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Dawgs win tournament title
By ANNIE FOWLER
STAFF WRITER
Hermiston crowned two cham-
pions Wednesday, and took home
the team trophy at the second
annual Oregon Trail County Cham-
pionships at Echo High School.
Cole Abbott (132 pounds) and
Jaxson Gribskov (170) won titles
for the Bulldogs, who sent their
junior varsity team to the tour-
nament that featured teams from
Umatilla and Morrow counties.
Hermiston rolled up 211 points,
followed by Pendleton (202),
McLoughlin/Weston-McEwen/
Griswold (107), Irrigon (104), Riv-
erside (103), Heppner/Ione (64)
and Echo/Stanfield (50).
“It was a good tournament,”
Echo/Stanfield coach Monte
Toombs said. “There were some
great matches and some good
finals matches. We accomplished
what we wanted to do.”
Abbott earned a 19-9 major
decision over Heppner/Ione’s Saul
Lopez in the 132-pound title bout,
while Gribskov recorded a 12-5
decision over Riverside’s Jose
Puerta.
Pendleton had four champi-
ons on the day — Dawson Trem-
per (106), Gabe Browning (126),
Patrick Simpson (182) and Isaac
Urbina (195), but the Bucks didn’t
have enough secondary points to
catch Hermiston.
Simpson put in less than 1 min-
ute on the match. He had a pin
of 32 seconds in the semis, then
pinned Roberto Ayala of Irrigon in
17 seconds in the finals.
Mac-Hi/Weston-McEwen/Gris-
wold’s Jesse Jones won the 145-
pound title, while teammates Tan-
ner Wells (220) and Isaac Wood
finished first.
Asher Hall (113) and Tim
Standley (285) were victorious
in the finals for Irrigon. Standley
pinned Hermiston’s Chase Brad-
shaw in 1:12 in the championship
match.
Heppner’s Jace Coe won the
160-pound title, pinning Hermis-
ton’s Avant Ortiz in 4:17.
For Riverside, Jacob Harris
(152) and Ethan Snyder (138) won
gold. Snyder got a 1-0 decision
over Pendleton’s Jack Lieuallen.
OREGON TRAIL COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Championship matches
106 — Dawson Tremper (Pend) p. Ethan Jones
(MH/WM/G), :40. 113 — Asher Hall (Irr) p. Oscar
Cota (Herm), 3:25. 120 — Isaac Wood (MH/WM/G),
p. Gavin Doherty (Herm), 5:35. 126 — Gabe Brown-
ing (Pend) d. Trevor Kirkpatrick (Herm), 8-3. 132 —
Cole Abbott (Herm) md. Saul Lopez (Hepp/I), 19-9.
138 — Ethan Snyder (Riv) d. Jack Lieuallen (Pend),
1-0. 145 — Jesse Jones (MH/WM/G), p. Trayton Bale
(Pend), 2:37. 152 — Jacob Harris (Riv) d. Tama Tuia
(Herm), 8-1. 160 — Jace Coe (Hepp/I)p. Avant Ortiz
(Herm), 4:17. 170 — Jaxson Gribskov (Herm) d. Jose
Puerta (Riv), 12-5. 182 — Patrick Simpson (Pend) p.
Alan Murguia (Irr), :17. 195 — Isaac Urbina (Pend) p.
Roberto Ayala (Irr), 2:12. 220 — Tanner Wells (MH/
WM/G), p. Rafael Pereyda (MH/WM/G), 4:29. 285 —
Tim Standley (Irr) p. Chase Bradshaw (Herm), 1:12.
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Hermiston’s Gavin Doherty (in red) wrestles Isaac Wood of Mac-Hi during Wednesday’s Oregon Trail County Championships in Echo. Wood pinned Doherty
in 5:35 in the 120-pound finals.
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SCENES FROM THE MEET
1) Heppner’s Saul Lopez (in red) wrestles Cole Abbot, of Hermiston, during
Wednesday’s Oregon Trail County Championships in Echo. Abbott won the
132-pound match 19-9. 2) Hermiston’s Trevor Kirkpatrick (in red) wrestles Gabe
Browning, of Pendleton, during Wednesday’s Oregon Trail County Champi-
onships in Echo. Browning beat Kirkpatrick 8-3 in the 126-pound finals. 3)
Hermiston’s Oscar Cota (in blue) wrestles Asher Hall of Irrigon during Wednes-
day’s Oregon Trail County Championships in Echo. Hall pinned Cota in 3:25 in
the 113-pound title bout.
Staff photos by Kathy Aney
Hermiston picks up pair of MCC victories
side of a 7-3 score early in the third
round.
Carrillo then registered three
takedowns, and gave up two
escapes to tie the match at 11-11.
