North Salem’s Ian Carlos smiles after winning his match against David Douglas’ Kyle Beal at the OSAA state wrestling tournament on Friday, Feb. 26, 2016, at Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Ore.
PORTLAND — Ian Carlos reacted with a Super Duck takedown, and it helped him to knock off a state champion.
The North Salem High School freshman was tied 10-10 with David Douglas sophomore Kyle Beal heading into overtime of his 126-pound quarterfinal match Friday at the OSAA Class 6A state wrestling tournament at Memorial Coliseum.
Carlos said he expected Beal to shoot in on him early in overtime, but when Beal didn’t, Carlos came in with the Super Duck, took Beal down then turned him for a near fall to gain a 15-10 sudden victory in overtime to move on to Saturday’s semifinal round.
“I expected him to shoot right off the whistle so I kind of stayed back a little,” Carlos said. “As soon as I saw he wasn’t doing nothing, I kind of took a breath and just went for it. Just came off the top of my head. I felt it, I hit it. More of an action than a thought.”
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Carlos waged a back-and-forth offensive match against Beal, and trailed 10-8 late in the third round before pulling off a reversal to send the match to overtime.
To pull off the Super Duck – a version of the duck under – he swung under and when Beal lifted his arm in reaction, Carlos took him down perfectly and rolled him into the near fall.
“It’s a technique we got from Bubba Jenkins, national champ from Arizona State,” North Salem coach Andy Pickett said. “Man, he played it perfect. Timing was money. Oh, man.”
Carlos, ranked in the top three in the state most of the season, lost in the finals of the Greater Valley Conference district wrestling tournament to Forest Grove’s Matthew Johnson two weeks ago. Going against last year’s state champion and No. 1 seed in Beal would have been daunting to a lot of freshman, but not Carlos.
His upset win was the talk of the tournament Friday, and that wasn’t lost on the freshman.
“He won state last year so to beat the defending state champion, it’s great,” Carlos said.
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The Salem-Keizer schools have five wrestlers alive in Saturday’s semifinal round.
Unseeded McNary senior Jonathon Phelps upset No. 3 seed Shane Sabins of Roseburg by an 8-4 decision then defeated Century’s Terrell Jackson 7-2 to move on to the 132-pound semifinals.
McNary sophomore Brayden Ebbs, a No. 4 seed, won three matches Friday with two pins and a technical fall at 138 pounds.
No. 4 seeded Spencer Nofziger of Sprague pulled off a 2-1 decision against Roosevelt’s Harlem Atwood-Fitzgerald in the 170 pound quarterfinals to earn a semifinal match against Wyatt Westfall of North Medford.
South Salem senior Vincent Villarreal, the No. 2 seed at 195 won an 11-4 decision against Phelan Alvarado of Tualatin in the quarterfinals.
Central’s Marlon Tuipulotu (left) holds on to Eagle Point’s Jacob Lee (right) at the OSAA state wrestling tournament on Friday, Feb. 26, 2016, at Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Ore. Tuipulotu won the match by pinning Lee.
Class 5A
A year ago Marlon Tuipulotu was a near unknown in the wrestling world. He surprised a lot of people when he placed second at the OSAA Class 5A state wrestling tournament.
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Tuipulotu made it look easy as he pinned his first two opponents, Jacob Lee of Eagle Point and Miguel Olmedo-Diaz of St. Helens, in a combined 3:43 Friday to move into the state semifinals.
“It just makes me want to work harder, to do what they expect me to do out there on the mat,” Tuipulotu said. “I have to work harder. If I keep working harder, my goal will be good.”
Tuipulotu has earned every bit of the No. 1 seed which was bestowed on him.
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He hasn’t lost to a Class 5A opponent and has been flat out dominant this season.
He’s the only one who doesn’t buy the hype.
“It doesn’t really mean anything because anything happens, especially at the heavyweight class,” Tuipulotu said. “You can’t underestimate anyone.”
Dallas sophomore Treve Earhart pulled off an upset in the 160-pound weight class, pinning No. 4 seeded Justin Kearney of Churchill in 4:59 in the quarterfinals.
Woodburn’s Rafael Vasquez, the No. 4 seed at 138 pounds, was upset in the quarterfinals, losing a 10-1 major decision to Eagle Point’s Bryan O’Neil.
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North Salem’s Ian Carlos (left) wrestles David Douglas’ Kyle Beal (right) at the OSAA state wrestling tournament on Friday, Feb. 26, 2016, at Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Ore. Carlos won the match.