SPORTS
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
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Dawgs sending 7 to regional tournament
who was in charge of his
match against Matthew
McGuire of Rogers. The
Hermiston junior cruised to
a 17-4 major decision to earn
the third seed to regionals.
Wagner, a sophomore,
picked up the third seed to
regionals with a 9-5 vic-
tory over Ryan Stayrook of
Southridge, while Coughlin
beat Kingston Grey of Mt.
Spokane 5-2.
Shipley was pinned by
Riley Bonser of Mt. Spo-
kane in the placing match in
a time of 3:04.
By ANNIE FOWLER
STAFF WRITER
When you add up all the
numbers, the Hermiston
Bulldogs had a prosperous
weekend at the District 8
Wrestling Tournament.
The host Bulldogs placed
three in the finals (all fresh-
men), had 11 place in the
top six, and will send seven
wrestlers to the regional
tournament.
“It’s good to have kids
make the finals and experi-
ence that,” Hermiston coach
Kyle Larson said. “We are
excited. We have quite a
young team. It’s our first
WIAA district competition.
We need to find out as a
team how to finish strong.”
Mt. Spokane, the reign-
ing 3A state champion, ran
away with the team title,
amassing 404.5 points, leav-
ing the rest of the competi-
tion behind. Rogers (221.5)
was second, while Kami-
akin (204.5) was third,
Southridge (193.5) fourth
and Hermiston fifth with
184.5 points.
“It was good,” Mt. Spo-
kane coach Travis Hughes
said. “We have a good team
with some talented kids.
Next weekend will be a bet-
ter test. We were surprised
by the scores. We were
concerned about Kami-
akin. Team-wise, it was low
stress. To get that many kids
through was nice.”
The top four district plac-
ers advance to the regional
tournament Feb. 9 at Yelm
High School. From there,
the top four will advance to
the state tournament Feb.
15-16 at the Tacoma Dome.
The Bulldogs had Jon
Lee (220 pounds), Sam
Cadenas (195) and Hunter
Dyer (120) in the finals, but
did not come away with any
champions.
Lee, the Mid-Columbia
staff photo by Kathy aney
Hermiston’s Jon Lee wrestles Kamiakin’s Ben Hollenberg in the 220-pound final on Saturday night during the 3A District 8
Wrestling Tournament.
Conference’s top seed, was
pinned by Kamiakin senior
Ben Hollenberg in a time of
4 minutes, 50 seconds in the
title match.
“I felt he was going to
be hard to beat,” Lee said.
“Everyone I wrestled here,
I had wrestled before. They
were way harder this time.
After my second match, I
knew Hollenberg would be
the real deal.”
Lee (29-11) beat Mt.
Spokane’s Tyler Dallas 7-6
in the semifinals to advance.
In the championship
bout, Hollenberg led 5-0 in
the third before getting the
pin.
“I’m a freshman and I’m
proud of how far I’ve got-
ten,” Lee said. “I could have
done way worse. It makes
me excited for the future.
I think as time goes on, we
will grow as a team. By
the time we freshmen are
seniors, we will be winning
tournaments.”
Cardenas, who won the
220-pound title at the MCC
JV championships last week,
cut down to 195 for districts,
and worked his way through
the bracket before earning
an 11-7 decision over Nate
Smiler of Shadle Park in the
semifinals.
In the finals, he encoun-
tered Kamiakin’s Jacob
Olson (31-5), who pinned
the young Bulldog in 32
seconds. Olson won the 3A
170-pound state title last
year.
“I was nervous,” Cade-
nas said of his match with
Olson. “I got caught in a
head-and-arm and that got
me off balance. This is my
first year wrestling and it
was fun. It’s a whole new
experience.”
Dyer (20-16) pinned
Jacob Williams of South-
ridge in 3:37 to reach the
finals, where he met up with
Kamiakin senior Xavier
Zavala.
Zavala took Dyer down
just 23 seconds into the first
round, and registered the pin
at 1:03 for his second con-
secutive district title.
