ELLENSBURG -- Othello pushed four wrestlers through the quarterfinals and sat in fifth place after the first day of the 2A wrestling regionals Friday in Ellensburg.
Team scores--Riverside 91.5, Deer Park 89, Toppenish 65.5, Clarkston 64, Othello 51, Ellensburg 48, Cheney 46, Quincy 39, Selah 37, Colville 30, East Valley (Yakima) 24, Grandview 21, Medical Lake 21, Ephrata 20, Prosser 19, West Valley (Spokane) 14, Wapato 10.5, Pullman 10.
Quarterfinals involving area wrestlers
103--Santos Guillen (Gv) m.d. Nikko Rodriguez (Sel), 15-4; Irving Jaimez (Pro) d. Dylan Usselman (ML), 7-0. 119--Osmar Jaimez (Pro) d. Duncan Rhoades (Chen), 10-6; Drew Acorn (DPk) p. Jake Smith (Oth), 2:41. 125--Matt Jordan (Oth) p. Kaleb Rokstad (Clk), 5:44. 130--Kiki Rebuelta (Oth) d. Justin Hodge (Riv), 3-2. 135--Reuben Lopez (Oth) m.d. Garrett Walker (Gv), 14-3.
140--Amando DeLeon (Oth) d. Dylan Miller (DPk), 8-2. 145--Chase Florez (Riv) m.d. Eddie Garza (Oth), 10-2. 152--Zane Earl (Clk) p. Tyson Alvarez (Oth), 3:36. 171--Nick Desroches (Riv) t.f. David Godinez (Pro), 17-1. 189--Adam Morales (Gv) d. Devin McCrary (Ell), 5-3; Tanner Symons (Riv) d. Joey Gomez (Oth), 10-6.
Area wrestlers alive in consolations
119--Smith (Oth). 125--Eduardo Montes (Oth). 130--Efran Ramos (Gv). 145--Garza (Oth). 152--Alvarez (Oth). 160--Daniel Walker (Oth). 171--Godinez (Pro). 189--Gomez (Oth).
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Eric Garza and Joey Gomez paced Othello with individual titles, and the Huskies won the CWAC district championship by 59 points over host Ellensburg on Saturday.
Garza (152 pounds) and Gomez (220) were two of three finalists for Othello, with Bubba Ruiz losing to Grandview's Martin Torres 9-5 in the 285 final. The Huskies advanced 14 wrestlers to next week's regional with the Great Northern League at West Valley in Spokane.
Torres was joined in the finals by teammates Stevie Rodriguez at 120 and David Castaneda at 126, both of whom finished second. The Greyhounds, who had a tough dual season because of numerous forfeits, squeazed the most of of their district squad with seven reigonal qualifiers and 144 points, 23 out of fifth place.
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The host Riverhawks jumped out to a 31-point lead Friday in the first day of the CBBN 4A district, moving 15 wrestlers into today's semifinals.
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Warden, Othello girls score big at regional
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MATTAWA -- Warden and Othello were the big winners at the Eastern Washington girls regional wrestling tournament Saturday at Wahluke High in Mattawa.
Warden advanced eight wrestlers to state and had four champions; Othello won three individual titles and has six moving on to Mat Classic XXIV on Friday and Saturday at the Tacoma Dome.
The top three at each weight qualified for state. Team scores were not available, and tournament results were not posted until Saturday.
Delgado, Berger, Moreno claim Tri-State wrestling titles
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COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho -- Hermiston's Joey Delgado and Tyler Berger repeated as champions Saturday at Tri-State in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, perhaps the toughest high school tournament in the Northwest.
Delgado, a three-time state champ, won his second Tri-State title with an 11-4 victory over Orting's Shannon Maris in a battle of the top-ranked 138-pounders in Washington and Oregon.
Berger, just a sophomore, won the crown at 132 with a 7-6 victory over Tahoma's Joey Palmer in another battle of top-ranked guys.