Vikings clinch at least tie for first

Herald staff

SNOHOMISH – Wrestling powerhouse Lake Stevens clinched at least a piece of its first-ever Western Conference North Division title Tuesday by defeating Snohomish 64-3 at Snohomish High School.

The Vikings won all but one match, including four first-round pins, on their way to the commanding victory.

Lake Stevens (7-0 in league and 10-0 overall) will wrestle Oak Harbor (6-1, 8-1) Thursday night the final league meet for both teams. If Lake Stevens wins, it will clinch an the title outright. If it loses, it will share the title with Oak Harbor and Cascade.

The Vikings’ league title will come in its first year after making the jump from the 3A to 4A. At the 3A and 2A levels the Vikings built a reputation as one of the toughest programs in the state year in and year out, and have won their respective league title the past 12 years.

“They’re tough and they’re obviously gonna be among the top three or four in state with the level of their maturity and strength,” said Snohomish coach Mark Perry.

Travis Warrington’s 4-0 decision at 103 pounds and Christian Anderson’s 6-3 decision at 160 were two of the harder-fought matches of the night.

Burke Barnes pinned his 125-pound opponent just 36 seconds into the first round, only to be outdone by teammate Erik Curnett at 130 pounds with a 30-second pin.

Corey Cummins highlighted Snohomish’s night by winning a 2-0 decision in the 112-pound match.

Mount Vernon 63, Monroe 12: Eric Cunningham had a 33-second pin to highlight Mount Vernon’s Wesco North victory. Torger Twedt had Monroe’s lone pin at 103 pounds.

103-Twedt (M) pinned Rolling, 1:16; 112-Williams (MV) won by forfeit; 119-M. Curry (MV) pinned Shepard, 4:29; 125-Robidean (MV) pinned Jacobson, 5:31; 130-Audette (MV) pinned McKenzie, 3:59; 135-R. Curry (MV) dec. Studly, 15-6; 140-Ward (M) dec. Buckener, 7-3; 145-Sudmela (MV) injury defaul Heines, :22; 152-Haden (MV) pinned Edwards, 2:52; 160-Morena (MV) pinned N. Curry, 5:04; 171-Anceria (M) dec. Colby, 8-3; 189-Cunningham (MV) pinned Hopkins, :33; 215-Caudill (MV) pinned Stien, 3:39; 275-Kowell (MV) pinned Schumpert, 2:50. Records-Monroe 0-7, 0-10. Mount Vernon 4-3, 8-3.

Oak Harbor 36, Marysville-Pilchuck 24: Tony Nicolas (135 pounds) and Ezrael Comicho (140) got things off to a good start as Oak Harbor prevailed in the Wesco North meet.
103-Hanks (M-P) pinned Magana, 4:43, 3rd; 112-Lang (OH) pinned Hopkins, 4:33, 3rd; 119-Garcia (OH) pinned McCaulley, 3:12, 2nd; 125-Wichers (OH) won by technical dec. over A.J. Johnson; 130-Zerfing (M-P) dec. Tacia, 14-8; 135-Nicolas (OH) dec. Orr, 7-4; 140-Comicho (OH) dec. Dormajer, 10-6; 145-B. Thompson (OH) dec. T. Thompson, 8-1; 152-Delbruck (M-P) pinned Taflinger, 1:29, 1st; 160-Lange (OH) dec. Jones, 3-2; 171-Swardz (M-P) pinned. O’Brien, 4:50, 3rd; 189-Ward (OH) dec. in OT Thompson, 8-6; 215-Whiteman (OH) dec. Weiser, 14-5; 275-Olesen (M-P) dec. Hogan, 5-3. Records-Oak Harbor 6-1 in league, 8-1 overall. M-P 2-5, 6-5.

Stanwood 56, Arlington 9: Stanwood won five matches by fall in the Wesco North meet, including victories from CJ Brown (112 pounds), Ryan Willmaser (119), Jeremy Dotson (140), Eric Olson (160) and Steve Redmond (275).

103-Cruise (Stan) dec. Goheen, 15-7; 112-CJ Brown (Stan) pinned McDaniel, 1st round; 119-Ryan Willmaser (Stan) pinned Cory Nagel, 2nd round; 125-Jayne (Arlng) dec. Cornett, 3-2; 130-Smith (Stan) dec. Lundberg, 5-1; 135-Houston (Stan) dec. Gudde, 19-11; 140-Jeremey Dotson (Stan) pinned Sosa, 3rd round; 145-Gieger (Stan) dec. Girard, 3-2,; 152-Mike King (Arling) pinned Tyler Hawley, 1st round; 160-Eric Olson (Stan) pinned Peter Malual, 2nd round; 171-Floyd (Stan) won by technical fall over Ritter, 16-1; 189-Seymour (Stan) dec. Frank, 7-0; 215-Bear (Stan) dec. Downing, 12-4; 275-Steve Redmond (Stan) pinned Joe Klasse, 1st round. Records-Stanwood 4-3 in league, 8-3 overall. Arlington 1-7, 2-8.

