O’Dea Wrestling
The O’Dea High School Wrestling Program was started in 1985 by Barrett Corrigan. Since then, the O’Dea wrestling program has experienced a history of success. In 1991, under head coach Dave Enslow, the wrestlers won their first Metro title. That legacy continued for the next eleven years as O’Dea earned twelve consecutive Metro championships. In all, since it’s inception, the O’Dea Wrestling Program has captured 25 Metro titles (12 in the last 13 years) and won 9 Regional championships. The O’Dea wrestling program earned State Academic Championships in 2002 and 2003.
Jeff Anderson coached the team from 1992-2021 and is a member of the O’Dea Wall of Honor. Joseph Balinbin ’07 is the current Head Coach.
Since many of our students have never wrestled prior to attending O’Dea, much of the credit goes out to all the volunteer alumni assistant coaches who return year after year to help mentor the younger wrestlers.
Schedule
| Day |
Date |
Opponent |
Location |
Time/Result |
| Saturday |
December 3 |
"Return of the Seahawk" Chief Sealth Tournament |
Chief Sealth HS |
9:30 AM |
| Wednesday |
December 7 |
Lincoln & Blanchet |
Franklin HS |
6:00 PM |
| Saturday |
December 10 |
Lake Washington Dual Tournament |
Lake Washington HS |
9:30 AM |
| Wednesday |
December 14 |
Franklin/Cleveland & West Seattle/Chief Sealth |
Cleveland HS |
6:00 PM |
| Saturday |
December 17 |
Everett "Gold Medal" JV Tournament |
Everett HS |
9:00 AM |
| Thursday |
December 29 |
Marysville-Pilchuck |
O'Dea HS |
9:00 AM |
| Thursday |
January 5 |
Ingraham & Garfield |
O'Dea HS |
6:00 PM |
| Saturday |
January 7 |
"The Classic" Everett Tournament |
Everett HS |
9:30 AM |
| Wednesday |
January 11 |
Roosevelt & Nathan Hale |
Roosevelt HS |
6:00 PM |
| Saturday |
January 14 |
Arlington "Rumble" JV Tournament |
Arlington HS |
9:30 AM |
| Wednesday |
January 18 |
Ballard & EC/Lakeside |
Lakeside HS |
6:00 PM |
| Tuesday |
January 24 |
Seattle Academy (Senior Night) |
O'Dea HS |
6:00 PM |
| Thursday |
January 26 |
Rainier Beach |
Chief Sealth HS |
6:00 PM |
| Saturday |
February 4 |
Metro Tournament |
Chief Sealth HS |
10:00 AM |
| Saturday |
February 11 |
Regional Tournament |
Kelso HS |
10:00 AM |
| Friday |
February 17 |
State Tournament |
Tacoma Dome |
10:00 AM |
| Saturday |
February 18 |
State Tournament |
Tacoma Dome |
10:00 AM |
Coach's Corner
Joseph Balinbin ’07, was a 4 year starter and 4 year letter winner in wrestling at O’Dea high school. He has been a member of the O’Dea faculty, teaching Theology, English, and Social Studies, and was an assistant coach at O’Dea from winter 2012 through spring 2021. He has been a part of numerous Metro and Regional Titles and helped train multiple state medalists. In 2017, Balinbin received the Metro League Assistant Coach of the Year and the WIAA Region 1 Assistant Coach of the Year. In the winter of 2021 he took over the head coaching position after O’Dea Wall of Honor recipient Jeff Anderson retired after a long successful coaching career. Coach Balinbin brings a genuine love for the sport, a wry sense of humor, and an appreciation for O’Dea’s strong wrestling tradition to his new position as head coach.
For more information about Irish Wrestling please contact O’Dea Athletic Director, Monte Kohler, at (206) 624-2068 or odad@odea.org.
History
Metro Team Champions
| 1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
| 1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
| 2001 |
2002 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
| 2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2014 |
2015 |
| 2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2021
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Regional Champions
| 1998 |
1999 |
2009 |
2011 |
2012 |
| 2015 |
2016 |
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Academic State Champions
Individual Regional Champions
| Gino Durante |
Santino Pascua |
Tyler Lininger |
Zach Hamilton |
| Brian Mason |
Troy Turner |
Sonny Graves |
Athan Dumont |
| Josh Martinez |
Nick Schoen |
Andre Popich |
Jake Portes |
| Taylor Lopez |
James Whitescarver |
Tim Storey |
Aaron Turner |
| Bill Dempsey |
Gino Clement |
Gage Anderson |
Torre Eaton |
| David Dempsey |
Micah Englehart |
Cody Fulleton |
Dominic Nicacio |
| Trenton Tibbetts |
Nathan Turner |
Korry Broderick |
Ellis Tran |
| Julius McDade |
Alan Badley |
Peter Pauly |
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Individual State Medalists (by weight class)
| Santino Pascua - 8th, 1991 |
Brian Mason - 2nd, 1995 |
Kevin Storey - 2nd, 1995 |
| Sonny Graves - 7th, 1996 |
Brian Mason - 3rd, 1996 |
Josh Martinez - 6th, 1998 |
| Troy Turner - 6th, 1998 |
James Whitescarver - 7th, 1998 |
Tim Storey - 5th, 2000 |
| Phil Hayes - 7th, 2003 |
Derek Lopez - 3rd, 2003 |
Jalonn Wilkins - 4th, 2005 |
| Justin Flones - 8th, 2006 |
Jeff Abel - 6th, 2007 |
J.P. Bruckner - 6th, 2009 |
| Billy Dempsey - 6th, 2009 |
Andre Popich - 4th, 2009 |
Zach Hamilton - 8th, 2010 |
| Gage Anderson - 7th, 2011 |
David Dempsey - 7th, 2011 |
Cody Fulleton - 4th, 2011 |
| David Dempsey - 5th, 2012 |
Cody Fulleton - 5th, 2012 |
Trenton Tibbetts - 6th, 2012 |
| Julius McDade - 6th, 2016 |
Dustyn Camacho - 2nd, 2017 |
Alan Badley - 2nd, 2018 |
| Skyler Kloth - 8th, 2018 |
Jack Markowitz - 3rd, 2018 |
Sam Maher - 8th, 2019 |
| Misael Marin - 4th, 2019 |
Dustyn Camacho - 1st, 2019 |
Dustyn Camacho - 1st, 2020 |
| Dayne Camacho - 6th, 2020 |
Connor Richardson - 8th, 2020 |
Michael Padilla - 8th, 2020 |
