By Cody Thorn
Photo of Moore’s Payton Thomas, proper. Photo gallery from the Texas Outlaw tournament Dec. 30-31 in Allen, Texas.
A handful of Oklahoma groups made the trek throughout the Red River to participate within the Texas Outlaw wrestling tournament on Dec. 30-31 at Allen High School.
The 34-team area drew groups from 5 completely different states, and two Oklahoma wrestlers introduced dwelling championships within the loaded area.
Catoosa, Midwest City Carl Albert, Moore, Tecumseh and Shawnee had been a part of a 34-team area that featured faculties from 5 states.
Payton Thomas of Moore gained the one particular person boys title for the state, whereas Catoosa’s Frankie Jeremiah took first within the ladies tournament within the 120-pound class.
Thomas was an 8-2 winner in opposition to Allen’s Aidan “Cash” Cooley within the finals of 190 kilos.
Ranked No. 2 in Oklahoma, Thomas knocked off Texas Class 6A wrestler Jarrett Stoner of Rockwall by a 12-3 main resolution within the semifinals earlier than the win over Cooley, ranked No. 2 in Class 6A.
Thomas, who was 7-0 within the occasion, was the one medalist for Moore. Five of his wins got here by pins.
Moore’s Payton Thomas
The Catoosa boys had essentially the most medals with 5, another than Carl Albert.
Gunner Wilson was second at 215 kilos, the best end for the Catoosa Indians. He went 6-1 and beat wrestlers from Texas, Tennessee, Alabama and Oklahoma on the way in which to the title.
He misplaced, 5-2, in opposition to Allen’s Ryan Nichols in a battle of No. 1-ranked wrestlers. Nichols is No. 1 in Texas Class 6A.
Caleb Spencer (165/third), Aiven Robbins (190/4th), Corban Zugelder (132/fifth) and Corey Chilcoat (175/sixth) additionally made the medal stand for the Indians.
The Carl Albert Titans’ highest end went to Grant Gober, a runner-up at 150 kilos. Ranked No. 1 within the state, Gober gained his first 5 matches earlier than dropping by a 3-2 resolution to Devin Stone of Thompson, Ala.
Nathan Sutterfield (157) and Alex Sutterfield (215) had been each third for the Titans, whereas Isaiah Matanane (165) completed fifth.
JD Sigman (4th/144), Jace Frazier (4th/175) and Hunter Hadsall (sixth/190) all had been medalists for Tecumseh. Logan Cash (285) was Shawnee’s lone boys medalist after taking fourth.
Catoosa had a pair of medalists within the ladies tournament – Jeremiah’s title and Shyle Cheney taking fifth at 235.
Jeremiah (13-2) secured six wins in her class, beginning with a pin in 14 seconds in opposition to Makayla Partain of Tecumseh. That was one in all 4 wins by fall – the final was a pin in 2:37 over Emily Beltran from Katy, Texas, within the finals.
Catoosa’s Frankie Jeremiah
At 126 kilos, Tecumseh’s Trinity Rakestraw took third and Zaharia McClain of Shawnee positioned sixth. The two met up within the comfort semifinals, and Rakestraw gained by a pin.
Lone Survivor
Harrah went to Bossier City, La., and led with a first-place end through the two-day occasion held Dec. 28-29 at Parkway High School.
The Panthers had 267 factors, profitable the meet by 104 factors. Eleven wrestlers had been within the prime six, and eight of them had been champions.
Brody Byers (106) began the streak of 4 championships in a row with a 12-7 resolution in opposition to Allen Chiasson of Rayne (La.). Byers was 8-0 within the occasion.
Brady Larson blended in pins and forfeits to assert the 113-pound title – getting the latter within the finals. Liam Russell (120) went 7-0 and beat Parkway Black’s Brayden Lobrano within the finals, 4-0. The two met in pool matches, and Russell escaped with a 4-2 win in sudden victory.
Bo Manek (126) made it 4 in a row for the Panthers when he gained the title by a disqualification.
Kalın Looney (132), Wyatt Heuer (145), Zaylon Johnson (160) and Walker Johnson (170) additionally gained crowns.
Looney overcame a loss in pool matches to take first. Heuer gained eight matches, with seven pins, on his method to first.
Zaylan Johnson stayed undefeated (14-0) with a 5-0 weekend, beating Shreveport (La.) Evangel Christian’s Michael Gilreath by a pin within the finals. Walker Johnson additionally had eight wins on the weekend and like Heuer, took down seven foes by fall. In the finals, he beat Ethan Albarado of Parkway Black by a pin.
Kinloch Classic
Fort Gibson went to Springfield, Mo., and took second within the fifty fifth Annual Kinloch Classic at Parkview High School on Dec. 28-29.
The Tigers had 269 factors, coming in second behind Carl Junction, the No. 2-ranked crew in Class 3A in Missouri.
Six completely different Tigers had top-six finishes, led by championships from Blade Walden (126) and Jaiden Johnson (150).
Walden (17-0) picked up eight wins – seven of them got here by pins. He took down Luke Patterson of Windsor (Mo.) within the finals by a pin in 1:35.
Johnson (16-0) had a bye, so he had one much less match than Walden. He gained 5 of his seven by pins. The exception was a 16-0 win within the semifinals and an 8-3 win in opposition to Marcus Lopez-Durman within the finals.
Gulf Shores Scuffle
Ada headed to Alabama final weekend and had a champion from the occasion.
Jacob Bohannon introduced dwelling the championship at 126 kilos. He went 4-0 with two pins and two selections, and is now 15-1 on the yr.
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