Vikings' Mason Buss opens with two pins


Siuslaw freshman Mason Buss

Four of five Siuslaw Vikings wrestlers are still in the championship brackets of the two-day Army Strong Coast Classic in North Bend.

Vikings freshmen Mason Buss and Yoskar Delamora and juniors Elijah LaCosse and Ryan Jennings are in the quarterfinals of the 30-school event.

Buss had a pair of pins Friday at 120 pounds, dispatching Enrique Rodriguez of Henley in 19 seconds and Bailey Thompson of Myrtle Point in 2 minutes, 47 seconds.

Buss will face Crater freshman Braiden Tester in the quarterfinals. Tester earned his spot by beating No. 3-seed Gabe Chavez of Hidden Valley by major decision, 12-1.

LaCosse, seeded No. 5 at 145, pinned Jacob Koser of Myrtle Point in 4:53 to advance to the quarterfinals. LaCosse next wrestles No. 4 seed Matthew Bolanos of Crater.

Jennings, the No. 8 seed, earned a shot at top-seeded Caleb Jeffers of Roseburg in the 152 quarterfinals with a 10-3 victory over Jayden Brown of Grants Pass.

Delamora had byes into the quarterfinals, where he will battle No. 2 seed Ayden Tazioli of Crater at 106.

Siuslaw sophomore Louis Gentry lost twice, 7-4 to Christian Ketchem of Redmond in the first round at 160 and by pin in 2:31 to No. 3 seed Lucas Rivera of South Medford in consolation.

NOTES

Siuslaw's Hayden Muller will compete in the girls tournament Saturday at 140 pounds ... she is the only Lady Viking entered in the one-day tournament. ...

The Vikings have nine wrestlers entered in the companion junior varsity tournament at North Bend — Cayden Gray, Hunter Petterson, Jamie Morales Martin-Mora, John Corser, Michael Shick, Ian Sissel, Jason Garcia, Luis Infante-Marquez and JC Gentry. ...

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

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