Wrestlers March Into State Meet Four Sophomores Among 10 Trojans Heading to Pocatello
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Page 4B B section, 16 pages Page 16B Mustangs girls reach Homedale JV boys state preliminaries Avalanche Sports wrap up season COMMENTARY, 10-11B WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2007 CLASSIFIEDS, 14-15B. Huskies on the cusp Wrestlers march into state meet Four sophomores among 10 Trojans heading to Pocatello Toby Johnson called it the Idaho State Univer- when the season began. sity campus in Pocatel- Homedale High School’s lo. This is the 50th year heavyweight tandem of the state tournament has Jaime Uriarte and Ama- been held. dor Cortinas could wind The Cortinas-Uri- up battling for a state arte juggernaut helped championship. Homedale finished The juniors were in- third in the district team separable Saturday as standings, just 2½ points they finished the first behind second-place Amador Cortinas leg of their coach’s Fruitland. Weiser cap- prophecy at the 3A Dis- tured the overall cham- trict III Tournament in pionship. Weiser. Cortinas and Uriarte, Cortinas, the top seed seeded first and second, and No. 5 overall heavy- respectively, in the 3A weight in the state, beat state 285-pound brack- Uriarte, the No. 2 seed, in et, are two of 10 Tro- the championship match. jans hitching a ride to It was his second district Pocatello for the three- crown in as many years. day tournament. And both earned their The top three fin- Jaime Uriarte second consecutive trips ishers in each weight to the 3A state tournament, which begins Thursday at Holt Arena on –– See Trojans, page 2B Up-and-coming Huskies McClellin leads Marsing past Melba land five in 1A-2A field Senior Shea McClellin scored 17 points Saturday night as Marsing High School’s boys basketball team The Marsing High The remaining quartet qualified for the 2A District III Tournament championship game. Photo by Gregg Garrett School wrestling team includes freshman Joey may have turned the cor- Burril, who finished third ner this season. at 125 pounds at dis- Marsing can reach State with a win Coach Rick Folwell trict; junior Kris Young, has been working for who captured third place Marsing High School rebound- Shootout boys basketball state late-season slump to throttle Mel- years to build the Hus- at 140 pounds Satur- ed in more ways than one Satur- tournament. ba 41-28 in the semifinals of the kies into a state-caliber day; 145-pound sopho- day night and now finds itself one Aaron Salvas grabbed 13 re- program, and this may more Mike Moore, who win away from the 2A Real Dairy bounds as the Huskies shook off a –– See Marsing, page 3B be the year that the first pinned highly regarded fruits of his labor are re- Michael Tuckness Calvin Asher from Gar- alized. den Valley in the district When the 1A-2A championship match; Homedale athlete heading Down Under state tournament begins and sophomore Cedric Thursday in Holt Arena Ceballos, who finished All-conference football player Jared Paul’s Market in Homedale from 9 a.m. in Pocatello, Marsing fourth in the 215-pound Brockett has been invited to represent to 4 p.m. on Saturday. will have five athletes class. Homedale High School in the Down He also will be selling drinks during ready to do battle. Tuckness finished Under Bowl this summer in Australia. the March 3-4 Hurricane Wrestling Only one of them — fifth at last season’s state Brockett, an All-Snake River Valley tournament at Homedale High School. 189-pounder Michael tourney on the Idaho conference and Shrine all-star game A free trip to Australia to watch the Tuckness — is a se- State University cam- lineman during his senior season with Down Under Bowl competition also is nior. He pinned Parma’s pus, and he enters this the Trojans, leaves July 12 for the being raffled, and Brockett is selling Eric Noblitt in the third- year’s action with a bet- Mike Moore competition. He is planning fund-raisers tickets for the raffle. place match Saturday at ter record (28-5) than he to support his trip. For more information, call Suzanna the 2A District III Tournament The first fund-raiser is a bake sale