Siuslaw Vikings boys and girls wrestling teams make their home debuts Thursday when the Sky-Em Dual Meet Championships are held at Glenn Butler Court.

The event is scheduled for 2 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for students K-12, available online at bit.ly/siuslawtickets.

"The girls have been impressive thus far, and the boys are gaining momentum," Siuslaw coach Neil Wartnik said. "It will be interesting to see how we come together after the break."

The meet brings together five of the six Sky-Em League schools — Cottage Grove, Elmira, Junction City, Marshfield and Siuslaw. Marist does not have a wrestling team.

"The team is sunk with illness right now, and Omicron has nothing to do with it," Wartnik said. "I have no idea how Omicron will affect us. It has had no effect to date."

If healthy, the Vikings have 24 boys and 8 girls on their roster.

Junior Mason Buss is 12-2 and Hunter Petterson 9-7 for the boys, who had a number of athletes from the state champion football team who got a late start for wrestling.

The Lady Vikings, on the other hand, have been outstanding, fourth among 24 schools at the Grants Pass Winter Kickoff, fourth of 25 at the North Bend Coast Classic and fifth of 21 at the season-opening Paul Burlison Tournament at Cascade in Turner.

(Cascade will host the 4A state championships this season, and Siuslaw will be one of four regional tournaments.)

Seniors Bailey Overton at 120 pounds and Hayden Muller at 140 lead the Lady Vikings with 7-2 records, both finishing first at Cascade and second at both North Bend and Grants Pass.

Sophomore Makayla Freeman is 6-2, senior Brooke Olson 4-6, freshman Macali Lade 3-5 and junior Madison Petterson 1-5. Senior Chris Hoover and sophomore Rosa Velasco Mendez still are seeking their first wins.

Olson, Velasco Mendez and senior Dante Galli of the boys team are all members of the Siuslaw cheerleading team.

Thursday's meet is the first of 11 events remaining this season, four at Siuslaw.

NEW BLOOD IN COACHING

The Vikings have two assistant coaches — Ryan Jennings and Elijah LaCosse — who were members of Siuslaw's team last spring.

"One of our goals is to help develop future coaches and wrestling leaders," Wartnik said. "Both Ryan and Elijah LaCosse are part of that vision.

"They are young men with good character and lots of experience. Both will be working intensively with wrestlers — helping them refine their technique and develop their individual systems."

SIUSLAW'S SKY-EM DUAL MEET ENTRIES

Siuslaw boys
113 pounds
Zhen Wilson, junior, 3-6 season record
126
Yoskar De la Mora, junior, 1-2
132
Ryan Clark, junior, 5-6
138
Cayden Gray, junior, 2-2
Talin Loomis, sophomore, 2-2
Hunter Petterson, junior, 9-7
145
Roberto Leonardo, freshman, 7-5
160
John Corser, senior, 1-4
170
Mason Buss, junior, 12-2
Lucian Murphy, junior, 3-1
182
Joel Sissel, freshman, 8-3
195
Dayne Muller, sophomore, 4-3
Chance O'Brien, junior, 3-2
220
River Howell, sophomore, 2-6
Cort Waggoner, sophomore, 7-1
285
Aiden Armstrong, sophomore, 0-5

Siuslaw girls
100
Chris Hoover, senior, 0-4
110
Macali Cade, freshman 3-5
Madison Petterson, junior, 1-5
120
Bailey Overton, senior, 7-2
125
Rosa Velasco Mendez, sophomore, 0-6
135
Makayla Freeman, sophomore, 6-2
Brooke Olson, senior, 4-6
140
Hayden Muller, senior, 7-2

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 9
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 7
Makayla Freeman, 140
River Howell, 220
Dayne Muller, 135
Daniel Petrovic, 220
Deegan Smith, 152
Rosa Velasco-Mendez, 130
Cort Waggoner, 220
Juniors 8
Mason Buss, 170
Yoskar De la Mora, 120
Cayden Gray, 120
Lucian Murphy, 160
Chance O'Brien, 220
Hunter Petterson, 138
Madison Petterson, 110
Jacob Welton, 138
Seniors 8
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, Ryan Jennings, Elijah LaCosse