Local high school wrestlers punched their tickets to the Tacoma Dome over the last couple of weeks as the Mat Classic state tournament kicks off on Thursday, Feb. 20.
The upcoming Mat Classic will be the largest tournament to date, as each weight class will have 64 wrestlers, up from 32 in previous years. The change came because, this year, there is no regional round. Instead, grapplers punched their tickets to state during district tournaments.
The number of wrestlers advancing in each weight class depended on the classification, however. The 4A classification districts saw the top two advance to state while other classes had the top three in each weight class move on. The class 1A district tournament sent the top four in each weight class to the state tournament.
4A Battle Ground
Brody Arbogast, girls, 125 pounds
Lorelei Brown, girls, 105 pounds
Clyde Cass, boys, 106 pounds
Emet Ordway, boys, 215 pounds
Isaiah Rogers, boys, 150 pounds
Zackery Motzkus, boys, 138 pounds
Andrew Gray, boys, 144 pounds
3A Prairie
Alex Ovando, boys, 120 pounds
James Stager, boys, 126 pounds
Tommie Vick, boys, 132 pounds
Kelan Jordan, boys, 138 pounds
Kaidyn Prue, boys, 138 pounds
Malik Horne, boys, 150 pounds
Evan Sturdivant, boys, 157 pounds
Christian Dealy, boys, 165 pounds
Nicholas Crousore, boys, 175 pounds
Skyler Dassinger, boys, 215 pounds
Nicholas Merritt, boys, 285 pounds
Christopher Simpson, boys, 285 pounds
Martina Cereijo Barral, girls, 135 pounds
Mira Thompson, girls, 170 pounds
Faith Tarrant, girls, 235 pounds
2A Hockinson
Wyatt Carter, boys, 150 pounds
Liam McKee, boys, 132 pounds
Jacob McKee, boys, 144 pounds
Jasper Armstrong, boys, 190 pounds
Austin Wallace, boys, 132 pounds
Colin Richardson, boys, 106 pounds
Connor Leibfried, boys, 126 pounds
Teagan Trenda, girls, 135 pounds
Olivia Archuleta, girls, 110 pounds
Abby Heuschkel, girls, 155 pounds
Faith Sjothun, girls, 190 pounds
Sophia Berezhnoy, girls, 130 pounds
2A Ridgefield
Lillian Hulegaard, girls, 120 pounds
Coco Hulse, girls, 140 pounds
Elizabeth Ibarra, girls, 145 pounds
Preston Hardy, boys, 120 pounds
Preston Javier, boys, 132 pounds
Rowen Pratt, boys, 150 pounds
Sage Mednick, boys, 157 pounds
Eddie Chamberlain, boys, 285 pounds
Zayne Martin, boys, 113 pounds
Cesar Solorio, boys, 126 pounds
Lance Draper, boys, 138 pounds
Nolan Carney, boys, 144 pounds
Landon Draper, boys, 165 pounds
Jacob Koch, boys, 175 pounds
2A Woodland
Merek Rickard, boys, 120 pounds
Mathis Johns, boys, 120 pounds
Marcellus Arevalo, boys, 157 pounds
Logan Busig, boys 285 pounds
Couly McReynolds, girls, 115 pounds
Viridianna Hernandez, girls, 130 pounds
Maia Taylor, girls, 135 pounds
Ysabella Baker, girls, 145 pounds
1A La Center
Hunter Shirley, boys, 106 pounds
Ian Kiever, boys, 113 pounds
Declan Bailey, boys, 120 pounds
Jack Glackler, boys, 132 pounds
Jett Johnson, boys, 138 pounds
Grady Cuthbert, boys, 144 pounds
Carson Garlington, boys, 144 pounds
Wyatt Ballard, boys, 150 pounds
Adrian Whited, boys, 150 pounds
Lincoln Taylor, boys, 157 pounds
Isaac Chromey, boys, 170 pounds
Tyson Grove, boys, 215 pounds
Wyatt Eiesland, boys, 285 pounds
