Siuslaw junior Elijah LaCosse and senior Matthew Horrillo captured third places Saturday at the Class 4A state wrestling championships in Portland.
LaCosse converted his fifth pin in a row and gained revenge over Alex Kehr of La Grande in the third-place final at 138 pounds.
Horrillo capped his career with a 5-2 victory over Josh Heywood of Gladstone in the third-place final at 285.
LaCosse scored 23 team points, Horrillo 15, Mason Buss and Ryan Jennings 5 each and Christian Newlan 1.
The two-day Oregon School Activities Association championships were contested at Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
Siuslaw finished 13th of 32 schools in 4A with 49 points. La Grande won the team title in a battle with runnerup Sweet Home, 261-254.5.
NOTES
Siuslaw had the second-high total among Sky-Em League schools. Junction City was seventh with 80.5, Elmira/Crow 14th wth 44, Cottage Grove tied for 17th with 34 and Marshfield shared 19th with 32.5. ...
Reedsport won the 2A/1A title, the school's first since 1967 when it won its fourth in a row. ...
Siuslaw results:
120 — Mason Buss did not place, scored 5 team points
- Round 1: won by decision over Bradley Rieger, Tillamook, 8-1
- Quarterfinals: lost by fall to Dominick Caratello, La Grande, 3:27
- Consolation: pinned Benjamin Hernandez, Philomath/Alsea, 2:24
- Consolation: lost to No. 7 seed Gavin Stone, Baker/Powder Valley, 4-0
138 — Elijah LaCosse placed third, scored 23 team points
- Round 1: lost by fall to Alex Kehr, La Grande, 3:08
- Consolation: pinned Logan Lowrey, Cottage Grove, 1:39
- Consolation: pinned Anthony Randolph, Sisters, :53
- Consolation: pinned Keegan Hagerty, Tillamook, 3:42
- Consolation semifinals: pinned Tristan Spencer, Sweet Home, 2:50
- Third place: pinned Alex Kehr, La Grande, 1:42
152 — Ryan Jennings did not place, scored 5 team points
- Round 1: won by decision over Orlando Torres, Madras, 10-3
- Quarterfinals: lost by decision to Jacob Dunn, Cottage Grove, 8-2
- Consolation: pinned Branden Brinkman, North Valley, 4:01
- Consolation: lost by decision to Tanner Gibson, Junction City, 2-1
182 — Luis Infante-Marquez did not place, scored no team points
- Round 1: lost by fall to Cade Wynne, Mazama, 1:27
- Consolation: lost by fall to Daevan Vereen, Banks, 2:18
220 — Christian Newlan did not place, scored 1 team point
- Round 1: lost by fall to Bryson Cook, Banks, 1:01
- Consolation: won by decision over Tanner Wells, McLoughlin/Weston McEwen, 6-3
- Consolation: lost by decision to Dvontae Navarrete, Woodburn, 6-1
285 — Matthew Horrillo placed third, scored 15 team points
- Round 1: won by decision over Salvador Castanon, Phoenix, 3-1
- Quarterfinals: won by decision over Ramsey Hering, Banks, 8-2
- Semifinals: lost by fall to Christopher Woods, Hidden Valley, 2:54
- Consolation semifinals: won by major decision over Devin Gotchall, Estacada, 16-3
- Third place: won by decision over Josh Heywood, Gladstone, 5-2