at Brockett at 989-1944. Jared Brockett in Parma. –– See Huskies, page 3B Page 2B Wednesday, February 21, 2007 Sports √ Trojans: Majority of 3A state tournament qualifiers are sophomores From Page 1B son said. rode a path class contested Saturday M a x w e l l of glory into Trojans’ challenges inside the Wolverines’ gymna- finished fifth the state tour- sium solidified invitations to the at S tate a nament with First-round matchups for each of the 10 Homedale High School big show. year ago, and a third-place wrestlers competing in the state tournament in Pocatello: “We want to bring home some takes a No. 8 showing at 119 — Trevor Meligan (12-13) vs. No. 1 Kody Laggis (32- medals and place in the top six,” seed into this district. It 10), American Falls Johnson said of the state tourna- year’s action. marked the 125 — Frankie Obregon (21-9) vs. Sid Peters (7-16), Sugar- ment expectations. J u n i o r third straight Salem Although they are only juniors, 125-pounder season that a 152 — Bryan Martinat (32-2) vs. Nathan Crane (20-10), Cortinas and Uriarte head to State Frankie Ob- Trojan 119- Bryan Martinat Frankie Obregon Blackfoot as part of a group of “elder” states- regon is the pounder has 160 — Tyler Maxwell (13-10) vs. Richie Morales (23-6), men on the Trojans’ roster. only other reached the Priest River Senior 152-pounder Bryan seeded wres- state tourna- 171 — Rowdy Lair (19-22) vs. Nick Fleenor (30-10), Filer Martinat — rated fifth overall in tler for the ment. 189 — Jesus Gonzalez (5-6) vs. Klayton Layman (28-6), the state — wiped away the bad Trojans this Jeremy En- Shelley memory of an injury default in w e e k . H e sley won the 215 — Wes Taggart (14-17) vs. Jozef Musial (11-6), Bonners last year’s district title match by earned his last of his four Ferry dominated the field this year. He third trip to state champi- 285 — Amador Cortinas (33-2) vs. Chris Burnett (2-18), had finished second in each of State in as onships as a Gooding the past two district tourneys, in- many seasons 119-pounder 285 — Jaimie Uriarte (26-11) vs. Tyrell Mauseth (14-13), cluding 2006 when a broken leg with a third- in 2005 and Shelley in the title match ended his shot place finish at 2006. for a gold medal. He’ll enter this district, and Tyler Maxwell S e e d e d Trevor Meligan year’s state tournament as the he’ll enter the sixth at the No. 3 seed. state tourna- district meet, No Credit, Good Credit, Bad Credit, Self Employed OK! Another Homedale senior, Ty- ment as a No. Meligan up- ler Maxwell, completed a come- 7 seed. s e t N o . 3 • Manufactured Homes back from a shoulder injury suf- Five other Troy Taylor • Renance fered during the football season wrestlers will of Payette • Debt Consolidation by earning a state berth at 160 hop the bus to reach the • Purchases pounds. 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The second seed at district, third-place win at district to qual- the sophomore pinned his way to ify for State at 160 pounds. Mer- Thursday, Feb. 22 at 3A Thursday, Feb. 22 at 3A District III the championship round. cado was 3-1 on Saturday. th State Tournament, Holt Arena, Pocatello Tournament runner-up game, “He was wrestling very well be- Another 10 -grader, Wes Tag- fore he got caught in the second gart, extended his season with if necessary, Treasure Valley CC, round,” Johnson said of Lair’s fate a clutch performance and third- Friday, Feb. 23 at 3A Ontario, Ore., 7 p.m. State Tournament, Holt Arena, Pocatello in the final. place finish at 215 pounds. He In what could be a precursor to entered the tournament as the another Trojans tag team in a weight No. 3 seed. Saturday, Feb. 24 at 3A class, Jesus Gonzalez beat team- “He had a huge pin in the con- State Tournament, Holt Arena, Pocatello mate and fellow freshman Kyle solation finals,” Johnson said. Abels in the 189-pound third-place “He and (Meligan) really wres- match to earn a trip to Pocatello. tled like they wanted that trip to Abels joined sophomores Dan- State bad. ny Zenor (130) and Kenny Cock- “That’s what I like to see. HOMEDALE CHIROPRACTIC CENTER Farm Bureau rum (103) as Trojans who brought That’s what you want from your J.