➯➲➳ ➵➸➺➡ ➙➢➻➡➥➼➡➥
without winning,” Carson
said
McIntosh reached the
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Robinson and Wood-
worth both built on their
successes of a year ago
✁ ✂✄☎✆
✝✂✞☎ ✟☎✠
✞ ✡✂✠☛
Robinson, who was sec-
ond in 2018 at 152 pounds
after losing in overtime
✁
☞✄☎✠✝✟✂✡✌✍✠
↕➙➛➜➝➞➟ ➠➡➢➥➦➝➥➞ ➧➨➟ ➧➩➫➭
SPORTS
✎✄☎☎✂
Lefebvre, ran roughshod
through the bracket at 160
pounds.
“Taking second last year
was the thing that moti-
vated me the most every
time I wanted to give up
on a sprint, or (not want
to) do one more pullup or
pushup,” he said, noting
that seeing the second-
place citation next to his
name in the Tigers’ wres-
tling room gave him addi-
tional drive.
The top-seeded wres-
✡✂☎ ✏✞✆✆✂✌ ✝✞✠ ✟☎✠
✝☎✂✂
✁✏✏✁✆✂✆ ✠ ✁ ☎✂✄✑✝
✝✂ ✟✒
✟✆✄✡ ✖✞ ✝ ✖✞✆✠ ✁✤✂☎ ✩✡✒
mira’s Logan Cave by a
17-0 technical fall, over
Woodburn’s Marcos Her-
nandez by fall in 2:24 and
over Sweet Home’s Tristan
Spencer by a 13-4 major
✌✂✑✞✠✞✁✆ ✞✆ ✝✂ ✠✂✘✞✟✆✄✡✠☛
Braden Carson also col-
lected a runner-up spot at
126 pounds. The freshman
endured three matches
that all went the distance
✁ ☎✂✄✑✝
✝✂ ✟✆✄✡✔ ✌✂✪✂✄ ✒
ing Woodburn’s Hector
Paniagua by a 14-8 deci-
sion, Baker’s Alex Du-
ran by a 6-0 decision and
Woodburn’s Freddy Her-
nandez by an 11-7 decision
✞✆
✝✂ ✠✂✘✞✟✆✄✡✠☛ ✧✆
✝✂
championship, he lost to
Molalla’s Maximus Tate by
an 8-1 decision.
Grayson
Livingston
(170) had two dominant
wins and won a squeaker
en route to the title bout.
He pinned Siuslaw’s Riley
Jennings in 3:35, edged
Elmira’s Nat Brown by a
2-0 decision and rolled in
✝✂ ✠✂✘✞✟✆✄✡✠ ✁✤✂☎ ✫✁ ✒
tage Grove’s Drew Swen-
son by a 16-0 technical
fall. His shot at a title end-
ed, though, with a loss to
Tillamook’s Caleb Werner
by fall in 1:06.
Rounding
out
La
Grande’s runner-ups was
Spencer Gerst at 220. Gerst
earned two pins in three
matches on the way to the
✟✆✄✡✔
✁✏✏✞✆✣ ✚✞✡✡✄✘✁✁✬✍✠
Dawson McKibbon by fall
in 3:53, Estacada’s Nico
Winsor by a 5-0 decision
and pinning Junction City’s
Tyler Morris in 2:49 in the
✠✂✘✞✟✆✄✡✠☛ ✗✂ ✝✓✆✣ ✑✡✁✠✂
with Banks’ James Ellis in
the championship, but fell
short in a 3-0 decision.
Two other Tigers placed,
with Gabe Shukle (285)
coming in third and
Casey McCall (138) taking
fourth.
