FIFE — The Port Angeles wrestling team had eight wrestlers score points to take second out of 13 teams at Fife behind Sunnyside.
It was another strong finish for the Roughriders, who had been in fifth place most of the day but were able to power through and move up to finish second.
Leading the way was senior Nathan Cristion, who claimed a tournament championship at 189 pounds with a pin victory.
Josh Basden (103 pounds) and Daniel Jenkins (285) each reached the title match in their weight class before bowing out and taking second.
Ozzy Swagerty (119), Andrew Symonds (140), Kacee Garner (152), Brian Cristion (171) and Zach Grall (215) each placed third.
Jacob Dostie (215) took fifth.
The Riders are next at Port Townsend on Thursday at 5 p.m.
FORKS GETS SEVENTH
The Forks Spartans placed in three weight classes but couldn’t finish with any with any champions at the Fife tournament.
That landed them in seventh place.
“We are pretty inexperienced,” Forks coach Bob Wheeler said.
Cutter Grahn placed second in the 125 weight class, while Dayne House took second in the 130 and Tyler Cortani third at 135.
Forks showed up to a tough tournament as the only 1A high school attending.
Forks will next travel to Rochester for its next match on Wednesday at 6 p.m.
SEQUIM GETS 13TH
BLAINE — The Wolves competed at the Battle at the Border wrestling tournament, finishing 13 out of 20 teams with six wrestlers placing.
“It was good exposure to a lot of teams from the north end,” Sequim coach Len Borchers said. “We were fortunate to have guys medaling.”
Dakota Hinton took third in the 171 division to lead the Wolves.
Emilio Perete-Colin was fifth at 215 and Clay Charlie fifth at 285.
Austin Middleton in the 130, Winston Babb in the 140 and Chris Falkey in the 189 all finished seventh.
Sequim improved from last year’s 18th-place finish.
The Wolves travel to Olympic on Tuesday for their next match.
