Boys Prep Wrestling Roundup: Twin Harbor teams find success at weekend wrestling meets

Also: Aberdeen third at River Ridge Rumble; Elma wins Rubber Chicken; Montesano third in Auburn

By Ryan Sparks • January 22, 2024 11:00 pm
SUBMITTED PHOTO A portion of the Aberdeen boys wrestling team poses with their third-place trophy earned at the River Ridge Rumble on Saturday in Lacey.
SUBMITTED PHOTO A portion of the Aberdeen boys wrestling team poses with their third-place trophy earned at the River Ridge Rumble on Saturday in Lacey.

A busy weekend of boys prep wrestling action was highlighted by Aberdeen placing third at the River Ridge Rumble and Raymond High School hosting a tournament.

Here’s a review of Saturday’s action.

BOYS PREP WRESTLING

Aberdeen third at River Ridge Rumble

The Aberdeen Bobcats placed third overall at the River Ridge Rumble on Saturday at Timberline High School in Lacey.

Led by individual champions Talatheon Warness (106 pounds), Mikey Hatton (150) and Erick Silveira (165), Aberdeen scored 148.5 points to place third overall in the team standings behind first-place Shelton (164 points) and Forks (162).

Warness won his title match via 19-4 tech fall over Gig Harbor’s Jack Greer.

Hatton won via 17-7 major decision over Mount Vernon’s Bryson Keller to win the 150-pound weight class.

Silveira pinned Timberline’s Christian Davidson at 5:35 to win the 165-pound final.

Full meet results are available at trackwrestling.com.

Team results

1, Shelton 164. 2, Forks 162. 3, Aberdeen 148.5. 4, Kelso 140. 5, River Ridge 133. 6, Klahowya 107.5. 7, Puyallup 102. 8, W.F. West 81.

Aberdeen top results

106: 1, Talatheon Warness. 126: 4, Jaidon Williams. 150: 1, Michael Hatton. 157: 2, Aidan Watkins. 165: 1, Erick Silveira. 285: 3, Paul Baltazar.

Hoquiam, Willapa Harbor top teams at Doug Makaiwi Memorial Invite

Hoquiam and Willapa Harbor finished first and second, respectively, in the team standings of the Doug Makaiwi Memorial Invitational on Saturday at Raymond High School.

Paced by weight-class wins from Junior Soto (120 pounds), Kingston Case (138) and Oliver Bryson (190) the Grizzlies placed first overall with 179.5 points.

Willapa Harbor – a combo team consisting of wrestlers from Raymond, South Bend and Willapa Valley high schools – scored 151.5 points led by weight-class winners Conner Reyes (150), Lucas Swogger (157) and Tysonn Portmann (165).

Other local winners included North Beach’s Wyeland Lomedico (126) and Adin Wollum (215), Ocosta’s Andrew Martin (144) and Aberdeen’s Landon Hamblin (285).

Aberdeen was honored with the Don Weisel Memorial Team Sportsmanship Award.

Full meet results are available at trackwrestling.com.

Team results

1, Hoquiam 179.5 points. 2, Willapa Harbor 151.5. 3, Ilwaco 151, 4, Shelton 120. 4, Aberdeen 126. 5, Shelton 120. 6, Adna 109. 7, Tenino 92.5. 8, Pe Ell 82. 9, North Beach 81.5. 10, Montesano 78.

Individual results (top 3)

106 pounds: 1, Jace Linithakhan, Ilwaco. 2, Justice Larsson, Hoquiam. 3, Bryce Curley, Hoquiam.

113: 1, Xavier Smith, Ilwaco. 2, Blake Bell, Ilwaco. 3, Roman Tadique, Aberdeen.

120: 1, Junior Soto, Hoquiam. 2, Gibran Garcia, Aberdeen. 3, Oscar Gustafson, Ilwaco.

126: 1, Wyeland Lomedico, North Beach. 2, Preston Duman-Dahm, Shelton. 3, Xavier Sancho-Carrio, Winlock.

132: 1, Eddieshiloh Cormiers-Higgins, Muckleshoot Tribal. 2, Cole Borden, Shelton. 3, Kooper Moon, Adna.

138: 1, Kingston Case, Hoquiam. 2, Aiden Davis, Ocosta. 3, Ronin Rutzer, Ocosta.

144: 1, Andrew Martin, Ocosta. 2, Benjamin Parker, Pe Ell. 3, Adonis Hammonds, Aberdeen.

150: 1, Conner Reyes, Willapa Harbor. 2, Lucas Florek, Willapa Harbor. 3, Jacob Baudot, Hoquiam.

157: 1, Lucas Swogger, Willapa Harbor. 2, Konnor Pilz, Pe Ell. 3, Ben Howard, Montesano.

165: 1, Tyson Portmann, Willapa Harbor. 2, Levi Slape, Adna. 3, Blake Burnett, Pe Ell.

175: 1, Jacob Price, Adna. 2, Koy Knox, Tenino. 3, Carter Joslin, North Beach.

190: 1, Oliver Bryson, Hoquiam. 2, Cody Strozyk, Willapa Harbor. 3, Guy Lowery, Tenino.

215: 1, Adin Wollum, North Beach. 2, Alejandro Cruz, Willapa Harbor. 3, Marcus Lynch, Ilwaco.

285: 1, Landon Hamblin, Aberdeen. 2, Rowdie Tafoya, Tenino. 3, Aiden McKinney, Aberdeen.

Elma wins Rubber Chicken Invite

Elma placed first atop the team standings at the Rubber Chicken Invitational on Saturday at Kalama High School.

Led by weight-class winners Xavier Espinoza (113), Rusty Johnson (150) and Eastin Wright (165), Elma scored 202.5 points to take the team trophy over Yamhill-Carlton (181 points).

For full results, visit trackwrestling.com.

Team results

1, Elma 202.5. 2, Yamhill-Carlton 181. 3, Battle Ground 167.5. 4, Foss 133. 5, Black Hills 130.5. 6, Kalama 108. 7, Clatskanie (OR) 102. 8, Kelso 96.5. 9, Woodland 93.

Elma top results

106: 2, Colin Chandler. 113: 1, Xavier Espinoza. 126: 2, Kale Reeves.

132: 4, Ben Totten. 138: 3, Blaize Salazar. 5, Caiden Rademacher. 144: 3, Taye Lessard. 5, Rob Osbun. 150: 1, Rusty Johnson. 165: 1, Eastin Wright. 3, Levi Russell. 190. 4, Sam Mullin.

Montesano third at King of the Mountain

Led by an individual title by Logan Roberts, Montesano placed third in the team competition at the King of the Mountain tournament on Saturday at Auburn Mountainview High School in Auburn.

Roberts defeated Auburn Mountainview’s Yousif Hesham via fall at 4:49 to win the 285-pound weight class as the Bulldogs placed third with 157.5 points.

Full results are available at trackwresting.com.

Team results

1, Lincoln (Tacoma) 218. 2, Olympia 188. 3, Montesano 157.5. 4, Auburn Mountainview 138. 5, Ingraham 128.5. 6, Chief Sealth 119.

Montesano top results

113: 5, Adam Schmitz. 132: 5, Cole Tolbert. 138: 2, Kole Kjesbu. 150: 2, Gage Stutesman. 165: 5, Reid Pace. 190: 4, Gabe Pyhala. 6, Kyle Caton. 215: 5, Felix Romero. 285: 1, Logan Roberts.