Huskies roll to tournament title

OTHELLO — The Othello Huskies wrestling team took advantage of three champions Saturday afternoon to win the  Leonard Shutte Wrestling tournament at Othello High School.

Othello’s first champion came at 140 pounds when Reuben Lopez pinned Washougal’s Brendan Casey in 22 seconds.

The Huskies continued to work toward the team title at 160 pounds when Amando DeLeon earned a 14-3 major decision victory of D.J. McCourt of Washougal.

Othello’s final champion came in the 215-pound weight class when Joey Gomez defeated Mike Flores of Southridge 12-5.

Tournament Results

Team scores

1) All Star 271.5

2) Othello 243

3) Washougal 183

4) Southridge 171

5) Clarkston 165.5

6) Pullman 144

7) Goldendale 69

8) Dawg Squad 68

9) Hanford (JV) 56

Championship Results

103) Chism King (Washougal) pinned Evan Hanvey (All Star) 1:29

112) Jacob Norton (Southridge) pinned Daylon Mitchel (Pullman) 3:05

119) Blaze Larson (Southridge) pinned Francisco Maldonado (Othello) 4:32

125) Kaleb Rokstad (Clarkston) def. Jake Smith (Othello) 5-3 (overtime)

130) Colton King (Washougal) def. Matt Jordan (Othello) 7-2

135) Brad Church (Pullman) def. Brock Beeler (Clarkston) 7-3

140) Reuben Lopez (Othello) pinned Brendan Casey (Washougal) :22

145) Matt Powell (Clarkston) d. KiKi Rebuelta (Othello) 5-4

152) Gavin LejaMeyer (Clarkston) def. Tamrich Perez (Southridge) 11-2

160) Amando DeLeon (Othello) def. D.J. McCourt (Washougal)

171) Gabe Hocum (Clarkston) pinned Tyson Alvarez (Othello) 5:13

189) Nick King (Clarkston) def. Stan Mcilwain (Washougal) 9-6

215) Jay Gomez (Othello) def. Mike Flores (Southridge) 12-5

285) Devon Norland (Clarkston) pinned Adam Garza (Othello) :23.

Tigers finish third at Ephrata Invite

EPHRATA — The Ephrata Tigers clawed their way to a third place finish Saturday at the Ephrata Invitational wrestling tournament, sending five wrestlers to championship matches.

The Tigers came away with two individual champions in Anthony Bush and Quinton Hendrickson.

Bush won his title at 125 pounds when he punned Cashmere’s Chris Chapman in 1:04.

Ephrata’s second champion came at 152 pounds when Hendrickson defeated Tim Haynes of Medical Lake 7-5.

Tournament Results

Team scores

1) Marysville-Pilchuck 213.5

2) Medical Lake 168

3) Ephrata 147

4) Hanford 124

5) Grandview 118.5

6) Cashmere 80

Championship Results

103) Dylan Usselman (ML) def. Will Bricker (Hanford, 7-0

112) Santos Guillen (Grandview) pinned Korey Wielgus (M-P) 4:20

119) Brandon Blevins (M-P) def. Ruben Escalante (M-P) — No Score Provided

125) Anthony Bush (Ephrata) pinned Chris Chipman (Cashmere) 1:04

130) Demitri Robinson (M-P) def. John Daniels (ML), 3-1

135) Brian Donaldson (M-P) def. Dillon Miller (Cashmere) 4-2

140) Caleb Gifford (Hanford) def. Curt Nygard (Ephrata) 6-2

145) Mike Ruane (Hanford) def. Efren Ramos (Grandview) 5-3

152) Quniton Hendrickson (Ephrata) def. Tim Haynes (ML) 7-5

160) Roman Velazquez (Cashmere) pinned Chris Davidson (Ephrata) 3:49

171) Aaron Fenton (Hanford) pinned Robert Motzkus (Ephrata) 3:35

189) Jack Dunbar (ML) def. Skylar Hatch (M-P) 11-4

215) A.J. Guidry (ML) def. Tannon Hillis (M-P) 7-5

285) Ricky Dschaak (M-P) pinned R.J. Harris (Hanford) 1:25