WRESTLING: Forks takes sixth at the Mat Classic

Editor’s Note: The WIAA updated team standings Monday afternoon and edits were made to this story to reflect the updated information.

TACOMA — The Forks wrestling team finished sixth in the state, with seven Spartan wrestlers picking up medals at the Mat Classic XXIX at the Tacoma Dome this weekend.

A total of 13 North Peninsula wrestlers picked up medals at the boys’ and girls’ 1A and 2A division championships.

Forks’ Josue Lucas won the 106-pound weight class in the 1A division and was the lone state champion from the North Peninsula. His teammate Jack Dahlgren came in second at 195 pounds. He lost a close match to Jan Zamora of Granger 8-6 in the championship finals Saturday night.

Garrison Schumack of Forks finished third at 145 pounds. He won his third-place match, outpointing Ethan Newman of Deer Park 8-6.

Also placing for Forks was Luke Dahlgren, who came in fifth at 220 pounds. He won his fifth-place match, beating Alex Medina of Columbia-White Salmon by a 14-6 score in his final match.

Forks’ Eden Cisneros finished sixth at 195 pounds, losing his fifth-place match with a pin by Zach Hyta of Freeman. His teammate Nathan Flores finished seventh at 285 pounds after winning his final match 5-1 over Tyson Mergel of Nooksack Valley. Brett Moody of Forks also finished eighth at 160 pounds.

Forks ended up with 105 points. Granger had 198 points, Colville 185.5, Deer Park 119.5, Sultan 119 and Montesano 105.5.

Sequim’s solid tournament

Sequim wrestlers had a very good tournament with four Wolves’ wrestlers placing.

At the girls’ 2A class, Sequim’s Alma Mendoza finished second at 155 pounds. She was pinned in her championship final by Ally De La Cruz of Kamiak. Her teammate Kiana Pierson was third at 120 pounds, winning her third-place match 2-1 over Julie De La Cruz of Meridian. It was Mendoza’s third straight year placing at the Mat Classic and her highest finish.

With a second- and a third-place finish, the Sequim girls finished 12th in the state with 40.5 team points.

For the Sequim boys, Grant Pierson got a fifth-place finish with a win in his final match with an injury default over Ahmad Jumper of Steilacoom.

Pierson’s Sequim teammate Adrian Klarich won his final match at 182 pounds with a pin over Darius Gilcrist of Orting to finish seventh.

Sequim picked up 26 team points to finish 20th in the state.

Port Angeles had just one wrestler who placed, Ben Basden. He came in sixth at 138 points after losing his final match 8-6 to Zack Nguyen of Cheney. Port Angeles picked up 12 points as a team and came in 38th out of 67 2A schools.

Cody McLain of Chimacum had a great Mat Classic. He lost his first match in the 220-pound weight class, then won five straight matches to finish third. He beat Jared Boswell of Deer Park in an 11-9 overtime match to finish third.

McLain trains and practices with the nearby Port Townsend wrestling team.

“It was an inspirational run for him,” said McLain’s coach Steve Grimm. “His back was against the wall from the start. He dug real deep to win those five in a row,” Grimm said.

Earlier in the consolation round, Boswell beat Braxton Shannon of Mount Baker, who was the only wrestler that beat McLain.

Thanks to McLain’s great showing, Chimacum finished 26th out of 47 1A schools in team points with 19.5 points.

Mat Classic XXIX

Tacoma Dome

Friday and Saturday

Forks

Josue Lucas, 106 (4-0): won by fall 5:14 over Zillah’s Dawson Husted, won 8-7 over Jeff Friedman of Lakeside (9-Mile Falls), won 6-4 against Granger’s Jeremiah Salcedo. Defeated Johnathan Magana of Connell 8-4 in Finals.

Garrison Schumack, 145 (5-1): pinned Jonathan Sanchez of Mount Baker 2:29; lost 17-12 to Ethan Newman of Deer Park; defeated Jakob Weaver of Sultan 8-6 in OT; def. Jared Navarro of Naches Valley 3-2; def. Dean Lockwood of Deer Park 3-2. Defeated Newman 8-6 for third place.

Colby Demorest, 145: (0-2): pinned by Franky Almaguer 1:31; pinned by Braden Wirth of Medical Lake 4:38.

Gavin Palmer, 152 (1-2): Lost to Tony Almaguer of Granger 15-3; def. Braeden Waymire of Stevenson 20-6; lost 13-6 to Navarro Nanpuya of Omak.

Brett Moody, 160 (2-3): Def. Elijah Gonsalez of Warden 13-3; lost by pin (2:52) to Robert Vasquez of Granger; pinned Jason Cole of Columbia-Burbank (1:38); lost 4-1 to Kaleb Dennis of Sultan, lost 8-0 to Tyson Sundust of Omak to finish eighth.

Shane Queen, 160 (0-2): Lost by technical fall (15-0) to Jesse Hoffberger of Stevenson; lost by pin (2:31) to Kaleb Dennis of Sultan.

Kenny Gale, 170 (1-2): Lost by pin (3:03) to Akio Yamada of Lakeside; pinned Robeth Gomez of Zillah (2:45); pinned by Takota Ashley of Colville (3:19).

Jack Dahlgren, 195 (3-1): Pinned Levi Huls of Castle Rock at 3:36; def. Zach Hyta of Freeman 8-3; pinned Mike Garrison of King’s Way Christian 2:34; Beaten by Juan Zamora of Granger 8-6 in state championship match to finish second.

Eden Cisneros, 195 (3-3): pinned Devin Roberts of River View 1:53; lost by pin at 0:38 to Conner Krouse of Chewelah; def. Marco Arteaga of Chelan 5-3; def. Tyrick Weyrauch of Tenino 5-3, 3OT; lost 2-1, 3 OT to Mike Garrison of King’s Way Christian; Pinned by Freeman’s Zach Hyta (1:45) for sixth place.