Shukle won by fall over
both Cascade’s Ben Fouts
in 1:22 and Astoria’s Sky-
lar Smith in 2:27. He
✌☎✁✏✏✂✌
✝✂
✠✂✘✞✟✆✄✡
match to Henley’s Mikey
Sierra by fall in 2:39, but
beat Tillamook’s Brian
Reiger by injury default in
✝✂ ✑✁✆✠✁✡✄ ✞✁✆ ✠✂✘✞✟✆✄✡✠
and won the third-place
match over Sweet Home’s
David McMullen by fall in
3:45.
McCall went 4-2, with
both losses coming to Til-
lamook’s Chad Werner,
including by a 12-3 ma-
jor decision in the third-
place match. To get there,
he pinned Sweet Home’s
Gavin Walberg in 3:38,
lost to Werner by fall in
2:56, then beat teammate
Braxton Bisenius by an
8-0 major decision, edged
North Marion’s Avidan
Sanchez by a 5-4 deci-
sion and won the consola-
✞✁✆ ✠✂✘✞✟✆✄✡ ✘✄ ✑✝ ✁✤✂☎
Phoenix’s Jacky Hawkins
by an 11-6 decision.
Five other Tigers didn’t
place but won matches to
help La Grande’s cause.
Cole Isaacson (126) and
Hayden Shafer (160) both
went 2-2, and Bisenius
(138), Lincoln Clark (220)
and Joel Rogers (285)
went 1-2.
Cody Hibbert (113), Bro-
dy MacMillian (145) and
✭✂✞ ✝
✦✠✖✄✡✌
264.5 points.
✟☎✠ ☎✁✓✆✌✔ ✕✖✂✂ ✗✁✘✂✍✠
Jesse Jamison in 1:51 in
✝✂ ✙✓✄☎ ✂☎✟✆✄✡✠ ✄✆✌ ✚✞✡✒
lamook’s Miquel Niemi
in just 81 seconds in the
✠✂✘✞✟✆✄✡✠☛
✛✁✜✞✆✠✁✆
✟✆✞✠✝✂✌
➍➎➏➐ ➑➒➓ ➏➔→➣↔➏➔➐ ↔➑ ↕➙➛➔➏➓➜➒➑➜
✁✢
the title Saturday night by
defeating Sweet Home’s
Hayden McDonald by an
8-2 decision.
“Winning state has been
a goal since day one when
I was in third grade. It’s a
dream come true for it to
happen,” the junior said.
Woodworth, who was
the second seed at 195
pounds, also had little
✠ ☎✓✣✣✡✂ ✣✂ ✞✆✣
✁
✝✂ ✟✒
nals. He pinned Cottage
Grove’s Austin Dempsey
in 3:38, won in the quar-
✂☎✟✆✄✡✠
✁✤✂☎
❦❧♠♠♦♣q r t✇① ②③④♦
☞✑✥✁✓✣✝✒
lin’s Patton Wright by a
14-0 major decision, and
topped Newport’s Jimmy
Acevedo by a 7-1 decision
✞✆ ✝✂ ✠✂✘✞✟✆✄✡✠☛ ✚✝✂ ☎✓✆
❱❲❳❲❨❲❩❬ ❭ ❪❫❴❵❜ ❥❦❪❫ ♠q✈①③④⑤ ⑥⑦⑦ ③⑧⑨⑩❶✈ ③❷✈❷③❸❷❹⑤ ♠q✈①③④ ⑧✈ ❺④❶ q ✈❻④❺✈④③ ④❼ ❶⑩❷ ❻③④❽④❶⑧④❺⑤ ❾❷③⑧❷✈ ❱❲❳❿❪❥⑤ ❾❷❷ ✈❶④③❷ ④③ ④❺⑦⑧❺❷ q❶ ➀➀➀⑤❾⑩④❻❨⑦q➁➂⑧❺⑤➃④❽ ❼④③ ④❼➄➃⑧q⑦ ③➅⑦❷✈ ➆ ④❹❹✈ ➃⑩q③❶⑤
