Moses Lake drowns competition Tuesday
Swimming
Chiefs swim past Yakima schools
YAKIMA — Moses Lake defeated Eisenhower 103-77 and crushed Davis 141-39 to improve their record to 8-1.
Mario Polito qualified for state in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:03.70 . Polito has now qualified for state in six of eight individual swims.
Trevin Byington posted a time of 1:14.44 in the 100-yard butterfly to qualify for the districts meet.
Moses Lake, currently in second place, hosts Big Nine front-runner Eastmont on Thursday.
Moses Lake results: 200-yard freestyle - 1st, Marshall Goodrich; 2nd, Brad Reeder; 200-yard individual medley - 1st, Mario Polito; 2nd, Craig Stout; 4th, Chris Forrest; 50-yard freestyle - 2nd, Eric Butterfield; 3rd, Kraig Grant; 4th, Jeremy Grant; 100-yard butterfly - 1st, Marshall Goodrich; 3rd, Dylan Grigg; 5th, Trevin Byington; 100-yard freestyle - 1st, Craig Stout; 4th, Nick Kardong; 5th, Chris Forrest; 500-yard freestyle - 1st, Eric Butterfield; 3rd, Brad Reeder; 5th Ceasar Seanez; 100-yard backstroke - 2nd, Jeremy Grant; 3rd, Dylan Grigg; 4th, Austin Massart; 100-yard breaststroke - 1st, Mario Polito; 3rd, Kraig Grant; 4th, Ilya Demchuk.
200-yard medley relay - 1st, Forrest, Reeder, J. Grant, Stout; 200-yard freestyle relay - 1st, Polito, J. Grant, K. Grant, Butterfield; 400-yard freestyle relay - 1st, Butterfield, Goodrich, K. Grant, Polito.
Diving - 3rd, Chris Cowles; 4th, Carl Borg; 5th, Jay Bowser.
Wrestling
Othello topples Grandview
GRANDVIEW — Othello defeated Grandview 42-25 to move into sole possession of first place in the CWAC South. Grandview entered the night unbeaten and tied with Othello for first place in the south division.
Pins by Jake Simpson (103 lbs.), Freddie Flores (152 lbs.), Jacob Johnston (189 lbs.) and Michael Carmona (275 lbs.) helped carry the Huskies to victory.
Othello won nine of 14 matches on the night. At 119 pounds, Othello's Derek Stelter defeated Grandview's Dalton Walker 13-12.
Injuries forced Othello to make some lineup changes.
"We needed to juggle some kids around tonight," said Othello coach Ruben Martinez. "I think we're beyond that now. It couldn't happen at a better time."
Othello 42, Grandview 25
103 - Jake Simpson (O) p. Santo Guillen, 2:40; 112 - Nicoh Montemayor (O) m.d. Daniel Armento, 23-11; 119 - Derek Stelter (O) d. Dalton Walker, 13-12; 125 - Mat Garza (O) m.d. Kaelen Nelson, 13-4; 130 - Fernando Godinez (G) d. Jack Calvert, 4-3; 135 - Don Cantu (O) m.d. Max Saldona, 11-3; 140 - Phillip Ontiveros (O) d. Shay Seimears, 13-7; 145 - Michael Benavidez (G) p. Teddy Montemayor, :37; 152 - Freddie Flores (O) p. James Whitney, 1:37; 160 - Jacob Robillard (G) p. Charlie Valdez, :43; 171 - Miguel Osorio (G) win by forfeit; 189 - Jacob Johnston (O) p. Tovias Magana, 2:50; 215 - Rigo
Rodriguez (G) m.d. Rudy Ochoa, 14-6; 275 - Michael Carmona (O) p. Freddie Magana, 5:12.
Bowling
Lady Chiefs qualify for regionals
SELAH — Moses Lake split four games with Selah and won by a 1713-1600 total pin count to qualify for the regional competition.
Michelle Reynolds had the high game for the Lady Chiefs with a 173.
Poor lane conditions kept the scores low for both teams.
"The condition was pretty rough on the girls," said coach Billy Brice. "It wasn't pretty, but we won."
Wrestling
Saturday
Othello third at weekend tournament
HOQUIAM — Led by champion Phillip Ontiveros and runners-up Freddie Flores and Mat Garza, Othello finished third at the Hoquiam Alumni Invitational.
Ontiveros earned a 10-7 decision over defending 2A state champion Anthoni Heffernan of Orting to win the 140 pound title. For his efforts, Ontiveros earned the co-outstanding wrestler award for the tournament.
Flores and Garza each lost decisions to defending 2A state champions in their finals contests.
Othello finished one point behind second place Cashmere, despite having some varsity wrestlers out of the lineup.
"I felt that we did as well as we were going to do under the circumstances," said Othello coach Ruben Martinez.
Team Scores: 1st - W.F. West (Chehalis), 206.5; 2nd - Cashmere, 160; 3rd - Othello, 159; 4th - Elma, 158; 5th - Orting, 153.5.
Othello place winners: 103 - 6th, Jake Simpson; 112 - 5th, Derek Stelter; 119 - 2nd, Mat Garza; 125 - 5th, Don Cantu; 130 - 4th, Jack Calvert; 140 - 1st, Phillip Ontiveros; 145 - 2nd, Freddie Flores; 189 - 6th, Edgar Lopez; 275 - 3rd, Michael Carmona.