In overtime, Carrillo got a quick
takedown for the 13-11 win. Car-
rillo also pinned Richland’s Eli
Lemieux in 5:25 to open the match
against the Bombers.
“We talk about being in better
shape,” Larson said. “You have to
be the guy with more energy in the
end.”
By ANNIE FOWLER
STAFF WRITER
A strong showing by the middle
and upper weights helped Hermis-
ton record a pair of Mid-Columbia
Conference wins Thursday night at
Richland High School.
The Bulldogs (3-1 MCC)
opened the night with a 63-12 vic-
tory over Richland, then toppled
Kennewick 44-15 in a match that
saw two wrestlers rally to win in
overtime.
“We are on our way,” Herm-
iston coach Kyle Larson said of
the wins. “There are matches
where we could have made bet-
ter decisions. We need to keep
working and keep fine tuning our
technique.”
Hermiston’s Trevor Wag-
ner put in less than 2 minutes of
work between his two 170-pound
matches, pinning Richland’s
Estevan Yanez in 30 seconds, and
Kennewick’s Andrew Hawkins in
1:21.
At 195, the Bulldogs got a
pair of wins from Blake Betz,
who earned a 6-0 decision over
the Bombers’ Julian Hayne, and
a 13-4 major decision over the
Lions’ Caleb Gragg.
Cole Abbott (126), Jordan
Franklin (145), Jaxson Gribskov
(160), Sam Cadenas (220) and
Dustyn Coughin (285) also had
two wins for Hermiston.
Against the Lions, Hermis-
HERMISTON 63, RICHLAND 12
106 — Jackson Booker (R) won by forfeit. 113 —
Zayne Helfer (H) p. Robert Wood, 1:16. 120 —
Adrian Delgado (H) p. Brian Quintana, 1:14. 126
— Cole Abbott (H) p. Brody Holcombe, 1:38. 132 —
Hunter Dyer (H) p. Braecyn Cole, 1:32. 138 — Saul
Valencia (R) p. Jasper Hardy, 1:41. 145 — Jordan
Franklin (H) p. Alias Romero, 5:24. *152 — Emman-
uel Carrillo (H) p. Eli Lemieux, 5:25. 160 — Jaxson
Gribskov d. Sam Lemieux, 8-3. 170 — Trevor Wag-
ner (H) p. Estevan Yanez, :30. 182 — Daniel Faae-
teete (H) p. Eliajah Rodriguez, 1:38. 195 — Blake
Betz (H) d. Julian Hayne, 6-0. 220 — Sam Cadenas
(H) p. Melvin Kreitzer, :51. 285 — Dustyn Coughlin
(H), d. Kaden James, 2-0.
Staff photo by Annie Fowler
Hermiston’s Trevor Wagner, left, pins Kennewick’s Andrew Hawkins during their 170-pound match Thursday at
Richland High School. Wagner pinned Hawkins in 1:21, and the Bulldogs won the match 44-15.
ton’s Adrian Delgado was trail-
ing Ler Pwen Htoo 10-3 in the
second round of their 120-pound
match. Delgado came to life in the
third, wearing down Htoo, who
was dinged three times for stalling
to the tune of four points. His last
infraction tied the score at 12-12
with 10 seconds left.
In overtime, Delgado registered
a takedown 29 seconds in, and got
a 2-point near fall for a 16-12 vic-
tory. His win opened up a 31-6 lead
for Hermiston.
Delgado also pinned Richland’s
Brian Quintana in 1:14 for a clean
sweep.
Kennewick picked up wins
at 132 and 138 before Franklin
righted the ship with a 58-second
pin of Ker Nay Lay at 145.
In the final match of the bout,
Hermiston’s Emmanuel Carrillo
(152) found himself on the wrong
HERMISTON 44, KENNEWICK 15
106 — Caiden Harris (H) won by forfeit. 113 — Saw
Thee (K) d. Zayne Helfer, 4-3. 120 — Adrian Del-
gado (H) d. Ler Pwen Htoo, 16-12 (OT). 126 — Cole
Abbott (H) md. John Kershaw, 20-8. 132 — Tony
Ramos (K) d. Hunter Dyer, 5-2. 138 — Jonathan
Jefferson (K) p. Jasper Hardy, 3:21. 145 — Jordan
Franklin (H) p. Ker Nay Lay, :58. 152 — Emman-
uel Carrillo (H) d. Jacoby Wieber, 13-11 (OT). *160
— Jaxson Gribskov (H) d. Blake Brooks, 8-4. 170
— Trevor Wagner p. Andrew Hawkins, 1:21. 182
— Dylan Holt (K) d. Daniel Faaeteete, 11-4. 195 —
Blake Betz (H) md. Caleb Gragg, 13-4. 220 — Sam
Cadenas (H) d. Chayc Ottum, 11-5. 285 — Dustyn
Coughlin (H) p. Mason Epperly, :25.