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Prep wrestling Crater unbeaten after Day 1 of tournament FRESNO, Calif. -- The Crater Comets had an impressive opening day in the 20-team Clovis West Shootout wrestling tournament on Friday. The Comets, ranked fifth in a national poll, went 5-0 in the dual-meet format against California schools. Crater will wrestle five more duals in today's concluding round. "We looked a lot more aggressive than Wednesday night," said Crater coach Greg Haga, referring to a Southern Oregon Conference victory over North Medford. "We did a good job on top. A lot of guys opened up and just wrestled." The Comets cruised past Merced 53-15, Firebaugh 61-3, Monache of Porterville 64-6, Roosevelt from Fresno 72-0 and Turlock 65-7. Crater had six wrestlers win five matches and three of them won all their matches by fall. Justin Godley (135), Matt Lee (160) and Mike Whitehead (189) pinned all their opponents, while Joe Green (140), Shane Webster (152) and Cameron Fjarli (215) went undefeated during the first day. PHOENIX TOURNAMENT -- At Phoenix, with several key cogs playing in today's state football final, Roseburg still managed to win the four-team event. Roseburg, Phoenix and North Medford had five individual first-place performers apiece. The Pirates beat North Medford, 39-33, in their dual. Phoenix 125-pounder Brandon Sousa boosted his record to 8-0 on the season, defeating Black Tornado standout Brian Salinas along the way. TEAM SCORES -- Roseburg 40, Corning 36, Phoenix 27, North Medford 23 DUAL SCORES -- Corning 45, Phoenix 20; Roseburg 44, North Medford 22; Roseburg 44, Phoenix 22; Corning 42, North Medford 20; Phoenix 39, North Medford 33; Corning 33, Roseburg 29. 103 -- 1, Josh Duby, C; 2, Chris Roberts, R; 3, Chris Jensen, NM; 4, Jesse Clark, P. 112 -- 1, Gary Valentine, C; 2, Jeff Jones, R; 3, Ben Workman; 4, Tim Schmidt. 119 -- 1, Josh Baker, NM; 2, Tyler Bavier, C; 3, Ben Workman, P; no fourth. 125 -- 1, Brandon Sousa, P; 2, Mark Pyle, R; 3, Brian Salinas, P; 4, Chris Curry, C. 130 -- 1, Justin Vabrough, R; 2, Tyler McCarty, P; 3, Ed Alverado, C; 4, Andy Tow, NM. 135 -- 1, Kyle Kaufman, P; 2, Scott Curry, C; 3, James Lybarger, R; no fourth. 140 -- 1, (tie) Brian Monical, P, Lucas Schleef, C, and Cory Sweet, NM; 4, Chris Wolf, R. 145 -- 1, Dustin Forrest, R; 2, Marc Williams, P; 3, Isani Duenas, C; 4, Joel Gibson, NM. 152 -- 1, (tie) Tyler McPhee, P, Gavin Chan, C, and John Whitaker, NM; 4, Jesse Alexander, R. 160 -- 1, (tie) Forest Jacobs, P, Ty Tonner, R, and Shawn Backstrom, NM; 4, Harry Easter, C. 171 -- 1, Brant Gausnell, R; 2, Tim Morse, C; 3, Shawn Farrel, P; 4, Brock Smith, NM. 189 -- 1, Oscar Nero, C; 2, Luke Wells, R; 3, Norris Bier, NM; no fourth. 215 -- 1, Jeremy Sprague, R; 2, Mike Chase, C; 3, Brent Rhodes, R; no fourth. 275 -- 1, Brian Backstrom, NM; 2, Chris Folsom, R; 3, Robert Williams, C; no fourth. Today's Sports Index Mail Tribune Copyright� The Mail Tribune 1998, Medford,