Mobly, Webb Win Regional Titles; Lady Bulldog Burch Takes Third
Seven Sulphur boys and one Lady Bulldog will be making the trek to Oklahoma City’s State Fairgrounds Arena this weekend to compete in the state wrestling tournament.
The Bulldogs will be led by last year’s state champion Baer Webb (165), and Maddax Mobly (157), both first place winners in last week’s Class 4A Regional Tournament in Weatherford.
The Sulphur team will also be bolstered by five other matmen who won place medals in the regionals. They include: Noath Heitland (113), and Landon Jones (120), both second place regional winners; and Landy DeArman (132)and Gideon Petersen (285), third place regional winners; and Jonah Cole (126), a fifth place winner last week.
In addition to Webb, Jones, DeArman and Cole are returning state qualifiers.
As a team, the Dogs won fourth place in the tough western regional. One Sulphur Lady Bulldog, Bintlee Burch (140), will also make the trip to Oklahoma City, after winning third in the Class 5A regional last week.
Last season, the Dogs had two state champions, Webb and Justus Gilliam and that was the first time that has happened since 1979.
The tournament will get going this Thursday at 6:00 p.m., with the wrestle-in matches, followed by the first round at 9:30 a.m. on Friday.
Also on Friday will be the wrestle-back round at 5:00 p.m. and the semifinals at 7:30 p.m.
On Saturday, the consolation semifinals will begin at 9:30 a.m., followed by the third and fourth place matches at noon and the finals at 6:30 p.m.
All matches will be held at the State Fairgrounds Arena in Oklahoma City.
Here is the Bulldog’s lineup and their opponents going into this weekend’s tournament: (The players’ records are in parenthesis.)
113-- Noah Heitland (16-5), Sulphur vs. Owen Collier (26-9), Cushing 120-- Landon Jones (19-8), Sulphur vs. Morgan Duke (28-7), Sallisaw 126-- Jonah Cole, Sulphur, vs. Farmer, Ft. Gibson 132-- Landy DeArman (25-11), Sulphur vs. Javier Ortiz (26-5), Poteau 157-- Maddax Mobly (22-5), Sulphur - bye 165-- Baer Webb (26-2), Sulphur - bye 285-- Gideon Petersen (27-6), Sulphur vs. Titan Hix (25-6), Locust Grove.
Girls
140-- Bintlee Burch (11-4), Sulphur vs. Macy Gorczynski (23-5), Sallisaw.
PHOTO BY BLAKE SEALE Sulphur’s Bintlee Burch (in control) lifts her regional wrestling opponent in a take-down move as she went on to win third in her weight category.
PHOTO BY LIZ COLE Sulphur third place regional winner Gideon Petersen puts his opponent on his back for a fall.
PHOTO BY BLAKE SEALE Sulphur’s Landy DeArman (on top) tries to turn his regional opponent on his back. He won third in the meet.
PHOTO BY BLAKE SEALE
Sulphur’s Baer Webb (on top) locks up an opponent in last week’s regional tournament at Weatherford. Baer went on to win first place in the 165-pound division.
PHOTO BY LIZ COLE
Sulphur’s Noah Heitland (on top) works to move his regional opponent for a fall and won second in the meet.
PHOTO BY BLAKE SEALE
Fifth place regional winner Jonah Cole controls his opponent in last week’s tournament
PHOTO BY LIZ COLE
Sulphur’s Maddax Mobly (on top) controls his regional opponent in last week’s meet in Weatherford. Mobly went on to win first in the 157-pound weight division.
PHOTO BY BLAKE SEALE The Dog’s Landon Jones (on top) get his opponent into pinning position as he went on to win second in the regionals.
