Published: January 29, 2008 10:53 pm      

Boomers step up at Chickasha

The Boomer wrestlers seem to be hitting their stride at the right time.

Woodward placed fourth in the team standings in the Class 4A heavy Chickasha Tournament over the weekend.

“That’s the best we have wrestled all year,” said head coach Bobby Cook. “It was an outstanding performance.”

Three Boomer wrestlers reached the finals and Zach White won the 160-pound class in dominating fashion, rolling up a 13-0 lead before getting a fall in the finals.

Matt White took a hard-luck second at 125 pounds. He was ahead 2-0 in the finals but was called for an illegal slam and lost by injury default when his opponent couldn’t continue.

“Matt looked the best I’ve ever seen him look,” Cook said. “He pinned a state placer from Chickasha in the semifinals and was ahead 12-0 when he did it.”

Kevin Tapia was second at heavyweight, losing to a wrestler from Duncan, 6-1. Tapia was caught with a five-point move at the start of the match, then wrestled on even terms the rest of the way.

Freshman Jesse Huff was second at 215 pounds, losing by fall in the semifinals but pinning everyone else he faced.

Also placing for Woodward were Jon and Josh Rosborough, who shared third place at 103 pounds, Joey Miller, fourth at 119 and Carlos Aguirre, fifth at 145 pounds. Michael Hale missed placing by one match at 125 pounds.

The Boomers will be off for a while before the Class 3A regional in Tuttle on Feb. 15-16.

Cook said his team would use a few days to heal some bumps and bruises, then go hard again later this week, through next week and the first part of regional week before tapering off a day or two prior to the meet.

The Boomers will be in the Tuttle regional and will found out the other teams in the regional on Friday. The top four wrestlers at each weight will advance to the 3A state tournament.

The state tournament is Feb. 22-23 at the Oklahoma City State Fair Arena.