Myles Moon (on top) returned to the mat for Columbia High last Thursday and won his season’s debut against J.J. Davidson of Kalama by technical fall. The victory lifted CHS to a team win over Kalama and a 2-0 start in Trico League standings.
Myles Moon (on top) returned to the mat for Columbia High last Thursday and won his season’s debut against J.J. Davidson of Kalama by technical fall. The victory lifted CHS to a team win over Kalama and a 2-0 start in Trico League standings.
Columbia High swept its only home double-dual meet of the wrestling season here last Thursday.
The Bruins pinned a 39-21 loss on the La Center Wild-cats in the first round of wrestling, then edged the Kalama Chinooks, 32-30, in the second.
The four-team meet in Miller Gym featured two mats; CHS and Stevenson served as the anchor teams on those mats.
Fletcher Andrews (132) and James Bell (138) both won two matches by fall, while Eli Bell (120) scored minor decisions in his two bouts.
Miguel Lemmon (145) and Alex Medina (220) each went 1-1 on the evening, while Myles Moon was victorious in his return from a football injury that sidelined him for all of December.
Moon scored a key five points against Kalama as he defeated J.J. Davidson by technical fall, 22-7, in a spirited 126-pound match. He earlier had stepped on a competition mat for the first time since last winter to receive a forfeit against La Center.
In fact, most of the card against La Center was filled with forfeits (four to CHS). Of the five matches held, CHS won three.
Andrews got the Bruins on the scoreboard when he laid a pin on Isaac Johnston in the third period.
Bell put Andre Tuia down for the count just 49 seconds into their match.
Lemmon lost to Jeffery Mayolo by first-period fall, while Medina dropped a 10-9 decision to Hazen Kapp.
Eli Bell finished off Cory Huddleston in the third period for a 15-10 minor decision and three team points.
The Bruins kicked things off against Kalama with a trio of pins that gave them an early 18-0 lead.
Andrews dispatched Brad-en Thompson at 1:13 of the first period. Bell downed Colby Hutchinson at 3:22 of the second.
The run of pins continued when Lemmon got the mat slap at 1:15 of the first period of his match with Matthew Vandenbrock .
Kalama rallied with a couple of pins at 160 and 170. Tristan Rosander of CHS fell to Brandon Speed at 2:06 of the second period, while Wyatt Shewey went down at 1:31 of the first under the weight of Matthew Haynes.
Kalama took the lead at 24-18 when Carl Hausserman earned a pin against CHS’s Paul “Bubbba” Demchuk midway through the third period of a hard-fought 195-pound match.
Medina tied things up when he put Arthur Olinger down for the count in the first period with only four ticks left on the clock.
A forfeit at 106 gave the Chinooks their final points of the day and a 30-24 lead.
Eli Bell pulled CHS within 30-27 when he earned a 10-4 minor decision over Haydon Amren.
Moon put the Bruins over the top with his big win in the final match of the evening.
Kalama and La Center both ended up with splits, as each defeated Stevenson head-to-head.
Coming up: The Bruins carry a 2-0 1A Trico League record into tonight’s double-dual meet at King’s Way, in Vancouver. The Bruins will wrestle the Knights of King’s Way, and the Castle Rock Rockets.
On Saturday, the Bruins are at the daylong Columbia Gorge Invitational at Steven-son High School.
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