❲❺⑦⑧❺❷ ④③❹❷③✈ ❹④ ❺④❶ ➇➅q⑦⑧❼➁ ❼④③ ❱❲❳❲❨❲❩❬ ⑨q❽❷ ❻q③❶⑧➃⑧❻q❶⑧④❺ ❷➈➃❷❻❶ ❼④③ ④❺⑦⑧❺❷ ④③❹❷③✈ ❼④③ ❻⑧➃➉ ➅❻ q❶ ❻q③❶⑧➃⑧❻q❶⑧❺⑨ ✈❶④③❷✈ ❶⑩q❶ ④❼❼❷③ ➊③⑧❸❷ ➋❻ ➆ ➌④➍⑤ ➎❼❼❷➃❶⑧❸❷ ❥➏➐➏❪❫ ❿ ❵➏➑➏❪❫⑤
put him up against the top
seed, Macoy Christman
of Cascade, in the title
bout. Christman pinned
✝✞✠ ✟☎✠
✁ ☎✂✄✑✝
❝☞✌✍ ♦✎ ❈✏✑❈✒✓
➤
ýþÿ ❛
✁✂✁✄✂☎✆ ✝✞✟✠ ✡✂☛✂☎✆
✝☎✂✂ ✁✏✏✁✆✂✆ ✠
✝✂ ✟✆✄✡ ✜✓
✖✄✠
controlled by Woodworth
as the La Grande junior
scored a 5-2 decision for
the championship.
“He’s for sure the most
underrated wrestler I have
ever coached,” Carson said,
explaining Woodworth has
often been overshadowed
by Robinson or Nathan
Reed. “He has lived in the
shadow of those kids for so
long. No more. He’s a state
champion.”
Woodworth admitted he
was “psyching” himself out
prior to the tournament,
but eventually settled in.
“State is always a little
more nerve-racking than
other tournaments,” he
said. “A lot of people ex-
pected big things from
me since I was second. All
that pressure (was) on me
and a lot of people were
telling me I could beat
➝
➟➠➡➢ ➤➥ ➦➤➧➨ ➥➢➩➫ ➭➨➤➯➢➨➦ ➲➧➨➯➳➠➵➢ ➤➸ ➺➻➼ ➤➨ ➽➤➨➢➾
➚➪➫➳ ➦➤➧➨ ➶➹➧➘ ➶➠➨➴ ➷ ➫➳➪➵ ➟➠➡➪➥➭➵ ➬➚➠➨➴➮
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❝☞✌✍ ♦✎ ❈✏✑❈✒✓
✝✄ ✟☎✠ ✠✂✂✌☛ ✦✆✑✂ ✧ ✣✁
➤
ýþÿ ❛
✁✂✁✄✂☎✆ ✝✞✟✠ ✡✂☛✂☎✆
rolling I gained more con-
❖✩✪✫ ✬✭✮✪✰
✟✌✂✆✑✂☛★
✱✲✲✮✴✪✵
✷✸ ✹✻ ✽✿❀❁✹❂
❙❃❄❃❁✹❃❅ ❆❇❉❋❃✹❋❃●❂
Four additional Tigers
reached the champion-
ship round and fell short,
though none in more
heartbreaking
fashion
than Ezra McIntosh at
120. The senior and his
opponent,
Tillamook’s
Quinten Metcalfe, wres-
tled to a 3-3 tie through
each round of the match
and the overtime ses-
sions. It set up the ulti-
mate tiebreaker, and Mc-
Intosh, who was forced to
start in the bottom posi-
tion after Metcalfe chose
the top, had 30 seconds
to score an escape for the
win. Metcalfe, though,
was able to prevent an es-
cape and claimed the title.
