The Panthers concluded another successful season by placing 6 wrestlers at the OSAA 6A State Tournament including Ryan Haney who became RHS' 19th individual state champion.  Haney defeated returning state champion Josh Johnson of Forest Grove 4-3 to take the title.

Other Panther placers included Sean Soliz, 4th; Levi Brinkley, 5th; Duel Christiansen, 6th; Chance Lindquist, 6th; David Peebles, 8th.

The Panthers finished 7th overall and were in the hunt for a team trophy mid-way through the placing rounds.  The CVC did very well as a conference with Sprague, West Salem, Redmond and McNary all placing in a cluster together 4th through 8th.

The Panthers had another successful regular season with high finishes at top caliber tournaments. The team is very young this season with about 50% of the Varsity line-up consisting of wrestlers new to the Varsity line-up, and almost the entire 2nd Varsity being Freshman.  That said, the Panthers were able to compile a 12-5 dual meet record and several top finishes at team tournaments highlighted by a runner-up finish at the Classic and an 8th place finish at the Reser TOC.

Redmond Duals-1st Place

North Bend Coast Classic-4th Place

Culver Invitational (JV team at a Varsity Tournament)-5th Place

Adrian Irwin Invitational-2nd Place

Sierra Nevada Classic (98 teams)-10th Place

Oregon Wrestling Classic-2nd Place

Reser Tournament of Champions-8th Place

Varsity Dual Meet Record-12-5

A short handed Redmond team was able to fight its way into a 8th place finish at the premier wrestling tournament in the state of Oregon.  Leading the way for the Panthers was Sophomore Ryan Haney who reached the finals of the tournament.  Also placing were Seniors Sean Soliz (3rd), Nick Coles (4th) and Duel Christiansen (4th) and Sophomore David Peebles (5th). 

Resers TOC Varsity 2010

The Reser's TOC Website

The Oregononian's Coverage of the TOC

The Panthers defeated Bend, McNary and McKay in dual meet action this week, but fell narrowly to #3 West Salem.  Wednesday night, the Panthers defeated Bend 52-20 reviving and old IMC rivalry for the team's 2010 Senior Night.  Seniors Sean Soliz, Nick Coles and Nathan Herber were able to come away with victories for the team.

On Thursday night, the Panthers traveled to Salem to wrestle the last three duals in the CVC.  The team kicked off the night with a tough victory over McNary 37-24.  Redmond followed that win up by defeating McKay 54-23.  During this dual, the squad was able to get victories from some substitutes for this dual in David Peebles and Matt Rogers.  Finally, the team dropped their last dual of the night to the 3rd ranked Titans of West Salem 34-43.  The Titans return six state placers in their line-up. 

The Panthers are at the Reser TOC next week, then finish up the regular season with a dual at Crook County.

Due to match limitations, the RHS wrestling team was without some of its regular starters, but this didn't dissuade the young squad from competing hard.  The Panthers were led by Senior Nathan Herber who placed 3rd at 189lbs.  Also placing for the Panthers were Ty George-5th; Brandon Short 3rd; Ben Coles 5th; Tanner Barichio 4th; Zach Rystedt 5th; David Peebles 5th; Colby Fultz 4th; Austin Alvarez 5th; Joseph Asis 6th and Scott Adame 6th.  

For many of our placers this was their first placing at a Varsity level tournament including 5 freshman who placed and two sophomores.  Next up the Panthers will dual Bend on Jan 20th before heading to Salem to take on McNary, West Salem and McKay.

The Panthers were able to parlay a three way tie for 2nd place in their pool into a 2nd place finish at the Oregon Wrestling Classic Jan 9th at the Expo Center in Redmond.  The Panthers took the 2nd seed on a tie breaker and then defeated Roseburg and Tualitin to earn a berth in the finals versus Newberg.  For complete results please go to the Oregon Wrestling Classic's website.

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The Redmond Panthers sent three teams to two tournaments and were able to make significant gains in our progress toward the District and State tournaments.

RHS sent their first and third string to the Coach Classic at North Bend High School, recognized as the toughest early season tournament in the state of Oregon.  The Panthers were led by runners-up Sean Soliz, SR and Ryan Haney, SO.  Other Varsity placers were Chance Lindquist, FR, 5th, 119; Levi Brinkley, JR, 4th, 125; Nick Coles, SR, 4th, 140; Duel Christiansen, SR, 5th, 215.  The squad placed 4th out of 30 teams. 

Coast Classic Results

Culver-The 2nd String went to another Varsity tournament at Culver High School where they competed against some of the top small schools in the state of Oregon.  The very young Panther squad finished 5th out of 16 teams.  This is a very respectable finish for a group of mostly freshman versus some of the best individuals in the state.  Leading the Panther JV was Tyler George, 103 lbs freshman with a 3rd place performance.

Culver Invite Results

35 Panther Wrestlers are preparing to compete against some of the top competition in two of the best early season tournaments in the state thiss weekend.

The first and third string are entered in the Coast Classic at North Bend High School, and the second string is set to take on some of the toughest 2a and 3a schools at the Culver Invitational.

To follow the action online Jeff Drumm's website will have brackets and team scores available.

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