Kitsap County will be well represented at this weekend’s Mat Classic XXVII in the Tacoma Dome, with 23 wrestlers who will complete in the Class 3A, 2A and 1A brackets.
The top four wrestlers in each classification at the regional tournaments advanced to state.
Klahowya, the county’s lone 1A school, has nine grapplers who will compete at the state tournament, which begins today, Feb. 20.
The Eagles had three wrestlers — Gabe Wallis, Eli Everson and Konnor Langholff — crowned as regional champs at the 1A Region 1 tournament at Meridian.
Klahowya finished third in the team standings, behind first-place Sultan and second-place Vashon Island.
Wallis pinned Jeremiah Cronk, of Mount Baker, for the 145-pound championships, while Everson beat Sultan’s Tanner Belcher in the 152 finals. In the 170 finals, Langholff pinned Bellevue’s Christian’s Alex Irizarry
Other qualifiers are Caden Hega (second, 113), Brycen Trask (third, 126), Devin Steele (third, 132), J.D. Kegerreis (fourth, 132), Benji Hamilton (third, 160) and Maric Taylor (third, 220).
In Class 2A, there are 10 wrestlers headed to state from Olympic and Bremerton.
At the 2A West Central District Regionals, Olympic — who finished second behind Port Angeles — will have seven wrestlers, while Bremerton will be represented by three.
The Trojans had two individual champions — Tre Toledo in 113 and Logan Madison in 160. Bremerton’s Cameron Dubos (160) was the lone Knight to win a championship.
Four Trojans — Alec Acfalle (106), Shane Santos (120), Tanner Olson (145) and Geordyn Shinard (175) — finished in third place.
The Trojan’s Umu Timoteo, who placed at state last season, suffered an injured eye against Sehome’s Briley Funk, during the semi-finals of the 285-pound division.
Central Kitsap will have four wrestlers at state. The Cougars finished ninth among the 15 teams, but had no individual champions.
Dominick Johnson took second in 285 after a 3-2 loss to Auburn’s Jacob Apodaca.
Cougars who finished in third place were Johnny Valenzuela (113), Adam Appleton (145) and Calvin Fischer (160).
The championship finals in all four classifications and the girls is Feb. 21.
Class 3A West Central District/SW Regional at Bonney Lake HS
Team standings: 1. Enumclaw 145, 2. Auburn 139.5, 3. Bonney Lake 133, 4. Auburn Mountainview 122.5, 5. Peninsula 106, 6. Lincoln 100, 7. Lakes 79.5, 8. Shelton 70.5, 9. Central Kitsap 70.5, 10. North Thurston 34, 11. Foss 23, 12. Wilson 22, 13. Mount Tahoma 17, 14. Auburn Riverside 15, 15. Capital 4.
Championship matches (Local wrestlers)
285: Jacob Apodaca (Auburn), dec. Dominick Johnson (Central Kitsap), 3-2.
Class 2A West Central District Regionala t Sedro-Woolley HS
Team standings: 1. Port Angeles 186, 2. Olympic 174, 3. Sedro-Woolley 173, 4. Blaine 152, 5. Anacortes 95, 6. North Mason 54, 7. Bremerton 53, 8. Bellingham 51, 9. Burlington-Edison 41, 10. Lynden 32, 11. Sequim 30, 12. Sehome 27, 13. Squalicum 27, 14. North Kitsap 24, 15. Kingston 10
Championship round (Local wrestlers)
113: Tre Toledo (Olympic) pin Ben Basden (Port Angeles) 3:14; 132: Anthony Frey (Blaine) dec. Jayden Fernandez (Olympic) 8-4; 138: Cameron Dubos (Bremerton) dec. Riley Fritsch (Blaine) 3-2; 160: Logan Madison (Olympic) pin Cole Rinehart (North Mason) 2:20.
Class 1A Regional Tournament at Meridian High School
Team scores: 1. Sultan 291, 2. Vashon Island 229.5, 3. Klahowya 186, 4. Bellevue Christian 110, 5. Nooksack 89, 6. Mount Baker 74, 7. Cascade Christian 73, 8. Port Townsend 43, 9. Meridian 27, 10. South Whidbey 26, 11. Seattle Academy 0.
Championship round (local wrestlers)
113: Wickman (Vashon) pin Haga (Klahowya) 2:50; 145: Wallis (Klahowya) pin Cronk (Mount Baker) 2:26; 152: Everson (Klahowya) pin Belcher (Sultan) 3:09; 170: Langholff (Klahowya) pin Irizarry (Bellevue Christian) 2:21;
GIRLS BOWLING
All-Olympic League team named
Olympic and Bremerton was well-represented on this year’s All-Olympic League girls bowling team.
Representing Olympic was Ashlyn Jamrog (202), Samanta Pratt (166), Rachel Godwin (165) and Raeanne Kimple (141).
Bremerton was represented by Megan Wittenberg (191), Natalie Stauffer (157), Lexis Honeywell (154) and Myranda Dew (142).
Ruth Click (152) was Klahowya’s lone representative.
Wittenberg honored by WIAA
Megan Wittenberg, the Class 3A/2A state champion, was named as the WIAA Athlete of the Week.
SWIMMING
Feb. 14
Class 3A West Central District Regionals At Lindbergh High School in Renton
Team Standings
1. Hazen 206, 2. Kennedy Catholic 203, 3. Wilson 137, 4. Enumclaw 136, 5. Shelton 135, 6. Auburn Mountainview 130, 7. North Thurston 116, 8. Capital 91, 9. Lakes 88, 10. Peninsula 54, 11. Sumner 25, 12. Bonney Lake 20, 13. Central Kitsap 19, T14. Foss 13, T14. Auburn Riverside 13.
