The Chronicle

     COULEE DAM – On the strength of four champion wrestlers, Omak won the Power House Tournament on Dec. 28 at Lake Roosevelt High School.
     Omak champions include Brandon Newman at 132, Alex Aguilar at 145, Cody Harvill at 182 and Jacob Cutrell at 195.
     Other county grapplers grabbing gold medals included Brewster’s Brandon Medina at 113 pounds and Lake Roosevelt’s Orrin Gross at 152 pounds and Andrew McClure at 220.
     Omak was the top team with 133.2 points and Lake Roosevelt was a distant second with 109.5 points. The tournament included a team from Noxon, Mont., which finished fourth overall with 96.5 points.
     The tournament featured several matches between Washington state-ranked wrestlers.
     Aguilar, ranked No. 2 at 138 in 1A, won at 145 pounds with a major decision, 8-0, over Lake Roosevelt’s Kodie Horn, ranked No. 2 in 1B/2B at 132.
     At 152, Lake Roosevelt’s Orrin Gross, No. 1 at 138 for 1B/2B, pinned Omak’s Sam Trudeaux, No. 5 at 152 in 1A.
     Brewster’s Brandon Medina, ranked No. 1 at 113 pounds for 1A, pulled out a 5-2 decision over Lake Roosevelt’s Oscar Pakootas at 120 pounds.
     At 182, Harvill, No. 5 at 182 in 1A, took a major decision, 9-1, over Lake Roosevelt’s Sean Waters, No. 1 at 170 in 1B/2B.
     Damon Dixon of Wilbur-Creston-Keller, who is ranked No. 1 in 1B/2B at 285, wrestled a total of a minute and 31 seconds. He pinned Newport’s Joe Lubback in 20 seconds in the championship match.
     In a battle between Omak teammates, Brandon Newman edged Danny Gomez, 10-8, at 132 pounds.
     Team scores: 1, Omak 133. 2, Lake Roosevelt 109.5. 3, Rainier 100. 4, Noxon, Mont., 96. 5, Warden 77. 6, Wilbur-Creston-Keller 71. 7, Newport 58.5. 8, Brewster 56. 9, Almira/Coulee/Hartline 35. 10, Republic 10.
     Results
     106 pounds: 1-2, Johnny Martinez, War. p. Jacob Smith, LR, 4:39. 3-4, Zach Erickson-King, LR, m.d. Johnny Martinez, War. 10-2.
     113: 1-2, Josiah Guerra, War. p. Elvis Montiel, Brew, 1:23. 3-4, Israel Elwell, Rain, p. Erik Vela, War. 1:48.
     120: 1-2, Brandon Medina, Brew., d. Oscar Pakootas, LR, 5-2. 3-4, Joseph Pruneda, War. d. Joe Peterson, WCK, 14-10.
     126: 1-2, Peter Manville, War., p. Ernie Mendez, War. 1:37. 3, Austin Hopper, Rain.
     132: 1-2, Brandon Newman, Omak, d. Danny Gomez, Omak, 10-8. 3-4, Tyler Wentworth, Rain, d. Conner Massa, War. 6-2.
     138: 1-2, Bryton Mede, Rain, p. Gerald Sam, Omak, 3:40. 3-4, Luke Crowe, Nox, p. Chase Slocum, New, 2:20.
     145: 1-2, Alex Aguilar, Omak, m.d. Kodie Horn, LR, 8-0. 3-4, Austin Rubel, Nox, injury default, Tyler Weimerskirch, ACH.
     152: 1-2, Orrin Gross, LR, p. Sam Trudeaux, Omak, 3:27. 3-4, Josiah Ottenbacher, Rain, m.d. Alex Bertollt, Nox, 14-0.
     160: 1-2, Al Plant, Nox, p. Levin Gronlund, WCK, 4:53. 3-4, Nolan Finley, New, p. Jordan Battle, New, 1:45.
     170: 1-2, Cody Payne, ACH, m.d. Nick Anderson, WCK, 18-5. 3-4, Caleb Fickas, Nox, d. Brian Johnson, Rain, 6-4.
     182: 1-2, Cody Harvill, Omak, m.d. Sean Waters, LR, 9-1. 3-4, Rowdy Kruse, Omak, p. Kevin Isidro, Brew, 4:55.
     195: 1-2, Jacob Cutrell, Omak, d. Josia Thompson, New, 11-6. 3, Nick Guerra, War.
     220: 1-2, Andrew McClure, LR, p. John Onfrey, Nox, 4:47. 3-4, Clayton Cady, Rain, p. Michael Quezada, Omak, 0:32.
     285: 1-2, Damon Dixon, WCK, p. Joe Lubback, New, 0:20. 3-4, Alex Solis, New, d. Jacob Klingensmith, Rep, 10-6.