VASHON — East Jefferson’s Grady White won in the 157-pound weight class at The Rock Wrestling Invitational this weekend on Vashon Island.
White, ranked No. 10 in the state, pinned the No. 11-ranked wrestler, Ben Howard of Montesano to win the title.
”Grady was locked in all day. He’s been working hard all year and was motivated to win that title,” said coach Stephen Grimm.
East Jefferson’s Manaseh Lanphear Ramirez also made it to the championship match, taking second at 150 pounds.
”He also wrestled quick and smooth all day. [He] ended up coming up short against the No. 1 state ranked 1A wrestler Myles Christian from Lakeside in a competitive matchup,” Grimm said. “This was a great opportunity for us to compare ourselves to the best 1A kids in the state. The semifinals and finals at almost every weight was full of state-ranked kids. I think Grady and Manaseh proved they belonged with the best and have the ability to beat the best.”
The East Jefferson girls wrestled at the Hawkins Memorial Tournament at North Mason High School with two first-place finishes and two seconds.
Savvy Grimm came in first at 105 pounds, while Gracee Liske was first at 120. Making it to their championship matches and finishing second were Lenore Geeland at 145 and Ursula Schmidt at 155.
Forks Girls
HOQUIAM — The Forks girls got three weight champions, five wrestlers in championship matches and finished fourth as a team at the Grizzly Stocking Stuffer in Hoquiam this weekend.
Winning their weight classes were Flora Horejsi at 105. She beat her teammate Kinley Rondeau in the championship match in a forfeit.
Lillianna Galeana as first at 110 pounds. She took the championship with a pin over Daisy Vessey of Aberdeen. Peyton Johnson took first at 125 in a hard-fought sudden victory over teammate Jade Blair.
Larayne Blair made it to the championship match and took second at 130 pounds.
Forks finished with 91 points. Aberdeen won the event with 189.5 points.
Forks, Sequim boys
VASHON — The Forks and Sequim boys also wrestled at The Rock with Spartans Jon Parker Jr. (190 pounds) and Avery Greene (285 pounds) each taking sixth.
Sequim didn’t place any boys, but Aiden Glenn at 175 pounds won two matches with pins and earned seven points.
Port Angeles boys
BELFAIR — The Port Angeles boys wrestling team competed at the North Mason Classic with Oliver Martinez at 175 pounds having the best showing, making it to the championship match and finishing second. He won two matches with a pin against teammate Ronan McGuire and a 16-1 technical fall against Jayse Gasca of North Mason.
Port Angeles’ Thomas Woods was fourth at 132 pounds and Tre Hannan was sixth at 175.