Shorewood 56, Jackson 25: Shorewood’s John Chang came out aggressively, pinning his opponent at 1:11 of the first round to get things rolling for Shorewood in the Wesco South meet. Chris Morey also won at 189 pounds for Shorewood.
103-Malinovski (S) won by forfeit; 112-Arnez (S) won by forfeit; 119-C. Meyers (S) won by forfeit; 125-Wood (J) dec. Sanders, 11-3; 130-Chang (S) pinned Kallas, 1:11, 1st; 135-Rosenkranz (S) won by forfeit; 140-Wyman (S) dec. Parker, 8-0; 145-Loya (J) won by forfeit; 152-Rodriguez (J) pinned Mohammed, 2:55, 2nd; 160-Croft (J) dec. Shoemaker, 13-8; 171-Wuerffel (S) won by forfeit; 189-Morey (S) dec. Makasky, 11-1; 215-Desjardien (S) won by forfeit; 275-double forfeit. Records-Shorewood 3-5 in league, 8-11 overall. Jackson 3-5-1, 4-5-1.

Everett 52, Meadowdale 18: Everett won 11 out of 14 matches, including pins by Kyle Bernhardt (160), Jason Contreras (189) and Brian Turner (215) to win the Wesco South meet and clinch the division championship
103-Micah Perrin (Mead) pinned Tom Swankosky, 1:13; 112-Hill (Everett) dec. Seeley, 8-4; 119-Brian Irwin (Evert) won by forfeit; 125-T. Irwin (Evert) dec. Blomgren, 6-3; 130-David Prismacio (Mead) pinned Michael Irwin, 2:45; 135-Ryan Johnson (Mead) pinned TJ Cain, :22; 140-Shepard (Evert) dec. Baker, 8-2; 145-Daoust (Evert) dec. Little, 10-7; 152-Kyle Bernhardt (Evert) pinned Nolan Rothsus, 1:20; 160-Bagley (Evert) won by forfeit; 171-Waddell (Evert) dec. K. Prismacio, 7-3; 189-Jason Contreras (Evert) pinned Joe Mustard, :51; 215-Brian Turner (Evert) pinned Jeremy Harbinson, :56; 275*-Jordan (Evert) won by forfeit. Records-Everett 8-0 in league, 13-2 overall. Meadowdale 1-7-1, 3-7-1.

Shorecrest 40, Lynnwood 34: Freshman Jordan Hamanishi scored a pin at 112 pounds to secure the Wesco South victory. Shorecrest takes on cross-town rival Shorewood on Thursday.
103-Cliney (SC) won by forfeit; 112-Hamanishi (SC) pinned Phan 1:22; 119-LaGrandeur (L) pinned Hansen 1:00; 125-Nikata (SC) dec. Neil 10-8 OT; 130-Castillo (SC) dec. Modarri 10-7; 135-Al-Hussaini pinned Carlton 1:48; 140-Davis (SC) pinned Mingo 1:52; 145-Clay (L) pinned Rel 3:12; 152-Metski (SC) pinned Nguyen 3:04; 160-Myers (SC) won by forfeit; 171-Matney (SC) maj. dec. Still 15-3; 189-Suthern (L) tech fall over Cartwright 17-2; 215-Cogdill (L) pinned Shager 4:50; 275-Martin (L) tech fall over Rieben 20-4. Records-Lynnwood 5-3 in league, 7-7 overall. Shorecrest 5-2-1, 5-4-2.

Mariner 47, Mountlake Terrace 25: Good efforts by Luan Hung (112 pounds) and Brandon Brazier (140) propelled the Marauders to the Wesco South victory. Terrace’s Eric Jensson pinned his opponent at 145 pounds.

103-Gentry (MT) pinned Sass, 3:55, 2nd; 112-Hung (Mariner) maj. Dec. Floresca, 14-2; 119-Murray (Mariner) pinned Tieu, 1:48, 1st; 125-Val (Mariner) won by forfeit; 130-Bush (Mariner) won by forfeit; 135-Spadola (MT) dec. Dunn, 8-5; 140-Brazier (Mariner) pinned Lindaas, 5:16, 3rd; 145-Jensson (MT) pinned Aldrich, 1:54, 1st; 152-Smith (MT) major dec. Varga, 9-0; 160-Evans (Mariner) tech. fall over HO, 20-4; 171-Martinez (Mariner) won by forfeit; 189-Lin (MT) pinned Woodall, 1:11, 1st; 215-Johnson (Mariner) major dec. McElmurry, 14-6; 275-Tuiasosopo (Mariner) maj. dec. Olsen, 15-3. Records-Mariner 6-1-1 in league, 6-3-2 overall. MT 3-5-1, 4-5-1.

Kamiak 43, Edmonds-Woodway 32: The Knights got pins at 189, 215 and 275 pounds to start the meet and earn the Wesco South victory.
103-Cagley (E-W) forfeit; 112-Hadreas (E-W) p. Rich :16; 119-Trieu (E-W) tech fall over Munro; 125-Beyers (K) tech fall over Alfi; 130-McCoy (K) p. Korbein 4:51; 135-Lieu (E-W) Mudaliar 1:50; 140-Yasuda (K) p. White 3:32; 145-Juljenjai (K) dec. Gamble 18-16 OT; 152-VanDriessche (K) tech fall over Hanchett; 160-Howard (E-W) dec. Hughes 11-8; 171-Reed (E-W) p. Ferguson 1:51; 189-Quarrie (K) p. Sadowski 4:43; 215-Kunkel (K) p. Fletcher 1:45; 275-Cox (K) p. Searing 1:30. Records-Kamiak: 2-6-0 in division, 2-9-0 overall. Edmonds-Woodway: 3-4-1, 4-6-1.

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