Jackson is top Vandal at CM Tourney
Four wrestlers placed in the top five at Saturday’s Civic Memorial Holiday Tournament, but no Vandals came away with individual championships.
Senior Zach Jackson had the best showing, placing second to Herrin’s Tad Cravens at 170 pounds. He lost the title bout, 9-6.
He pinned his first two opponents in the quarter- and semifinals.
Sophomore Blake Cripe had two pins on his way to finishing third at 182 pounds by beating Benton’s Zach Mocaby, 13-3.
At 152 pounds, junior Tyler Dagen also placed third, pinning JCHS’s Shad Hillis in 2:20 for his second pin of the event.
Sophomore Dalton Blankenship finished fourth at 145 pounds, after losing, 15-7, to East St. Louis’ SirRomeo Howard.
Freshman Chaston Womack (106) had a strong showing in his first varsity tournament, placing sixth.
He recorded a pin in just 19 seconds in his first-round bout, and collected two more pins after that, including one in 43 seconds in the consolation semifinals.
Sophomore Ryne Lipsey also placed sixth. The 113-pounder’s lone victory came on a pin in 1:43 in the consolation semifinals.
Freshman Kolton Etcheson had a pin on his way to finishing sixth in the tournament.
The 195-pounder lost his first-round match, but received two byes to reach the consolation semifinal, which he won by pinning JCHS’s Danial Runge in 1:01.
Sophomore Jake Stewart wrestled five matches to place seventh at 160 pounds. He beat Civic Memorial’s Austin Drew in the seventh-place bout.
Adam Palmer, a sophomore 126-pounder, placed eighth in the tournament. He went 2-3 with two pins, including one in the first round in 57 seconds.
Junior Rodney Tedrick did not place at 138 pounds, going 1-2 with a pin in the consolation bracket.
Freshman Luke Tessman wrestled in his first-ever varsity matches, losing two bouts at 120 pounds.
Saturday, Dec. 1
at Civic Memorial
106 – Chaston Womack
•First round: Won by fall 0:19
•Quarterfinals: Lost by fall at 1:02
•Consoltion QF: Won by fall at 3:15
•Cons. SF: Won by fall at 0:43
•Fifth-place: Lost by fall at 3:29
113 – Ryne Lipsey
•First-round bye
•QF: Lost, 13-9
•Cons. QF bye
•Cons. SF: Won by fall at 1:43
•Fifth-place: Lost by fall at 1:49
120 – Luke Tessman
•First round: Lost by fall at 1:10
•Cons. First round: Lost, 12-8
126 – Adam Palmer
•First round: Won by fall at 0:57
•QF: Lost by fall at 0:18
•Cons. QF: Won by fall at 3:18
•Cons. SF: Lost, 16-0
•Seventh-place: Lost, 18-3
138 – Rodney Tedrick
•First round: Lost, 5-1
•Cons. first round: Won by fall at 1:45
•Cons. QF: lost by fall at 4:35
145 – Dalton Blankenship
•First round: Won by fall at 1:14
•QF: Won, 13-5
•SF: Lost, 14-2
•Third-place: Lost, 15-7
152 – Tyler Dagen
•First-round bye
•QF: Won by fall at 1:29
•SF: lost, 7-6
•Third-place: Won by fall at 2:29
160 – Jake Stewart
•First round: Won, 8-3
•QF: Lost, 9-6
•Cons. QF: Won, 15-0
•Cons. SF: Lost., 10-4
•Seventh-place: Won, 12-4
170 – Zach Jackson
•First-round bye
•QF: Won by fall at 2:39
•SF: Won by fall at 3:33
•Championship: lost, 9-6
182 – Blake Cripe
•First round: Won by fall at 1:09
•QF: Won by fall at 1:07
•SF: Lost, 7-3
•Third-place: Won, 13-3
195 – Kolton Etcheson
•First round: Lost by fall at 0:43
•Cons. first-round bye
•Cons. QF bye
•Cons. SF: Won by fall at 1:01
•Fifth-place: Lost by fall at 1:05
