B utte F alls/P rospect W re stlin g
S ta te W restlin g T o u rn a m e n t
S e n ior Luke M cG o n a gle 195 lbs
F e b ru a ry 6 -6 B u tte F a lls/P ro sp ect w re s tle rs
p la ce d in th e to p fo u r a t th e 2 A /1 A S p e cia l D is
tric t 3 P re -d is tric t m e e t T h u rsd a y. B u tte F a lls/
F e b ru a ry 2 6 & 27
@ M e m o ria l C o lise u m P o rtla n d , O re g o n
P ro sp e ct ca m e in fo u rth p la ce in 8 7 p o in ts , o n e
p o in t a h e a d o f B o n a n za . C u lve r w o n w ith 3 2 6
p o in ts , fo llo w e d b y O a krid g e (1 3 7 .5 ) a n d C e n
tra l L in n (9 8 ). E le ve n sch o o ls c o m p le te d .
L u ke M cG o n a g le le d th e w a y fo r th e L o g g e rs,
p la cing se co n d a t 1 9 5 p o u n d s.
E a rn in g th ird s fo r B u tte F a lls/P ro sp e ct w e re
A le x N e ville (1 2 0 ), S p e n ce r S co fie ld (1 6 0 ), a n d
B illie T u c k e r (1 9 5 ).
C h ristia n S u a re z w a s fo u rth a t 1 5 2 , as w a s C o l
lin S te p h e n s a t 2 2 0 .
O n S a tu rda y o u r m id d le school w re stlin g te a m fin ish e d th e season by co m pe tin g in th e S o u th e rn O re go n M id d le
S chool A th le tic C o n fe ren ce (S O M S A C ) W re stlin g C h a m p io n sh ip s h o ste d b y F lem ing a t N o rth V a lle y H igh S chool. A lm o st
e ve ry m id d le school in S o u th e rn O re go n and tw o in K la m ath F alls are m e m b e rs o f S O M S A C . In clu de d are te a m s th a t
fe e d 5A and 6A high schools like N o rth M e d fo rd , S outh M e d fo rd , G ra n ts P ass, C ra te r and E agle P o in t. T h e re is no h ig h
e r co m p e titio n in o u r re g io n .
T he m e et ran ve ry sm o o th ly in a ch a o tic b e e h ive so rt o f w a y w ith a t least 2 0 0 0 p e o p le scu rryin g back and fo rth be
tw e e n seven w re stlin g m a ts o b se rvin g , e a tin g , ch e e rin g and g e n e rally h a vin g a g rea t tim e . T he w re stle rs are sp lit up
in to 6 th , 7 th and 8 th grades, th e n fu rth e r b ro ken d o w n in to w e ig h t classes. O u r m id d le school te a m is headed by
C oach M a n n y V a ld o vino s and assisted by C oach K im S m ith , tw o m e n w ith m a n y ye a rs o f w re stlin g e xp e rien ce . S om e
squads have close to 50 a th le te s o r m o re . W e to o k e ig ht. O ne w as a 5 th g ra d e r and w a sn 't a llo w ed to w re stle u n til
n e xt ye a r, and one had p o iso n o a k and w as ke p t o u t o f th e to u rn e y. B u t o u r n u m b e rs w e re d e fin ite ly n o t a d ra w b ack
fo r th e success th a t th e y w o rke d so hard fo r all season long. M a n y o f us w h o o b se rve d th e changes in th e se yo u n g
m e n o ve r th e season are im p re sse d and in spire d by th e fo rtitu d e each o n e b u ilt in sid e th e m se lve s and th e b o n d s th e y
cre ate d a m o n g th e ir te a m m a te s. W re stlin g is h a rd . B u t if one w o rks th ro u g h th e g rin d , a to u g h , fo cu se d in d ivid u a l
em erges. P e rfe ct fo r B u tte Falls, and o u r boys g a in e d re spe ct a ro u n d th e va lle y.
T hese are th e re su lts:
Jack W o rm a n — 2nd P lace
W ya tt C a rlto n — 2nd P lace
B en W o rm a n — 6 th P lace
W ya tt U lre y — 1 o u t o f p la ce m e n t
Jim m y Jo rd a h l — 1st P lace, C o nfe ren ce C h a m p io n
G abe W illia m s — 1st P lace, C o n fe re n ce C h a m p ion