Just under 30 Thunder Mountain High School Falcons wrestled in this weekend\u2019s Brandon Pilot Invitational in Juneau.<\/p>\n
Chase Foster, Jahrease Mays, Connor Norman, Steven Ireland-Haight, Derek Mason, Carl Tupou and Bobby Cox all made the finals in their respective brackets.<\/p>\n
Aside from the all-TMHS final in the 113-pound bracket between Mays and Norman, the visitor came out on top in every finals match.<\/p>\n
Ketchikan won the invitational with 204 points. Mt. Edgecumbe took second with 115 points and Wrangell third by 85 points. TMHS, who was in third place until the very end, finished 0.5 points behind Wrangell to claim fourth.<\/p>\n
The second finals of the evening between Norman and Mays had Mays winning in a 6-4 tiebreaker.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ve wrestled each other for years,\u201d TMHS coach Jason Boyer said. \u201cAnd for years, I think Jahrease has generally come out on top but Connor\u2019s there, and it\u2019s going to go the other way at some point this year so I\u2019m excited to watch. Both of them have really matured, you can see their poise when they get out there and their confidence. It\u2019s going to change, or it\u2019s going to be a darn good match every time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tupou was the closest to winning in his finals match out of all of his teammates. Tupou, wrestling as a 220 pounder, lost by a 3-1 decision in a high-intensity scrum with Mt. Edgecumbe\u2019s Arthur Freitas.<\/p>\n
The Kings assistant coach Greg Karlik, whose team hosts the next meet of the season, acknowledged the Falcons have gotten stronger this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cJuneau absolutely has improved,\u201d Ketchikan assistant coach Greg Karlik said. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be tighter than previous years and they got a lot of good kids. It looks like a lot of good freshmen we haven\u2019t seen before.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brandon Pilot Invitational <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Oct. 21-22, 2017<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Bracket Finals<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 106 \u2014 Jonathan Barratt (Wrangell) p. Jonah Comstock (Wrangell), 3:25.<\/p>\n 113 \u2014 Jahrease Mays (Thunder Mountain) t.b. Connor Norman (Thunder Mountain), 6-4.<\/p>\n 120 \u2014 Patrick Rauwolf (Ketchikan) p. Charlie Blair (Ketchikan), 5:20.<\/p>\n 126 \u2014 Mark Jasper (Ketchikan) p. Andy Collins (Ketchikan), 3:03.<\/p>\n 132 \u2014 Brayden Linne (Ketchikan) t.f. Chase Foster (Thunder Mountain), 20-5.<\/p>\n 138 \u2014 Leon Evon (Mt. Edgecumbe High School) d. Paul Amendinger (Ketchikan), 6-0.<\/p>\n 145 Girls \u2014Brystel Charlie (Mt. Edgecumbe High School) d. Andrea Prince (Mt. Edgecumbe High), 7-2.<\/p>\n 145 \u2014 Ian Jenson (Wrangell) d. Troy Harris (Ketchikan), 5-2.<\/p>\n 152 \u2014 Max Collins (Ketchikan) m.d. Hunter Wiederspohn (Wrangell), 16-3.<\/p>\n 160 – 1st Place Match – Kyler Sumauang (Sitka High School) won by fall over Nate Eisenhower (Ketchikan High School) (Fall 3:23)<\/p>\n 170 \u2014 Dawson Entwit (Ketchikan) p. Steven Ireland-Haight (Thunder Mountain), 1:50.<\/p>\n 182 Girls \u2014 Sydnee Kimber (Mt. Edgecumbe) p. Alaina Pete (Mt. Edgecumbe), 0:17.<\/p>\n 182 \u2014 Cameron Harris (Ketchikan) t.f. Derek Mason (Thunder Mountain), 16-0.<\/p>\n 195 \u2014 Kamakana Kanahele (Haines) d. Sean Orsborn (Mt. Edgecumbe), 4-2.<\/p>\n 220 \u2014 Arthur Freitas (Mt. Edgecumbe) d. Carl Tupou (Thunder Mountain), 3-1.<\/p>\n 285 \u2014 Haley Osborne (Mt. Edgecumbe) d. Robert Cox (Thunder Mountain), 9-4.<\/p>\n Key terms<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n pin (p.) \u2014 When a wrestler holds his or her opponent\u2019s shoulders on the wrestling mat for a prescribed amount of time.<\/p>\n technical fall (t.f.) \u2014 Getting ahead of one\u2019s opponent by 15 points or more to win the match.<\/p>\n major decision (m.d.) \u2014 Getting ahead of one\u2019s opponent by 8-14 points to win the match.<\/p>\n decision (d.) \u2014 Winning the match by fewer than 8 points.<\/p>\n tiebreaker (t.b.) \u2014 A match that is tied after three rounds and a sudden victory period. The wrestler who scores the most points in this period wins that match.<\/p>\n Correction: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated close to 30 Thunder Mountain High Schoolers wrestled in the Brandon Pilot Invitational. There were close to 30 Juneau-Douglas and Thunder Mountain High Schoolers combined in the tournament. The article has been updated to reflect the change.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u2022 Contact sports reporter Nolin Ainsworth at nolin.ainsworth@juneauempire.com.<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Just under 30 Thunder Mountain High School Falcons wrestled in this weekend\u2019s Brandon Pilot Invitational in Juneau. Chase Foster, Jahrease Mays, Connor Norman, Steven Ireland-Haight, Derek Mason, Carl Tupou and Bobby Cox all made the finals in their respective brackets. Aside from the all-TMHS final in the 113-pound bracket between Mays and Norman, the visitor came […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":425,"featured_media":23092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","wds_primary_category":6,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-23091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/425"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23091"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=23091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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