Woodward Wrestling News 2005-2006

Two Boomer wrestlers advance to semifinals

By Scott Ford SPORTS EDITOR 2/18/06

EL RENO - The 4A West Regional at Jenks SimmonsFieldhouse featured the dreams and aspirations of many young wrestlers. Place in the top four in the weight class, and the wrestler advances to state. If not, it is a long wait, for all except the seniors, until next year.Woodward coach Greg Johnson was hoping to have more of his team in the semifinals than the two he got. Zach White and MichaelComstock reached the semifinal round, each via a bye and a victory.
White defeated Tyler Comes of Carl Albert with no problems as he won by technical fall in two periods, 17-0. Comstock, however, found himself down 5-0 at the end of two periods, but in the final period he collected six unanswered points for the 6-5 win.
Two other Boomer wrestlers won first-round matches, then fell into the consolations.
Ramon Marin defeated his first opponent of the day when he outscored Shawn Taylor of Southeast 10-3. In his next match, Marin was pinned in 1 :29 and dropped into the consolation bracket where he faced I.C. Cottrell of Western Heights in the evening session. Luis Baeza won his 145pound opening bout against Johny Delara of Bishop McGuinness, using a. Gator roll for the pin in 40 sedonds. Baeza then lost to Kevin Frazier of El Reno 21-6. In the consolation bracket, he was matched up against Michael Fisher of Southeast.
In the 103-pound weight class, Joey Miller found herself at the end of a disappointing loss as she was defeated by Carl Albert's Kevin McNeil 7-2. The match was all square after two periods at two points each, but in the final period, Miller make a mistake and gave her opponent some points and the win.
Miller dropped into the consolation bracket to face Dakota Pursley of Western Heights.
John Davis was quickly added to the consolation contestants as he got pinned by Tyler Zuckerman in 15 seconds. In his second match, he was set to face Jarrett Bolfer of Chickasha.In the 125-pound class, Brent Butcher was also pinned
in the first period. His next match had him up against Peter Lago of Northwest.
Caleb Lewis wrestled tough as he took his opponent into the third period but ended up losing 12-1. Lewis was then matched up against Chris Schrader. of Ardmore.

At the l52-pound division, David Flores fell victim to a quick pin by Lucas Scott of Duncan, who put Flores on his back in 44 seconds. In the consolation bracket, Flores faced Josh Tippit of Tecumseh.
Kyle Simpson wrestled his Bishop McGuinness opponent for three periods only to lose
4-0 against Joey Deguisti. In his consolation match,. Simpson faced Archie Mills of Chickasha.
Earl Hunt got pinned in 1 :07 against Daniel Morris of Bishop McGuinness and dropped into the consolation to face Charlie Crosby of Ardmore.
In the 215-pound weight, Derek Branson got pinned at the 3 :40 mark by William Moore of Carl Albert and he too moved into the consolation bracket to face Ryan Marshall of El Reno.

In the heavyweight class, John O'Dell was also pinned in the second period by Matt Mitchell of Carl Albert. O'Dell's consolation opponent was Keenen Walls of Northwest.
Johnson said that he felt that some of the kids wrestled well, while others made some mistakes that cost them their match.
"Hopefully we will wrestle better tomorrow and get a few kids advancing to the state tournament," he said.
Action today begins at noon with consolation rounds.The championship round starts at 6 p.m.
Today's action will begin at noon with consolation rounds. The championship rounds will start at 6 p.m.
Note: In the evening session, the Boomers won 11 of the -13. matches they wrestled with only one Boomer wrestler being eliminated from the competition.
Zach White will wrestle for the championship today and has guaranteed himself a spot in the state tounamnet.

Michael Comstock brings his opponent to his knees. Comstock won the bout 6-5 in the final period. (Photo by Scott Ford)

Boomer wrestlers place second in final home meet of the season

Scott Ford woodwardnews.net1/25/06

Zach White of Woodward puts the squeeze on his opponent Tuesday in the Boomers final home event of the season. The Boomers wrestled against Enid and Kingfisher. They lost to Enid 40-20 but defeated Kingfisher 51-21. Scott Ford

It was senior night at the Boomer Fieldhouse as the Woodward wrestlers took to the mat in the final home matches of the season against Kingfisher and Enid.