“Ezra was right there. It
was as close as you can get
◗❘
❍■❏■❑
▼
✯❚❤✐s ✔✕✉♣✕♥ ✖✉st✗❡ ♣r❡s❡♥t❡❞ ✘tt✐✖❡ ✕❢ ♣✉r✔❤✘s❡ ✘t✙✘❢❡✇✘② ✚ ✛❧✗❡rts✕♥s✳ ✜❢❢❡r ✢✘❧✐❞ ✇✐t❤ ✣✘r❞ ✘♥❞ ✣✕✉♣✕♥✳
✣✜❯P✜◆ ✣✛◆◆✜❚ ✤❊ ✥✜❯✤▲❊✥ ✕r ✔✕✖✗✐♥❡❞ ✇✐t❤ ❞✐❣✐t✘❧✔✕✉♣✕♥✳ ✣✕✉♣✕♥ ✢✘❧✐❞ ✦✚✦✼✚✶✾ ✧ ★✚✺✚✶✾✳
P✵✶✷✸✹ ✶✺ ✻✼✶✹ ✽✾ ✽✵✸ ✸✿✿✸✷✻✶❢✸ ❀ ❁❂ ❃✉✸✹✾✽❄❅ ❆✸❇✵✉✽✵❄ ❈❀ ✻✼✵✉ ❃✉✸✹✾✽❄❅ ❂✽✵✷✼ ❉❅ ❈❊❋● ❍✉✺■✸✹✹ ❏✻✼✸✵❑✶✹✸ ✺❏✻✸✾▲ ✶✺ ✽■■ ▼✽✿✸❑✽❄ ❏✵ ❁■❇✸✵✻✹❏✺✹ ✹✻❏✵✸✹ ✶✺ ◆✵✸❖❏✺ ✽✺✾ ▼◗❘◗ ❘✽✹✼✶✺❖✻❏✺ ✹✻❏✵✸✹ ✹✸✵❢✶✺❖ ❘✽✼❛✶✽❛✉❙❅ ❚❏❑■✶✻❯❅ ❚■✽✵❛❅ ▼❛✽❙✽✺✶✽❅ ❘✽■■✽ ❘✽■■✽ ✽✺✾ ❱■✶✷❛✶✻✽✻ ❚❏✉✺✻✶✸✹◗ ❲✻✸❙✹ ❏✿✿✸✵✸✾ ✿❏✵ ✹✽■✸
✽✵✸ ✺❏✻ ✽❢✽✶■✽❇■✸ ✻❏ ❏✻✼✸✵ ✾✸✽■✸✵✹ ❏✵ ❑✼❏■✸✹✽■✸✵✹◗ ▼✽■✸✹ ❏✿ ❳✵❏✾✉✷✻✹ ✷❏✺✻✽✶✺✶✺❖ ✸❳✼✸✾✵✶✺✸❅ ❳✹✸✉✾❏✸❳✼✸✾✵✶✺✸ ❏✵ ❳✼✸✺❄■❳✵❏❳✽✺❏■✽❙✶✺✸ ■✶❙✶✻✸✾ ❇❄ ■✽❑◗ ❨✉✽✺✻✶✻❄ ✵✶❖✼✻✹ ✵✸✹✸✵❢✸✾◗ ▼◆❂❩ ❁❬❭❩❪❃❲▼❲❫❴ ❲❃❩❂▼ ❂❁❵ ❫◆❃ ❜❩ ❁❭❁❲❝❁❜❝❩ ❲❫ ❁❝❝ ▼❃◆❪❩▼◗ ▼❏❙✸ ✽✾❢✸✵✻✶✹✸✾ ❳✵✶✷✸✹ ❙✽❄ ❇✸ ✸❢✸✺ ■❏❑✸✵ ✶✺
✹❏❙✸ ✹✻❏✵✸✹◗ ◆✺ ❜✉❄ ◆✺✸❅ ❴✸✻ ◆✺✸ ❆✵✸✸ ❍s❜◆❴◆❞▲ ❏✿✿✸✵✹❅ ✷✉✹✻❏❙✸✵ ❙✉✹✻ ❳✉✵✷✼✽✹✸ ✻✼✸ ❡✵✹✻ ✶✻✸❙ ✻❏ ✵✸✷✸✶❢✸ ✻✼✸ ✹✸✷❏✺✾ ✶✻✸❙ ✿✵✸✸◗ ❜◆❴◆ ❏✿✿✸✵✹ ✽✵✸ ✺❏✻ ❋❣❈ ❳✵✶✷✸ ✹✽■✸✹◗ ❲✿ ❏✺■❄ ✽ ✹✶✺❖■✸ ✶✻✸❙ ❳✉✵✷✼✽✹✸✾❅ ✻✼✸ ✵✸❖✉■✽✵ ❳✵✶✷✸ ✽❳❳■✶✸✹◗ ❂✽✺✉✿✽✷✻✉✵✸✵✹❤ ✷❏✉❳❏✺✹ ❙✽❄ ❇✸ ✉✹✸✾ ❏✺ ❳✉✵✷✼✽✹✸✾ ✶✻✸❙✹ ❏✺■❄ ✐
