Floresca of Shorewood heads for State wrestling Mat Classic as 3A regional champion

Matthew Floresca pins an opponent in a 2012 match.
He'll go to State this year as division champion
Photo by Wayne Pridemore

Matthew Floresca of Shorewood heads for the State wrestling Mat Classic Friday and Saturday, Feb. 15-16, at the Tacoma Dome after winning the 126-pound division at the Class 3A Region IV championship Saturday, Feb. 9, at Sunnyside High School near Yakima.

Teammate Erica Erdenbayer qualified for the Mat Classic by finishing fourth in the 285-pound division at the regional championship. Eric Harris-Udall of Shorewood just missed qualifying by placing fifth in the 138-pound division at the regional championship.

Class 3A Region IV Wrestling

At Sunnyside High School, Saturday, Feb. 9

Team scores — 1-University (Spokane Valley) 228, 2-Sunnyside 168, 3-Mount Spokane 115.5, 4-Glacier Peak 107, 5-North Central (Spokane) 104.5, 6-Kamiakin (Kennewick) 67, 7-Shadle Park (Spokane) 61.5, 8-Rogers (Spokane) 50, 9-Southridge (Kennewick) 46, 10- Kennewick 44, 11-Shorewood 42.5, 12-Meadowdale 42, 13- Hanford 35, 14-Mountlake Terrace 13.

FINALS

106 — Osborn, University, dec. Romero, Sunnyside, 5-1.

113 — Barajas, Sunnyside, dec. Castillo, Kamiakin, 7-0.

120 — Schauer, Mount Spokane, dec. Smith, Rogers, 3-0.

126 — Matthew Floresca, Shorewood, dec. John Kim, Glacier Peak, 5-0.

132 — Smith, University, dec. Harley Kolp, Kamiakin, 3-0

138 — Gabel, University, pinned McKinney, Shadle Park, 3:22.  

5-Eric Harris-Udall, Shorewood

145 — Hoover, Mount Spokane, dec. Schmidt, Shadle Park, 4-3.

152 — Quintanilla, North Central, dec. Elledge, Glacier Peak, 7-0.

160 — Bryson Pierce, North Central, maj. dec. Smith, Meadowdale, 12-2. 170 —Stannard, University, dec. Sisto Pina, Kamiakin, 6-4.

182 — Elledge, Glacier Peak, dec. Bryce Overholt, Southridge, 8-3.

195 — Orndorff, University, maj. dec. Kevin Del Angel, Southridge, 10-1.

220 — Harvey, Mount Spokane, dec. Robinson, Rogers, 3-2.

285 — Orndorff, University, dec .Martinez, North Central, 4-0.

4-Erica Erdenbayer, Shorewood.