THS wrestling 2nd at Morenci

By Brian Wright
Sports Editor
Published on Monday, February 1, 2010 11:07 AM MST

The host Morenci Wildcats made their wrestling fans proud by winning the championship at the Morenci Invitational on Jan. 23.

Morenci defeated Thatcher 52-23 in the championship match to win the title, and Pima took third place at the eight-team tourney.

Canyon State Academy and Phoenix Bourgade Catholic didn’t make it to the tourney because of inclement weather.

Pima heavyweight Leland Schmidt, left, wrestles Eddie Suarez of Morenci at the Morenci Invitational on Jan. 23. Schmidt won a 6-2 decision over Suarez, and Pima finished third in the team standings at the tournament. Photo by Raymundo Frasquillo

Other teams who competed were Bisbee, Tombstone, Valley Union, Globe and an X-team.

Thatcher had one individual champion in Andrew McBride at 145 pounds. He was also named the tournament’s Outstanding Wrestler at the middle weights.

Pima had four individual champions, including Daniel Orta (119), Duggan Crockett (140), Klinton Whitmire (160) and Leland Schmidt (285). Pima and Thatcher had 16 wrestlers each who took home a medal (top six in weight class).

The tournament was split into a Red pool and a Black pool.

Thatcher and Pima were both in the Red pool, which Thatcher won.

Thatcher beat Pima (46-34), Bisbee (59-12) and the X-team (57-11) to go 3-0 in its pool before losing to Morenci in the championship.

Pima was 2-1 in pool play. In addition to the loss to Thatcher, the Roughriders had wins over Bisbee (59-24) and the X-team (47-22).

In the third-place match, Pima defeated Tombstone 59-15.

Thatcher only had one individual champ, but six of its wrestlers took second place, including Brendan Skinner (103), Tommy Christensen (112), Vincent Peru (119), Win Wright (135), Brock Reynolds (152) and Spencer Udall (160).

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not a morenci fan wrote on Feb 5, 2010 2:15 PM:

" but they did wrestle safford and got dominated, however they do participate in 2 big school tournaments and do allight. "

fan is an idiot wrote on Feb 1, 2010 8:03 PM:

" What's with the hate bud? No one wants to hear you cut other teams down. All the kids are out there trying hard and don't need you to be talking crap. "

fan wrote on Feb 1, 2010 11:20 AM:

" LETS SEE MORENCI WRESTLE BIG HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS LIKE THE BULLDOGS THEY WILL GO HOME CRYING. "

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