The Stayton High wrestling squad took home an individual state title and one runner-up finish in the Oregon Class 4A title meet at Cascade.
Mauro Michel, a two-time state champ at Cascade, wrestled for the Eagles this season and finished 18-0 after his pin of Dylan Smith of Banks in the championship match at 126 pounds. Michel won all four of his matches by fall, using just 3:19 total of elapsed time.
Meanwhile, Eagles 138-pounder Eli Howard advanced to the championship match against Braden Carson of LaGrande but fell via pin.
Ben Adams (113) and Connor Hollenbeck (182) also won matches for the Eagles, who finished 10th in the team race.
Host Cascade, which was 14th in the team race, had one state champion, Lance Van Hoose at 160 pounds. Van Hoose defeated Jesse Jamison of Sweet Home 7-4 in the final.
Trenton Wymore of the Cougars advanced to the semifinals at 138 and wound up falling 5-4 to Benito Roman of Woodburn in the third-place match. Also winning a match for Cascade was 132-pound Tayton Miller. Also participating for the Cougars were James Hoffman (106), Payton Burlingame (113), Adrian Cotton (113), Caymus Roache (145) and Andrew Snyder (195).
Basketball: The Cascade boys were 13-3 overall and captured the Oregon West Conference crown with a 6-0 league record. The Cougars started the season 1-2, then reeled off 12 consecutive wins before falling 60-54 to Marshfield in the state tournament.
The Regis girls, meanwhile, rang up a 12-2 district record, losing the league title to Central Linn (13-1). The Rams finished 12-3 after falling 41-36 to Bandon in the Class 2A playoffs.
Baseball: Stayton scored well on the all-Oregon West Conference baseball squad after finishing 9-6 overall and winning the OWC title. Steve Salisbury was named coach of the year, and infielder Danner Salisbury was named player of the year.
Honored on the second team were pitcher Cody Leming, utility player Connor Hollenbeck and catcher Eli Brown. Nick Frith, Wyatt Connally and Kaden Prien received honorable mention.
Cascade, which was 6-8 overall, earned two first-team slots, infielder Caleb Boyles and outfielder Chance Tobiasson. Catcher David Kanoff was a second-teamer, with first baseman Isaac Schnepp and infielder Will Ramos earning honorable mention.
Softball: OWC champion Cascade, which was 12-6 overall and advanced to the 4th-place game in the state tournament, earned six first-team spots on the all-Oregon West team. Honored from the Cougars were pitcher Hannah Walliman, infielders Alexis Bales, Jaimy Bangert and Abby Jeppsen and outfielders Emma Hilfiker and Kailee Bode.
Stayton, 7-9, had one first-teamer, outfielder Jade Beaumont, and one second-teamer, outfielder Brielle Kessler.
Golf: Regis captured the team title for District 2, which includes 11 schools. Participating for the Rams were Drew Dickey, Wyatt Baughman, Colt Baughman, Jacob Persons, Nick Woods, Eric Silbernagel and Cutler Nelson. Darren Dickey coached the squad.
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