Vikings win 6 of 8 battles but lose the war


The Siuslaw Vikings wrestling team won six of eight matches contested Wednesday, but still fell 42-36 to the Marshfield Pirates in Coos Bay.

The host Pirates picked up just enough forfeit wins for the victory.

"We wrestled very well," Siuslaw coach Neil Wartnik said. "Our lineup was depleted due to sickness, injury and travel."

Vikings posting wins included Rosa Velasco-Mendez, Yoskar De la Mora, Hunter Petterson, Leonardo Robertson, Cort Waggoner and Aiden Armstrong.

Joel Sissel won by forfeit.

Siuslaw was scheduled to also wrestle Tillamook in a dual, but weather prevented them from competing, Wartnik said.

The Vikings will be home for their next scheduled match, the Sky-Em Dual Meet Championships on Thursday, Jan. 6.

SCHEDULE
Thursday, Jan. 6 — Sky-Em Dual Meet Championships at Siuslaw, 2 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 8 — King of the Hill, Pleasant Hill, 10 a.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 12 — Conference Duals at Philomath, 6 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 15 — Nick Lutz Memorial Tournament at Siuslaw, 9:30 a.m.
Thursday, Jan. 20 — at Junction City Three-Way Meet, 5 p.m.
Friday-Saturday, Jan. 21-22 — at Bay City Duals, Marshfield
Wednesday, Jan. 26 — Conference Duals at Elmira
Saturday, Jan. 29 — at Newport, 4 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 3 — vs. Stayton, Glenn Butler Court, 6 p.m.
Friday-Saturday, Feb. 11-12 — District 2 Regional at Siuslaw
Friday-Saturday, Feb. 25-26 — OSAA State Championships, Cascade High School, Turner

ROSTER
Freshmen
Jordan Albin, 152
Aiden Armstrong, 285
Ty Bond, 138
Ryan Clark, 126
Macali Lade, 120
Talin Loomis, 138
Wesley Nicholls, 132
Leonardo Robertson, 145
Joel Sissel, 170
Sophomores
Makayla Freeman, 140
River Howell, 220
Dayne Muller, 135
Daniel Petrovic, 220
Deegan Smith, 152
Rosa Velasco-Mendez, 130
Cort Waggoner, 220
Juniors
Mason Buss, 170
Ava Coggins, 115
Yoskar De la Mora, 120
Cayden Gray, 120
Lucian Murphy, 160
Chance O'Brien, 220
Hunter Petterson, 138
Jacob Welton, 138
Seniors
John Corser, 152
Dante Galli, 182
Jesus Garcia 182
JC Gentry, 285
Jessie Hoover, 100
Hayden Muller, 135
Brooke Olson, 135
Bailey Overton, 120
Coach: Neil Wartnik
Assistants: Chris Rupp, Chris LaCosse, Robert Forsythe, Stecher Buss