Othello keeps on rolling, beats Quincy

QUINCY — Be it home or away, neutral court, big or small tournament, or just a plain old Central Washington Athletic Conference (CWAC) dual, the Othello Huskies plan to bring it every time.

They sure brought it on Tuesday as they stepped off the bus at Quincy and got right back on a little over an hour later with a 55-12 win in the books.

Othello recorded a total four pin wins and were aided by three forfeit decisions.

“We are working on pins,” Othello coach Ruben Martinez said. “Every time you want to win a championship you have got to get pins and we’ve been stressing that this week. The extra points are important and we’ve been really trying to get our younger kids understanding that.”

Gilbert Villa (103-pounds), Lucas Garza (112-pounds), Amando Deleon (160-pounds) and Alberto Vargas (189-pounds) recorded the pin wins for the Huskies.

Othello’s Joseph Gonzales took a 12-7 win at 125-pounds over Justin Clifton while teammate Eduardo Montes won 11-8 over Gabe Herrera at 135-pounds.

The other Huskies victors were Daniel Walker (171-pounds) defeating Breck Webley 10-2, and at 215-pounds, Joey Gomez taking down Daniel Herrara 8-2.

“We beat the kids we were supposed to beat and had some close matches,” Martinez said. “Right now we aren’t looking past anybody and we need to take care of business so we are ready for our match against Selah (January 29). It would be a match for the league title and we haven’t won a title in four or five years now.”

Bright spots for the host Jacks were Marcus Medina’s pun over Michael Hawks at 285-pounds, Manny Ybarra’s 6-2 win over Matt Jordan at 130-pounds and claiming of the 152-pound battle as Ben Horning held on to beat Eddie Garza 6-1.

“Manny wrestled a very good match against a very good opponent,” Quincy coach Greg Martinez said. “He was able to get a take down in the first round and keep his lead. Ben was down 1-0 going into the third round and got a take down, near fall, and almost got the pin. The idea he was conditioned enough  to make a move that late was a good sign.”