Four senior wrestlers and a manager were honored before the final varsity match of the night. As the seniors met their parents at center mat and gave their mothers a flower and a hug, the emotions of this being their last home competition was written all over their faces.

Michael Comstock won both of his matches. In his first match, he pinned his opponent in 4:55 and in his second match Comstock won by decision 2-1. Luis Baeza went 1-1 on the night with a win by pin and a loss by points. Darby Rivera also won one and lost one. His win came by way of forfeit and his loss was by pin in 4:15, and John Davis suffered two losses both of which came by points. The first loss was 10-0 and the second 3-2.

In the first match, Enid and the Boomers began the match by exchanging wins for the first seven weight classes before Enid would seal the deal with four out of five victories to finish the match winning 40-20 At the 160 weight Kyle Simpson lost 5-3 to give Enid a 4-0 lead. Comstock, however came back with a pin at 171 pounds for six points to put the Boomers up 6-4. Earl Hunt then lost 5-3 to put Enid back on top 7-6, but Derrick Branson came through with a 5-1 win to swing the score back over to the Boomers side 9-7. Heavyweight John O’Dell got pinned to give Enid the four point lead, 13-9. The 103 weight class had no wrestlers. Joey Miller wrestled 112 pounds and got a forfeit for a 15-13 Boomer lead. Davis lost 10-0 putting Enid back on top 17-15. Then the Boomer had three straight losses in the 125, 130 and 135 pound weights and Enid went up 30-15. Zach White stopped the losing streak with a 19-3 rout to close the gap to 30-20, but then the Boomers lost the final two matches and fell to Enid 40-20.

“I didn’t realize that Enid was this tough,” said coach Greg Johnson.

The Woodward junior high team showed Enid no mercy as they pinned the Plainsmen 48-8.

Against Kingfisher, the Boomers found more success and won the high school match 51-21. Woodward won nine of the 13 weights and had one weight with a double forfeit.

Comstock got the winning started with a 2-1 victory and a 3-0 lead. Branson, O’Dell Miller followed suit. Miller and O’Dell won by forfeit and the wins gave the Boomers a 21-0 lead. Woodward’s first loss came at the 112 pound weight where they did not have a wrestler and the other two losses were at the 135 and 130 weight classes.

The junior high team also defeated Kingfisher by a score of 37-30. “Everybody did a good job on the junior high team,” said coach David Henderson.

The Boomers will take to the mat again Friday and Saturday in the Chickasha Tournament. Following that event the Boomers will have only two more events to compete in before the regional tournament begins on Feb. 17-18. The time and location for the regional tournament will be announced later.

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“I am nervous about this dual,” said coach Greg Johnson. “Most of the team is ready to go, but there are still a few that I am not too sure about.”

The Woodward wrestling team is off to battle for a chance to attend the state duals tournament in February in Tulsa. Whoever wins the District Duals tonight in Harrah gets the nod to take their team. Noble and Carl Albert are the other teams besides the Boomers and Harrah.

Woodward will wrestle against Harrah first at 4 p.m. then against Noble at 5:30 p.m. and finish with Carl Albert at 7 p.m.

Johnson said that he feels his team could win the event.

“I ran a scenario with us beating Harrah 30-27. Against Noble, I have us tied at 30, so I will need someone to step up and get us another win and against Carl-Albert we should win 30-27. But that is if everything goes as planned,” Johnson said.

Johnson said at 103 pounds, the Boomers would win two of three matches for sure, but Joey Miller would have to work real hard to get all three wins. Woodward does not have anyone wrestling at 112 pound class. At the 119 class, Johnson believes that John Davis will win all three of his matches and at 125 pounds, he said it could go either way.

“I’m not sure what will happen at the 125 class, that depends on the wrestler,” he said. At the 130 pound division, Johnson said the Boomer wrestler would win two of three and possible all three matches, but has some concerns at the 135 pound weight.

“Zach White should and probably will win all three of his 140 pound matches and we will get two of three in the 145 class,” said Johnson.

The 152 pound wrestlers should win two of three and Michael Comstock should win all three of his 160-pound matches according to the coach. The only real concern for Johnson is at the 171 pound weight, as he said he was not sure how Woodward would fair.

