Wrestling 1/28/2023 5:21:00 PM

Arriola Wins Title At NEO Tourney

MIAMI, Okla. (Jan. 28) – Christian Arriola captured the heavyweight title with an overtime victory to lead a small contingent of Central Oklahoma wrestlers at the Golden Norsemen Open Saturday.

The Bronchos took eight individuals to the one-day event, five backups and three others who are redshirting this season, and returned with two placers.

Arriola went 5-0 with three bonus-point wins to take the gold medal after finishing runner-up twice and third once in three earlier open tournaments.

The junior big man breezed in his first three matches with a pair of first-period falls and a 27-12 technical fall before topping Oklahoma State's Hayden Simpson 7-2 in the semifinals.

Arriola clipped Northeastern Oklahoma A&M's Kale Schrader – ranked sixth in the junior college ranks – 3-1 on a takedown midway through the sudden-victory period in the title bout. He improved to 17-3 on the season.

Guy Clevenger was UCO's other placer, coming in third at 125 pounds. Clevenger dropped a 5-1 decision in the first round, but the redshirting freshmen bounced back with four straight consolation wins.

He had 17-0 and 16-1 technical falls on his way to the consolation finals, where he bested NEO's Peyton Brown 11-4 for third.

UCO RESULTS
133 Leyton Manley: Major dec. Stevie Duran, Schreiner, 11-0; pinned Lane Cosby, Oklahoma Wesleyan, 4:33; lost to Raphael Marascio, Northeastern Oklahoma A&M, 10-3; lost fall to Paul Ruff, Iowa Western, 4:49.

141 Ryder Ramsey: Dec. Keaton Patterson, Newman, 4-0; injury defaulted out of the tournament.

184 Kohner Gallagher: Pinned Ethan Kappler, Texas Wesleyan, 2:07; lost fall to Jackson White, NEO, 3:51; dec. Micahel Chancellor, Carl Albert, 6-3; lost to Jerimiah Halter, Unattached, 3-1.

197 Kohl Owen: Lost to Michaia Green, NEO, 7-5 (SV-1); dec. Brady White, NEO, 6-3; lost to Gabe Commons, NEO, 3-1.

Hvy Christian Arriola (1st): Pinned Donald Paul, Ouachita, Baptist, 2:35; tech. fall Christian Seebold, NEO, 27-12; pinned Payton Christiancy, Iowa Western 2:34; dec. Hayden Simpson, Oklahoma State, 7-2; dec. Kale Schrader, NEO, 3-1 (SV-1).

UCO WRESTLERS COMPETING UNATTACHED RESULTS
125 Guy Clevenger (3rd); Lost to Derek Glenn, Oklahoma, 5-1; tech. fall Aiden Connors, North Texas, 16-1; won by default over Jake Stanton, Oklahoma Wesleyan; tech. fall Jacob Zimmer, OU, 17-0; dec. Peyton Brown, 11-4.

133 Barrett Hilton: Dec. Collin Creach, Newman, 7-5; lost to Deagan Fugitt, Drury, 8-3; dec. Stevie Duran, Schreiner, 7-2; injury defaulted out of the tournament.

197 Seth Sarasua: lost major dec. to Brett Mower, Iowa Western, 16-3; pinned Ryan Patterson, Fort Hays State, 7:00; lost to Mohamed Elgouhari, OU, 10-8.

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Players Mentioned

Christian Arriola: 6' 3"; Junior; 285

Leyton Manley: 5' 5"; Redshirt Freshman

Kohl Owen: 5' 8"; Redshirt Freshman

Ryder Ramsey: 5' 8"; Redshirt Freshman

Guy Clevenger: 5' 4"; Freshman

Kohner Gallagher: 5' 10"; Redshirt Freshman

Barrett Hilton: 5' 5"; Freshman

Seth Sarasua: 6' 0"; Junior

Players Mentioned

Christian Arriola
: 6' 3"; Junior; 285

Leyton Manley
: 5' 5"; Redshirt Freshman

Kohl Owen
: 5' 8"; Redshirt Freshman

Ryder Ramsey
: 5' 8"; Redshirt Freshman

Guy Clevenger
: 5' 4"; Freshman

Kohner Gallagher
: 5' 10"; Redshirt Freshman

Barrett Hilton
: 5' 5"; Freshman

Seth Sarasua
: 6' 0"; Junior