EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Mustang wrestlers claim top spots in
Battle of the Blues
(L-R) Champs Keeley Nairns, Landon McMahon, Zachary
Brown. - Contributed Photo
(R) Journey Cavan-Harris, 2nd place. - Contributed Photo
Loren Trujillo, 2nd place. - Contributed Photo
Keeley Nairns, 1st place. - Contributed Photo
The Heppner Mustangs
wrestling teams traveled to
College Place, WA, on Sat-
urday, Jan. 18 to compete
in the second annual Battle
in the Blues. Both teams
saw great success, with five
boys and five girls placing
in their respective weight
categories.
Zachary Brown,
Landon McMahon and
Keeley Nairns each brought
home the first-place trophy
in their weight classes,
while the girls’ team se-
cured its third second-place
trophy of the year.
Coach Tyler Robinson
expressed his pride online
in seeing the girls consis-
tently ranking at the top of
the team points standings
this season.
Full Mustang results
are as follows:
Girls’ Results:
The team placed sec-
ond overall with 71 team
points.
Loren Trujillo defeated
Jayda Preston of Pendleton
by fall in the semifinal be-
fore losing by decision to
Amber Goerge of Elgin in
the finals match. She placed
second, earning 16 team
points.
Harlee Cotton lost by
fall to Roxy Solis of Irri-
gon in the semifinal match.
After receiving a bye in the
consolation semifinal, she
lost by decision to Evelyn
Hein of Cle Elum-Roslyn.
She placed fourth, earning
four team points.
Denisse Bracamontes
lost by fall to Kameil Splatt-
stoesser of College Place
and suffered another loss by
fall to Jazmyne Castleberry
(Cle Elum-Roslyn) in the
consolation semi-final.
Journey Cavan-Harris
defeated Skyler Olson of
Cle Elum-Roslyn by fall in
the quarterfinal, then went
on to another victory by fall
over Tatum Cram of River
View. She met her match
in Jacie Lathrop of Elgin in
the first-place match, when
she lost by fall. She claimed
second place and earned 18
team points.
Emilia Cavan-Harris
won by fall over Stephanie
Yanez-Perez of Highland
in the quarterfinal before
taking her own fall in the
semifinal match against
Bailey Hasbell of Elgin.
She won by fall over Emery
Blakeslee of Cle Elum-Ro-
slyn before she suffered
another loss to RoxxAnn
Evelyn Cisneros of Mabton
in the third-place match.
She took fourth place, earn-
ing 11 team points.
Sarah Munkers took a
fall to Brooklyn Quigg of
Walla Walla in the quarter-
final. She received a bye
on the consolation round
one but then lost to Kamryn
Kauffman of Pendleton in
the consolation semifinal.
Keeley Nairns was the
star of the event, winning
by fall over Noelia Lopez of
College Place in the semifi-
nal match and going on to
defeat Cinthia Madrigal of
Irrigon in the championship
match, also by fall. Nairns
took home the champion-
ship plaque for her class
and earned 22 team points.
Boys’ Results:
The team placed fourth
overall with 122 Team
Points.
Zachary Brown was
another battle winner. He
took down Brody Rill of
Walla Walla in round one
and Trenton Mulvaney of
Highland in the quarterfi-
nal. He won the semifinal
by forfeit, but proved he
had what it took in the
championship match with
Sawyer Evans of Cle Elum,
winning by fall in 1:29. He
took home the champion-
ship and earned 28 team
points.
Conner Wilson had
a rough start, losing to
Thomas Sievertsen of Walla
Walla by decision in round
one. After receiving a bye
in consolation round one,
he went on to defeat Mateo
Israel Marquez of Mabton
by fall and Trenton Mul-
vaney of Highland by ma-
jority decision. His winning
streak ended when he fell to
Thomas Sievertsen of Walla
Walla in the consolation
semifinal. He earned six
team points.
Kaden King fell to Di-
ego Caso of Walla Walla in
the quarterfinal, but turned
it around in the consolation
rounds. He won by fall over
James Fry of College Place
and put down Chrystian
Velasquez of Mabton in
a quick 30-second match.
He fell just short of plac-
ing when he lost to Masyn
Lindsey of McLoughin in
the consolation semifinal.
He earned six team points.
Nickolas Wenberg took
a quick victory by fall over
James Fry of College Place
in round one, with anoth-
er quick win by fall over
Ignacio Cangas Iturbe of
Highland in the quarterfi-
nal. He took down Masyn
Lindsey of McLoughlin in
the semifinal, but his steak
ended when he lost to Deigo
Caso of Walla Walla in the
championship match. He
placed second and earned
22 team points.
Owen Guerra had a
quick 38-second victory
over Eduardo Urrutia of
Highland in the quarterfi-
nal, and a tough win over
Jarod Hankins of Waitsburg
in the semifinal. His hopes
for a championship were
dashed when Josiah Beiter
of Cle Elum took the vic-
tory in the championship
round. He placed second,
earning 20 team points.
Jaime Cavan defeated
Pablo Romero-Mora of
River View in the quar-
terfinal and Adam Dalan
of Walla Walla semifinal,
both by fall. His winning
streak ended when he had
to forfeit the championship
match to teammate Landon
McMahon. Cavan took
second place and earned 20
team points.
Landon McMahon also
had back-to-back victories,
taking down Emilio Guti-
errez of College Place in
the quarterfinal and David
Hadley of Walla Walla in
the semifinal. He claimed
the championship when
Cavan forfeited, earning 26
team points.
Christopher Hum-
phreys won by fall over
Antonio Urbina of Mabton
in the quarterfinal but took
a loss to Derrick Wheeler
of White Swan in the semi-
final. He missed his chance
to place when he suffered
another loss to RL Hudson
of White Swan in the conso-
lation semifinal. He earned
six team points.
The Mustang wrestlers
take to the mats again this
Friday at the Grant Union
Tournament in John Day.
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