Siuslaw wrestling coach Neil Wartnik is in midseason form when it comes to praising his athletes.

The season is just one tournament old, yet the veteran Vikings coach was at the top of his laudatory game Monday following Friday's Deven Dawson Memorial Tournament in Harrisburg.

"Mason Buss was outstanding," Wartnik said. "He defeated a pair of formidable wrestlers from Central Linn en route to his championship — I mean outstanding wrestlers."

Buss was the lone Viking weight champion, with the promising freshman winning the 120-pound class.

His victory vaulted the Vikings to third place in the 17-school event.

Or was it second place? We may never know, because the Harrisburg scorekeeper failed to record a second Siuslaw champion, freshman Yoskar Delamora, who pinned his only two opponents in the 106-pound weight class.

"The man doing the scoring at the tournament is not trained in the Trackwrestling.com system," Wartnik said. "I don't know if he made any other mistakes.

"But if Yoskar's victory was scored properly, and there were no other mistakes, we would have placed second as a team."

Pleasant Hill was first with 158 points, followed by Oakland with 146 and Siuslaw with 129. Central Linn had 126 and host Harrisburg 100.

Scio had 97, Vernonia 92, Toledo 85, Jefferson 84, Creswell 78, Coquille 65, Santiam 61, Sheridan 47, Kennedy 36, Amity 35, Santiam Christian 27 and Waldport 23.

The Vikings will compete this coming weekend in the 30-school Coast Classic at North Bend.

The report card from Wartnik:

Mason Buss … fought off his back in the semi-finals before pinning his opponent,
and he overcame a one point deficit by scoring a takedown as time
expired to eke out a 1 point victory in the finals.  Both matches were
intense.  In both Mason exhibited great composure, skill and mental
toughness.

Elijah LaCosse … had a standout performance.  He lost 5-3 in the
finals to a 2018 3A state champion.  The match was outstanding.  Elijah
never stopped moving, never gave up.  His performance was particularly
impressive considering that Elijah had been pinned by the same person a
week prior at an all-comers meet on the OSU campus.

Christian Newlan .. was outstanding as well.   He had a pair of impressive
wins to make the finals and wrestled with great energy in the finals.
He made numerous bad choices in the finals match.  Otherwise it would
have been much closer.  With a few adjustments, Christian could beat the
boy he lost to.

Yoskar Delamora .. pinned two opponents en route to a championship in the
106 pound weight bracket.  He pinned both boys in the first round.

Hayden Muller … was amazing!  She beat a pair of boys to make it to the
semis — pinned them both. In the semis she fought to the end. She
scored the last two points of the match. She just didn't have enough
technique to pull off this match.  Still, she showed that she can wrestle
with the boys — and win. The injury defaulted her last match because she
tweaked a knee early in the day. The coaching staff decided not to risk
anything worse.  She should be back for this weekend.

Hunter Petterson … showed improvement over the course of the day.  He did
a good job of listening.

Ryan Jennings … wrestled many strong matches throughout the day.

JC Gentry … wrestled very well.  It looked like he was going to win in the
5th-6th match, but he overran a pinning combination and ended up on his
back.  Bummer.

Bailey Overton … wrestled tough.  She had the misfortune of being in
Mason's bracket--which was small--and her only matches were against the
two tough Central Linn wrestlers who battled Mason.

Jason Garcia … wrestled great and got his first varsity win.  In that
match he took his opponent down 8 times in a row.  Very impressive.

DEVEN DAWSON MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT
Friday, Dec. 6, at Harrisburg
Siuslaw results

106 — Yoskar Delamora

• Pinned Hunter Mersch, Jefferson
• Pinned Ridge Cunningham, Oakland

113 — Arrianna Brown

• Lost by fall to Brandon DePue, Vernonia
• Lost by fall to Matthew Morrow, Kennedy

120 — Mason Buss placed first, scored 24 team points

• Pinned Johnathan Sicard, Vernonia
• Pinned Rieley Branson, Central Linn
• Won by decision over Blake Owens, Central Linn, 6-5

120 — Bailey Overton

• Lost by fall to Blake Owens, Central Linn
• Lost by fall to Rieley Branson, Central Linn

126 — Hunter Patterson placed fifth, scored 11 team points

• Lost by decision to Caleb Perez, Santiam Christian, 11-4
• Won by major decision over Aislinn Stroud, Santiam, 20-8
• Pinned Mary Albitz, Waldport
• Won by decision over Leland Good, Oakland, 6-4

132 — Jaime Morales Martin-Mora

• Lost by fall to Levi Forson, Sco
• Lost by fall to Tristan Sherritt, Coquille

138 —Colin Leland

• Lost by fall to Kyle Arscott, Oakland
• Lost by fall to Cameron Jones, Oakland

138 — Hayden Muller placed fourth, scored 15 team points

• Pinned Issac Turner-Williams, Santiam
• Pinned Maximus Anderson, Vernonia
• Lost by decision to Marc Griffithis, Pleasant Hill, 8-4
• Lost by forfeit to Kyle Arscott, Oakland

