Wrestling: Shorewood wins double dual with one point victory over Jackson

Shorewood had its first home wrestling meet on Thursday when they hosted Cascade and Jackson in a double dual.

The Thunderbirds faced off against Cascade in the first match and things could hardly have gone better. 

Senior Devin Leach began the contest with a first round pin in the 160 pound bout. Next up was Junior Cole Becker, who barely broke a sweat as he needed a measly 15 seconds to toss his opponent to his back and pin him. 

Four more first round pins followed for the T-birds as they raced out to a 36-0 lead in the team score. Shorewood senior Kody Carpenter finished the match by also pinning his opponent, in the first round, as Shorewood routed Cascade 72-6.

In the second match of the night Shorewood took on Jackson. The Timberwolves from Everett gave quick notice that they would not be pushed around by grabbing a 6-0 lead win a pin in the first bout. 

Shorewood rallied behind pins from sophomore RJ Bucheit who bumped up a weight class at 182 pounds and freshman Hunter Tibodeau, plus a forfeit at 220 pounds to take an 18-6 lead. 

Jackson responded by taking three straight weights themselves to grab a 21-18 lead. 

After a pin by Quincy Laflin at 120 pounds briefly took the lead back for Shorewood, Jackson scored 14 straight team points for a 35-24 lead with only three weights left.

Seniors Curt Tanaka at 145 pounds and Kody Carpenter at 152 pounds each gutted out huge decisions to pull Shorewood within 5 points with one match to go.

As the gym cheered Thunderbird Devin Leach stepped out for the final match. With an aggressive takedown Leach took down his opponent in just seconds and quickly turned him over for a pin to give his team a narrow 36-35 victory.

Shorewood Record: WESCO South 0-0, Overall 3-0

Shorewood 72 - Cascade 6
@ Shorewood High School

106: Double forfeit
113: Cossette Lumsden SW win by forfeit
120: Quincy Laflin SW pinned Kevin Jacks 1:04
126: Vinh Ngo CHS win by forfeit
132: Isaac Van Horn SW pinned Jeremy Delep 3:10
138: Aidan Jung SW pinned Nam Ngo 3:59
145: Curt Tanaka SW pinned Carlos Garcia 3:10
152: Kody Carpenter SW pinned Connor Olson 1:23
*160: Devin Leach SW pinned Sebastian Giordan 1:04
170: Cole Becker SW pinned Kirill Bredikhan 0:15
182: Max Null SW pinned Christian Leyva-Prieto 0:56
195: Hunter Tibodeau SW pinned Alan Garcia 1:17
220: Isaac Kabuchi SW pinned Dimas Mingenfel 1:00
285: Tom Bert SW pinned Jesse Dinh 0:59


Shorewood 36 - Jackson 35
@ Shorewood High School

106:David Fairwell JK win by forfeit
113: Maggie Telford JK pinned Cossette Lumsden 0:39
120: Quincy Laflin SW pinned Isaiah Lyadnov 0:32
126: Anders Haugen JK win by forfeit
132: Matt Kastelle JK dec. Aidan Jung 12-9
138: Cris Wilson JK tech. fall Isaac Van Horn 16-0
145: Curt Tanaka SW dec. Larry Georger 9-5
152: Kody Carpenter SW dec. Charles Immendorf 13-7
160: Devin Leach SW pinned George Lansana 0:35
*170: Xavier Wilkening-Joly JK pinned Cole Becker 1:24
182: RJ Bucheit SW pinned Evan Johnson 0:26
195: Hunter Tibodeau SW pinned Jesse Juarez 1:17
220: Isaac Kabuchi SW win by forfeit
285: Iain Gurr JK dec. Tom Bert 6-4

--Clark Norton