“It was a great experi-
ence,” Dyer said. “I drew a
good seed in the bracket and
took advantage of it. I went
in knowing the kid (Zav-
ala) was three grades ahead
of me. I was a little nervous.
I’m going to regionals, and
I’m really excited about
that.”
Larson was pleased with
the performance of his
youngsters.
“It’s awesome for these
freshmen,” he said. “For
Sam, this is the biggest tour-
nament he has been in.”
Also joining Lee, Cade-
nas and Dyer at region-
als will be Jordan Franklin,
who was third at 132, Trevor
Wagner, who was third at
160, junior Dustyn Cough-
lin who was third at 285, and
senior Gage Shipley, who
finished fourth at 126.
Franklin left no doubt
This young Dawg has a bite
By ANNIE FOWLER
STAFF WRITER
Jon Lee is a bit nervous about
getting his permit to drive, but put
the Hermiston freshman on the mat
and he will take on all-comers.
Lee, who is ranked No. 5 at 220
pounds in the Class 3A Washington
Wrestling Report, placed second at
the District 8 Tournament on Sat-
urday at Hermiston High School,
earning a trip to the regional tour-
nament this weekend in Yelm,
Wash.
“It’s awesome having a fresh-
man come in and be at the level
he is to compete,” Bulldogs coach
Kyle Larson said. “He is there. He
is mature and athletic, and he uses
his abilities in matches.”
Lee knew he would have some
tough competition at district, so he
came prepared.
“I do my homework on my
opponents, and that calms me
down,” Lee said.
Lee typically weighs in about
211 pounds, still light for his
weight class, but it has not been a
detriment to his season.
Lee is 29-11 on the year, and
that includes taking some lumps at
elite tournaments like Tri-State and
Gut Check.
In the Mid-Columbia Confer-
ence, he lost twice — to Pasco’s
Damian Silva and Hanford’s Jon-
athan Burt. Both are in the 4A
division.
He won the Farm City Tourna-
ment, placed sixth at Gut Check
and was fifth at the Tyrone Woods
Memorial Tournament.
“Once I figured out high school
wrestling wasn’t as scary as I
thought it would be, it has been a
lot of fun, and I have liked going
to different places. We have a lot
more competition in Washington
DISTRICT 8 TOURNAMENT
Top 4 advance to regionals Feb. 9 at
Yelm High School
Team scores — Mt. spokane 404.5, rog-
ers 221.5, Kamiakin 204.5, southridge
193.5, Hermiston 184.5, north Central
129, shadle Park 92.5, Kennewick 80.
Championship matches: 106 — Ken-
ndyl Mobley (nC) won by injury default
over steven Zaragoza (nC). 113 — Jarret
sharp (Ms) md. Jacob Carr (Ms), 9-1. 120
— Xavier Zavala (Kam) p. Hunter dyer
(H), 1:03. 126 — Clayton Gilliam (nC) tf.
rila buth (Ms), 17-2. 132 — austin alma-
guer (Kam) d. Ky Haney (Ms), 4-2 (OT).
138 — blake Haney (Ms) d. Casey Hower-
ton (Ms), 9-2. 145 — Klouse albers (sP) p.
Kevin Cornejo (Kam), 4:53. 152 — Kadin
shaw (nC) p. Carter Miethe (Ms), :35. 160
— Mikael Failor (sou) p. drew House (Ms),
:51. 170 — Tre Phillips (r) md. Issiah ber-
luti (sP), 18-4. 182 — Mason Miethe (Ms)
p. Jevon Johnson (sou), 2:45. 195 —
Jacob Olson (Kam) p. sam Cadenas (H),
:32. 220 — ben Hollenberg (Kam) p. Jon
Lee (H), 4:50. 285 — Joshua Guzik (r) p.
Gavin Johnson (sou), 1:29.
