Oak Harbor takes fourth in JV championships / Wrestling

Fourteen Wildcats placed in the top five in the Junior Varsity Wrestling Championships hosted by Oak Harbor High School Saturday, Jan. 21.

Oak Harbor finished fourth out of 11 squads in the team standings with 109 points; Burlington-Edison won with 170.

William Nickelson (120 pounds) and Hayden Campbell (285) paced the Wildcats by placing second.

Oak Harbor was particularly strong in the lower weights.

Shamus Walden was third and Jamal Graham fifth at 106; Dawson Seabolt joined Nickelson at 120 and grabbed fifth; Tayvion Shaw and Giovanni Ribay were third and fifth at 126; and Dylan Sanchez and Evan Beerbower took third and fifth at 132.

Ben Pierzchala (220) and John Purcell (285) collected third place; and Brandon Liberty (160), Brandon Kawi (170) and Gary Garstin (182) took fifth.

The Wildcat varsity wrestling team wraps up the regular season at Stanwood at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24.

Oak Harbor results in the JV tournament:

106, Shamus Warden (third place): bye, lost by technical fall, bye, won 10-2, won by fall.

106, Jamal Graham (fifth): lost by technical fall, bye, won by fall, won 18-7, lost 9-2.

106, Joseph Williamson: lost 18-12, bye, lost by fall.

120, William Nickelson (second): bye, won 5-0, won 10-5, lost by fall.

120, Dawson Seabolt (fifth): bye, lost by fall, bye, won 8-6, lost by fall.

120, Jeremiah Dailey: bye, lost by fall, lost by fall.

126, Tayvion Shaw (third): bye, bye, lost by fall, won 5-3.

126, Giovanni Ribay (fifth): bye, won by fall, lost 14-8, lost 9-8.

132, Dylan Sanchez (third): bye, lost by fall, bye, won by fall, won by fall.

132, Evan Beerbower (fifth): bye, lost by fall, bye, won by fall, lost by fall.

138, Noah Hangan: lost by fall, won 6-5, lost by fall.

152, Wyatt Ridgeway: bye, lost by fall, won by fall, lost by fall.

160: Brandon Liberty (fifth): bye, won by fall, lost by fall, lost by fall.

170, Brandon Kiwa (fifth): bye, lost by fall, bye, bye, lost by fall.

182: Gary Garstin (fifth): bye, lost 4-3, bye, bye, lost 10-7.

220, Ben Pierzchala (third): bye, bye, lost by fall, bye.

285, Hayden Campbell (second): won by fall, won by fall, won by fall, lost by fall.

285, John Purcell (third): bye, won by fall, lost by fall, won by fall.

285, Deandre Bennett: lost by fall, bye, lost by fall.