South county roundup: Othello's Perez pins his way to Tri-State title
Casey McCarthy/The Sun Tribune Othello’s Elijah Roylance waits for the bout to restart after taking a break to deal with a bloodied nose at Othello High School. Roylance finished fourth in the 220-pound weight class at the annual Tri-State Tournament.
Casey McCarthy/The Sun Tribune Arturo Solorio stares through his opponent from Selah, as both fight for position. Solorio competed at Tri-State and Othello was 13th as a team.
Casey McCarthy/The Sun Tribune Jaxon Rocha stairs down his opponent, Zeke Crockett, from Jackson (Chewelah) before their bout. Othello scored 83 points as a team to take 13th at the annual Tri-State Tournament.
POST FALLS, Idaho — Isaiah Perez wasn’t pushed into the third round until his final match and pinned his way to a Tri-State championship over the weekend.
The top-ranked heavyweight in all classifications dominated his competition over the two-day tournament, recording five wins by fall. Perez and Elijah Roylance (220) were the Huskies’ two placers; Roylance finished fourth after losing to eventual champion Jacob Vincent of Lake Stevens in the semifinals.
As a team, Othello was 13th with 83 points.
Perez opened his tournament with a bye in the first round before pinning Gage Jorgenson of University in championship round two. Jorgenson was on his back halfway through the first round. Next, Perez collected a few second-round pins against Colin Mercer of Central Valley, Alex Krueger of Meadowdale and Charlie Harrington of Liberty.
Perez pinned Josiah Lara of Skyview early in the third round of championship finals.
Royal finished 44th in the team standings and placed no wrestlers.
In other Basin news, Moses Lake took fourth place with 170 points and had one Tri-State champion and two finalists. Jonathan Tangum (113) won finished first while Hunter White (132) and Cruz Vasquez (160) were both tournament runners-up.
Host Post Falls won the team title.
Tri-State finals
98: Landen Stewart (Frenchtown) p. Nolan Crosby (Mt. Spokane), 0:27
106: Oscar Alvarez (Granger) d. Tristan Bremer (Lewiston), 9-2
113: Jonathan Tanguma (Moses Lake) d. Eli Warner (Frenchtown), 5-1
120: Kenndyl Mobley (North Central) d. Nathan Gregory (Deer Park), TB-1 4-3
126: Abel Nava (Granger) p. Zachary Mauras (Crook County), 2:59
132: Isaac Jessen (Post Falls) d. Hunter White (Moses Lake), 7-3
138: Drew Roberts (Coeur d’Alene) d. Avery Sundheim (East Valley), 10-3
145: Ky Haney (Mt. Spokane) d. Robby Vaughn (Chiawana), SV-1 3-1
152: Joel Chavez (Kamiakin) d. Rylan Anderson (Reardan), 2-1
160: Gunner Giulio (Coeur d’Alene) p. Cruz Vasquez (Moses Lake), 1:39
170: Colton Boettcher (Lakeland) d. Kenon Brown (Potlatch), 7-5
182: Kyle Knudtson (Crook County) d. Nathan Reed (La Grande), 7-4
195: Isaiah Anderson (Chiawana) d. Johnny Franke (Darrington), 10-5
220: Jacob Vincent (Lake Stevens) d. Gage Cook (Granger), 5-2
285: Isaiah Perez (Othello) p. Josiah Lara (Skyview), 4:18
Boys basketball scores
Othello 72, Wapato 47
Prosser 82, Othello 49
Warden 80, College Place 62
River View 64, Warden 58
River View 69, Wahluke 49
Wahluke 60, Kiona-Benton 54
Girls basketball
Wapato 49, Othello 43
Prosser 70, Othello 44
Warden 73, College Place 19
Warden 76, River View 29
River Vew 56, Wahluke 10
Kiona-Benton 51, Wahluke 25