Huff 3rd, Jennings, Horrillo 6th in tourney


Siuslaw senior Richard Huff

Siuslaw Vikings senior Richard Huff improved to 16-4 Saturday with a third-place finish in the 38-school Grants Pass Winter Kickoff high school wrestling tournament.

Huff won four of five matches in the tournament, three by pin and the fourth by major decision in the 126-pound division.

Vikings junior Riley Jennings (170) and sophomore Matt Horrillo (285) each placed sixth.

Siuslaw finished 16th as a team with 49 points. Crater won with 241 and Marshfield was second with 204.

Siuslaw next wrestles Thursday, Jan. 4, at the Far West League Dual at Winston, competing with host Douglas and North Bend.

126 — Richard Huff (16-4 overall, 4-1 in tournament) placed third and scored 23 team points

  • won by major decision over Killian Cosgrove, South Medford, 12-3
  • pinned Trayson Weidman, Cascade Christian, :50
  • lost by fall to James Canfield,  Anderson (Calif.), 3:44
  • pinned Calvin Cox, North Medford, 1:41
  • pinned Chance Galvin, Modoc, 3:10

145 — Sal Sierra (1-7, 0-2)

  • lost by technical fall to Vincent Washington, Grants Pass, 4:19 (21-5)
  • lost by fall to Bowen Browder, Mazama, :29

152 — Jay Goldblatt (1-4, 0-2)

  • lost by fall to Nathan Santoni, Crater, 1:23
  • lost by fall to Chance Solus, Mazama, 3:26

170 — Riley Jennings (8-8, 3-3) placed sixth and scored 14 team points

  • pinned Zackary Ellison, Grants Pass, 3:51
  • pinned Darren Bright, Gold Beach, 5:44
  • won by major decision over over Logan Lowder, Crater, 16-7
  • lost by fall to Travis Wittlake, Marshfield, 1:25
  • lost by decision to Daniel Garcia, Dayton, 6-0
  • lost by fall to Joey Wilson, Phoenix, :50

285 — Matthew Horrillo (7-8, 2-3) placed sixth and scored 12 team points.

  • pinned Kaden Olson, Crater, 1:18
  • won by major decision over Dylan Bond, Lassen (Calif.), 13-5
  • lost by fall to Ishmael DeLaTorre, Phoenix, 2:57
  • lost by fall to Luis Pence, Anderson (Calif.), 2:12
  • lost by fall to Mason Wood, Arcata (Calif.), 3:33

Vikings' remaining schedule:

Thursday, Jan. 4 — Far West League Dual at Douglas (Douglas, North Bend, Siuslaw)
Saturday, Jan. 6 — at Bend Invitational.
Saturday, Jan. 13 — Nick Lutz Invitational at Siuslaw (North Bend, Sheldon, Siuslaw, South Umpqua)
Friday, Jan. 19 — Siuslaw at South Umpqua dual meet
Saturday, Jan. 20 — at Sutherlin Classic.
Thursday, Jan. 25 — Philomath at Siuslaw dual meet
Friday-Saturday, Jan. 26-27 — at Cottage Grove Tournament.
Friday, Feb. 2 — Senior Night Duals at Siuslaw (Siuslaw, North Bend, South Umpqua), 5:30 p.m.

Vikings' roster
106/113 — Brady Libby, freshman
120/126 — Gavin Fletcher, sophomore
120/126 — Richard Huff, senior
126/132 — Elijah LaCosse, freshman
132/138 — Patrick Hill, senior
132/138 — Ryan Jennings, freshman
145/152 — Jay Goldblatt, senior
145/152 — Sal Sierra, senior
152/160 — Alexander Paasch, junior
160/170 — Riley Jennings, junior
170/182 — Luiz Infante-Marquez, sophomore
182/195 — Christian Newlan, freshman
220/285 — Matthew Horrillo, sophomore