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A final blast of mat action, in living color

Posted in Wrestling, tagged , , , , , on February 17, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville senior Alex Turner (in back) plays Twister with Medical Lake’s Jared Pendall during the state wrestling championships. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Turner puts Vashon’s Finnegan McClure down hard.

Oak Harbor coach Larry Falcon (left) and Coupeville wrestling guru Tyson Boon monitor the mat action.

The calm before the storm.

Falcon offers some advice. “Grip ’em and rip ’em.”

Turner and Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls) grappler Micah Tenny go to work.

“Hey, if we’re gonna dance, I want to lead!”

One wrestler, one photographer.

Coupeville High School senior Alex Turner, a grappler without a program, had a successful run this weekend at the state championships, and John Fisken bounced around the Tacoma Dome shadowing him.

The nimble Whidbey paparazzi was also at Mat Classic XXXI to shoot Oak Harbor’s batch of wrestlers, but they have their own media outlet to hype them up, so here the focus falls solely on the Lone Wolf.

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One title down, two to go for Wolf grappler

Posted in Wrestling, tagged , , , , on February 2, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville wrestler Alex Turner celebrates a 170-pound sub-regional title. Next up is regionals, then possibly the state championships. (Tyson Boon photo)

Turner puts a lickin’ on a Nooksack Valley foe. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

“And stay down!!”

He’s a man without a team, but not without a dream.

Coupeville High School has never had a wrestling squad, but that’s not stopping senior Alex Turner.

After transferring to CHS from South Whidbey, he became a one-man Wolf wrecking crew on the mats this year, training and traveling with 3A Oak Harbor.

Now that the postseason has arrived, Turner has returned to 1A, and he kicked off that run with resounding success Saturday at Mount Baker High School.

Sweeping all three of his matches, with two wins by pins which came in less than a minute, he won the 170-pound class at sub-regionals, moving a step closer to punching his ticket to the state meet.

After thumping the field Saturday, Turner advances to regionals Feb. 9 at Meridian.

A top-four finish there and he’s off to Mat Classic at the Tacoma Dome.

Turner was an alternate to the state meet as a SWHS junior, but didn’t get a chance to wrestle on the big stage.

Saturday, Turner bested a seven-man draw in his weight class at sub-regionals, opening by pinning Aiden Coleman of South Whidbey in just 55 seconds.

His middle match of the day was his toughest, as he had to go the full three rounds before earning a 16-8 decision over top-seeded Cameron Butler of Nooksack Valley.

After besting the odds-on favorite, Turner capped his day by crushing Nooksack’s other 170-pound grappler, Hunter Morgan, slamming him to the mat for a pin in just a scant 39 seconds.

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Lone Wolf grappler preps for postseason

Posted in Wrestling, tagged , , , , , , on January 19, 2019| Leave a Comment »

With the regular season ending, CHS wrestler Alex Turner is close to pivoting to the postseason. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

One season is drawing to a close, and another is about to begin.

Coupeville High School senior Alex Turner wrestled in his final regular-season tourney Saturday, taking part in the PanCan Duals at Highline High School in Burien.

The lone Wolf, who grappled in the 170-pound class, finished 2-2 on the day, with wins against wrestlers from 3A Oak Harbor (pin) and 2A Liberty (forfeit).

His defeats came against mat men from 3A Bonney Lake (pin) and 2A Quincy (technical fall).

The tournament is an annual event which raises money for the fight against pancreatic cancer.

Next up for Turner is Senior Night this coming Tuesday, Jan. 22 at Oak Harbor High School.

Since CHS has never had a wrestling program, Turner has trained and traveled with the Wildcats this season.

Once he gets past Senior Night, he will return to 1A and hit the road for the postseason.

Sub-regionals are Feb. 2 at Mount Baker High School, with regionals at Meridian Feb. 9 and the state meet Feb. 15-16 at the Tacoma Dome.

Turner was an alternate to state as a junior, when he attended South Whidbey High School.

All wrestlers in Washington state have to be accompanied by a coach or school representative to postseason meets.

Since CHS doesn’t have a mat program, Wolf assistant football coach Tyson Boon has stepped up to fill the temporary job.

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