In the weight class 189, 215 and the heavy weights, Johnson said his wrestlers should each win two and possibly all three.

“We have a decent shot at winning the dual. If we were to win it would be big time for Woodward wrestling. That’s because we are the underdogs going in,” Johnson said. “The only team that will not overlook us will be Harrah, that’s because they have seen us wrestle already.”

Johnson said he is concerned that his team may make some silly mistakes on the mat.

“We have a lot of young wrestlers on the team,” he said.

Harrah’s wrestling team concerns Johnson in the 215-pound class.

“Their 215 pounder is a good wrestler,” said Johnson. “Noble is strong at the 103, 112, 215 and in the heavy weight class. They are strong at both ends,”

The coach said that he did not know to much about Carl-Albert.

“They could be the sleeper team, we will just have to wait and see,” said Johnson.

“Yes I am nervous about the event. Our lower level wrestlers need to stay off their backs and our upper level wrestlers need to put their opponents on their backs,” Johnson said.

Boomer Wrestlers step up at Kingfisher

Woodward News 12/20/05

Michael Comstock

KINGFISHER - Woodward had four individual champions and finished second in the team competition at Kingfisher
Invitational wrestling tourna ment over the weekend.
The Boomers got championships from Ramon Marin at 130 pounds, Zach White at 140, Luis Baeza at 145 and Michael Comstock at 171. Joey Miller at 112 pounds and John O'Dell at heayweight finished second.
Kingfisher won the title with 189 points to 177 for the Boomers. Tonkawa was third.
Friday's matches were round-robin with each weight split into two groups. Saturday's matches ,are the tournament bracket matches.
Friday
112 - Miller pinned Garth McSperit, Geary; pinned Michael Fischer, Casady; pinned Tyler Lickliter, Tonkawa.
119 - John Davis lost to Vinny Pro, Kingfisher, 7-2; pinned Reese Dooley, Casady; lost, to Matt McKarver, Yukon, 3-0. '
130 - Marin lost to Cameron Roedel, Kingfisher, 5-4; pinned Paul Rojas, Tonkawa; lost to Brayden Hicks, Geary, 1-0.
135 - Caleb Lewis lost to Devin Pratt, Geary, 8-1; pinned by Dalton Johns, Tonkawa; pinned Chris Earlywin~, Stillwater.
140 - White pinned Jared Rader, Casady; pinned Chad Crockett, Stillwater; pinned Robert Brown, Geary.
145 - Baeza pinned Sage Kerr, Yukon; pinned Zach Sell, Kingfisher; pinned Levi Helt, Kingfisher; pinned Filip Do, Stillwater.
152 - Stoney Swearingem pinned by Pacer McSperit,Geary; pinned by Matt. Tipton, Tonkawa; pinned Michael Cody, Casady.
152 - Darby Rivera lost to Ryan Mills, Kingfisher, 4-2 lost to Matt Rooney, Casady, 9-2; lost to Tyler Ramsey, Yukon, 9-7.
160 - Kyle Simpson lost toRocky Marble, Stillwater, 21;1 pinned Donavon Castleberry, Geary; pinned by Josh Scarber, Yukon.
171 - Michael Comstock pinned Jacob Ryan, Yukon; tech fall Mark Smith, Tonkawa, 16-0; def. Mike Turner, Tonkawa, 5-0; tech fall Darren Kubiak, Stillwater, 17-2.
189 - Earl Hunt lost to Jared Spencer, Tonkawa, 129; pinned Brandon Frank, Yukon; pinned Joe Simpson, Woodward; lost to McKensie McMahan, Casady, 15-10.
189 - Joe Simpson pinned by Jared Spencer, Tonkawa; pinned by Brandon Frank, Yukon; pinned by Hunt; pinned by McKenzie McMahan, Casady.
189 - Anthony Byrd pinned by Josh Branscum, Kingfisher; pinned by Alex Smith, Casady; pinned Gatlin Sullivan, Casady; pinned by Joe Elliott, Yukon.
215 - Derek Branson def. Drew Hurst, Tonkawa, 6-4; pinned Brent Trujillo, Ton~awa; pinned Zach Williamson, Stillwater.
Heavyweight - John O'Dell pinned Jared Coleman, Geary; pinned Andrew Smith, Casady; def. Dale Shatz, Tonkawa, 2-0.
Heavyweight - Kevin Tapia def. Bruce Hodwood, Yukon, 3-0; pinned by Jacob Gaither, Kingfisher; pinned Jacob Ailey, Tonkawa.

