24 Columbia Basin wrestlers place at state
REBECCA PETTINGILL | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 3 years, 10 months AGO
Freshman Michael Gonzalez of Warden High School holds his opponent in a headlock during the WIAA Mat Classic XXXIII state tournament on Feb. 18 at the Tacoma Dome.
Rebecca Pettingill/Columbia Basin Herald
Quincy High School senior Shannon Workinger works to pin a Mount Baker wrestler on Feb. 18 at the WIAA Mat Classic XXXIII state tournament at the Tacoma Dome. Workinger took first place in the girls 170-pound weight class.
Moses Lake High School sophomore Ashley Dayana Naranjo, left, took on Othello High School senior Alexis Monday, right, in the championship round of the girls 115-pound weight class during the WIAA Mat Classic XXXIII state tournament on Feb. 19. Naranjo beat Monday, taking the state title.
Moses Lake High School junior Bianca Johnson, left, and sophomore Ashley Dayana Naranjo, right, pose together on the podium at the WIAA Mat Classic XXXIII state wrestling tournament on Feb. 19. Both took first in their respective weight classes.
TACOMA — Out of the nearly 40 wrestlers from the Columbia Basin that went to the WIAA Mat Classic XXXIII tournament at the Tacoma Dome over the weekend, 24 walked away with top-eight placements in their weight classes.
Of the 24 who placed, four took first place. Those four were sophomore Ashley Dayana Naranjo of Moses Lake High School, senior Shannon Workinger of Quincy High School, junior Bianca Johnson of Moses Lake High School and junior Alondra Morales of Royal High School.
For team scores, Quincy High School took 13th, Royal High School took 24th and Wahluke High School took 29th in the 1A category. Warden High School took 22nd in the 1B/2B category. Othello High School took 3rd and Ephrata High School tied for 25th in the 2A category.
Moses Lake High School took 6th, Royal High School took 9th, Ephrata High School took 16th and Othello High School took 17th in the girls category.
Top-eight finishers at state by weight class:
Girls 100 pounds
2nd place - senior Marysol Flores of Ephrata High School
Girls 115 pounds
1st place - sophomore Ashley Dayana Naranjo of Moses Lake High School
2nd place - senior Alexis Monday of Othello High School
6th place - sophomore Jada Hernandez of Warden High School
Girls 120 pounds
1st place - junior Bianca Johnson of Moses Lake High School
Girls 125 pounds
6th place - senior Gloria Ramirez of Quincy High School
Girls 140 pounds
1st place - junior Alondra Morales of Royal High School
8th place - sophomore Kadie Mcmullen of Ephrata High School
Girls 155 pounds
2nd place - sophomore Emma Villa of Royal High School
Girls 170 pounds
1st place - senior Shannon Workinger of Quincy High School
Boys 2A 106 pounds
3rd place - sophomore Isaac Campos of Othello High School
5th place - senior Victorino De La Cruz of Othello High School
Boys 2A 113 pounds
5th place - sophomore Marcos Zuniga of Othello High School
Boys 2A 132 pounds
7th place - junior Forrest Roylance of Othello High School
Boys 2A 152 pounds
3rd place - junior Hudson Sager of Ephrata High School
Boys 2A 170 pounds
4th place - senior Ethan Perez-Medina of Othello High School
Boys 2A 182 pounds
7th place - senior Alexis Espindola of Othello High School
Boys 2A 195 pounds
4th place - junior Terrill Freeman of Othello High School
Boys 2A 220 pounds
4th place - junior Josue Solorio of Othello High School
Boys 2A 285 pounds
2nd place - freshman Mason Perez of Othello High School
Boys 1A 106 pounds
5th place - freshman Saidt Alvarez of Quincy High School
Boys 1A 170 pounds
6th place - senior Kaleb Hernandez of Royal High School
Boys 1A 220 pounds
4th place - junior David Medina of Quincy High School
Boys 1A 285 pounds
5th place - senior Kevin Dominguez of Royal High School
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