January 17, 2018

Youth Wrestling: Dariuz Black, Kaden Pope, Henry Hill win Team IceFighter Tournament

January 17, 2018/ Scott Emigh

Eight members of the Sand Springs Team Big wrestling program competed at the Team IceFighter Tournament in Tulsa recently and three brought home first-place medals.

Dariuz Black (7-1) won his second-straight tournament in Division Four at 92 pounds. He pinned Walker Upton (Tuttle) in 57 seconds and scored a 7-2 decision against Cael Eremita (Catoosa).

Kaden Pope (5-2) won the 64-pound bracket in Division Three easily, scoring a 16-1 tech fall against Kason Delgado (OWA), and pinning Ari Jones (Claremore) in 46 seconds.

Henry Hill (2-0) won the Division Three Novice 64-pound bracket, majoring Urah Hooks (Oologah) 11-2 and pinning Andrew Xiong (Oologah) in 0:32.

Ethan Norton (5-8) placed second in Division Five at one-hundred pounds. He fell 3-2 to Allison Hynes (Broken Arrow), but defeated Cameron White (Sapulpa) 10-5.