Shorewood wrestling opens the season with a win and a loss

Shorewood's Sam Thurman grabs a leg and gets set
to lift his Stanwood opponent off his feet.
The match was in the 152 lb. weight.

Report by Clark Norton
Photos by Wayne Pridemore

Shorewood Thunderbirds wrestling opened the 2015-16 season Wednesday by hosting a double dual against Stanwood and Oak Harbor. With only two seniors in the varsity line-up, the very young Thunderbirds rode high on their emotions to a victory over Stanwood in their first match and let things snowball out of control in a second match loss to Oak Harbor.

182 lb. class Shorewood wrestler, Esdras Valladeres, locks up his opponent

Shorewood 48 Stanwood 34
The first match of the season belonged to Shorewood junior Sam Thurman who bumped up a weight class to 160 pounds. Thurman exploded into his opponent, lifting him high into the air, to secure the first takedown. With a raucous crowd behind him, Thurman was able to get a first round pin.

Stanwood kept the match close, but could never tie the score as Shorewood gradually built a larger and larger lead. The final score of 48-34 was the first victory over Stanwood in Coach Derek Norton's eight seasons leading the team.

106 lbs. Thunderbird Nick Lotz controls his Spartan opponent.

Shorewood 30 Oak Harbor 48
After the close-fought win over Stanwood, Shorewood faced Oak Harbor in their second match. The match began at 170 pounds with T-Bird freshman Phil Ball. Ball trailed by a score of 2-1 going into the final period. Despite giving everything he had, Ball gave up a late pin to put Shorewood behind in the team score 6-0.

Shorewood senior Rhaye Samson controls his opponent in the 113 lb. match.

With the help of 195 pound junior Troy Halloway-Beach's second pin of the night, Shorewood would tie the score at 12-12 after four weight classes. From that point on Oak Harbor used superior skill on their feet to take control of the match. The Thunderbirds appeared a bit shocked at the shift in tactics and never recovered. Although forfeits would keep the score close, the final outcome was never in doubt as Oak Harbor rolled to a 48-30 victory.

Shorewood 48 - Stanwood 34
@ Shorewood High School
106: Nick Lotz (SHWD) pinned Zac Bender 0:55
113: Rhaye Samson (SHWD) pinned Antonio Bernocco 1:42
120: Jake Alwert (STWD) maj. dec. Aiden Smith 9-1
126: Mike Mezzone (STWD) pinned Shinkwang Moon 3:02
132: Shea O'Leary (SHWD) pinned Ben Woolman 1:59
138: Carson Phillips (STWD) pinned Matthew McMillan 3:09
145: Mason Phillips (STWD) pinned Elias Thorne 1:46
152: Fidel Chishungu (SHWD) win by forfeit
*160: Sam Thurman (SHWD) pinned Logan Feguson 1:24
170: Phil Ball (SHWD) win by forfeit
182: Arie Van Veen (STWD) pinned Esdras Valladares 3:45
195: Troy Halloway-Beach (SHWD) pinned Brett Wilfong 3:54
220: Wyatt Taylon (STWD) pinned Brandon Hernandez 1:35
285: Japhet Valladares (SHWD) win by forfeit

Matthew McMillan, a Shorewood sophomore,
sets to lift a Stanwood wrestler in the 138 lb. class.

Shorewood 30 - Oak Harbor 48
@ Shorewood High School
106: Blake Servatius (OH) pinned Nick Lotz 3:00
113: Rhaye Samson (SW) win by forfeit
120: Garrett Stahl (OH) maj. dec. Aiden Smith 9-1
126: Blake McBride (OH) tech. fall Shinkwang Moon 25-7
132: Michael Lym (OH) dec. Shea O'Leary 7-1
138: Matthew McMillan (SW) win by forfeit
145: Elias Thorne (SW) win by forfeit
152: Dymond Piper (OH) win by inj. def. Fidel Chishungu
160: Eriq Boler (OH) pinned Sam Thurman 1:20
*170: Nick Dugan (OH) pinned Phil Ball 5:27
182: Grant Gerber (OH) pinned Esdras Valladeras 1:55
195: Troy Halloway-Beach (SW) pinned Nate Mecom 4:57
220: Brandon Hernandez (SW) win by forfeit
285: Samuel Zook (OH) pinned Japhet Valladares 0:57

At 132 lbs., Shorewood's Shay O'Leary, starts his match in the top position.