Team Oregon and the Sakha, Russia team pose for a group photo as part of their international exchange.

CORVALLIS, Ore. – A team of U.S. high school wrestlers from Oregon defeated a Junior team from Sakha, Russia, 27-16 in an international dual meet at Crescent Valley High School on Friday, Nov. 11.

Oregon won six of the 10 bouts in the evening, led by pins from Zach Zehner of Sprague High School and Brennan King of Crescent Valley High School.

Two of Oregon’s most prominent wrestlers on the national level also won their matches, Junior National Champion and three-time Oregon State Champion Zac Brunson of Churchill High School and two-time Cadet National Champion and Oregon State Champion Ronnie Bresser of Henley High School.

The Russian team is here as part of the Oregon Wrestling Association's Cultural Exchange between Russia and Oregon. The Russian team will spend two weeks in Oregon with various high school teams. The Oregon Cultural Exchange went to Russia for two weeks last summer where they trained, competed and participated in cultural activities.

OREGON 27, SAKHA, RUSSIA 16
At Corvallis, Ore., November 11

Petr Efimov (Sakha) dec. Hans Rockwell (OR-Riverside HS, 6-1, 4-1

Ronnie Bresser (OR-Henley HS) dec. Timur Rasulov (Sakha), 3-0, 3-1

Alex Rich (OR-Crescent Valley HS) dec. Ergis Everstov (Sakha), 8-9, 7-0, 8-2

Aytal Okoneshnikov (Sakha) dec. Kaleb Raber (OR-Sprague HS), 3-3, 2-0

Zech Bresser (OR-Henley HS) dec. Anton Zakharov (Sakha), 1-1, 6-4, 1-1

Sergei Malyshev (Sakha) dec. Housten Ezell (OR-Churchill HS), 6-0, 8-1

Zach Zehner (OR-Sprague HS) pin Erkhaan Makarov (Sakha)

Vair Burtcev (Sakha) dec. Eleazar DeLuca (OR-Phoenix HS), 1-1, 3-0

Brennan King (OR-Crescent Valley HS) pin Viktor Malyshev (Sakha)

Zac Brunson (OR-Churchill HS) dec. Aleksandr Sofronov (Sakha), 7-0, 3-0