Thurston contending for 4A title.

Byline: The Register-Guard

SALEM - Steve Aranda, Colby Covington, Abe Hogle, Brice Arand, David Carter and Ryan Allen each advanced to the quarterfinals Thursday, helping Thurston to a second-place standing after the first day of competition at the OSAA Class 4A wrestling championships at the Salem Pavilion.

Thurston tallied 50 points, 10 behind first-place Crater.

At 189, top-seeded Aranda and No. 2 seed Jeremy DeWitt of Springfield each advanced to today's quarterfinal matches.

Covington, the No. 2 seed, and Arand each advanced in the 171 bracket. Arand will face top-seeded Chris Platt of Eagle Point in the quarters.

Hogle, the No. 3 seed at 152, pinned both of his opponents Thursday to advance. Carter also had two wins by fall, including a 31-second pin in the second round.

Sheldon's Justin Tracy qualified for the quarters at 119, pinning his first-round opponent and defeating Daniel Vo of Reynolds 13-1 in the second round.

Class 3A

Weston Zaludek, Thomas Marchant, Josh Gannon and Jayson Conger remained alive in the championship bracket after two rounds to lead Elmira to eighth place with 33 points going into the second day of the state championships at the Salem Pavilion.

Burns leads the team competition with 76 points, followed by Estacada with 59 and Illinois Valley with 55 1/2 . Coquille was seventh with 40 and Sky-Em League champion Cottage Grove was tied for 11th with 29 1/2 .

Among other wrestlers advancing to the championship third round were Jacob Stanley, Chris Green and Billy Dunn of Cottage Grove, Andy Ellis and Chris Cirullo of Pleasant Hill, John Hedge of Marist and Mike Furrer and Richard Furrer of Junction City.

Chris Eggleston, Ryan Tyson and Mike Parks advanced for La Pine, and Shaun Fletcher, Garrett Caldwell and Travis Witters moved on for North Bend.