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The team did well last night versus the #5 ranked West Salem Titans.  We started out with a fantastic and gutsy performance of Connor Flanagan.  Connor's only had a few matches this year due to injury, and after missing the Reser tournament last weekend, we were worried that #2 ranked Blake Borsberry might be a tough match.  Borsberry proved to be tough, but after getting ridden out and hurting his shoulder, Connor cut his opponent and took him down w/ about 30 seconds left in the match.  He was able to ride out his oppoenent and come away with the 2-1 win!  Colby Fultz also had a big match defeating Devan Petansky after losing to him twice last season.  It is a great thing to see how much Colby has improved.  Here are the match by match results:

103 — Ryan Haney, R, pinned, Jared Ellison, :57. 112 — Colby Fultz, R, def. Devan Petansky, 9-2. 119 — Levi Brinkley, R, pinned Billy Endicott, :49. 125 — Nick Coles, R, pinned Zeke Lemos, 3:28. 130 — Sean Soliz, R, pinned Joe Arvin, :38. 135 — Connor Flannagan, R, def. Blake Borsberry, 3-0. 140 — double forfeit. 145 — Alex Elder, WS, def Joey Delance, 3-0. 152 — Hayden Anker, R, pinned John Herring, 4:55. 160 — Corey Ellison, WS, def. Jay Tarvin, 11-4. 171 — Adam Byers, WS, won by forfeit. 189 — Taylor Johnson. R, def. Connor Kryskalla, 11-3. 215 — Tyler Steel, WS, pinned Ben Baca, 2:57. 275 — Trent Gallegus, WS, pinned Caleb Brock, 3:27

Holy Cow!

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Match of the Week

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Here is the 1st and 2nd Place Finals match between Taylor Johnson and Culver's Austin Alley.

Reser's Success and "The Plan"

Our team did very well this weekend at the toughest tournament in the State of Oregon.  The Reser Tournament of Champions held at Liberty HS in Hillsboro, OR, had 24 of the toughest teams in the state, and provided a weekend of upsets, surprises and impressive performances.  The team did very well overall with a 5th Place finish behind only Roseburg, Newberg, Hermiston and Canby.  Not a bad group to be among.  The team had 6 individual placers led by Champion Taylor Johnson; 4th Place finishers Ryan Haney, Sean Soliz and Ben Baca; 5th Place HWT Duel Christiansen and finally Levi Brinkley in 6th place.  Taylor was the class of the weigt pinning Culver's Austin Alley in the finals.  Sean Soliz wrestled a masterpiece of a match in a victory over 3rd ranked Jay Tovey.  Ben and Ryan both showed a ton of improvement over the course of the tournament and beat several top opponents.  The big surprises for the competition were Duel Christiansen and Levi Brinkley.  Both unranked and unseeded they upset several top contenders enroute to placing.  The question I was asked most over the weekend was, "Who is this Levi Brinkley?"  A good question after he beat two state champions on the first day of competition.  We'd point you to flowrestling.org to watch video of the tourney, but our video isn't going to work for online viewing.  If we find a video of Taylor's finals match, we'll upload it for your viewing.  If you'd like to look over the brackets you can see them at:

Reser Championship Brackets

Reser Consolation Brackets 

Varsity Team Scores 

JV Brackets 

JV Consolation 

JV Team Scores  

THE PLAN

If I could guarantee that you could do one thing to ensure you'll peak at the end of the season would you do it?  Now that Resers is over, we have three weeks of practice before the district tournament.  As is our tradition, we begin three weeks of morning runs tomorrow, January 26th.  We meet at 6:15 to 7am on days when we don't compete.  This week, we will meet Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.  I believe that committing to the end of the season plan is absolutely essential in order to peak for the post season.  Stay tuned for videos and updates.

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The Panthers beat CVC rival Wednesday night in a rescheduled dual from December that was cancelled due to weather.  In a highlight match top ranked wrestlers Sean Soliz and Jacob Pletcher met at 130lbs which resulted in a critical win for the Panthers.

103-Ryan Haney, RHS won by fall over Tyler Jordan

112-Colby Fultz, RHS won by fall over Ryan Hamilton

119-Jordan Lowe, MHS won by decision 9-7 over Levi Brinkley

125-Nick Coles, RHS won by fall over Edgar Jimenez

130-Sean Soliz, RHS won by decision 5-2 over Jacob Pletcher

135-Jesse Martinez, MHS won by fall over TB Hannan

140-Connor Flanagan, RHS won by decision 3-1 over Dillon Doering

145-Joey Delance, RHS won by major decision 9-1 over Dan Strasser

152-Steven Urban, MHS won by fall over Hayden Anker

160-Dan Bogatko, MHS won by major over Jay Tarvin

171-Josh Buckles, MHS won by decision over Michael Stewart

189-Taylor Johnson, RHS won by fall over Derrik Bergland

215-Ben Baca, RHS won by fall over Wes Herredia

285-Cris Corral, MHS won by fall over Duel Christiansen

Match of the Week

We'd like to start featuring one video a week on our blog to recognize a special match from the previous week.  Understand that there may be times where we're not able to post anything, or we just don't have time.  For our first match, we have the ending of the 130 lbs match in our dual w/ McKay between TB Hannan and Mitch Bowling.  Mitch was the district champion at 119 lbs last year and considering TB had to come back from a 5 point deficit in the first round, we were really proud of his effort and guts.

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Panthers defeat the Scots 53-20; Russian Wrestling Blog

The team did very well on Wednesday night.  We had a very tough practice on Tuesday night even though we competed the next evening.  One reason for this is that we like to see how the wrestlers react if they come out a little flat in their matches.  Our JV in particular seemed a little flat in their matches as I'm sure they are not accustomed to such a high work load.  Its an important lesson because you never know when you may come out a little flat in the second day of the state tournament or districts.  I felt the team did well.

I'd also like to bring your attention to US Olympian Andy Hrovat's blog .  Andy is currently in Russia training with the best international wrestlers in the world.  Whether you're facinated with the ruskies like I am, or you're just interested in the unique experience of an American being isolated in a completely different culture.  From a wrestling and cultural perspective, its very interesting to read.

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