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Kevin Pope Leads a Crop of Talented Wrestlers for the Tonopah Muckers

The Tonopah Wrestling team has been on a bit of a roll this season with multiple wrestlers placing high and winning tournaments. Head coach, Duffy Otteson has helped turn this team into one of the premier wrestling programs in the state of Nevada.

One of the standout wrestlers this season has been Kevin Pope, who has been dominating opponents in the 220 lbs weight class. Pope currently has a 24-2 record and is one of the most highly touted individuals in the state pertaining to wrestling. One would expect nothing less from the standout wrestler, who won the Nevada State Championship last year at 220 lbs.

The good times continue to roll for Pope this year. Kevin Pope’s most recent success came at the Spring Creek Tournament last week when he won the tournament. Head Coach, Duffy Otteson said the Spring Creek Tournament is the biggest tournament the team attends, which shows just how good of a season Pope is having.

Kevin Pope is not the only wrestler having a great season this year. Duffy Otteson’s son, Dillan is one of the team’s most talented wrestlers. Dillan Otteson is currently 25-8 in the 145 lbs division and placed 4th in state last year.

Vance Day has also been having himself a fruitful season, placing 6th place in the Spring Creek Tournament this past weekend at 160 lbs. His record is currently 7-3, and he is looking to improve that mark when Day and his ten teammates travel to Fernley this weekend.

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Tonopah Wrestling is ready for the season

Tonopah High School Wrestling team

by Arnie Palu

The 2015-2016 Tonopah High School Wrestling team has announced is roster.  Mucker wrestling is under the direction of Head Coach Duffy Otteson.  Coach Otteson is set to begin his 5th season.  The Muckers line up features a nice blend of youth and experience with top athletes returning from a successful 2014-2015 season.  Top returners include, Junior Tanner Otteson, Sernior Tristan Otteson, Senior. Kekoa Elliot, and Senior Jamaree Earl.

Tonopah Muckers 2015 Wrestling Roster

1. Austin Leach Fr 106
2. John Shiflet Fr 113
3. Bretton Otteson Fr 120
4. Mathew Malendrez Fr 126
5. Tanner Otteson Jr 132
6. Tristan Otteson Sr 138
7. Jamaree Earl Sr 145
8. Chris Mccollough Fr 152
9. Kekoa Elliott Sr 160
10. Paul McMillan So 160
11. Jaden Six So 170
12. Kevin Pope Fr 182
13. David Ramsey Sr 195
14. Max Swansan Fr 220

Two additional Freshman have been added to the Muckers team:
Braden Tissue Fr 106
Brandon Scobey Fr 113

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Tonopah dominates Sierra Lutheran

Tonopah downs Sierra Lutheran

The Tonopah Muckers opened the 2015 season with a strong 55-26 win over Sierra Lutheran. The game kicked off the KIBS “High School Football Game of the Week” schedule. Tonopah will be featured three more times in 2015, Friday, September 18th vs Alamo, Friday, September 25th vs Indian Springs and Thursday, October 29th vs. Beaver Dam.

Reported by Robert Otteson:

Coaches Comments

Coach Duffy Otteson remarks after game. “Our boys played well but we had a lot of mistakes and we need to work on them. Our Defense was good tonight only allowing 3 First Downs.”

Half Time Score was 48 nothing, Junior Varsity played most of the second half.

