POSTED: Thursday, Dec. 13, 2007
PREP WRESTLING: Dobbs gets redemption
Win in final match secures Borderites’ victory
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closeBLAINE — Blaine 285-pound wrestler Cody Dobbs said he couldn’t help but be motivated Wednesday by his year-old memory of “probably the worst I’ve felt in my life.”
For the second time in two years Dobbs found himself in the final match of the night with the outcome of the dual meet resting on his shoulders. Dobbs came through with a comeback victory to preserve undefeated Blaine’s 38-29 win over Ferndale on Wednesday.
It was nice redemption for Dobbs after he found himself in
“Our match against Bellingham was tied at 33 last year when I lost in the last match,” he said. “I told myself I never wanted to feel like that again.”
On Wednesday, Dobbs and Ferndale junior Andrew Nelson were tied 4-4 when the memory really kicked in for Dobbs. The result: so many moves in the second and third periods that he earned 16 more points and claimed a 20-5 technical fall, worth five points.
“Shane Hicks told me, ‘If you lose, don’t come back to the wrestling room,’ ” Dobbs said with a laugh. “Just a little highpressure motivation.”
“Actually, I wasn’t really worried about Cody,” said Blaine captain Hicks, who improved his overall record to 9-1 with a second-round pin over Tyler Mustappa at 215. “I have a lot of confidence in him.”
Hicks, fourth at state last year, gave the Borderites (5-0) a 33-29 lead immediately after Ferndale junior Ryan Nelson provided the Golden Eagles with a 29-27 advantage with a wellcontested 9-5 win over Darrell Price, Jr.
“What I liked the most was how much fun the match was,” Blaine coach Craig Foster said. “There were no forfeits by either team, and the score went back and forth. It was just a great match.”
“Both teams are up and coming,” said first-year coach Erick Stevens of Ferndale (4-2).
Of the 28 wrestlers who competed, only seven are seniors.
The wildest match of the night was Blaine freshman Kelton Nix’s 16-14 victory over Ferndale freshman Jade Mustappa. Nix broke a 14-14 tie with a twopoint move in the final 30 seconds.
“We’re hoping to get Jade to the state girls’ meet,” Stevens said. “I’m impressed with how much she just loves wrestling. We don’t cut her any slack, and she’s always asking what she can do to improve.”
“She’s tough,” Foster said. “I look forward to seeing what she can do at state.”
Two-time state medal winner Jacob Humphrey, a Blaine junior, scored a third-round pin at 125 over Ferndale sophomore Dylan Krenz, who went to state as a freshman. Humphrey led 6-1 at the time of his pin.
Blaine junior Tyson Foster turned the match around with a pin at 140, and teammate Jesse Kilthau showed why he has been to state three times while scoring a first-round pin at 145, putting the Borderites ahead for the first time at 24-18.
Blaine’s other highlights were a 9-3 victory by Jamal Mallak (135) and a 3-2 win by Jeremy Holdaas (171).
Ferndale sophomore Micah Johnson (103), freshman Jack Johnson (119) and senior state meet medal winner Jason Reiser (130) all scored pins. They were followed by sophomore teammate Tristan Greig’s 21-6 victory, worth five points at 152, and sophomore Pedro Mungarro’s 3- 0 win at 160 over Blaine’s Shaffer Hicks in one of the best matches of the night.
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