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Hermiston leads Crook County after the first day of IMC districts

The Intermountain Conference district wrestling championships is in Madras this next weekend. Here’s a look at some of the the weight classes to watchl All rankings can be found on The Oregon Wrestling Forum.

One of the weight classes to watch is 215, where numerous IMC grapplers are ranked among the state’s best:
3 Cody Roan Sr Crook County
4 Travis Williams So Madras
5 David Liebe Sr Hermiston
12 Liam Brown Sr Bend
14 Kameron Garver Jr The Dalles-Wahtonka

At 189, the IMC has the top-three ranked individuals:
1 Curtis Berger Jr Hermiston
2 Jacob Abrams Sr The Dalles-Wahtonka
3 Trevor Barrett Sr Madras
10 Colton RedCloud Sr The Dalles-Wahtonka
13 Rhett Smith So Crook County
15 Kenny Dailey Sr Bend

5A TEAM RANKINGS
1 Hermiston 260
6 Crook County 88
9 Pendleton 75
11 The Dalles-Wahtonka 65
13 Madras 62

Here’s the article I wrote for the Salem Statesman Journal on today’s CVC district wrestling tournament in Redmond.
McNary claims Central Valley Conference district wrestling title – By Josh Cordell/SPECIAL TO THE STATESMAN JOURNAL

The Redmond Panthers won a league-best five Central Valley Conference district wrestling titles and finished fourth as a team in the toughest Class 6A wrestling league in the state.

DISTRICT CHAMPIONS
103 – Ryan Haney, Redmond
112 – Levi Martinez, McNary
119 – Chance Lindquist, Redmond
125 – David Pebbles, Redmond
130 – Nick Coles, Redmond
135 – Sean Soliz, Redmond
140 – Alex Elder, West Salem
145 – Yulerik Sorensen, Sprague
152 – Corey Ellison,West Salem
160 – Steve Urban, McNary
171 – Brandon Griffin, Sprague
189 – Connor Kryskalla, West Salem
215 – Wes Heredia, McNary
285 – Josh Gaskin, Sprague

TEAM SCORES
McNary 368.5
Sprague 364
West Salem 297
Redmond 280.5
McKay 154
South Salem 106
North Salem 71

Here’s the article I wrote for the Salem Statesman Journal on the Central Valley Conference district wrestling tournament.
Sprague has lead, 15 athletes in semis
West Salem and McNary also are in the CVC hunt – By Josh Cordell/For the Statemans Journal

Redmond scored 135.5 points on day one to finish in fourth place at the Central Valley Conference district wrestling tournament. The CVC is incredibly deep, the toughest 6A league in the state! Day 1 scores: Sprague 174.5, McNary 156.5, West Salem 140.5, Redmond 135.5, McKay 80, South Salem 74 and North Salem 41.

Reser’s Tournament of Champions: “Probably tougher than the state tournament” – By Kevin Hudson, special to The Oregonian

Back in the hunt
Crook County wrestler returns to the mat after suffering knee injury – By Beau Eastes / The Bulletin

Mountain View 50, Summit 27. The Cougars beat the Storm @ Summit.

Wrestle and grow
Local mat clubs help teach youth technique, but also some life lessons – By Katie Brauns / The Bulletin