Luke Dahlgren, 220 (3-2): Pinned Luke Winter of Nooksack Valley 3:18; defeated Garrett Trevino of Freeman 4-3; lost 3-0 to Noel Orozco of Grandview; lost by pin (0:54) to Jared Boswell of Deer Park. Defeated Alex Medina of Columbia-White Salmon 14-6 for fifth place.

Tristen Pisani, 220-(2-2): Pinned by Noel Orozco 0:38; pins Amir Nuriddeen of Deer Park 2:55; lost to Braxton Shannon of Mount Baker Disqualified.

Nathan Flores, 285 (3-2): Won 9-0 against Tyson Mergel of Nooksack Valley; pinned at 4:34 by Alexander Deines of Connell; defeated Hunter Reinhart of Cascade Leavenworth 14-5; pinned at 2:08 by Jon Eslick of Castle Rock; beat Mergel 5-1 for seventh place.

Forks Girls

Marissa Bailey, 105 (1-2): Lost by pin to Angelica Vela of Warden 3:46; won by injury default against Kayla Trujillo of Eatonville; Lost 14-2 to Anabella Garcia of Federal Way.

Port Angeles

Cody Anderson, 120 (1-2): Lost 4-0 to Klayten Babino of Clarkston; def. Zach Rowe of Steilacoom 5-2; lost 4-1 to Lazaro Lombill of Tyee.

Ben Basden, 138 (2-3): Def. Jacob Nowels of W.F. West 13-3; def. Jake Freeman of Clarkston 11-5; lost 8-3 to Carlos Lopez of Selah; lost to Weston Lyver of White River 5-4. Lost 8-6 to Zack Nguyen of Cheney, finishing sixth.

Caleb Joslin, 152 (1-2): Lost 11-2 to Caleb McBride of White River; def. Sebastian Martinez of Woodland 4-3; lost 9-2 to Glenn Moe of Olympic.

Thomas Blevins, 170 (0-2): Pinned by Ryan Redford of White River (5:22); lost 6-0 to Quintin Stansbury of West Valley Spokane.

Bryce Lauderback, 195 (1-2): Lost by pin to Jacob Jamieson of Aberdeen (4:45); def. Barrera of Tyee 10-1; pinned by Lennon Rock of Pullman (1:28).

Bailey White, 220 (0-2): Lost by pin to Isaiah Perez of Othello (0:15); lost by pin to Jonathan Gonzalez of Franklin Pierce (0:55).

Hayden Wickham, 285 (0-2): Lost by pin to Bedolla of Ephrata (2:26); lost by pin to Skyler Murray of Aberdeen (2:11).

Sequim Girls

Kiara Pierson, 120 (4-1): Pinned Alexis Mendoza of Warden (1:59); Lost 1-0 to Sierra Joner of Battle Ground; pinned Ashley Hubble of Klahowya (2:06); def. Stroud of White River 3-2; pinned Mayu Molina of Grandview (2:06). Beat Julie De La Cruz of Meridian 2-1 for third place.

Alma Mendoza, 155 (3-1): Def. Becca Averys of Nooksack Valley 2-0; Def. Giuliana Pepe of Mount Rainier 11-0; def. Jenna Doll of Hoquaim 17-1 (technical fall); finished second after being pinned (3:35) by Ally De La Cruz of Kamiak for state championship.

Sequim

Grant Pierson, 160 (3-2): Lost by pin (4:44) to EJ Matagi of Chewelah; def. Ty Shanklin of Highline 12-7; def. Flores Pimentel of Selah 4-3; lost 6-1 to DeAndre Williams of Washington; Beat Ahmad Jumper of Steilacoom by injury default for fifth place.

Austin Budd, 170 (1-2): Def. Tobia Brown of Steilacoom 9-0; lost 6-3 to Reese Jones of Othello; lost 10-4 to Jordan LaPointe of Franklin Pierce.

Adrian Klarich, 182 (3-2): Pinned Darius Gilchrist of Orting (5:43); lost 17-10 to Salvador Osorio of Toppenish; pinned Aundre Seabrook of Mountlake Terrace (4:37); pinned by Boedy Taylor of Cheney (4:37). Pinned Gilchrist (1:54) for seventh place.

Dylan Perreira, 195 (0-2): Lost 9-2 to Reyne Mack of Mountlake Terrace; lost 12-6 to Jonvan Omar of Highline.

Port Townsend

Henry Veitenhans, 145 (0-2): lost 14-2 to Jared Navarro Naches Valley; lost 10-6 to Wayne Baker of Castle Rock.

Jacob Massie, 285 (1-2): Won by pin 1:36 against Chase Barthlett of South Whidbey; lost by pin at 5:58 to Gabe Sanchez Deer Park. Lost 16-8 to Jon Eslick of Castle Rock.

Tucker Booth, 285 (0-2): Pinned at 0:51 seconds by Noe Perez of Highland; pinned at 0:59 seconds by Hunter Reinhart of Cascade-Leavenworth.

Chimacum

Ryan Caldwell, 182 (1-2):-Lost 12-3 to Chase Pidgeon of Zillah. Won 16-0 Technical fall to Brandon Connell Stevenson; pinned at 1:20 by Scout Walker of Colville.

Cody McLain, 220 (5-1): Lost 15-9 to Braxton Shannon of Mount Baker; pinned Bryan Mendoza of Chelan 1:32; pinned Martin Dominguez 2:06; pinned Alex Medina of Columbia White Salmon (1:22); beat Jared Boswell of Deer Park 11-9 in OT for third.