Saturday's results
112 - Miller pinned Rodney Williams, Geary; tech fall Clay Bailey, Yukon, 15-0; lost to Joe Otey, Kingfisher, 6-1. Second place. Otey was named tournament's outstanding wrestler.
119 - Davis, bye; lost to Matt McKeever, Yukon, 2-1; pinned Reese Dooley, Casady. Third place.
130 - Marin pinned Paul Rojas, Tonkawa; def. Cameron Roedel, Kingfisher, 4-2. First place. '
135 - Lewis lost to Cody I:Iopwood, Yukon, 9-2; lost to Matt Penwright, Yukon, 5-3; pinned Chris Earlywine, Stillwater. Seventh place.
140 - White - pinned Casey N.etherton, Stillwater; tech fall Zac Pond, Yukon, 18-0; def. Jason Alexander, Tonkawa, 4-2. First place.
145 - Baeza bye; pinned Levi Hertensen. Kingfisher; pinned Zach Sell, Kingfisher.
152 - Swearingem pinned by Ryan Mills, Kingfisher; forfeit to Matt Tipton, Tonkawa, forfeit to Ryan Mills, Kingfisher; forfeit to Darby Rivera, Woodward.
152 - Rivera pinned by Pacer McSperit, Geary; pinned by Michael Cody,Casady; received forfeit. Seventh place.
160 - Kyle Simpson pinned by Tyler Pate, Stillwater pinned Jon Scott qverbCasady; pinned by Rob.
Lucero, Geary; pinned' Ky , Belt, Kingfisher. Fifth place.
171 - Comstock pinned J 9E Orthwein, Casady; def. Mike Turner, Tonkawa, 5-t; de,~.
Trey Ingram, Tonkawa, 3-2
189 - Hunt pinned Josh Branscum, Kingfisher; lost . McKenzie McMahan; Casady, 16-4; def. Brandon Frank, Yukon, 8-4; pinned by. Jarod Spencer, Tonkawa; Fourth place.
189 Byrd pinned Joe Simpson, Woodward; pinned by McKenzie McMahan, Casady; pinned by Josh Branscum, Kingfisher
pinned Joe Simpson. Seveth place.
189 - Joe Simpson pinned by Byrd, pinned Alex Smith,
Casady, pinned by Brandon Frank, Yukon, pinned by Byrd.
215 - Branson bye; pinned by Reed Rousch, Casady; pinned Tyler Williams, Yukon; pinned Brent Trujillo, Tonkawa. Third place.
Heavyweight - 0' Dell pinned Bryce Hopwood, Yukon; pinned Kevin Tapia Woodward; pinned by Jacob
Gathier, Kingfisher. Second place.
Heavyweight - Tapia pinned Andrew Smith, Casady; pinned by O'Dell; pinned Jarod Coleman, Geary; pinned Jacob Alley, Tonkawa. Third place.

Three place at Perry

Woodward News 12/11/05

PERRY - Joey Miller led a group of three Woodward placers in the Perry Invitational wrestling tournament Saturday.
Miller finished second at 103 pounds, defeating Josh Griffin, of Midwest City in the semifinals and losing to John Keller of
Wichita Bishop Carroll, 4-1.
Michael Comstock won three matches in the consolation rounds, including a double overtime thriller, before losing and placing fourth at 171 pounds. Zach White was sixth at 140 pounds. The Boomers were 13th in the team standings. Midwest
City, Ponca City and Stillwater fmished in the top three slots.
Here are the results. Woodward wrestler listed first.

103 - Joey Miller def. Josh Griffin, Midwest City, 6-0; lost
to John Keller, Bishop Carroll,(Kansas) 4-1. Second place.

140 - Zach White lost to Mark Meyer, Midwest City, 7-0;
lost to Mitch Arnold, Bishop Carroll, 11-5; pinned by Aaron Fredrico, Muskogee. Sixth place.

