After three winless seasons, Sequim’s wrestlers finished the 2014-2015 regular season strong.
Earlier this season, the Wolves won duels over Mount Tahoma, White River, North Mason, Port Townsend, Bremerton and most recently Kingston. They finished their head-to-head match-ups on Jan. 22 with a 60-24 win over the Buccaneers in Sequim.
Five varsity wrestlers won with pins while six weight classes (113, 145, 182, 220 and 285) went to Sequim in forfeit.
Working up the weight classes, Jaime Schroepfer (106 pounds) pinned Matt Thomas in 2:31, Craig Baker (126) took down Peyton Reese in 4:39 while Hayden Gresli (132) pinned Hunter Zook in 1:31.
Kevyn Ward (152) continued winning for the Wolves with a pin over Nick Waltersdorf in 4:34 and Glenn Uy (160) defeated Riley Zook.
The Wolves also hosted seven teams for its All Comers Junior Varsity meet on Jan. 24 with most of Sequim’s wrestlers competing.
Players were separated into two groups among weight classes for round robin matches among four wrestlers in each weight class.
Sequim’s first-place finishers in the A bracket were Kiara Pierson 106 pounds, Jillian Hutchinson-Blouin 120, Kevyn Ward 152, Michael Latimer 220, Brady Young 285 and in the B bracket Alma Mendoza 126, Travis Baker 138 and Nathan Allison 285.
Sequim head coach Charles Drabek said some of the matches that stood out were Mendoza pinning one of Olympic’s top wrestlers Madison Asaro in a hard-fought match and Hayden Gresli pinning Brandon Currie of Port Angeles in 5:40 with the score tied 3-3.
Ward won all of his matches with first round pins, Drabek said, and Latimer’s third-round match was won quickly with a pin at 1:16 over Garrett Mitchell of Juanita while leading 4-3.
Sequim’s junior varsity wrestlers travel to Port Angeles on Jan. 31 for its JV Wrestling Challenge and the following week, it hosts the 2A sub regional tournament on Feb. 6-7.