Wrestlers take second at Wesco 4A District Championships
Published on Tue, Feb 7, 2012 by BY ALAN SOLER | CONTRIBUTING WRITERRead More High School
Lake Stevens District placers:
Champions:
126lbs Eric Soler
138lbs Kinsey Johnson
182lbs Ryan Ollilges
285lbs Brandon Johnson
2nd Place:
132lbs Mic Majors
3rd Place:
106lbs Alex Rodorigo
4th Place:
106lbs Tyler Headland
113lbs Zack Cunningham
145lbs Austin Gershmel
5th Place:
126lbs Casey Walkley
220lbs Shaquille Reed
6th Place:
120lbs Nick Parker
132lbs Bryan Eason
145lbs Logan Johnson
160lbs Blake Sander
195lbs Anthony Thees
Team scores
1. Snohomish 404.0; 2. Lake Stevens 305.0; 3. Edmonds-Woodway 237.5; 4. Stanwood 214.0; 5. Marysville-Pilchuck 202.5; 6. Arlington 161.0; 7. Kamiak 145.0; 8. Cascade 137.0; 9. Jackson 78.0; 10. Mariner 71.5; 11. Monroe 63.0
The Lake Stevens wrestling team’s streak of consecutive district championships ended at 12 this weekend as the Vikings came in second to Snohomish at this year’s Wesco 4A district tournament.
Champions:
126lbs Eric Soler
138lbs Kinsey Johnson
182lbs Ryan Ollilges
285lbs Brandon Johnson
2nd Place:
132lbs Mic Majors
3rd Place:
106lbs Alex Rodorigo
4th Place:
106lbs Tyler Headland
113lbs Zack Cunningham
145lbs Austin Gershmel
5th Place:
126lbs Casey Walkley
220lbs Shaquille Reed
6th Place:
120lbs Nick Parker
132lbs Bryan Eason
145lbs Logan Johnson
160lbs Blake Sander
195lbs Anthony Thees
Team scores
1. Snohomish 404.0; 2. Lake Stevens 305.0; 3. Edmonds-Woodway 237.5; 4. Stanwood 214.0; 5. Marysville-Pilchuck 202.5; 6. Arlington 161.0; 7. Kamiak 145.0; 8. Cascade 137.0; 9. Jackson 78.0; 10. Mariner 71.5; 11. Monroe 63.0
This is only the second time since 1991 that the Vikings haven’t won the district tournament. The Vikings were left short handed at the start of the tournament when two of their top seeded wrestlers, Dakota Reynolds (113 lbs.) and Jesse Peterson (120 lbs.) failed to make weight knocking them out of the tournament.
Reynolds, a senior and two time state qualifier was ranked third in state while Peterson, a junior and state finalist last season was ranked second in the state.
The Vikings finished with four individual champions to Snohomish’s three however 22 of Snohomish’s 28 wrestlers finished in the top eight, which score team points, while only 16 of Lake’s 22 wrestlers placed high enough to score team points.
The Vikings were unable to match the Panther’s depth and lost 405-305.
Lake Stevens’ four District Champions were Eric Soler (126 lbs.), Kinsey Johnson (138 lbs.), Ryan Olliges (182 lbs.) and Brandon Johnson (285 lbs.).
The top five placers in each weight class at districts move on to next weekend’s Regional Championships with the sixth place finishers wrestling a pigtail match against the third place finisher from the Greater St. Helen’s League to get into the Regional Championships to be held at Cavelero Mid High on Saturday, February 11.
Lake Stevens advances 16 wrestlers to Regionals