145 - Luis Baeza pinned Drew Byrd, Altus, 1:21; lost to Kyle Baldwin, Ponca City, 13-6.

152 - Stoney Swearingim pinned by Aaron Gregory, Harrah, 4:16.

171 - Michael Comstock def. Tyler Miller, Marlow, 7-6; def. Matt Crossland, Choctaw; 7-5; def. Nick Kretezschma , Midwest City, double overtime; lost to Dusty Ward, Perry, 3-0. Fourth place.

189 - Earl Hunt pinned by Chris Hill, Midwest City, 0:42

215 - Derek Branson pinned by Matt Welch, Midwest City,2:03.

The Boomers will host Geary and Burns Flat-Dill City on Tuesday, then go to the' Kingfisher Tournament Friday and Saturday.

Woodward News 11/9/05

Woodward results at Perry rournament.

The Boomers have seven wrestlers still in the tournament with Joey Miller and Zach White in the championship semifinals.
Woodward wrestlers listed first.
103 - Joey Miller def. C.C. Johnson, Muskogee, 8-2; pinned Marl Luetking, Altus, 0:41. Semifinals vs. Josh Griffin, Midwest City.
119 - John Davis pinned by Tyson Bernarte, Choctaw, 2:26; pinned by Issac Johnston, Bishop Carroll, 4:09

130 - Ramon Marin lost to Jacob Peck, Marlow, 11-2; lost to Austin Standich, Stillwater, 12-4.
140 - Zach White def. Cody Bickerstaff, Marlow, 7-6; def. Ryan Miller, Ponca City, 15-7. Semifinals vs. Mark Meyer, Midwest City.
145 - Luis Baeza bye; pinned by Derek Brown, Marlow, 1 :45. Wrestles in consolations.
152 - Stoney Swearingim pinned by Randy White, Catoosa, 2:35; pinned Ian Ralf, Blackwell, 2:31. Wrestles in consolations.
160 - Kyle Simpson pinned by Justin Whisenhunt, Harrah, 4:56; pinned by Curtis Liken, Bishop Carroll, 1:45.
171 - Michael Comstock lost to Nick Kretezschma, Midwest City, 7-5, ot; def. Ben Meyer, Bishop Carroll, 3-2. Wrestles in consolations.
189 - Earl Hunt pinned by Bryce Beclcwith, Perry, 0:37; bye. Wrestles 'in consolations.
215- Derek Branson lost to Traynor Tetik, Perry, 5-3; bye.Wrestles in consolations.
275 - John Odell pinned by Mitch Hulett, Arkansas City, 5:48; lost to Chad Grandstaff, Midwest City, 11-1

Wrestlers drop duals to Eagles

Woodward News 12/09/05

Woodward lost a couple of wrestling duals to Weatherford at Boomer Fieldhouse on Thursday.

The Eagles won the junior high dual 40-22 and the high school match 40-30.

Winning junior high matches for the Boomers were Matt White, Jake Ruble, Cooper Harrison and Jordan Pedersen.

In the high school match, Boomer winners were Joey Miller, Ramon Marin, Brent Butcher, Caleb Lewis, Zach White,. Michael Comstock and Derek Branson.

The Boomer high school team goes to the Perry Tournament today and Saturday.

Cooper Harrison of Woodward pins his opponent in Thursday’s junior high wrestling dual against Weatherford at Boomer Fieldhouse. Johnny McMahan

Joey Miller at 2005 World team trials.

Ames Iowa 6/18-19/05 - Joey against Jenny Wong. The winner of the 2005 world team trials

Fargo N.D.7/30/05 - Joey against Camie Yeik from Washington at the Asics Vaughan Womens Nationals Championship. Joey won 10-7 and is a Nationals Champion and All American. Joey also got a plaque and a poster with her on it for being The Mat/Asics all American first team .

Derrik Branson also stayed busy this summer making the Oklahoma Cadet wrestling Duals team and the oklahoma National team.

Matt White made the Oklahoma Schoolboy National Team where his team placed 3rd. in Indiana.

Zach White made the Cadet National Team and Cadet Dual team .