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M-P beats Wildcats on Senior Night / Boys wrestling

Published 1:30 am Thursday, January 24, 2019

By Jim Waller

M-P beats Wildcats on Senior Night / Boys wrestling
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M-P beats Wildcats on Senior Night / Boys wrestling
An exhausted Blake McBride is declared the winner. McBride, ranked fifth in the state, beat Marysville-Pilchuck’s third-ranked Isaiah Galindo in overtime.(Photo by John Fisken)
Oak Harbor’s Vernados Barber, right, tries to throw M-P’s Nick Cantu. (Photo by John Fisken)
Caleb Fitzgerald, right, attempts control Marysville-Pilchuck’s Iakov Bandar.(Photo by John Fisken)
Noah Hangan, left, attempts to escape the grasp of Tomahawk Ahmad Humoud.(Photo by John Fisken)
Jakob Dailey, left, tangles with M-P’s Austin Davis.(Photo by John Fisken)
Ethan Pace, left, tries to escape from Marysville-Pilchuck’s Cayden White.(Photo by John Fisken)
Shamus Warden, right, attempts to break down M-P’s Tanner Lauzon.(Photo by John Fisken)

Marysville-Pilchuck spoiled Senior Night as the Tomahawks defeated the Oak Harbor High School boys wrestling team 53-19 Tuesday, Jan. 22, in the final home match of the season for the Wildcats.

The 10th-ranked Tomahawks (5-0, 10-0) remained in first place in the Wesco North with the win; Oak Harbor (0-5, 7-9) remained in last.

“These two teams are great competitors and enjoy this dual,” Oak Harbor coach Larry Falcons said. “These kids support one another and create a great matchup when they meet in a dual or a tournament.

“There is a great respect for each other, and the spirit of competition is at a high level. There was no match tonight that was not a great battle.”

The best battle came in the opening bout between Oak Harbor’s Blake McBride and M-P’s Isaiah Galindo at 152 pounds.

Earlier this season, Galindo, ranked third in the state at 145 pounds, defeated McBride, ranked fifth at 145, in overtime.

This time McBride prevailed with a take down in overtime to win 3-1.

Caleb Fitzgerald (132 pounds) won 13-4 and Cole Valdez (106) and Timothy Powers (113) each won by forfeit to score Oak Harbor’s other points.

Oak Harbor closes out the regular season at 12th-ranked Stanwood (3-1, 7-1) at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24.

Marysville-Pilchuck 53, Oak Harbor 19

106, Cole Valdez: forfeit.

113, Timothy Powers: forfeit.

120, Shamus Warden: lost by fall, 3:24.

126, Jakob Dailey: lost 8-5.

132, Caleb Fitzgerald: won 13-4.

138, Vernados Barber: lost 17-2.

145: Forfeit.

152, Blake McBride: won 3-1 (overtime).

160, Noah Hangan: lost 9-4.

170, Brandon Liberty: lost by fall, 3:48.

182, Ethan Pace: lost by fall, 1:44.

195: Forfeit.

220: Forfeit.

285, De’Andre Bennett: lost by fall, 1:21.

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