OTHELLO -- Ric Garza drove in three runs as Othello (12-4) defeated visiting East Valley 13-3 in a game shortened after 4 1/2 innings by the mercy rule.
East Valley 010 02 -- 3 2 1
Othello 042 7x -- 13 10 2
Cameron, Clements (4) and Janis; Isaiah Suarez, Chris Brunetti (5) and Shon Valdez. Highlights--Ric Garza (Oth) 3x4, 3 RBI; Jakob Scott (Oth) 2x2, 2 RBI; Brunetti (Oth) 2B.
River View 4-8, Warden 3-5
Warden 100 001 10 -- 3 4 2
River View 110 010 01 -- 4 8 1
Arty Reyes and Robert Pruneda; Gage Nicholson and Tanner Bates. Highlights--Nicholson (RV) 8IP-6K-4H; Dennin Harding (RV) 2x4; Eric Farnworth (RV) 2x3; Jordan Cox (RV) 3x3; Reyes (W) 8IP-7K-8H; Jesse Guerra (W) 2B.
Warden 100 012 1 -- 5 8 2
River View 240 011 -- 8 7 2
Gio Flores, Pruneda (5) and Anthony Platas; Harding, Kyle Bettencourt (5) and Bates. Highlights--Reyes (W) 2x3, 2B, HR; Tylor Burnett (RV) 2x3, HR; Nicholson (RV) 3x3, 2B, 5 RBI; Nate Remillard (RV) 2B.
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Matt McCallum will get his shot at a fourth state medal. Cruz Del Angel will get a shot to go from state newbie to state champion.
And the Kiona-Benton Bears will be in good position to make some noise at the Tacoma Dome next weekend.
The Bears pushed six wrestlers through Saturday's SCAC regional at Zillah to finish in third place, led by the individual titles by McCallum at 132 pounds and Del Angel at 170.
River View rolls over Highland 47-23
River View rolls over Highland 47-23
Kim Gier scored 15 points for River View in a 47-23 nonleague road win over Highland.
RIVER VIEW -- Kim Gier 15, Sallee 5, McCoy 2, Smith 4, Hess 8, Dickinson 5, Williamson 2, Burnett 6, Hull, Robertson.
HIGHLAND -- T. Wise 14, Gomez 4, Perez 2, Newman 3, Smith, Madrigal, Preston, Angel, Rice.
Othello beats East Valley 64-50
Othello beats East Valley 64-50
Drew Scott grabbed 11 boards to go with his game-high 35 points as Othello posted a 64-50 CWAC 2A home win over East Valley.
EAST VALLEY -- Navarro 5, K.Janis 3, Z.Janis 8, Davila 16, Powells 4, Juarez 2, Ackley 2, Lemus 5, Harris 5.
OTHELLO -- Tovar, Cantu, Boersma, C. Garza 6, Walker 2, Drew Scott 35, D. Garza 6, Lind, Rodgers 11, Mollotte 4.
Warden, Othello girls score big at regional
Warden, Othello girls score big at regional
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.
Othello nabs CWAC district title
Othello nabs CWAC district title
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.