Astoria fourth in Cowapa wrestling meet

Published 8:05 am Monday, February 6, 2017

SEASIDE — The five wrestling teams from the Cowapa League met Saturday in Seaside for the one-day league championship meet, in preparation for the upcoming Regional meet, Friday and Saturday at Scappoose.

Tillamook won the team title with 451 points, far ahead of the rest of the field, which included Scappoose (281), Banks (267.5), Astoria (87.5) and Seaside (57).

Individually, Astoria had one champion and a pair of third-place finishers.

Astoria sophomore Kaden Gilbert placed first at 182 pounds.

Gilbert opened with a 1-minute, 16-second pin over Zach Dexheimer of Banks, followed by another fall (1:35) over Tieson O’Hagen of Tillamook in the semifinals.

In the championship bout, Gilbert won by technical fall (13-13, 1.5 4:00, 15-0) over Zach Knight of Scappoose.

At 145 pounds, Tyler Ranta had a quarterfinal win over Stephen Hanson of Scappoose (pin, 46 seconds); and after a loss in the semifinals, Ranta scored a fall over Tillamook’s Jesus Torres (1:26) in the consolation semifinals; then won by fall (58 seconds) over Mitchell Herinckx of Banks in the third-place match.

Fisherman Trey Hageman placed third at 152.

After a quarterfinal win over Tillamook’s Zeke Coon (11-3 major decision), Hageman lost in the semifinals, but bounced back with a consolation fall over Seaside’s Zachary Kuzakin (45 seconds) and a 40-second pin over Coon in the third-place match.

Andrew Gastelum and Luke Nelson had third-place finishes for the Gulls.

Gastelum won twice on the mat in consolation at 113 pounds, a 4:13 pin over Dametrius Hannon of Banks, and a 13-3 major decision over Blake Johnston of Scappoose in the third-place match.

At 220, the Gulls’ Luke Nelson won by fall (4:40) over Astoria’s Jeff Stutznegger in the third- and fourth-place match.

Earlier, Nelson scored a pin over Astoria’s Skyler Smith (5:32) in the quarterfinals, and after a loss in the semifinals, Nelson rebounded with another pin (4:55) over Quincy Clevand of Scappoose.

Seaside teammate Shane Smith took fourth at 132.

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