✺❏✻ ❏✺ ✿✵✸✸ ✶✻✸❙✹◗ ❝✶❙✶✻ ❏✺✸ ✷❏✉❳❏✺ ❳✸✵ ❳✉✵✷✼✽✹✸✾ ✶✻✸❙◗ ❚✉✹✻❏❙✸✵ ❑✶■■ ❇✸ ✵✸✹❳❏✺✹✶❇■✸ ✿❏✵ ✻✽♥ ✽✺✾ ✾✸❳❏✹✶✻✹ ✽✹ ✵✸❥✉✶✵✸✾ ❇❄ ■✽❑ ❏✺ ✻✼✸ ❳✉✵✷✼✽✹✸✾ ✽✺✾ ✿✵✸✸ ✶✻✸❙✹◗ ❫❏ ■✶❥✉❏✵ ✹✽■✸✹ ✶✺ ✸♥✷✸✹✹ ❏✿ ❉❈ ❖✽■■❏✺✹◗ ❫❏ ■✶❥✉❏✵ ✹✽■✸✹ ✿❏✵ ✵✸✹✽■✸◗ ❝✶❥✉❏✵ ✹✽■✸✹ ✽✻ ■✶✷✸✺✹✸✾ ▼✽✿✸❑✽❄ ❏✵ ❁■❇✸✵✻✹❏✺✹ ✹✻❏✵✸✹ ❏✺■❄◗
➞ ❈❊❋● ▼✽✿✸❑✽❄ ❲✺✷◗ ❏✵ ➞ ❈❊❋● ❁■❇✸✵✻✹❏✺✹ ❝❝❚◗ ❁❢✽✶■✽❇✶■✶✻❄ ❏✿ ✶✻✸❙✹ ❙✽❄ ❢✽✵❄ ❇❄ ✹✻❏✵✸◗ ◆✺■✶✺✸ ✽✺✾ ❲✺✈✹✻❏✵✸ ❳✵✶✷✸✹❅ ✾✶✹✷❏✉✺✻✹ ✽✺✾ ❏✿✿✸✵✹ ❙✽❄ ✾✶✿✿✸✵◗
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⑤⑥⑥⑦⑧⑨⑩❶❷❸⑩❸❷❶⑩❹❺⑩❻❼❻⑥❽⑧⑦⑩❾❿➀➁❿➂➃➄❷➅➆➄➁➇➄➁⑩➈⑤⑧⑩➉➊➋➋➊➂
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nale, including Phoenix’s
Joey Wilson in 5:21 in the
“The reason he always
wins when everyone ex-
pects him to win is he has
a lot of talent and he works
hard,” Carson said. “He’s a
prime example of that.”
✮✯✰✱✲
ished 0-2.
The Tigers scored a to-
tal of 189 points in the
tournament to match its
highest placing since also
taking third in 2009. Tilla-
mook was the team cham-