weight.
Teams that have earned a trip to Dual State are listed below. Dual State will take place February 10-11 at the Stride Bank Center in Enid.
| CLASS 6A | CLASS 5A | CLASS 4A | CLASS 3A |
| Bixby | Collinsville | Bristow | Berryhill |
| Broken Arrow | Coweta | Catoosa | Blackwell |
| Choctaw | Duncan | Chickasha | Hinton |
| Edmond North | Elgin | Clinton | Jay |
| Mustang | Glenpool | Ft. Gibson | Marlow |
| Sand Springs | Lawton Mac | Tuttle | Perry |
| Stillwater | Piedmont | Sperry | |
| Yukon | Pryor | Sulphur |
In Class 4A, District 7 results between Cleveland and Wagoner were not posted and in District 4, Ada, Cushing and McLoud will wrestle on January 24 to decide the district title.
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