This past weekend our wrestlers had an amazing showing winning the Metro League District Tournament at Southridge. This was especially nice sincwe lost a very close dual to Aloha the week before. Our kids really overcame some odds and won some key matches on Friday and Saturday to pull out the championship. We had 26 district placers and are sending 13 wrestlers to state this Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Thanks to everyone that came out to support our kids! Results are below.

Team Scores
1. Southridge 400
2. Aloha 378
3. Westview 227.5
4. Sunset 153.5
5. Beaverton 90.5

Individual Placers: Top 3 place finishers qualified for the State Tournament
1st- Casey Young(125lbs- he is now a 3X District Champ!), Kelvin King(135), Alex Hoffman(140), Tyler Kluempke(145)
2nd- Alex Shandil (103), Anthony Johnson(145), Evan McGrew(152), Connor Carron(160), Dylan Simkins(171), Kade McKenna(189)
3rd- Christian Lee(112), Tommy Malcolm(130), Sean Spencer(140)
4th- Andy Wilkson(125), Jack Alvarez(130), Matthew McRae(135), Ben Young(152), Kyle Grimes(189)
5th- Logan Jacobs(119), Steven Green(160), Michael Karambelas(171), Mason Tanuvasa(215), Jeremy Kamis(HWT)
6th- Grant Martin(103), Brandon Tieu(119), Jordan Lanz(215)

And Jean-Francois Denagnon won his novice district championship bracket!

Our wrestling team took 1st at the 8-team South Albany Tournament on Saturday! Team scores and individual placers are listed below, and a couple group photos from our team mom Shannon Spencer are attached (THANKS SHANNON!). Our JV team did outstanding as well. They didn't keep team scores for JV, but they would have won the tournament as well based on the amount of placers we had!

Varsity Team Scores:
Southridge           135
Sandy                128
Tillamook            110
Estacada             102
South Albany         87
West Albany          76
Gresham              68
Sheldon              18

Varsity Individual Placers:
1st- Kelvin King (135)
2nd- Sean Spencer (140), Alex Hoffman (145), Cody West (HWT)
3rd- Jack Alvarez (125), Tommy Malcolm (130), Evan McGrew (160), Dylan Simkins (171)
4th- Grant Martin (103), Alex Shandil (112), Kade McKenna (189), Jordan Lanz (215)
5th- Logan Jacobs (119), Ben Young (152)
JV Champions: Christian Lee (112), Brandon Tieu (119), Tyler Kluempke (152), Kyle Grimes (189)

First, I want to thank all of the parents that helped in the hospitality room and concession stand. It was amazing!!! I also want to thank our managers, Southridge staff and extra wreslters for helping run our tournament. It was very smooth and actually finished early!
Our wrestlers did a great job finishing 3rd in a very tough field of 8 teams. The team scores and individual placers are listed below.

1. West Salem           293.5
2. Oregon City          229.5
3. Southridge           218.5
4. Sandy                208
5. Gresham              164
6. Hood River Valley    157
7. Century              134
8. Grant                80

Individual Results (abbreviated consolation bracket)
1st- Kelvin King (135)
3rd-Alex Hoffman(152)
4th-Christian Lee(112), Jack Alvorez(125), Sean Spencer(140)
5th-Alex Shandil(112), Casey Young(130), Will Gillispie(135), Dylan Simkins(171), Kade McKenna(189)
6th-Grant Martin(103), Logan Jacobs(119), Tommy Malcolm(130), Tyler Kluempke(145), Ben Young(152), Jake Martin(215)

Here are the results from the NW Duals. We went 3-1 on the first day and were put into the championship bracket. We didn't wrestle very well as a team on the second day and only went 1-3. We need to be more consistent during competitions and make sure that everyone is attending practices so we can improve. (Any win or loss within 12 points is a one-match swing....as you can see, all but one of our losses this year came down to a one match swing).

Southridge 54, Renegades 21
Southridge 33, Glencoe 38
Southridge 61, Astoria 18
Southridge 51, The Dalles Watonka 29
Southridge 30, Thurston 38
Southridge 49, Ranier 21
Southridge 30, West Salem 40
Southridge 27, McNary 48

This week our Varsity and JV teams wrestle at Barlow at 4pm on Friday against Heritage, WA, Rex-Putnam and Barlow. Everyone else will have a regular practice.