Wrestling: Wolves get big wins in Kelso, Bainbridge

Another weekend and another grouping of medalists from Sequim wrestled across the state.

Another weekend and another grouping of medalists from Sequim wrestled across the state.

The varsity boys finished second behind Klahowya at the Bainbridge Island Invite on Jan. 9, with 140.5 points out of 11 teams. On the day, three boys finished first — Craig Baker, 138 pounds, Adrian Klarich, 182, and Michael Latimer, 220.

Sequim’s girls placed 12th out of 65 teams at the Kelso Girls Invitational with Alma Mendoza, 140, taking second and the highest finish for the Wolves.

Back in Bainbridge, Baker won the 138-pound weight class with an opening pin in 35 seconds and an 8-0 win in the second round before a pin in the finals of Gabriel Broome of Marysville Getchell in 1:15.

Klarich only needed two wins to win the 182-weight class including an 18-second pin following two bye matches and a 4-3 win over Lex Davis of Mountlake Terrace in the finals.

Latimer took first at 220 pounds with an opening 1:03 pin, a 4-0 win and a 9-7 tech fall in the finals over Try Woodruff of Marysville Getchell.

Sequim’s other wrestlers put forth high finishes, too.

At 160 pounds, Kevyn Ward took runner-up to Chaplyn Mack of Mountlake Terrace. To get there, Ward won 15-0 and 8-7 before losing 4-2 to Mack. Teammate Austin Budd, also in the weight class, picked up two pins as well and a sixth-place finish.

Ben Newell, 126 pounds, took fourth with an opening pin in 4:38, and two back-to-back pins in the consolation before losing to Josh Bayne of Kingston 5-0 for third place.

At 145 pounds, Grant Pierson took fourth with a 14-1 opening win, before losing 18-5 to champion Nikitta Weston of North Kitsap. In the consolation he defeated teammate Hayden Gresli 5-4 but lost 7-6 to Rage Quick of Marysville Getchell. Gresli, took sixth, with an 8-1 loss for fifth place to Gavin Hamblet of Klahowya.

Dylan Perreria, 170, picked up three wins for a fifth-place finish that included a 5-0 win, pin and 12-8 win over Shane Reichlin of Marysville Getchell. Dalton Brown, 106, took sixth with two pins and Caden Robert, 120, McKenzie Stockdale, 285, won one match each.

In Kelso, Mendoza took second at 140 pounds with two pins and a pair of wins at 4-1 and 13-2 before losing to Kaylee Martinez of Othello in the finals 7-2.

Kiara Pierson, 115, and Andrea Kienholtz, 170, both placed sixth in their brackets with Pierson going 4-2 with three pins, and Kienholtz recorded three pins, too.

Fellow Wolves Aylee Bennett, 135, went 3-2 with three pins and Abby Hanstad, 145, went 3-2 with three pins.


Dual win

Sequim won a dual meet 45-34 with Klahowya earlier in the week on Jan. 7, at the Kitsap Pavilion.

Five Wolves recorded pins — Caden Robert at 126 pounds over Aiden Hamblet; Ben Newell, 132, over Tyler Cabana; Craig Baker, 138, over Bryson Trask; Grant Pierson, 145, over Gavin Hamblet’ and Michael Latimer, 220, over Dylan Leer.

McKenzie Stockdale also picked up a 7-4 decision over Chris Green.

This week, Sequim hosted Kingston on Jan. 12 and travels to Bremerton on Thursday, Jan. 14.