Six Shorewood wrestlers and three from Shorecrest qualify for regional wrestling tournament

Six Shorewood wrestlers and three from Shorecrest have qualified for a regional wrestling tournament Saturday, Feb. 9, at Sunnyside High School, southeast of Yakima.

They qualified by placing first or second in their weight classes at the Western Conference 3A South tournament Friday and Saturday, Feb. 1-2, at Glacier Peak High School. In addition, third-place wrestlers at each weight qualified for regional-tournament play-in matches, including three wresters from Shorecrest and two from Shorewood.

The Sunnnyside regional is one of four regional 3A boys' tournaments around the state that qualify wrestlers for the state Mat Classic at the Tacoma Dome, Feb. 15-16, along with four 4A regionals, four 2A regionals, four 1A regionals, four 2B/1B regionals and four girls' regionals.

At the Wesco 3A South meet, Luke Lotawa of Shorecrest qualified for regional competition by placing first at 113 pounds; Kyle Smythe of Shorecrest won at 120; Matthew Floresca of Shorewood won at 126; Rikio Campbell of Shorewood won at 132 pounds, Erik Harris-Uldall of Shorewood won at 138 pounds. At 120 pounds, Smythe pinned teammate Erik Fussell in the final, giving Shorecrest both local regional berths at that weight.

Shorewood’s three division champions will be joined in regional competition by division runners-up Abiel Tesfamarian at 113, Braden Kalloway at 145 and Konnor Carpenter at 182.

Wesco 3A South third-place finishers who qualified for regional play-in matches were Spencer Coffee of Shorecrest at 103, Owen Donnelly of Shorecrest at 113, Edom Tesfaye of Shorewood at 126, Josiah Glesener of Shorecrest at 138 and Dawda Dibba of Shorewood at 145.

In Wesco 3A South championship team scoring, host Glacier Peak finished way ahead with 328.5 points, while Meadowdale edged Shorewood for second, and Mountlake Terrace defeated Shorecrest for fourth by a half point.

Wesco 3A South Championships

At Glacier Peak High School, Feb. 1-2

Team scores — Glacier Peak 328.5, Meadowdale 209.5, Shorewood 205, Mountlake Terrace 187, Shorecrest 186.5.

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES

106 — Bahn, Mountlake Terrace, maj. dec. Haneberg, Glacier Peak, 10-2.

113 — Luke Lotawa, Shorecrest, dec. Abiel Tesfamarian, Shorewood, 7-2.

120 — Kyle Smythe, Shorecrest, pinned Erik Fussell, Shorecrest, 2:57.

126 — Matthew Floresca, Shorewood, dec. Kim, GP 5-0.

132 — Rikio Campbell, Shorewood, pinned Castleton, MT, 5:48.

138 — Erik Harris-Uldall, Shorewood, dec. Matwichuk, GP, 8-2.

145 — Tibbott, Meadowdale, dec. Braden Kalloway, Shorewood, 8-5.

152 — Elledge, GP, maj. dec. Coleman, GP, 10-2.

160 — Morgan Smith, Meadowdale, maj. dec. Sabin, GP, 9-1.

170 — Springberg, MT, pinned Griffin Thomas, GP, 3:24.

182 — Elledge, GP, pinned Konnor Carpenter, Shorewood, 3:46.

195 — Bell, Meadowdale, tech. fall Potter, MT, 17-1.

220 — Smith, Meadowdale, pinned Becerra, GP, 2:22.

285 — Fifita, GP, pinned Erca Erdenebayer, Shorewood, 3:02.