T-birds take second at wrestling regionals

SW Wrestlers and friends. Photo by Diane Floresca.

The Shorewood wrestling team placed seven of its eight regional qualifiers among the top five in their weight classes in the Region I 3A wrestling tournament at Glacier Peak High School Saturday.

The tournament involved wrestlers from the Wesco 3A division, the Northwest League 3A division and the Kingco Conference 3A division.

Freshman Matthew Floresca claimed the regional title at 112 pounds. Brandon Leach followed that by winning the 119-pound title. Placing third for the T-Birds were junior Alex Lee at 103 pounds, senior Daniel Yun at 112 pounds and senior Kyle Floresca at 135. Senior Joel Smith placed fourth and junior David Ball placed fifth in their classifications.

Ian Bolstad of Shorecrest placed second at 285 pounds.

Shorewood placed second in the team standings behind a strong showing for Mercer Island. Shorewood's second-place finish is highest regional placing in school history for T-Bird wrestlers. The top four wrestlers in each division qualify for next week's Mat Classic Championship in the Tacoma Dome. Wrestlers placing fifth will be alternates.

Shorewood coach Derek Norton told the Everett Herald that he was surprised that the team placed second in the regional tournament just a week after finishing sixth at the District 1 meet.

Shorecrest placed 15th in the team standings.

Region I 3A championships

At Glacier Peak H.S.

Team scores — Mercer Island 130, Shorewood 113, Sedro-Woolley 109, Mount Vernon 98, Everett 95, Glacier Peak 79.5, Oak Harbor 72.5, Ferndale 72, Lynnwood 68, Lake Washington 67, Bellevue 52, Mount Si 52, Liberty (Issaquah) 45, Juanita 40, Shorecrest 39, Mountlake Terrace 20, Meadowdale 13.

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES

103 — Luis Reyna, Mount Vernon, dec. Corey Trimbur, Oak Harbor, 9-8.

112 — Matthew Floresca, Shorewood, dec. Alex Basabe, Lynnwood, 7-2.

119 — Brandon Leach, Shorewood, dec. Jesse Lopez, Everett, 8-2.

125 — Paul Kim, Glacier Peak, injury default, Joel Navas, Lake Washington.

130 — Josh St. Marie, Glacier Peak, dec. Jun Park, Bellevue, 15-6

135 — Kyle Morgan, Sedro-Woolley, dec. Kyle Shanafel, Mercer Island, 8-2.

140 — Brady Mast, Sedro-Woolley, pinned Kody Lifes, Ferndale, 5:02.

145 — Blake Johnson, Mercer Island, dec. Brandon Stratton, Oak Harbor, 5-4.

152 — Hamilton Noel, Liberty, dec. Adolph Rivas, Mount Vernon, 9-3.

160 — Connor Boyce, Everett, dec. Sean Elledge, Glacier Peak, 7-5.

171 — Phil Frazier, Mercer Island, pinned Logan McCallum, Juanita, 3:24.

189 — Colton Knebel, Mercer Island, dec. Brayden Jacobson, Everett, 10-0.

215— Joe Janicki, Sedro-Woolley, dec. TJ Blackburn, Mercer Island, 11-2.

285 — Josh Mitchell, Mount Si, dec. Ian Bolstad, Shorecrest, 8-5.