Wrestling: County grapplers perform well at Pine Valley meet

Published 10:52 am Thursday, February 8, 2024

PINE EAGLE — The Enterprise and Joseph boys’ wrestling teams competed against teams from both Idaho and Oregon at the Pine Eagle Invitational on Saturday, Feb. 3 in the gym at Pine Eagle High School.

The Outlaw boys placed third in the team standings with 124 points. 3A Nyssa was second with 138 points and a team from Idaho, Tri-Valley, took the title with 183.5 points. With 10 points, Joseph finished 12th.

Two Enterprise wrestlers stood atop the podium with individual championships.

Wrestling at 120 pounds, Luke Patterson finished a perfect 5-0 for the day, culminating with a victory by pin over Pine Eagle’s Ezra Simpson in the championship round.

Gunner Sinclair also picked up a 5-0 record at 126 pounds with the Outlaw winning all his matches by pin including the final, a victory over Crane’s Tanner Joyce.

Both James Royes and Tegan Evans picked up second-place showings. Evans, wrestling in the 150-pound class won his first three matches before falling in a 3-0 decision to Tri-Valley’s Eli Noah.

Royes also won his first three trips to the mat, falling in the championship match by major decision to Pine Eagle’s Hunter Buck.

Ashtyn Irwin and Will Ogden collected third-place finishes for the Outlaws.

All of Joseph’s points were picked up by Dylan Rogers and his 3-2 finish in the 138-pound class.

Joseph lands top-four finishes 

PINE EAGLE — The Joseph girls’ wrestling team sent three wrestlers to the Pine Eagle Invitational on Saturday, Feb. 3, at Pine Eagle High School — and all three finished in the top four at the meet.

Lachlan Thompson wrestled to a second-place showing in the Girls A division. After taking a win by pin on round one, Thompson fell by pin in the championship to Four Rivers’ Lacatia Mason.

In the Girls C class, Gwendalyn Bastedt exited Pine Eagle with a third-place showing. After suffering losses in her first two matches, Bastedt bounced back in round three with a win over Four Rivers’ Georgie Edmunson.

Sarah Musia competed in the Girls B class, finishing fourth for the day’s action.