Knights roll Warriors

Royal's Danny Barajas tries to roll Wahluke's Austin Hudson during their 112-pound match Thursday night at Royal High School. Royal defeated Wahluke 61-9. Photo by Miles Douglass/Columbia Basin Herald

by Derrick Pacheco<br
| January 19, 2009 8:00 PM

ROYAL CITY — The Knights of Royal High School received a pin from Justin Kincaid at 215 pounds to start Thursday night’s South Central Athletic Conference dual meet with Wahluke and the Knight never looked back on their way to a 61-9 victory.

Kincaid pinned Alan Garcia in 3:30 and Royal’s Jacob Bartlett earned a 7-3 decision over Jose Mata to give the hosting Knights a 9-0 lead after two matches.

Royal’s Brian Gallardo earned a forfeit victory at 103 pounds and Royal continued it’s dominance on the mat winning eight of the next 10 matches against Wahluke, including three by forfeit. There was no match at 130 pounds Thursday night.

The Knights improved to 2-0 in SCAC competition with their win over Wahluke.

Dual Meet Results

103) Brian Gallardo (Royal) won by forfeit
112) Danny Barajas (Royal) pinned Austin Hudson (Wahluke) 4:49
119) Hank Ellis (Royal) pinned Javier Zapien (Wahluke) 3:00
125) Larry Martin (Royal) won by forfeit
130) NO MATCH
135) Chencho Lopez (Royal) def. Jesus Rodriguez (Wahluke) 18-8
140) Omar Gomez (Royal) pinned Antonio Godinez (Wahluke) 5:52
145) Roman Trujillo (Royal) won by forfeit
152) Ricardo Silverio (Wahluke) pinned Dallas White (Royal) 1:20
160) Angel Ledezma (Royal) won by forfeit
171) Enrique Barajas (Wahluke) def. Cody Eilers (Royal) 8-5
189) Jake Thomas (Royal) won by forfeit
215) Justin Kincaid (Royal) pinned Alan Garcia (Wahluke) 3:30
285) Jacob Bartlett (Royal) def. Jose Mata (Wahluke) 7-3.

Warden 54, Connell 23

CONNELL, Wash. — The Warden Cougars wrestling team continued its South Central Athletic Conference dominance Thursday night when they traveled to Connell and returned home with a 54-23 dual meet victory.

Warden got on the board first at 130 pounds when Scott Henderson pinned Tony Torales of Connell to give the Cougars a 6-0 lead early on. The Cougars continued to pour it on early, winning the first three matches Thursday night by pin on their way to an 18-0 lead.

The Cougars put the match out of reach at 160 pounds when Jose Gonzalez pinned Ryan Heinen in 2:15 to give the Cougars a 24-8 lead.

Dual Meet Results

103) J. P. Martinez (Warden) def. Hernan Serra (Connell) 2-1
112) Carlos Gomez (Warden) pinned Christian Corona (Connell) 1:29
119) Lupita Mendez (Connell) pinned Sarah Riojas (Warden) 3:33
125) Sanda Castoreno (Warden) pinned Melissa Orozco (Connell) 4:44
130) Scott Henderson (Warden) pinned Tony Torales (Connell) 1:43
135) Robert Pruneda (Warden) pinned Gerardo Avitia (Connell) 1:36
140) Lupe Landeros (Warden) pinned Harris Garcia (Connell) 1:28
145) Kenny Sullivan (Warden) def. Angel Tapia (Connell) 6-0
152) Jacob Rae (Connell) technical fall over Carmello De Leon (Warden) 4:00
160) Jose Gonzales (Warden) pinned Ryan Heinen (Connell) 2:15
171) Garrett Whitney (Connell) pinned Chris Pruneda (Warden) 2:54
189) Isaac De Leon (Warden) pinned Emmanuel Farias (Connell) 1:37
215) Nato Orozco (Connell) pinned Matthew De Leon (Warden) 4:52
285) Tony Martinez (Warden) pinned Gerardo Barragan (Connell) 1:21