Shorewood wrestling had a tough night Tuesday but finished with a win

It was a tough night Tuesday as the Shorewood wrestling team had a double dual against the Edmonds-Woodway Warriors and the Cedarcrest Wolves.

Hosted by Shorecrest High School, Shorewood faced off against Edmonds-Woodway first. It was all Warriors as Ed-way won a couple overtime matches, picked up several pins, and racked up a pair of forfeits for a massive lead. Shorewood finished the match with a pin by junior Cole Becker at 160 pounds, but it was far too little, far too late, as Edmonds-Woodway won 63-10.

In the second match it was the Thunderbirds against Cedarcrest. Cedarcrest is new to WesCo this season and will compete at the 2A level for the post season.

It was tough sledding early as Cedarcrest jumped out to a 11-0 lead after the first two weight classes. With the help of two forfeits and a huge pin by sophomore Sujinda Pongsaphang at 126 pounds, Shorewood took their first lead at 18-14.

With three matches left Shorewood held a 30-17 lead, needing just one more win to secure the team victory. Junior Devin Leach bumped up a weight class to 152 pounds and wrestled a great match. Leach got a takedown with just 5 seconds left in the first period for an early 2-0 lead. In the second period it was all Leach as he quickly got a reversal and put his opponent on his back for his 12th straight victory and a team win. Final score Shorewood 36 - Cedarcrest 26.

Shorewood wrestles next this Friday night, January 25th, at home against the rival Shorecrest Scots. Wrestling begins at 7pm.

Shorewood 10 - Edmonds-Woodway 63
@ Shorecrest High School
(Started at 170 pounds)

106: Reece LeCompte EW win by forfeit
113: Ethan Nguyen EW pinned Kai Layton 1:41
120: Emmanuel Boakye EW pinned Quincy Laflin 0:28
126: Ousman Fatty EW pinned Aidan Jung 0:58
132: Alex Rapelje EW pinned Curt Tanaka 4:37
138: Grayson LeCompte EW pinned Luca Fenlason 2:13
145: Howie Hare EW dec. Kody Carpenter 9-7 OT
152: Devin Leach SW maj. dec. Alec Rust 12-1
160: Cole Becker SW pinned Thomas Christian-Erickson 1:33
170: John Christian-Erickson EW dec. Max Null 3-1
182: Christian Simpson EW pinned Tom Bert 1:51
195: John Brown EW dec. Phil Ball 4-2 OT
220: George Kartano EW pinned Isaac Kabuchi 2:25
285: Evan Gibbs EW win by forfeit


Shorewood 36 - Cedarcrest 26
@ Shorecrest high School
(Started at 182 pounds)

106: Double forfeit
113: Miguel Tomayo CC dec. Kai Layton 9-3
120: Quincy Laflin SW win by forfeit
126: Sujinda Pongsaphong SW pinned Shawn Nykreim 1:22
132: Austin Link CC dec. Curt Tanaka 6-4
138: Kody Carpenter SW win by forfeit
145: Luca Fenlason SW win by forfeit
152: Devin Leach SW pinned Preston Goodwin 2:40
160: Freddy Reid CC pinned Cole Becker 1:31
170: Cade Norris CC dec. RJ Buchheit 14-7
182: Matthew Weigert CC pinned Tom Bert 2:44
195: Caleb Lay CC tech. fall Phil Ball 15-0
220: Isaac Kabuchi SW win by forfeit
285: Double forfeit

Shorewood Record: 4-2 WesCo South, 4-6 Overall.

--Clark Norton