Wrestlers named to All-CWAC team
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OTHELLO — Othello boys wrestling coach Rudy Ochoa II was named Coach of the Year in the Class 2A Central Washington Athletic Conference for the second consecutive year. It was Ochoa’s third Coach of the Year award. Othello, Quincy and Ephrata wrestlers were named to the CWAC all-league team.
First team
Othello: Daniel Gonzalez, junior, 120 pounds; Anthony Solorio, senior, 215 pounds.
Second team
Othello: Mason Russell, junior, 132 pounds; Jeremiah Flores, senior, 138 pounds; Camilo Mendez III, junior, 150 pounds; Parker Freeman, 157 pounds; Mason Perez, senior, 285 pounds.
Quincy: Alejandro Barajas, 190 pounds.
Honorable mention
Othello: Xavier Mendez, freshman, 106 pounds; Armoni Zuniga-Mendez, sophomore, 144 pounds.
Ephrata: Dominic Fuhrman, senior, 132 pounds; Payton Woods-Hartt, junior, 215 pounds.
Quincy: Julian Silvas, 175 pounds.
Camilo Mendez III was one of nine Othello wrestlers named to the all-league team in the Central Washington Athletic Conference.ARTICLES BY CHERYL SCHWEIZER
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