Wildcat pair win titles at Morin Tournament | Wrestling

Cody Fakkema and Joshua Crebbin captured individual championships at the Graham Morin Memorial Tournament at Bellingham's Squalicum High School Saturday, Dec. 15.

Cody Fakkema and Joshua Crebbin captured individual championships at the Graham Morin Memorial Tournament at Bellingham’s Squalicum High School Saturday, Dec. 15.

As a team, the Wildcat wrestlers managed to place fourth out of 16 clubs although coach Mike Crebbin entered only nine wrestlers out of 14 weight classes.

Oak Harbor scored 114.5 points; Snohomish won with 250.

Coach Crebbin said he rested several wrestlers because of injuries and several others missed because they were participating in an NJROTC competition.

Fakkema took the 132-pound class with a 3-0 record, including a 12-2 win over Nooksack Valley’s Hunter Whittern in the finals.

Joshua Crebbin won all four of his bouts, taking the championship match 9-6 over Snohomish’s Tanner Perry.

Jahleel Vester (138 pounds) and Mark Johnston (145) each placed third with 3-1 records.

Jeremy Vester (126) and Courtney Shavers (170) both went 3-2 to finish fifth.

Jacob Dugin (220) posted a 1-2 record, and Christian Bertram and Jeremy Alonzo (195) were 0-2.

The Wildcats (3-1) travel twice times this week. Tuesday, Dec. 18, at 6 p.m. they go to Marysville Getchell (1-3) for a double dual meet with Shorecrest (1-4) and Shorewood (3-1-1). Those matches will be followed by the Seahawk Duals in Anacortes at 10 a.m. Thursday.

Morin results:

Bertram: bye, lost by fall, bye, lost by fall.

Jeremy Vester: won 7-4, won 13-2, lost 11-5, lost 5-4.

Fakkema: bye, won by fall, won 7-4, won 12-2.

Jahleel Vester: won by fall, won 17-1, lost 8-7, won 16-5.

Johnston: won by fall, won by fall, lost 7-0, won by fall.

Crebbin: won by fall, won by fall, won by fall, won 9-6.

Shavers: won by fall, lost by fall, won by fall, won 10-3, lost by fall.

Alonzo: lost buy fall, bye, lost by technical fall.

Dugin: lost 9-4, won by fall, lost by fall.