Eagles win the 2010 Eagle Point Invitational

EAGLE POINT — Already with a wrestling dual-meet victory over third-ranked Hillsboro, Eagle Point added another feather in its cap Saturday afternoon en route to the team championship in the 19-school Eagle Point Invitational.

The fifth-ranked Eagles landed a pair of champions in Aaron Lorenz and Steven Josephson and had three others place second to boost the host team to 2271/2 points — just 31/2 points more than runner-up and No. 2-ranked Churchill. Ben Zomerdyk, Trent Kaiser, and Gage Baumer all had great days; however, each them were defeated in the finals.

North Medford, ranked fifth among 6A teams, finished third with 186 points. Henley (1781/2), Grants Pass (154), Marshfield (132) and Phoenix (1241/2) rounded out the top seven teams.

"We're still not at full strength with our lineup," said Eagle Point head coach Kacey McNulty. "We're at that point of the season where you're holding out kids because of match limits. Missing some varsity kids and still being able to pull out a win was nice."

Lorenz scored the first championship of the night, pinning North Medford's Chris McFall in 2 minutes, 37 seconds at 103 pounds.

"Aaron Lorenz wrestled a great tournament," added McNulty.
Josephson's title came at 171, where he used an early advantage to edge Cory Haggans of North Medford, 10-7, in one of the marquee finals matchups.

"It was a good match," said McNulty. "Haggans is a tough kid and Josephson ended up with some back points early, which changed what Josephson did and what Haggans had to do to catch up."
Eagle Point's Ben Zomerdyk (130), Trent Kaiser (135) and Gage Baumer (160) finished second, while teammate Jake Gallo (145) placed third.

Ben Zomerdyk and Gage Baumer registered impressive victories in the semi-finals over opponents who had previously beaten them. Ben scored a late take down and earned the fall over Luke Collins of Grants Pass in what may have been Ben’s best match this season. Gage Baumer kept himself in the match against the explosive Jose Cruz from Grants Pass. While defending a second period takedown, Gage was able to set-up and score a tight head and arm that Cruz could not get away from. Gage was able to secure the fall with 1 second left in the second period.

TEAM SCORES — Eagle Point 227.5, Churchill 224, North Medford 186, Henley 178.5, Grants Pass 154, Marshfield 132, Phoenix 124.5, Lassen 123, Klamath Union 95, Corvallis 79, Brookings-Harbor 78, Mazama 71, South Medford 65.5, South Umpqua 64, Rogue River 56, North Eugene 45, Del Norte 37, Weed 16, Etna 8.

CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
103 — Aaron Lorenz, Eagle Point, pinned Chris McFall, North Medford, 2:37;
112 — Houston Ezell, Churchill, pinned Aaron Longtain, Rogue River, 4:42;
119 — Joe Potts, Churchill, major dec. Tyler Nixon, Marshfield, 18-9;
125 — Nathan Piader, Grants Pass, pinned Byron Treece, Lassen, 4:55;
130 — Lamont Hook, Henley, dec. Ben Zomerdyk, Eagle Point, 9-3.
135 — Aaron David, Henley, dec. Trent Kaiser, Eagle Point, 10-4;
140 — Eleazar Deluca, Phoenix, major dec. Ammon Ebert, North Medford, 24-10;
145 — Zac Brunson, Churchill, pinned Ryan Mahoney, North Medford, 5:36;
152 — Dakota Tollen, Churchill, dec. Jesse Moore, Marshfield, 11-6.
160 — Luke Amuchastegui, Phoenix, pinned Gage Baumer, Eagle Point, :53;
171 — Steven Josephson, Eagle Point, dec. Cory Haggans, North Medford, 10-7;
189 — Cody Shipp, Marshfield, pinned Josh Woods, Corvallis, 2:43;
215 — Darren Lee, Lassen, pinned Kyle Rehberger, Churchill, 4:52;
285 — Robert Ross, North Medford, pinned Shay Riggs, North Eugene, 1:53.

Also placing for the Eagles:

THIRD-PLACE FINAL
145 — Jake Gallo, Eagle Point, default over Bruce Balcita, South Umpqua;

FIFTH-PLACE FINAL
103 — tie, Orlando DeLaCruz, Eagle Point and Skyler Harvey, Marshfield;
112 — Nick Grow, Grants Pass, pinned Gordon Downing, Eagle Point, 3:59;
285 — tie, Manuel Valdovinos, Eagle Point, and Marlon Campos, North Medford.
* ties awarded on basis of match limits.

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Next up for the Eagles will be the Reser's Tournament of Champions this Friday and Saturday at Liberty High School in Hillsboro.