Three from Burns medal at elite event which features competitors from all classifications

By Randy Parks
Burns Times-Herald

The Hilanders’ Josh Cate, Pat Stampke and Joe Drinkwater all placed in the top three of their respective weight classes and helped lead Burns to a 12th place finish at the Reser’s Tournament of Champions in Hillsboro on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 23-24.

Cate won his first four matches of the tournament to reach the finals of the 145-pound weight class before losing to RJ Pena of Sprague High School.

Stampke, wrestling at 119 pounds, won his first two matches before losing a 4-1 decision to Ben Jorgenson of Hermiston. Stampke then won his next two matches in the consolation bracket to finish third.

Drinkwater won his first match at 152 pounds and then lost a close 5-4 decision to Cody Britt of Hermiston. Once in the consolation bracket, Drinkwater put together a four-match winning streak and placed third.

As a team, Burns finished in 12th place with 76 points. Despite not having any individual champions, Roseburg won the tournament with 201.5 points. Complete team results are as follows:

1.  Roseburg 201.5
2.  Newberg 151
3.  Hermiston 145.5
4.  Canby 127.5
5.  Redmond 113.5
6.  Thurston 100
7.  Oregon City 96.5
8.  West Salem 94
9.  Crater 92
10. McNary 91.5
11. Sprague 82.5
12. Burns 76
13. Hillsboro 68.5
14. Cleveland 64.5
15. Westview 63.5
16. Crook County 63
17. Glide 59
18. Century 56
19. Phoenix 55
20. La Grande 53
21. Culver 47
22. Scappoose 41
23. Sweet Home 40.5
24. Cascade 40

Individual results for the Hilanders:

112 pounds — Dallas Root dec. Kris Renfro (Phoenix), 12-3; lost by dec. to Riley Omlid (Thurston), 6-0; lost by maj. dec. to Levi Martinez (McNary), 9-1.

119 pounds — Pat Stampke dec. Jared George (Crook Co.), 7-0; dec. Joe Gardner (Thurston), 2-0; lost by dec. to Ben Jorgenson (Hermiston), 4-1; pinned Steven Evans (Roseburg) 3:55; dec. Jordan Lowe (McNary), 6-0.

125 pounds — Jay Masterson lost maj. dec. Zach Clark (Cascade), 13-2; pinned Jason Adams (Phoenix) 4:05; dec. Austin Woods (Newberg), 5-4; lost by fall to Kris Newport (Sweet Home) 1:24.

130 pounds — Cody Bennett lost by fall to Kyle Richardson (Canby) 1:01; dec. Tyler Pierce (Crook Co.), 7-4; lost maj. dec. Jacob Pletcher (McNary), 9-1.

135 pounds — Chance Peasley lost by fall to John Hedge (Thurston) 5:34; lost dec. Cody Kame (Glide), 10-8.

140 pounds — Mike Schaff dec. Dalton Justice (Canby), 6-2; lost by fall to Bryce McMahon (Hermiston) 3:22; lost dec. Eleazar Deluca (Phoenix), 6-0.
145 — Josh Cate pinned Zach Smith (Scappoose) 0:40; pinned Josh Dozier (Cascade) 1:04; tech fall Cory Ellison (West Salem) 4:49; dec. Luke Amuchastegui (Phoenix), 7-2; lost by fall to RJ Pena (Sprague) 3:12.

152 pounds — Joe Drinkwater tech. fall Emmett Hettum (Phoenix) 4:57; lost dec. Cody Britt (Hermiston), 5-4; pinned Zach Baldridge (Crater) 4:13; dec. Andy Godfrey (La Grande), 11-8; maj. dec. Austin Barany (Culver ), 9-0; dec. Stevin Urban (McNary), 10-3.

160 pounds — Raymond Wright lost maj. dec. Patrick Burns (Century), 12-4; lost by fall to Cameron Anderson (Crook County) 0:37.

171 pounds — Landon Hanner lost by fall to Miles Hygelund (Canby) 0:30; lost by fall to Bill Simmons (Crook Co.) 1:41.

215 pounds — Kenny Withee lost by fall to Nic Semke (Cleveland) 1:14; won two matches by forfeit; lost by fall to Rory Oliver (Newberg) 1:48.

285 pounds — Skylar Hickey lost by fall to Andrew Jones (Scappoose) 1:19; lost by fall to Brent Griffith (Cascade) 0:17.