CPHS Wrestling: Seth Jones places 2nd at State - presented by Inkwell Printing

Seth Jones picks up a win in a reguLar season dual.

The Charles Page High School wrestling team wrapped up the 2019-2020 season with their eighth consecutive top-ten finish at the OSSAA 6A State Championships in Oklahoma City. Senior Seth Jones kept alive a six year streak of putting Sandites in the finals.

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Seth Jones (26-6) won a 5-0 decision against Norman North Senior Jacob Zimmer (29-10) and a 3-0 decision against Stillwater junior and former State Champion Cade Nicholas (44-8) in the 126 semifinals before falling 14-6 to Broken Arrow senior Jackson Cockrell (34-9) in the finals.

Josh Fincannon (34-12) won his 220 quarterfinal by 5-2 decision against Moore senior Frank Morales (17-13) but was pinned by defending State Champion and University of Central Oklahoma-committed Mustang senior Judson Rowland (45-4) in the semifinals. In consolation he won a 4-3 decision against Bixby junior Isaac Gibson (13-10) and a 2-1 tie-breaker against Broken Arrow senior Torrance Ingram (26-10) for third place.

Chris Kirby (31-12) won the 160 quarterfinal with an easy 30-second pin of Norman North senior Dylan Smith (24-14), but fell 11-5 to two-time defending State Champion Drake Vannoy (31-4) from Jenks. In consolation he was pinned by Choctaw junior Chandler Holman (38-10).

Mitchell Smith (18-7) was pinned by Putnam City junior Kalib Nolan (35-11) in the first round of 113. In consolation he won a 3-0 decision against Edmond North sophomore Aiden Godbehere (26-19) but fell 5-2 to Yukon senior Cooper Mahaffey (31-6).

Blake Jones (24-13) won his 138 wrestle-in match by 14-0 major decision against Choctaw’s Nathan Harjo with ten nearfall points, but lost 5-1 to Edmond Memorial sophomore Bam West (33-4) and 5-4 to Southmoore sophomore Jake Wright (39-7) in consolation.

Sango Whitehorn (10-25) lost his wrestle-in match 11-2 to Yukon junior Conner Columbus (34-12) at 195.

Two former Sandites also made the finals. Stillwater junior Carter Young (44-1) won his second title 4-1 against Broken Arrow junior Blazik Perez (27-8) at 132, and Broken Arrow sophomore Christian Forbes (26-7) fell 10-1 to Stillwater freshman Cael Hughes (42-0) in the 106 finals.

Broken Arrow won the team title for the second straight year, followed by Mustang and Choctaw. The Tigers had three champions and four runners-up while the Broncos had four champions and one runner-up.

Team Scores

163.5 Broken Arrow
133.5 Mustang
109.5 Choctaw
65.0 Stillwater
59.0 Edmond Memorial
54.0 Deer Creek
36.0 Jenks
33.0 Owasso
33.0 Yukon

29.0 Sand Springs
26.0 Union
23.0 Southmoore
22.0 Edmond North
22.0 Enid
18.0 Bixby
6.0 Norman North
4.0 Bartlesville
4.0 Putnam City
4.0 Westmoore
1.0 Ponca City
0.0 Edmond Santa Fe
0.0 Midwest City
0.0 Moore
0.0 Norman
0.0 Putnam City North
0.0 Sapulpa

Individual Champions
106: Cael Hughes (Stillwater).
113: Cruz Aguilar (Edmond Memorial).
120: Tucker Owens (Mustang).
126: Jackson Cockrell (Broken Arrow).
132: Carter Young (Stillwater).
138: Cade Manion (Deer Creek).
145: John Wiley (Mustang).
152: Gabe Johnson (Choctaw).
160: Chance Davis (Enid).
170: Bryce Mattioda (Broken Arrow).
182: Tate Picklo (Mustang).
195: Emmanuel Skillings (Broken Arrow).
220: Judson Rowland (Mustang).
285: Marquonn Journey (Choctaw).