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Eagles too much for North to handle By Mail Tribune staff Updated: Dec 15, 2022 09:32 PM A A On the heels of a stellar showing throughout by the Eagle Point wrestling team, the Eagles weren’t about to take a step backwards on Thursday. Eagle Point registered seven pins and won two other matches by forfeit to easily pull away from host North Medford and score a 56-22 victory in nonleague action. The Black Tornado was able to keep things close early on with a pin by Joseph Borraggine at 120 pounds and a 12-2 major decision by Owen Gutches at 138, but Eagle Point’s 11-10 advantage built off a pin by Ethan Metcalf (126) and technical fall by Tygren Lopez (132) soon ballooned thanks to an 18-point surge. After a forfeit, Gavin Pogue (152) and David Brown (160) collected consecutive pins for the Eagles to reclaim momentum. Andrew Likens was able to break the string for the Black Tornado with a pin at 170, but it was all EP after that in the upper weights as Vincent Noble scored a 3-1 decision over Alex Alvarenga at 182 and the Eagles tacked on dominant pinning efforts by Brian Cortez (195), Emilio Ayala (220) and Garrett Matthews (285). Skyler Hall was able to rally for a pin over Cooper White at 106 for North Medford to close out the action one night after the Black Tornado found itself tied at 39-all with South Medford before losing on a distant criteria tiebreaker. Eagle Point was coming off a runner-up showing at the North Bend Coast Classic. TEAM SCORES: Eagle Point 56, North Medford 22. 106 — Skyler Hall, NM, pinned Cooper White, 3:47; 113 — Devin Mattheisen, EP, won by forfeit; *120 — Joseph Borraggine, NM, pinned Macinzee Mannino, 1:08; 126 — Ethan Metcalf, EP, pinned Isaiah Allen, :59; 132 — Tygren Lopez, EP, tech. fall Ethan Flynn, 22-5. 138 — Owen Gutches, NM, major dec. Diego De La Cruz, 12-2; 145 — Kenai Copeland, EP, won by forfeit; 152 — Gavin Pogue, EP, pinned Evan Reyes, 3:51; 160 — David Brown, EP, pinned Wesley Parks, 2:54. 170 — Andrew Likens, NM, pinned Wyatt Elizondo, 2:59; 182 — Vincent Noble, EP, dec. Alex Alvarenga, 3-1; 195 — Brian Cortez, EP, pinned Max Barnard, 2:35; 220 — Emillio Ayala, EP, pinned Roquin Michael, 2:34; 285 — Garrett Matthews, EP, pinned Robert Caster, :51. * starting weight Wrestling.jpg