GALLERY: 2024 Mat Classic
IAN BIVONA | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 2 years, 7 months AGO
Moses Lake senior Ashley Naranjo holds up three fingers in each of her hands after winning her third straight state championship at the 3A/4A Girls Mat Classic in Tacoma.
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Quincy junior Saidt Alvarez, left, took third in the 1A Boys 113-pound class.
Ephrata senior Kadie McMullen, foreground, placed fourth in the 2A/1A/B Girls 145-pound class.
Othello sophomore Mason Russell, background, pins his opponent during a match at the 2A Boys Mat Classic in Tacoma.
Royal sophomore Shea Stevenson, right, attempts to take down his opponent in the 1A Boys 150-pound semifinals.
Almira/Coulee-Hartline senior Everett Wood, top, placed fourth in the 1B/2B Boys 157-pound class.
Ephrata senior Alex Guitterez, right, took fifth in the 2A Boys 120-pound class at the Mat Classic in Tacoma.
Moses Lake sophomore Reese Prescott, background, reached the 3A/4A Girls finals for the second consecutive season.
Quincy junior Alondra Cordova, left, wrestles against Warden senior Brianalee Martinez Saturday at the Mat Classic in Tacoma.
Ian Bivona serves as the Columbia Basin Herald’s sports reporter and is a graduate of Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. He enjoys the behind-the-scenes stories that lead up to the wins and losses of the various sports teams in the Basin. Football is his favorite sport, though he likes them all, and his favorite team is the Jets. He lives in Soap Lake with his cat, Honey. | February 19, 2024 2:21 PM
TACOMA — Congratulations to all the wrestlers from across the Basin who qualified for last week’s Mat Classic, and to the 37 state placers who reached the podium Saturday. Each year, athletes from throughout the Columbia Basin make our community proud of them for their hard work, dedication, team spirit and work ethic.
Quincy junior Saidt Alvarez, left, took third in the 1A Boys 113-pound class.
Ephrata senior Kadie McMullen, foreground, placed fourth in the 2A/1A/B Girls 145-pound class.
Othello sophomore Mason Russell, background, pins his opponent during a match at the 2A Boys Mat Classic in Tacoma.
Royal sophomore Shea Stevenson, right, attempts to take down his opponent in the 1A Boys 150-pound semifinals.
Almira/Coulee-Hartline senior Everett Wood, top, placed fourth in the 1B/2B Boys 157-pound class.
Ephrata senior Alex Guitterez, right, took fifth in the 2A Boys 120-pound class at the Mat Classic in Tacoma.
Moses Lake sophomore Reese Prescott, background, reached the 3A/4A Girls finals for the second consecutive season.
Quincy junior Alondra Cordova, left, wrestles against Warden senior Brianalee Martinez Saturday at the Mat Classic in Tacoma.ARTICLES BY IAN BIVONA
Moses Lake boys qualify eight, girls send 11 to Mat Classic
MOSES LAKE -- Nineteen total Mavericks qualified to wrestle at the upcoming Mat Classic, with the Moses Lake girls team qualifying 11 wrestlers and the boys team sending eight wrestlers to the Tacoma Dome. The Moses Lake boys took second at districts, scoring 214.5 points at the tournament. Sunnyside won the district tournament with 278.5 points.
Basin wrestlers bound for state after districts
MOSES LAKE – District tournaments were held across the state on Friday and Saturday, where boys and girls wrestlers punched their tickets into next week’s Mat Classic in Tacoma.
Mavs defeat Sunnyside, finish third in league
Moses Lake enters districts with confidence as regular season fades
MOSES LAKE – The Mavericks closed out the regular season with a trip to Sunnyside on Thursday night, coming out on top of a closely contested game with a 67-66 win over the Grizzlies. “They’ve been playing better, scoring more,” Head Coach Craig Groth said. “We’ve been doing a little bit better job on defense in certain situations and winning games leading up to that. Even games we haven’t won, we’ve been in really close games. Our confidence is really good right now, we felt great going into the game.”