Third/fourth: 106 — Luke Zwiesler (Ms)
p. saw Thee (sou), 5:32. 113 — Guill-
ermo ramirez (Kam) d. Kenny Phan (r),
5-0. 120 — Jacob Williams (sou) d. anto-
nio ramos (Ken), 8-6. 126 — riley bon-
ser (Ms) p. Gage shipley (H), 3:04. 132
— Jordan Franklin (H) md. Matthew
McGuire (r), 17-4. 138 — yasir ahmed (r)
p. Jacoby Wieber (Ken), 5:43. 145 — Luca
Paolino (Ms) d. Isaac sweeney (r), 7-3. 152
— Connor singley (Ms) d. shawn Gegg
(sou), 3-1. 160 — Trevor Wagner (H) d.
ryan stayrook (sou), 12-5. 170 — dylan
Holt (Ken) d. Cody Hudson (sou), 8-2. 182
— Grayson bowles (Ms) d. Gilbert Mar-
quez (Kam), 5-4. 195 — nick dallas (Ms)
p. Lucas Martin (sou), 2:22. 220 — Vadim
bobrounikov (r) p. Tyler dallas (Ms), 3:56.
285 — dustyn Coughlin (H) d. Kingston
Grey (Ms), 5-2.
Other Hermiston placers — adrian del-
gado (5th, 106 pounds), Isaac Lambert
(6th, 113), Cole abbott (6th, 120), sean
stewart (5th, 220), Chase bradshaw (6th,
285).
Valentine’s
Massacre
coming to
Big River
Golf
By HERMISTON HERALD
staff photo by e.J. Harris
Hermiston freshman Jon Lee will compete this weekend in the district tournament.
than in Oregon.”
All that said, Lee still admits
there are a few nerves heading into
the tournament.
Larson isn’t too concerned.
“His edge is his will to win,”
Larson said. “He doesn’t like to
lose. Every match, he thinks he can
win.”
Young pup
Lee did not grow up in the
Hermiston youth wrestling pro-
gram, but he started the sport in the
third grade when his family lived in
Gladstone. They moved to Herm-
iston when Lee was in the sixth
grade.
“When I moved here, it was a
totally different environment,” Lee
said. “It was intense. At that time,
Hermiston had a really good pro-
gram. I took the seventh grade off.”
Lee returned to the mat in the
eighth grade, sorry that he skipped
a year.
“I realized that my technique
was rusty,” he said. “When I was
in the eighth grade, I realized in a
year I would be wrestling juniors
and seniors, and I was a little intim-
idated. Then I realized with my
physical attributes, it put me ahead
of others. I was 10 pounds when
I was born, and I just kept getting
bigger. I have been gifted with what
I have, but I realize I don’t work as
hard as I should sometimes.”
At 6-foot-3, Lee towers over
some opponents who are shorter
and stockier, but once he plants his
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“His dad (James) had him in
multiple clubs growing up,” Larson
said. “The work was done years
ago. He has been to good tourna-
ments. This isn’t anything he hasn’t
seen before.”
And now that he has put in
the work, he’s ready to reap the
rewards.
“My goal is to be the first person
from Oregon to place first at state
in Washington,” Lee said.
The Valentine’s Mas-
sacre competition is com-
ing to Umatilla’s Big River
Golf course.
Signups come with a
warning: “We are setting
up the course as difficult as
possible. This tournament is
not for the faint of heart.”
Handicaps will be used
for the 18-hole stroke play.
Entry fees are $25 for
annual course members,
and $35 for non-members.
Big River encourages
participants to list teams
they’d like to play with
when registering.
If players do not have a
team, they will be matched
with other individuals. Indi-
vidual scores will be used.
The deadline for signups
is Wednesday, Feb. 6.
Email or call Big River
to register at 541-922-3006,
or
megan@golfbigriver.
com.
The competition tees off
at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Feb.
9.
VISIT US ON
THE WEB AT
Hermiston
Herald.com
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Friday
action begins at 3:30 p.m.
Saturday
action begins at 10 a.m.
Finals at 5:30 p.m.
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