99 Mid-Columbia wrestlers heading to Tacoma for the state tournament. Here’s who is going

The Mid-Columbia is expected to send 99 wrestlers to Tacoma for the WIAA state high school wrestling tournament Friday and Saturday.

Of those, 25 will arrive in Tacoma as regional champions.

Here’s a look at who is going this week:

Class 4A

The Chiawana Riverhawks — which won the team title at Mead with 325 points — will take nine wrestlers to Tacoma, four of them regional champs.

Three defending state champions — Isaiah Anderson at 195, Tyson Stover at 182, and Darion Johnson — won their regional titles.

Johnson, a sophomore, won a state title at 120 last year. But he grew in the off season and has been competing at 152, where he rolled through the regional competition with two pins and two decisions.

“He’s gotten big,” said Chiawana coach Jack Anderson. “He probably grew four inches after last year’s state tournament. Moving up weight classes wasn’t a problem for him.”

In addition, senior Robby Vaughn won the regional title at 138, pinning three opponents and getting a technical fall on a fourth.

Other Riverhawks qualifiers are Judah Bishop (second at 145), Riley Cissne (second at 170), Nate Montelongo (third at 120), JJ Rodrigiez (fourth at 285), and Lance Stover (second at 132).

Pasco High is sending four to state — including senior Isaiah Gonzalez at 160, who won the regional title and is 41-0 this season.

Also going in as a regional champ will be Nathaniel Tovar at 113 pounds. Eric Correa (second at 120) and Miguel Hinojosa (third at 132) also qualified for state for the Bulldogs.

Hanford and Walla Walla will each be sending two contestants to state: Treyton Keller (third at 152) and Jakobie Reynolds (fourth at 195) for the Falcons; Jakob Humphrey (third at 160) and Ruben Lozano (fourth at 113).

Class 3A

The Mid-Columbia Conference had three regional champions out of the tournament at Rogers High School in Spokane.

Kamiakin had one in Gilbert Marquez at 195 pounds, while Hermiston had two — Sam Cadenas at 220 pounds, and Dustyn Coughlin at 285.

Coughlin was especially impressive, pinning all three of his opponents.

Besides Marquez, Kamiakin will be sending four others to the state tournament: Joel Chavez (second at 152), Jaxin McCallum (fourth at 285), Guillermo Ramirez (second at 120), and Payton Smith (second at 106).

Hermiston had two other wrestlers qualify in Hunter Dyer (fourth at 132) and Trevor Wagner (second at 160).

Kennewick qualified four wrestlers: Ler Pweh Htoo placed second at 113, Chayc Ottum was third at 220, Brody Ray was fourth at 160), and Saw Thee was fourth at 120.

Southridge qualified three: Devin Boone (fourth at 106), Ryan Stayrook (third at 170) and Jordan Tobery (fourth at 145).

Class 2A

The area had two regional champs come out of the Cheney regional.

Prosser’s Reyden Huizar won at 113 pounds, as did Othello’s Isaiah Perez at 285.

Perez, a two-time defending state champion who will play football at BYU next fall, pinned his first two opponents at regionals and then won the title by forfeit.

Perez will be joined at state by four other teammates: Jaxon Rocha (third at 138), Elijah Roylance (third at 220), Arturo Solorio (fourth at 145), and Josue Solorio (fourth at 195).

Huizar will have two other teammates with him in Tacoma: Logan Candanoza (second at 170) and Diego Contreras (third at 106).

Grandview qualified two with Damian Monreal (second at 120) and Jesus Sanchez (third at 126).

Class 1A

The South Central Athletic Conference East will be well represented in Tacoma, with 26 state qualifiers out of the Granger regional.

Connell will bring the most with 11 wrestlers.

That includes three regional champs: Octavio Andrade at 195 pounds, Johnathan Magana at 120, and Jesus Ramos at 182. Ramos pinned all three of his opponents en route to the title.

Here are the rest of the Eagles headed to state: Mark Bonilla (third at 182), Eliseo Castillo (third at 220), Frans Hokanson (fourth at 285), Jordan Mendez (third at 106), Abel Morales (third at 126), Jaxsen Tuttle (third at 160), and Jekoby Tuttle (second at 170).

Royal had seven state qualifiers, including regional champ Benji Bustos at 170 pounds. He beat Connell’s Jekoby Tuttle 5-2 in the title match.

Other Knights heading to state are Kevin Dominguez (second at 220), Kaleb Hernandez (fourth at 145), Dominic Martinez (second at 132), Mark Martinez (third at 152), Yahir Morales (fourth at 126), and Lorenzo Myrick (second at 160).

Warden came away with two regional champions in Cael Cox at 113 pounds and Holden Haworth at 152.

Also joining them will be Cougars teammates Brenton Cole (fourth at 132) and Eduardo Suarez (fourth at 195).

Kiona-Benton had two state qualifiers in Keaton Covington (third at 145) and AJ Stewart (fourth at 160).

College Place’s Alex Smith won the 285-pound title by pinning Wahluke’s Pedro Castaneda in 5:53. Both qualified for state.

River View’s Miles Lozier (fourth at 138) also qualified for state.

Girls wrestling

Hanford won a very tight team title in the Othello regional, with 110 points. That was just 1 point better than Sunnyside, and 3 points better than Kennewick.

Two-time defending state champion Taylor Wilson rolled to victory at 100 pounds, pinning all three of her opponents and raising her season record to 30-2.

Teammate Grace Nelson, who will wrestler next year at Corban University, also won a title at 145 pounds.

Falcons teammates Mirina Enderlin (third at 130) and Hailey Say (fourth at 140) also qualified for state.

Kennewick had a regional champion in Alexia Asselin at 170 pounds. Her sisters, Aubreyanna Asselin (second at 145) and Ayanna Asselin (second at 155), are also headed to Tacoma — as is Lions teammate Sara Correa Cambindo (second at 135).

Sunnyside’s contingent to state — like Hanford’s and Kennewick’s — is four.

Riley Guerrero (fourth at 130), Alexxus Ramos (second at 110), Eliza Rodriguez (second at 100), and Lourdes Torres (second at 170) will all represent the Grizzlies.

Othello will send three to state – including two regional champions in Emily Mendez at 115 pounds and Iyazely Barraza at 115. Alexis Monday (third at 110) will also head to state for the Huskies.

Connell also qualified three, including two wrestlers at 190 pounds. Rosa Sauceda Ramirez won the 190-pound regional crown, pinning her teammate, Emmalee Andrewjeski, at 3:13 in the title match.

Teammate Nilaya Coronado (third at 145) also qualified for state.

Walla Walla’s Annelise Whitaker won the 140-pound regional title, and she’ll be joined at state by teammate Nayeli Flores (fourth at 100).

Pasco, Kamiakin and Warden each have two state-qualified wrestlers: Sofia Correa (fourth at 120) and Jazmin Mercado (second at 125) will head to Tacoma for Pasco; regional champion Aliyah Draisey at 235, and Brenda Rios (fourth at 155) for Kamiakin; Aaliyah Escamilla (second at 105) and Alexia Hernandez (fourth at 135).

Richland’s Taylor Bookwalter (second at 235), Wahluke’s Laly Gonzalez (third at 155), Chiawana’s Alanna Haney (fourth at 115) and Hermiston Macy Morgan (fourth at 235) also will wrestle in Tacoma.