Crane places third in 2A/1A tourney

By Randy Parks
Burns Times-Herald

Sports fans sometimes marvel when a team completes a “three-peat,” so it’s hard to comprehend what those same fans are thinking when they look at the Burns wrestlers’ “three-peat” squared.

With Dallas Root winning the 125-pound weight division and George Swartzlender man-handling his opponents at 285 pounds, the Hilanders totaled 210.5 points to win their ninth consecutive 3A team title at the OSAA State Wrestling Championships Feb. 26-27 at Memorial Coliseum in Portland.

Reedsport placed second in the team standings with 172.5 points, followed by Gold Beach with 103, Colton 93, Glide 88, Myrtle Point 86, Nyssa 82.5, Willamina 71, Riverside 60 and Rogue River 55 in the top 10.

The Hilanders sent 15 wrestlers on to the state tournament from the district tournament, and 12 of the 15 ended up placing in the top six of their weight classes.

Along with Root and Swartzlender winning gold medals, Chance Peasley and Raymond Wright both placed second, Brendan Palmer and Jake Swindlehurst took third, AJ Swartzlender and Landon Hanner fourth, Brennan Bailey, Cody Bennett and Jay Masterson fifth and Kenny Withee sixth.

Jay Cate, Jake White and Tyler Foster also competed for Burns, but did not place.

Burns head coach Mark Hofman was named 3A Coach of the Year and was recognized along with his assistant coaches Ray Cate, Dally Swindlehurst, Mike Ribeiro and Ben Cate.

No school in Oregon had won eight consecutive state titles in any sport before the Hilanders achieved that feat in wrestling last year. Now the record is nine.

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The Crane Mustangs racked up 81 points and brought home the third-place trophy from the 2A/1A state wrestling tournament held Feb. 26-27 at Memorial Coliseum in Portland.

Culver took the top spot in the 2A/1A tournament with 139.5 points, followed by Lowell with 95, Crane, Scio 80.5, Nestucca and Siletz Valley 48, Pine Eagle 45, Riddle 40.5, Irrigon 38 and North Lake 37 in the top 10.

Top finishers for the Mustangs were 103-pounder Wyatt Clark and Lewis Whiting at 130 pounds who both finished second.
Josh Williams earned a third-place finish, and Mitch Wilson, Zach Cody and Greg Thompson placed fourth.

Also competing for Crane were Thomas O’Toole, Lizzy Davis, Gus Titus, Tanner Titus and Kenny Haworth.

Crane coach David Doman was honored as 2A/1A Coach of the Year, along with assistant coaches Jeremy Clark and Jerry Holloway.

Round-by-round match results for Burns and Crane wrestlers are as follows:

103 — Wyatt Clark (C) won by fall 3:25; won by fall 5:38; lost by fall 3:12.
Thomas O’Toole (C) lost by fall 3:05; won by fall :42; lost by fall 2:40.

112 — Jay Cate (B) bye; lost by fall 3:53; won by decision 7-2; lost by fall 1:33.
Mitch Wilson (C) bye; lost by fall 1:12; won by fall 3:21; lost by decision 11-7.
Lizzy Davis (C) lost by fall 1:57; won by fall :50; lost by fall 3:21.

119 — Brennan Bailey (B) lost by technical fall 5:56; won by decision 9-4; won by major decision 12-4; lost by decision 10-6; won by major decision 12-1.

125 — Dallas Root (B) won by fall 4:53; won by fall 5:01; won by decision 6-4 OT; won by decision 1-0.
Gus Titus (C) lost by decision 10-8; won by fall 3:36; lost by major decision 18-7.

130 — Cody Bennett (B) won by fall 3:43; lost by decision 3-2; won by major decision 13-3; won by fall 1:11; lost by decision 6-6; won by fall 3:10.
Lewis Whiting (C) won by fall 3:16; won by decision 10-7; lost by fall 3:54.

135 — Chance Peasley (B) won by fall 3:10; won by fall 2:41; won by injury forfeit; lost by fall :58.
Zach Cody (C) lost by decision 6-3; won by decision 3-2 OT; won by decision 4-3; lost by decision 7-2.

140 — Jay Masterson (B) lost by decision 9-4; won by fall 2:17; won by fall 2:07; lost by decision 5-2; won by fall 2:45.
Brendan Palmer (B) won by technical fall 2:59; won by fall :54; lost by decision 7-4; won by decision 5-2; won by technical fall 4:26.
Greg Thompson (C) won by fall 3:37; lost by decision 2-1; won by decision 9-4; lost by decision 6-3.
Tanner Titus (C) lost by fall 5:02; lost by major decision17-3.

145 — Josh Williams (C) won by major decision 12-1; lost by major decision 11-1; won by fall 4:02; won by decision 8-7.

152 — Jake White (B) lost by decision 11-5; lost by decision 4-2 OT.
Kenny Haworth (C) won by fall 3:09; lost by decision 12-10; lost by fall :53.

160 — AJ Swartzlender (B) won by fall 2:41; won by fall 1:59; lost by decision 2-1; won by fall 2:15; lost by decision 6-4.
Raymond Wright (B) won by fall 3:00; won by decision 6-0; won by decision 8-4; lost by fall 4:33.
Tyler Foster (B) lost by fall 1:53; lost by decision 6-1.

171 — Jake Swindlehurst (B) won by decision 8-2; won by decision 9-4; lost by fall 2:33; won by decision 5-2; won by technical fall 4:22.

189 — Kenny Withee (B) lost by decision 7-1; won by fall 2:16; won by forfeit; lost by decision 5-1; lost by major decision 12-3.

215 — Landon Hanner (B) won by decision 5-1; won by fall 2:43; lost by decision 5-4; won by decision 8-6; lost by major decision 11-2.

285 — George Swartzlender (B) bye; won by fall 5:48; won by decision 9-2; won by decision 5-2.