December 9
ER 52 - Decatur 19

-Dual Record 4-0, 1-0

ER 51 - Decatur 12

-Dual Record 1-0

ER won ten of 14 matches in the league opener against Decatur, winning the dual 52-19. Starting at 119, the Jaguars had a 23-0 lead behind pins by Nick Webster and Julio Rodriguez before giving up any team points.

119: Nick Webster, ER, pinned Jake Buckholtz, 1:46. 125: Julio Rodriguez, ER, pinned Kyle Hunziker, :57. 130: Fernando Rodriguez, ER, tech. fall. Spencer Kabelac, 18-3. 135: Todd Folk, ER, inj. disq. Thomas Freeman. 140: Myles Peckman, D, dec. Kevin Wills, 6-3. 145: Jordon Smith, ER, dec. Mark Doherty, 4-0. 152: John Gallagher, ER, pinned Devon Jones, 3:24. 160: Keith Schlecht, ER, won by forfeit. 171: Aaron Brown, ER, maj. dec. Michael Davidson, 11-2. 189: Brynsen Brown, ER, won by forfeit. 215: Taylor McCluskey, D, maj. dec. T.J. Smith 13-2. 275: Steve Hagdahl, D, pinned Jake Bulbaugh, 1:49. 103: Bryce Horey, ER, maj. dec. Min Nguyen, 13-1. 112: Jensen Delarosa, D, won by forfeit.

In the JV match, Emerald Ridge won 6 of 7 matches wrestled and another three by forfeit on the way to a 51-12 victory. Garrett Allen, John Lopez, Brad Bardsley and Harley Wilson won their matches by pin.

125: Garrett Allen (ER) pinned Ezra John Gaffney, 1:15; 130: Geoff Nelson (ER) forfeit; 135: Jason Trapp (ER) dec. Michael Lewis, 9-7; 140: Colton Casteele (ER) forfeit; 145: AJ Henson (ER) forfeit; 152: John Lopez (ER) pinned Jacob Waddle, 1:12; Brad Bardsley (ER) pinned Paul Cooper, 3:52; 171: Ryan Kusche (ER) dec. Ian Davidson, 10-4; 189: Brandon Martin (ER) dec. Justin Lee, 8-2; 215: Harley Wilson (ER) pinned Tim Hoon, 0:27; 275: Arthur Faber (D) pinned Josh Roy, 0:42; 112: Evan Orwig (D) forfeit.

December 11
Wilfong Tournament, Puyallup HS

3rd Place

Our highest placing at this tournment as we finished in third place as a team. Without wrestlers at 112 and 215, the Jags scored 184.5 points to finish behind Stanwood and Rogers. Keith Schlecht and Brynsen Brown won their weight classes. Aaron Brown was second and Bryce horey, Nick Webster and Julio Rodriguez earned co-third place medals.

Champions: Keith Schlecht (160) and Brynsen Brown (189)
2nd Place: Aaron Brown (171)
Co-3rd Place: Bryce Horey (103), Nick Webster (119), Julio Rodriguez (125)
Co-5th Place: Fernando Rodriguez (130), Kevin Wills (140), Jordon Smith (145)

December 11
Franklin Pierce JV Tournament

4th Place

ER finished in fourth place out of over 30 teams at the Franklin Pierce JV Tournament. There were over 400 wrestlers at this annual event. Twenty-three Jaguars competed with eight champions and 6 second place finishes.

Champions: Garrett Allen, Jason Trapp, Brayden Goodier, Ryan Kusche, Jordan Nelson, Alex Flori, Brandon Martin, Dustin Snyder.
2nd Place: Marcus Showalter, Geoff Nelson, AJ Merrell, AJ Henson, Brandon Weeks, Harley Wilson.
3rd Place: Anthony Morales, John Lopez, Zack Wheeler.
4th Place: Colton Casteele, Sam Field, Brad Bardsley, Roman Cruz, Josh Roy.