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SMALL SCHOOLS: Boulder City’s Garvin, Huxford pin down 3A state titles

Clinton Garvin captured the 103-pound title, and Bleu Huxford won a championship at 215 pounds to lead Boulder City to 129 points and a third-place finish at the Class 3A state wrestling tournament Saturday at Spanish Springs in Sparks.

Garvin pinned Erik Brooks of Lowry in 3 minutes, 3 seconds.

Huxford grabbed his title after edging Spring Creek’s Tyler Usko, 3-2.

The Eagles’ Tyler Washburn (140), Frankie Badgely (171) and Brandon Foster (189) finished second in their respective weight classes. Brandon Gonzalez (112) and Kyle Erickson (285) each added a third-place finish for Boulder City.

Lowry cruised to the team title with 200 points.

Moapa Valley finished fifth with 75 points behind 135-pound champion Shae Bryant. Pirates teammate Trevor Durham (152) placed second.

Virgin Valley’s McKay Magoon won the 145-pound championship, and teammate Taylor Fails was second at 130.

CLASS 2A

Laughlin had four wrestlers each place in the top three to finish in fourth place with 76 points.

Cody McGeshick won by pin at 171 pounds, defeating Eureka’s Jack Ashcraft in 2:14.

Jimmy Minniear (135) and Jake Hodges (140) each added a second-place finish for Laughlin, and JaQuan Lakes (285) took third.

Indian Springs’ Dakota Sargent won the individual title at 145, and teammate Adam Reinke was third at 215.

Class 3A
Team Scores
Lowry 200, Spring Creek 170, Boulder City 129, Churchill County 78, Moapa Valley 75, Elko 64½, Fernley 56, Virgin Valley 48, South Tahoe 35½, Sparks 17, Truckee 12
Championship Matches
103—Garvin, BC, p. Brooks, Low, 3:03. 112—Perry, SC, d. Nelson, Low, 17-2. 119—Tate, SC, d. Cason, ST, 7-1. 125—Tripp, SC, d. Okuma, Low, 15-0. 130—Fry, Elk, p. Fails, VV, 3:16. 135—Bryant, Moa, d. Wilson, Fer, 3-2. 140—Duncan, Low, p. Washburn, BC, 3:02. 145—Magoon, VV, p. Knight, CC, 5;21. 152—J. Billingsley, Low, p. Durham, Moa, 4:29. 160—M. Billingsley, Low, d. Heck, CC, 8-2. 171—Nelson, Low, d. Badgley, BC, 6-4. 189—CdeBaca, SC, d. Foster, BC, injury default. 215—Huxford, BC, d. Usko, SC, 6-5. 285—Herrera, Low, d. Bow, Spa, 4-2.
Third-place Matches
103—Ippolito, ST, p. Williams, VV, 1:42. 112—Gonzalez, BC, p. Jamison, Fer, 3:20. 119—Richardson, SC, d. Evans, Moa, 11-5. 125—Villa, Elk, d. Cannon, VV, 6-4. 130—Cole, CC, d. Winder, SC, 8-2. 135—Marley, Low, p. Mori, CC, 3:58. 140—Fisk, SC, d. Nelson, Fer, 9-5. 145—Smith, Elk, d. Bautista, Low, 16-3. 152—Hoyos, SC, d. Mays, SC, 5-2. 160—Irvin, SC, p. Chappell, Moa, 2:34. 171—Johnson, CC, p. Nolte, SC, 5:08. 189—Mills, Elk, d. Gwerder, Tru, 13-8. 215—Ramirez, Low, p. Reeves, Moa, 2:48. 285—Erickson, BC, d. Buckmaster, CC, 4-1.
Class 2A
Team Scores
Yerington 171, Battle Mountain 138½, Pershing County 102½, Laughlin 76, Rite of Passage 59, White Pine 54½, Indian Springs 48, Incline 46, Eureka 40, Round Mountain 39, Lincoln County 36½, West Wendover 29, Silver Stage 18, Pahranagat Valley 12, Tonopah 9, Spring Mountain 3
Championship Matches
103—Ballejos, Lin, d. Olson, Lin, 15-1. 112—Whistler, Bat, p. Gorsline, Per, 3:37. 119—Sparks, Bat, d. Brown, Yer, 8-2. 125—Thompson, Bat, d. Craspay, Per, 8-6. 130—Ramirez, Yer, d. Cutler, RM, 8-2. 135—Alcazar, Bat, p. Minniear, Lau, 3:15. 140—Tibbals, Yer, p. Hodges, Lau, 1:16. 145—Sargent, IS, p. Smith, RM, 4:37. 152—Garner, Yer, d. Dean, ROP, 16-7. 160—Jensen, Per, p. Swanigan, ROP, 0:39. 171—McGeshick, Lau, p. Ashcraft, Eur, 2:14. 189—Wanner, Per, d. Howell, SS, 14-3. 215—Cordova, Bat, d. Snider, Yer, 8-5. 285—Diarte, Per, d. Snider, Yer, 5-4.
Third-place Matches
103—Brown, Yer, d. Nelson, Eur, 12-4. 112—Hall, WP, p. Wegener, Inc, 3:44. 119—Feliciano, Inc, p. Bingham, WP, 4:54. 125—Navarro, Inc, p. Miller, WP, 3:21. 130—Earl, WW, d. Turley, Pahran, 6-5. 135—Trout, Yer, d. Lauderdale, Yer, 11-5. 140—Smith, WW, d. Mayberry, Bat, 15-4. 145—Miller, Yer, d. Burt, Yer, 4-2. 152—Stanton, WP, p. Keough, WP, 0:49. 160—Johnson, Bat, d. Lauderdale, ROP, 14-7. 171—Cota, Yer, p. Pereira, ROP, 2:46. 189—Lyk-Jensen, Lin, p. Fox, ROP, 1:42. 215—Reinke, IS, p. Hale, Eur, 0:24. 285—Lakes, Lau, d. Semper, ROP, 6-3.

 

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