Home debut is a rout for BlueJay wrestling

In one of the largest crowds this season that the Guthrie wrestling team will see all year they took full advantage of that opportunity.

The 9th ranked BlueJay squad did not drop one match in a 74-6 rout over Northwest Classen to improve to 2-0 in dual action in front of jam pack GHS gymnasium. Students were allowed to attend the 1:15 afternoon dual.

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The Jays took advantage of five forfeits (30 points) and six pins (24 points).

The only match that went the distance was in the heavyweight class with John Davison controlling the match the entire way after ending the first period up 4-1 and finished with an 8-2 win.

Michael Conner (171)won by technical fall, 17-1, in the second quarter after jumping out to a 12-1 first period lead.

Austin O’Connor (125) started the afternoon with a pin with 57 seconds left in the second period. Ryan Kitch (135) followed that with a pin of his own 3:44 into the match.

Not to be out done, Ryan Medina (140) picked up his pin 34 seconds into the third and decisive period. Medina led slightly, 9-7, after the first four minutes.

The quickest pin of the day came from Devin Bilyeu (152), who took just 43 seconds to collect his win.

Travis Hudson, wrestling at 189, started off slow with just a 2-1 first period lead, but quickly increased the lead 7-1 before pinning his opponent with 20 seconds left in the second period.

Landry Chappell, wrestling at 189, needed less than two minutes to improve his season record with a pin of his own.

Wyatt Bartels, Timothy O’Connor, Camden Helm, Bryan Dutton, and Dennis Murphy had the day off with forfeiture’s.

Up next for the Jays, who are ranked 10th in the latest tournament rankings, will participate in the highly competitive Cushing Tournament today and Saturday.

Junior High rolls despite forfeits

The Junior Jays were put behind the eight ball to begin their home dual with numerous of forfeitures, but pulled out a 42-29 win.

With five forfeits and 30 points (Taft was deducted one point) given to their opponent, Guthrie needed seven wins. However, those seven wins all needed to be pins. No problem. Thats exactly what they did to pick up the home win.

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