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Vincent then defeated
Sprague junior Luke Mer-
zenich 11-3 in the fi nals to
win his second straight district
championship.
“I just had to know if I was
just lucky last year or not,”
Vincent said. “Apparently I
wasn’t. He (Merzenich) was
a little bit more cocky than I
was but at the same time he
was messing up a lot that I
happened to see and catch.”
McNary senior Blake Nor-
ton (220) won the Celtics
third district title, defeating
Sprague junior Jacob Luna
by forfeit. Norton found out
before faceoff that Luna had
suffered a concussion in a 6-5
win over McMinnville Juan
Contreras in the semifi nals.
Norton’s toughest match
came in the semifi nals, where
he defeated Sprague se-
nior Austin Schreefer, who
dropped down from 285, by a
4-3 ultimate tie-breaker. Tied
3-3 after three overtime peri-
ods, the match came down to
Schreefer grabbing Norton’s
head gear.
“It was probably my best
match all season,” Norton said.
“I was pretty happy about it.”
Two
more
wrestlers
punched their tickets to the
state tournament, joining
Ebbs, Vincent and Norton.
Nick Hernandez, a junior,
fi nished third at 138 pounds.
Hernandez, seeded sev-
enth, lost to No. 2 seed An-
dre Mushombe of McMin-
nville in the second round but
bounced back with two pins
to advance to the consolation
semifi nals.
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McNary junior Nick Hernandez, left, placed third at 138 pounds at the district wrestling tournament held at McKay High School Feb. 2-3. Freshman Grady Burrows
fi nished fourth at 106 pounds.
“I just wrestled hard and
took it one guy at a time, fo-
cused on the guy in front of
me and just kept wrestling
on,” Hernandez said. “You
really can’t think much of it.
You just have to keep pressing
forward and focus on the next
match.”
Hernandez then defeated
Sprague senior Chance Bach-
eller 7-4 to qualify for state.
“It was a little nerve-
racking,” Hernandez said. “I
was defi nitely nervous. It was
either make it or break it for
state. I just wrestled smart. I
listened to my coaches. You’ve
just got to wrestle strategically.
I got the take down. I rode
him on top and just came out
with the win on top.”
Hernandez topped West
Salem senior Kaleb Fegles-
Jones in the third place match.
“I just kept taking him
down, cutting him,” Hernan-
dez said. “I knew he was a
strong dude. I knew he was
good on top and he rode me. I
was down by two at one point.
Chose down, got the escape
and took him down.”
Hernandez began the sea-
son at 152 but dropped down
to 138 for the district tourna-
ment.
“I knew how good a wres-
tler I was and just made it hap-
pen,” Hernandez said.
McNary freshman Grady
Burrows (106) will be going
to state in his fi rst high school
season.
Burrows lost to Sprague
senior Bollong Joklur, No.
1 seed and eventual district
champion, in the semifi nals.
Burrows pinned Aaron Joklur
of Sprague in the consolation
semifi nals.
He was then pinned by
West Salem sophomore Ced-
ric Snider in the third-fourth
place match.
With 211.5 points, Mc-
Nary fi nished third as a team
behind Sprague (459.5) and
West Albany (229).
Noah Grunberg placed
fi fth at 145 pounds. Garrett
Wampler took fi fth at 170. An-
thony Garcia Reyes fi nished
fi fth at 195. Tony Castaneda
placed sixth at 106 pounds.
Daniel Hernandez took sixth
at 120 pounds. Jerry Martinez
fi nished sixth at 132.
The OSAA state tourna-
ment is Feb. 16-17 at Veterans
Memorial Coliseum in Port-
land.
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McNary wrestler
Anthony
Garcia
Reyes
defeated
Kyle Daily of Forest
Grove on Saturday,
Feb. 3 at McKay
High School to fi n-
ish fi fth in the dis-
trict at 195 pounds.
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Wiley