SHORELINE — W.F. West advanced 11 wrestlers to Mat Classic XXVIII, and picked up a dominant team championship here Saturday at Shorecrest High School in the 2A Region 3 Wrestling Tournament.
The Bearcats had three individual champions in Damon Thomas, Michael Matagi and Michael Anderson, and scored 233.5 team points — topping second-place Tumwater’s score of 122.5.
Centralia’s Mykka McAllister won the 120-pound class, beating Rochester’s Jacob Paris 9-7 in the finals, and teammate Joe Finch beat W.F. West’s Brenden Spahr 7-2 in the finals of the 182 bracket. The top four in each weight class move on to state.
Thomas beat Washougal’s AJ Christianson 13-0 in the 138 finals, Matagi beat Ridgefield’s Tommy Herz 6-5 in the 145 finals, and Anderson pinned Washougal’s Taylor Liefsen in 2:37 in the 152 finals.
Also for the Bearcats, Roehre Cunningham was second at 106, Levi Walters was third at 113, Ethan Lund was third at 120, Braden Bostwick was second at 195, Tyler Pallas was third at 220, and Cole Miller and Hunter Arredondo were second and third, respectively, at 285.
The state wrestling championships start Friday morning in the Tacoma Dome.
