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Phillips wins 3A wrestling crown
The Cascade sophomore culminates 36-3 season

BY BOB ELLIS
The Stayton Mail
February 23

SALEM   This year's state wrestling tournament was moved from Portland to The Pavilion at the state fairgrounds in Salem, and no one liked the move better than Cascade sophomore Tyler Phillips.

Phillips won the 3A state championship in his 119-pound division with an 11-10 decision over Tillamook senior Brian Jacob.

  It was easier sleeping in my own bed and I was in better shape than he was,  Phillips said.  All those early morning practices also helped.

Phillips, who was 36-3 on the season, said while he was standing on the winner s platform to receive his medal he kept saying to himself,  I don't believe this really happened.

  It didn t set in until Sunday afternoon,  he added.

With his first championship out of the way, Phillips, whose father Tom Phillips is varsity wrestling coach at Cascade, said he will set his sights on matching the accomplishments of older brother Brett, who was a three-time 3A state champion in the 112-pound weight class.

For Cascade, which placed 22nd in the tournament, junior Jarrod Kamstra placed sixth at 171 pounds and 275-pound Jason Mentzer, a senior, placed eighth.

Stayton, which finished 3.5 points behind Cascade, had four placers: senior Chris Porter placed third at 160, sophomore Nate Wixom placed fifth at 103, senior David Smith placed eighth at 135 pounds, and junior Cameron Koumentis placed eighth at 145.

Tyler Phillips

Weight: 119.

Year: Sophomore.

School: Cascade High School.

State Place: First in Class 3A.

District Place: First in Capital Conference.

Record: 36-3.

Coach Says: “The guys that he wrestled in the semis and the finals were both defending state champions,” Cascade coach Tom Phillips said. “It was a tough weight class. Going into it, we figured he had a chance to place — exactly where, nothing was sure there. He’s been around it all of his life, basically. When (older brother) Brett was on the team, we also had Mike Unger, who was a three-time state champion.”

Congratulations to the 2005 Cascade Wrestling Team
Five wrestlers qualified for state:
District Champions: 119 Tyler Philips, 171 Jered Kamstra, 189 Will Goette, 275 Jason Mentzer
3rd Place in Disctrict: 125 Husk, 135 White

Team Scores- Sweethome-382.50, Mollala-231.50, Cascade-213.50, North Marion-181.50, Stayton-178.0, Sisters-104.50

State Qualifiers
103- 1. Wixom(st); 2. McCaslin(sw); 3. Bartel(mol)
112- 1. Sells(sw); 2. Kaster(mol); 3. Tewell(nm)
119- 1. Philips(cas); 2. Krivoshein(mol) 3. Sutten(sw)
125- 1.Farris(sw); 2. Gordon(sis); 3. Husk(cas)
130- 1.Vandehei(sw); 2. Beach(mol); 3.Albert(sw)
135- 1. Tagle(sw); 2. Smith(st); 3. White(cas)
140- 1.Early(mol); 2. Helfrich(sw) 3.Ramirez(nm)
145-1.Branum(nm); 2. Koutny(nm); 3. Anderson(sw)
152-1. McGann(mol); 2. Dailey(mol); 3. Cooley(sw)
160-1. Hayner(mol); 2. Porter(st); 3. Cam(nm)
171-1. Kamstra(cas); 2. Jamison(st); 3. O'Brien(sis)
189-1. Goette(cas); 2. Koumentis(st); 3. Martin(sw)
215-1. Thatcher(st); 2. Aitken(sw); 3.Thompson(nm)
275-1. Mentzer(cas); 2.Kelley(sw); 3. McGee(nm)

                                                                                             Athletic Director: Matt Thatcher

                                                                                             Phone:  503-749-8253

  Head Coach:  Tom Phillips                                                      Fax:  503-749-8324

  Asst. Coach:  Jason Lovell                                                       e-mail: mthatcher@cascade.k12.or.us