Siuslaw 6th in 21-school Nick Lutz tourney


Vikings junior Richard Huff was No. 1 at 120 pounds at the Nick Lutz Memorial Invitational. photo from Facebook page Siuslaw Wrestling

Siuslaw junior 120-pounder Richard Huff pinned all three of his opponents Saturday to capture first place in the annual Nick Lutz Memorial Invitational wrestling tournament at Siuslaw High School.

The host Vikings finished sixth in a field of 21 teams with 90 points. Sutherlin was first with 182.5, followed by Elmira at 180, Sheldon at 175, Junction City at 170 and North Eugene at 117.

Huff scored 26 team points, while senior Scott Simmons was second at 138 and scored 24 points and senior Kainan Lane was third at 285 and scored 20 points.

Senior Nick Steinman was fifth place at 170 and scored 15 points and freshman Matthew Horrillo was 2-2 and scored 5 points.

Siuslaw was the top-scoring Far West League school of the four in the tournament. North Bend was ninth with 68 points, South Umpqua 12th with 56 and Brookings-Harbor 18th with 27.

The Vikings are scheduled to wrestle at the Sutherlin Invitational next Saturday and at Philomath on Jan. 24.

The Far West League tournament is Feb. 1 at North Bend, followed by the Cottage Grove Invitational Feb. 3-4 and the Special District Tournament Feb. 10-11 at South Umpqua.

Siuslaw results at Nick Lutz Memorial Tourmament:

120 — No. 1 seed Richard Huff (19-3 for season) was 3-0, placed 1st and scored 26 team points

  • pinned Jaeson Jones, Sutherlin, 1:29
  • pinned Ezra Haddy, Junction City, 1:40
  • pinned Landen Timeus, Gold Beach, 2:21

126 — Quincy Rusk (0-8) was 0-2

  • lost by pin to Anthony Rath, Philomath, 1:16
  • lost by pin to Kent Lagroma, Sutherlin, 1:55

138 — No. 1 seed Scott Simmons (10-5) was 3-1, placed 2nd and scored 24 team points

  • pinned Austin Miller, North Bend, :51
  • pinned Tanner Wyatt, Brookings, 3:16
  • pinned Chance Campbell, North Bend, :36
  • lost by decision to Isaiah Lepre, Sutherlin, 7-6

145 — Joaquin Cervantes (2-6) was 0-2

  • lost by decision to Dustin Payne, South Umpqua, 6-2
  • lost by pin to Jason Dardis, Willamette, 1:28

170 — No. 4 seed Nick Steinman (12-8) was 3-2, placed 5th and scored 15 team points

  • pinned Jon Zebadua, Brookings-Harbor, 3:53
  • pinned Walker Lutz, Sheldon, 1:31
  • lost by decision to Ayden Lindsey, Illinois Valley, 11-10
  • lost by fall to Conner Grauf, Sutherlin, :32
  • pinned Cody Moore, Triangle Lake, 1:07

285 — Matthew Horrillo (3-7) was 2-2 and scored 5 team points

  • pinned Ashton Pepiot, Sutherlin, 5:12
  • lost by pin to Dylan Porter, Elmira, :40
  • won by decision over Tanner Strong, Sutherlin, 2-0
  • lost by pin to Thomas Thorne, Elmira, 2:23

285 — Sam Testa was 0-2

  • lost by pin to Luis Vargas-Juarez, Philomath, 3:32
  • lost by pin to Tanner Strong, Sutherlin, 1:36

285 — Kainan Lane (12-9) was 4-1, placed 3rd and scored 20 points

  • pinned Eli Jones, Elmira, 3:24
  • pinned Shawn Scott, Riddle, 5:16
  • lost by decision to Matthew Metcalf, Sheldon, 5-3
  • pinned Thomas Thorne, Elmira, 2:26
  • won by decision over Jaret Remington, South Umpqua, 6-1


Team scoring

  1. Sutherlin (team of 23 wrestlers) scored 182.5 points
  2. Elmira (20) 180
  3. Sheldon (13) 175
  4. Junction City (17) 170
  5. North Eugene (11) 117
  6. Siuslaw (8) 90
  7. Philomath (12) 87
  8. Gold Beach (4) 74
  9. North Bend (7) 68
  10. Siletz Valley (5) 65
  11. Churchill (7) 62
  12. South Umpqua (5) 56
  13. Coquille (6) 54
  14. Riddle (5) 53
  15. Taft (10) 41
  16. Illinois Valley (2) 40
  17. Triangle Lake (3) 30
  18. Brookings-Harbor (7) 27
  19. Willamette (3) 14
  20. Toledo (1) 3
  21. Amity (6) 0