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Jacks win seesaw battle against Tigers
Kurtis J. Wood/sports@qvpr.com
Carter Bushman pinned Ephrata Bryce Unruh in the second round last Thursday night.
Carter Bushman knew one thing coming into last Thursday’s wrestling dual in Ephrata - he needed to strike quickly.
He sat out the first month of the season with a foot injury and figured he would need to come up with a fast win against Ephrata’s Bryce Unruh. The two sophomores exchanged five-point moves in the first period to knot the match at 5-all going into the second period. Then Bushman opened the second with an escape and eventually a pin.
It was one of five pins on the night by the Jacks. Quincy won the match 39-27, thanks in part to Bushman’s first match of the season.
In the first round, Unruh threw Bushman to the mat with a head and arm for a takedown and three mat points, but a reversal and his own three-point nearfall evened the score. It was then he knew something had to be done quickly.
“In the second round I was tired and he tried another head and arm,” Bushman said. I knew I had to get him in the first or second round.”
But it was Bushman who landed the throw and a few moments later was able to record the pin at the three, 33 second mark.
“I heard him say he can’t and it made it easy for me,” he said.
The win gave Quincy an 18-3 lead five bouts into the duel, but the host Tigers won five of the next six to take a 27-21 lead. That left the Jacks with their top-2 wrestlers in the final three matches to make up the difference. Gabe Martinez pinned Miguel Rodriguez and Christian Alejandrez pinned Carlos Flores, both in the first round and Quincy took a 33-27 lead.
The final match pitted freshman John Lindquist against junior Eli Perez. After a scoreless first round, the first points of the bout came from a reversal by Perez. Then Lindquist scored an escape, followed by double leg takedown and eventually a cradle for a pin at the 3:49 mark.
Quincy won 39-27.
Quincy 39, Ephrata 27
126-Uriel Heras (Q) p. Nick Wall, 1st; 132 Blas Magana (Q) d. Dalton Johnson, 10-4; 138-Gerry Benitez (Q) d. Benny Carter, 15-12; 145-Kyle Pohle (E) d. Isias Jiminez, 4-2; 152-Bushman (Q) p. Unruh, 2nd; 160-Dalton Balentine (E) d. Cade Wallace, 6-2; 170-Tevin Hiatt (E) d. Steven Gomez, 6-4; 182-Antonio Melendez d. Erik Guzman, 2-0; 195-Tyrus Kemp (E) p. Ian Allen, 2nd; 220-Isaac Garcia (E) p. Eduardo Balderas, 1st; Brandt Monson (E) p. Diego Garcia, 1st; 106-Gabe Martinez (Q) p. Miguel Rodriguez, 1st; 113-Alejandrez (Q) p. Carlos Flores, 1st; 120-Lindquist (Q) p. Perez, 2nd.
Cheney Invite
106-pounder Gabe Martinez keeps on trucking. The junior earned a first-round bye at the Cheney Invitational and then recorded back-to-back pins against KC Ayers of Deer Park and Mikey Bonifer of Aberdeen, before winning the title bout 5-3 over Lakeside’s Austin Hoobler.
The Jacks placed fifth in the tournaments, but only brought nine wrestlers in eight weight brackets. A pair of second-place finishes came from 126-pound Heras and 170-pound Melendez, while 145-pound Jiminez and 170-pound Gomez each placed fifth.
Invitational results
Team scores: Cheney 214, East Valley 178.5; Lakeview 155.5, Reardon 108, Quincy 97.5, Timberlake 95.5, Deer Park 86, West Valley 86, Clarkston 84, Aberdeen 70, Sandpoint 60, Pullman 52, St. John Endicott 2, Garfield Palouse.
106-Martinez (Q) p. Ayers (DP), 2nd; Martinez p. Bonifer, 1st; Martinez d. Hoobler, 5-3.
120-Lindquist (Q) p. Jacobson (Pul); 1st; Konzal (DP) p. Lindquist, 2nd; Lindquist p. Larson (Tim), 2nd; Guz (Clark) p. Lindquist, 2nd.
126-Heras (Q) p. Rivera (Chen) 3rd; Heras p. Pellham (DP), 2nd; Heras p. Hill (Tim), 3rd; Pederson (Chen) d. Heras, 4-2.
138-Rhoades (Tim) md. Benitez (Q), 12-1; Staniszewski (Pul) d. Benitez 4-2.
145-Jiminez (Q) p. Estrada, 1st; Bauman (EV) d. Jiminez, 7-4; Jiminez tf. Miller (Cla) 16-1; Jiminez d. Jiminez (Abe) 8-6; Jiminez tf. Roth (Tim) 15-0.
152-Anderson (Rea) p. Andy Vargas (Q), 2nd; Vargas md. Boswell (DP), 13-0; Wessels (Che) p. Vargas, 3rd.
160-Wallace (Q) p. Selk (SJE), 1st; Herring (Tim) p. Wallace; Spezza (DP) p. Wallace, 2nd.
170-Melendez (Q) tf. Neilson (Lak) 15-0; Melendez md. Watkins (EV), 10-2; Empoert (Che) d. Melendez, 3-2.
170-Gomez (Q) p. Williams (San), 3rd; Empert (Che) p. Gomez, 1st; Gomez p. Rowe (Che), 3rd; Gomez md. Toyoda (Pul) 9-0; Gomez p. Williams, 3rd.
Ellensburg 47, Quincy 23
138: Blake Haberman (E) d. Gerry Benitez, 8-4. 145: Isias Jimenez (Q) p. Justin Tamez, 1:17. 152: Kamal Qteishat (E) tf. Carter Bushman. 160: Austin Lyman (E) d. Cade Wallace, 7-2. 170: Antonio Melendez (Q) d. Clay Weaver, 6-2. 182: Perry Simpson ((E)p. Steven Gomez, 1:59. 195: Tyler Coates (E) p. Ian Allen, 3:18. 220: Jason Glenn (E) p. Edward Balderas, :42. 285: Corbin Richardson (E) p. Diego Garcia, 1:13. 106: Gabe Martinez (Q) p. Travis Lyman, 1:27. 113: Christian Alejandrez (Q) tf Coleson Mellergaard, 5:30. 120: Wyatt Scribner (E) p. John Lindquist, 3:10. 126: Uriel Heras (Q) d. Dillon Dompier, 3-1. 132: Allyn Burvee (E) p. Jesus Sarabia, 1:38.