145 — John Corser

• Lost by fall to Ausin Sicard, Vernonia
• Lost by fall to Tony Belcastro, Central Linn

145 — Elijah LaCosse placed second, scored 24 team points

• Pinned Jeremiah Reade, Jefferson
• Pinned Jackson Sisk, Santiam
• Pinned Ethan Elmer, Coquille
• Lost by decision to Hunter McIrvin, Central Linn, 4-2

152 — Lucian Murphy

• Lost by fall to Samuel Baker, Pleasant Hill
• Lost by fall to Josiah Burton, Waldport

152 — Matt Shick

• Lost by fall to Chase Merrit, Central Linn
• Lost by fall to Jake Trissel, Scio

160 — Chance O'Brien

• Lost by fall to Kyle Hayner, Toledo, :19
• Lost by fall to Ian Sissel, Siuslaw, :13

160 — Ian Sissel

• Lost by fall to Charles Conrad, Pleasant Hill
• Pinned Chance O'Brien, Siuslaw, :13
Pinned Rafael Rosas, Jefferson
• Lost by fall to Ryan Jennings, Siuslaw

160 — Ryan Jennings placed fifth, scored 16 team points

• Pinned Keon Mogensen, Oakland
• Lost by major decision to Trenton Hutchinson, Toledo, 15-4
• Pinned Ian Sissel, Siuslaw
• Won by major decision over Bryce Chilgren, Harrisburg, 13-3
• Won by decision over Logan Johnson, Creswell, 5-3

170 — Jason Garcia scored 3 team points

• Lost by fall to Lucas Bischoff, Kennedy
• Won by major decision over Dillon Thurmon, Coquille, 17-5
• Lost by fall to Nick Kubishta, Creswell

170 — Logan Wells

• Lost by fall to Kaleb Chavez, Waldport, :14
• Lost by fall to Bryson Canada, Harrisburg

195 — Jonathon Rose

• Lost by fall to Gary McDaniel, Scio
• Pinned Jess Desanto, Santiam, :18
• Lost by fall to Joan Tapai, Harrisburg

195 — Luis Infante-Marquez

• Pinned Cian Ondor, Sheridon
• Lost by decision to Jayden Henry, Oakland, 8-4
• Lost by decision to DeAndre Brosterman, Sheridan, 8-2

195 — Christian Newlan placed second, scored 22 team points

• Pinned Cody West, Vernonia
• Pinned Joan Tapai, Harrisburg
• Won by decision over Jayden Henry, Oakland, 10-4
• Lost by fall to Gary McDaniel, Scio

220 — JC Gentry placed sixth, scored 7 team points

• Lost by fall to Tom Riley, Coquille
• Pinned Alex Herington, Creswell
• Lost by fall to Tavis Propst, Sheridan

2019-2020 SIUSLAW ROSTER
Freshmen (11)
Mason Buss
Yoskar Delamora
Cayden Gray
Carson McGinley
Lucian Murphy
Chance O'Brien
Hunter Patterson
Jonathan Rose
Wesley Scott
Ian Sissel
Logan Wells
Sophomores (8)
Arrianna Brown
John Corser
Jason Garcia
JC Gentry
Jaime Morales Martin-Mora
Hayden Muller
Bailey Overton
Evangielina Spradling
Juniors (6)
Adrianna Edwards
Ryan Jennings
Elijah LaCosse
Collin Leland
Christian Newlan
Michael Schick
Seniors (4)
Louis Gentry
Matthew Horrillo
Luis Infante-Marquez
David Spencer
Head coach: Neil Wartnik
Assistant coaches: Chris Rupp, Dusty Shingleton, Robert Forsythe, Rylan Burum, Stecher Buss, Thomas Jennings

2019-2020 SIUSLAW SCHEDULE
Friday-Saturday, Dec. 13-14 — at Coast Classic, North Bend
Tuesday, Dec. 17 — Central Coast Challenge, Siuslaw, 5 p.m.
Friday-Saturday, Dec. 20-21 — Grants Pass Winter Kickoff, 11 a.m.
Saturday, Jan. 4 — at Bend Invite, 10 a.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 8 — Sutherlin at Siuslaw dual, 6 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 11 — at Sutherlin Invitational
Saturday, Jan. 18 — Nick Lutz Invitational, Siuslaw
Friday, Jan. 24 — at Sky-Em Duals, Marshfield
Saturday, Jan. 25 — at Bay City Duals, Marshfield
Friday-Saturday, Jan. 31-Feb. 1 — at Cottage Grove Invitational
Thursday, Feb. 6 — at Oregon West Conference Duals, Newport
Friday-Saturday, Feb. 7-8 — at OSAA Southern Division Girls Regional, Thurston
Thursday, Feb. 13 — Philomath at Siuslaw dual, 6 p.m.
Friday-Saturday, Feb. 21-22 — at OSAA Southern Division Boys Regional, Stayton
Friday-Saturday, Feb. 28-29 — OSAA state championships, Portland