Five local wrestlers left Raymond with titles and the three teams – Pe Ell, Adna and Toledo – finished top-10 in the team standings at the Doug Makaiwi Memorial tournament on Saturday afternoon.

The Trojans finished fourth overall with 113 points while Adna was sixth at 106 and Toledo placed 10th after totaling 64.5 points. Winlock brought nine wrestlers, but did not register a team point.

Pe Ell teammates Blake Burnett and Konnor Pilz met in the final at 157-pounds after both recorded pins in the quarterfinals and semifinals. Burnett wracked up a 22-7 technical fall victory in 4 minutes, 31 seconds. The Trojans also saw Ethen Noble pin his way to the win at 175, three of them coming within the first 70 seconds of the match.

Ethan Faulkner (138), Logan Oechsner (165) and Hunter Harris (190) all placed in the top-four.

Toledo 190-pounder Bomani Birdwell hit the 20-win mark on the season with three bonus point wins to secure first place. He pinned North Beach’s Tycen Ross at the buzzer in the first period to cap the day. 

The Riverhawks had four wrestlers record top-six finishes, paced by Chris Eberle (215).

Adna’s Alex Richards notched three pins en route to the 113 title. His last two in the semis and finals came in the first period. Two Pirates took second in Cash Laufenberg (120) and Cohen Hartley (132) while Eli Wentzel (144) and Kooper Moon (150) finished third and fourth, respectively.

Wolves’ lightweight grapplers shine at River Ridge Rumble

Two of the best wrestlers for the Black Hills High School wrestling team racked up plenty of bonus points to aid the Wolves to a fifth place team finish at Saturday’s River Ridge Rumble. They piled up 120.5 points to place fifth in the team race.

Centralia was ninth at 89 points, Napavine (52.5) and Onalaska (42.5) placed 15th and 17th, respectively.

Black Hills’ 106-pounder Roberto Rivera-Jesus sits at 12 wins in a row after recording a pin and three straight technical falls to claim the bracket, his second straight tournament win. Cash Boos at 126 notched three pins and a 9-1 major decision to win his weight class.

Porter Neklason (144) and Ammon Combs (175) each took fourth for the Wolves.

Napavine’s Peyton Hernandez followed in Rivera Jesus’ path, registering a pin and three consecutive tech falls to win the 132-pound bracket. The Tigers also saw Tommy Deebach (165) place fourth.

Centralia had a pair of runner-ups in Dasha Denetclaw (150) and Ronin Blair (215). Denetclaw needed a match–winning takedown in the semis to triumph 7-4 in SV-1. Blair had three falls before getting pinned in the finals.

Onalaska’s best finisher was Benito Escalera, third at 120 pounds.

Bearcats’ Homan, Land finish runner-up at Rumble in the Valley

The W.F. West High School wrestling team piled up 123 points to place eighth amongst 20-plus teams at Saturday’s Rumble in the Valley in Prosser.

Kallon Homan (175) and Tucker Land (190) were the two highest Bearcat finishers, both falling title bouts. Homan had a pin, two decision wins before falling to Chiawana’s Tayten Cissne 4-2 in the finals. Land recorded two bonus point wins, a 3-2 triumph in the semis, then gave up the lone takedown in the finals to Deer Park’s Evan Henry.

Graysen Serl (157) and Andrew Snyder (165) each took fourth.

Trifecta of Mountaineers show out at Bronco Invite

Behind three wrestlers that accumulated over 20 points each, the Rainier High School wrestling team placed fifth at Saturday’s Bronco Invite by finishing with 99 points. Zander Peck, Dorien Cano and Blake Roberts combined for 70 of those points.

Peck moved to 27-3 on the year with a triumph at 157-pounds fueled by three pins, the last two in the first period. Cano upended Okanogan’s Evan Roxby in the finals to win the 175 bracket, the final of three first period pins on the day.

Roberts rebounded from a semifinal loss to win his last two matches on the backside of the bracket to place third at 215.

Thunderbirds win three titles, take third at Dave Holter Invite

Spurred by three victories from its seniors, the Tumwater High School wrestling team placed third in a loaded Dave Holter Invite on Saturday afternoon in Kelso.

Mehki Richardson picked up his second tournament victory this season, recording two pins and a 15-0 technical fall win in the finals in the 157-pound bracket. Mikah Parrish-Sederberg (165) and Cash Short (190) won their first tournament of the year.

Parrish-Sederberg finished the lone takedown in the semifinals against Kelso’s Alex Carmen, then notched his second first period pin in the finals. Short had a pin, a 15-8 verdict in the semis and a 14-2 major decision in the championship match.

Six other T-Birds recorded top-six placements.