Girls, football players, cross country runners and an "exciting transfer from Indiana" are among those considering wrestling for veteran Siuslaw coach Neil Wartnik this winter.

Practice starts Nov. 16, and the first match of the season is Dec. 5 at the Perry Burlison Invitational at Cascade High School in Turner, a few miles southeast of Salem.

"The girls can wrestle, and right now we're working on getting kids out to wrestle," Siuslaw athletic director Jeromy Graybill said. "Coach Wartnik takes two or three kids to state every year.

"We're looking forward to a successful season, and we're just building numbers right now."

Wartnik, in his 21st year as wrestling coach, lists a tentative roster that includes two big men on the Vikings football team, state wrestling qualifiers Kainan Lane and Dylan Jennings.

Student trainer Eyza Abbas, cross-country runners Murray Bingham and Ricky Huff and football players Caleb Paredes, Michael Mason, Justin Perkins and Nick Steinman are on the early roster, as are senior Andrew Tupua, a two-year letterman, and junior Scott Simmons, a transfer from Indiana.

The tentative roster below is organized by weight, from light to heavy.

"This is very sketchy, but these are the students who are contemplating (wrestling) at this time," Wartnik wrote.

Tentative roster

Athlete, year in school, weight class (if available)

• Derek Wallace FR, 106
• Matthew Morales FR, 106
• Richard Huff So, 112,106
• Eyza Abbas JR-?
• Getzemene Jaimes SR-?
• Riley Jennings FR-?
• Caleb Paredes SR-?
• Kimberley DeJesus SR-?
• Wyatt Burns Fr-?
• Scott Simmons Jr-132, 138 (Indiana transfer)
• Murray Bingham Fr-?
• Ivon Ellsworth So-?
• Salvador Sierra So-?
• Joaquin Cervantes Jr-?
• Nick Steinman Jr-?
• Jordan Scott Jr-?
• Andrew Tupua Sr-? (2x Varsity Letterman)
• Kaleb Hack Fr-?
• Damion Fox Jr-182
• Michael Mason Sr-198
• Alex Bloomfield Sr-198,215
• Eli Burnem Fr-215,198
• Sam Testa Fr-215,198
• Justin Perkins Jr-215,198
• Kainan Lane Jr-275,215 (2x Varsity Letterman + State Qualifier)
• Dylan Jennings Sr-275 (3x Varsity Letterman + State Qualifier)

Tentative schedule:

• Saturday, Dec. 5 at Cascade (Perry Burlison Invitational)
• Saturday, Dec. 12 at Springfield Invitational
• Friday/Saturday, Dec. 18/19 at Grants Pass Winter Classic
• Monday/Tuesday, Dec. 21/22 at Marshfield (Bay City Duals)
• Thursday, Jan. 7 Far West League Crabpool at Siuslaw
• Saturday, Jan. 9 at Bend Invitational
• Saturday, Jan. 16 Nick Lutz Invitational at Siuslaw
• Saturday, Jan. 23 at Sutherlin Invitational
• Thursday, Feb. 4 FWL Crabpool at South Umpqua
• Friday, Feb. 5 at Cottage Grove Invitational
• Saturday, Feb. 6 at Cottage Grove Invitational
• Friday, Feb. 19 at Regional tournament (Klamath Falls--one of the three schools)
• Saturday, Feb. 20 at Regional tournament Day 2
• Friday, Feb. 26 at State Wrestling Tournament (Memorial Coliseum-Portland)
• Saturday, Feb. 27 at State Wrestling Tournament Day 2