Scoring

T-    28  20   7   0 – 55

SL-  0   0  12  12 – 26

Passing
T-Tanner Otteson, 5-10-133 3TD’s, Katzenback 0-1-0
Receiving
T-Tristan Otteson 2-42 1TD, May 1-29 1TD, Gage Skiles 1-50 1TD, Kade Bunker 1-12.
Rushing
T- May 11-149 3TD’s, Tanner Otteson 5-35, Gage Skiles 4-32, Bunker 2-28 1TD, Scoby 4-17 1TD, D. Eason 1-2, Katzenback 1-(-4)
Scoring
T- May 26 (3 Rushing TD’s, 1 Rec. TD,  1 Rushing Conv.), Tristan Otteson 9 (1 rec. TD, 1 Kick, 1 rec. Conv.), Skiles 6 (1 Rec. TD), Scoby 6 (1 Rushing TD), Bunker 6 (1 Rushing TD), Tanner Otteson 2 (1 rushing Conv.)
Total Offense
T- 133 pass, 259 rush = 392 yards
SL – 54 pass, 113 rush = 167 yards
Defense (Tackles)
B. Eason – 8 – 4 solo (1/2 sack -3yards), Tanner Otteson 7 – 3 solo), May 7 – 4 solo, Jaden Six 5 – 2 solo (1/2 sack – 3, 1 FF), Skiles 4 – 2 solo, 3 FR, ½ sack – 4), Kirkland 3 – ½ sack -4), Tristan Otteson 3 1 solo, Elliot 2 – 1 solo, Birkowitze 2 solo, Bunker 1, Katzenback, McCullough 1.
Tonopah Roster
1 Scotty May RB, DB, ATH Sr. 5-7 150. 
2 Gage Skiles RB, DB Jr. 5-9 150.
12 Chris McCullough OL, DL Fr. 5-8 165.
14 Alex Katzenback TE, DE Fr. 5-10 140.
16 Tanner Otteson, QB, DB, K Jr. 5-8 150.
18 Jamaree Earl,  RB, DB Sr. 5-11 160.
20 Kade Bunker, RB, LB So. 5-7 145. 
21 Brayden Tisue, WR, DB Fr. 5-0 90. 
22 Derek Eason,  WR, DB Fr. 5-0 90.
23 Tyler Kirkland,  TE, DB Jr. 6-0 160. 
24 Brandon Scoby,  RB, DB Fr. 5-6 105. 
25 Tristan Otteson, TE, K, DB Sr. 5-10 150. 
41 Kekoa Elliot, OG, DE Sr. 5-10 170. 
42 Vinny Bagarose, RB, DB Jr. 5-7 140. 
43 Brendan Eason,  TE, ILB Jr. 5-10 175. 
44 Jaden Six,  TE, DE So. 5-10 160.
51 Lee Kettin,  TE, DE Fr. 6-4 150. 
52 Ric Ramirez,  C, DL Fr. 6-1 165. 
53 Terry Yeager,  OG, DL Jr. 6-0 225. 
55 Max Swanson,  OL, DL Fr. 5-3 260.
56 Kordell Stark,  C, DL Jr. 5-10 240.
57 Jordon Birkowitze,  OL, DL Jr. 6-0 255. 
Cody Ramerez, TE, DE Jr. 6-0 165.
Mathew Malendrez,  TE, DE Fr. 5-10 155. 
Paul McMillan,  OL, DL So. 5-10 160. 
Coaches:
Head Coach: Duffy Otteson (8th season)
Asst Coach: Steve String (2nd season)
Matt Kirkland (2nd season)
Line Coach: Bobby Murray (1 season)

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Tonopah Football Practice Starts Wednesday

Tonopah Muckers Football

The Tonopah High School Football team will start practice this Wednesday, August 5th with a session from 5:00pm to 6:30pm.  Coach Duffy Otteson describes these practices as “Heat acclimation”, with normal practice starting on Monday, August 10th.

The Muckers first scrimmage will be in Alamo on August 22nd.  Teams participating will include Alamo, Spring Mt., Beaver Dam and Round Mt.

The first game of 2015 is against Sierra Lutheran (Reno) at home on August 28th.

Any Questions should be directed to Head Coach Duffy Otteson, 775-277-0443.

KIBS will broadcast 4 regular season Mucker football games as part of the “Game of the Week” schedule.  Coverage will begin with the Sierra Lutheran Game.

Mucker Games on KIBS:

Friday, August 28th Tonopah vs Sierra Luthren

Friday, September 18th Tonopah vs Paranagat Valley

Friday, September 25th Tonopah vs Indian Springs

Thursday, October 29th Tonopah vs Beaver Dam

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Tonopah Wrestling team at Winnemucca Invitational

126 lbs. Tanner Otteson (Sophomore)
2-2 Tournament record
8th place finish out of 24 man field
1 win by pin
1 win by decision
8-3 overall season record

170 lbs. Ian Guthridge (Sophomore)
1-2 Tournament record
1 win by pin
1-2 overall season record

170 lbs. Gabe Jones (Junior)
0-2 Tournament record
1-6 overall season record

285 lbs. Kyle Dennis (Senior)
0-2 Tournament record
1-5 overall record

Comments by Head Wrestling Coach Duffy Otteson – “Winnemucca is a very tough tournament (26 teams). There is a lot of big schools there and some schools that come down from Idaho and Oregon. Our kids did well and learned a lot from the tournament. We are still a very young team with very little experience. We are off to lovelock this weekend for another big tournament we are hoping to get everyone healthy this week as we have been sick. We should have 6 wrestlers going this weekend. We then will get a break and come back to Alamo for a tournament and we should be up to 7 kids for that tournament. The kids have been working hard in practice and are improving.”

This week Tonopah Wrestlers travel to Lovelock, NV to the Lovelock Invitational (Dec. 20th)

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