Vester, Constant win titles at Everett Classic | Wrestling

Producing four finalists and two champions, the Oak Harbor High School wrestling team placed eighth in the 30-team Everett Classic Saturday, Jan. 3.

Producing four finalists and two champions, the Oak Harbor High School wrestling team placed eighth in the 30-team Everett Class Saturday, Jan. 3.

Jeremy Vester (138 pounds) and Jackson Constant (285) won individual titles, and Christian Bertram (126) and Mark Johnston (152) placed second.

Oak Harbor dominated the 285 division. In addition to Constant’s win, Tyler Adamson and Sam Zook tied for third.

As a team, the Wildcats scored 92.5 points; Everett won with 158.

It was pretty much all-or-nothing for the Wildcats.

Oak Harbor was the only school to send four wrestlers to the finals.

However, only one other Oak Harbor wrestler outside the finalists and the 285 trio won a match. Nate Mecom (182) picked up one win in the consolation bracket.

Oak Harbor also did not enter wrestlers in three weight classes.

“We are going to look to our underclassmen to step up more in the coming weeks and help us climb to a higher spot,” coach Peter Esvelt said.

Vester won by a pin, 8-0 and 12-5 before defeating Hazen’s Derek Nichols 8-6 in the finals.

Constant received a bye, then won by a pin and 11-8 heading into the finals, a 9-1 win over Daniel Hyunh of Mariner.

Adamson won by two pins before losing to Hyunh in the semis. A 3-2 win gave him a tie for third with Zook.

Zook started the tournament by losing 6-3 to Mahdi Shahhosseini of Lynnwood, then rattled off three pins, the final one over Shahhasseini, to get third.

Bertram won 11-2, 10-9 and 10-3 then lost 3-0 in the finals.

Johnston won by a pin, 15-0 and 17-7 before giving up a late takedown in the finals to fall 5-4 to Everett’s Christian Bagdadi.

Oak Harbor (3-3) opens Wesco North action this week with its first home match at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 8, with Marysville-Pilchuck (5-3).

 

Other Oak Harbor results at Everett:

Garrett Stahl (113): lost 11-6; bye; lost 10-2.

Michael Lym (132): lost by pin; lost 10-6.

Zack Aketch (145): lost 17-4; lost 12-1.

Brycin McIntyre (160): lost by pin; lost by pin.

Nick Dugin (170): lost by pin in pigtail (qualifying) match.

Mecom (182): lost by pin; won 12-7; lost by pin.

John Long (220): won by pin in pigtail match; lost by pin; lost by pin.