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DAVENPORT-The local high school wrestlers got off to a successful 2022-23 start last weekend, picking up a win in the Gorilla Invitational Saturday, Dec. 3.
The boys were first amongst competition from Almira-Coulee/Hartline, Wilbur-Creston, Colfax, Kettle Falls, Selkirk, Kittitas-Thorp, Innovation, Lake Roosevelt, Liberty, Northwest Christian and Oroville.
Also competing for the first time this year were female wrestlers from Davenport. Freshmen Stormy Conway and Kayla Andrews took the mat, though girls results weren't available as of press time.
The boys picked up three first-place finishes en route to their team victory.
"We still have a lot of room to improve, which is exciting," head coach Matt Schneider said. "But these kids are tough, and they fight."
Davenport is back on the mat at the Brice Williams Invitational at Liberty High School in Spangle Saturday, Dec. 10.
Here are all the boys' results from last weekend.
120 lbs: Noah Everett lost to Dustin Strozyk of Wilbur-Creston by fall 2:38 and Kaden Strickler of Selkirk by fall 1:48 to finish fifth.
132 lbs: Brendon Peters-Biggs lost to Andrew Worden of Kettle Falls by fall 5:15 before forfeiting his next match with an injury.
132 lbs: Malachi Hoff defeated Harvest Parrish of ACH by fall 0:38 and Worden by fall 1:17 before losing to Wyatt Elias of Oroville by fall 4:00 to finish second.
160 lbs: River Crandall lost to Angel Villa of Kittitas by fall 2:00 and Brody Stewart of Kittitas by fall 3:39.
170 lbs: Brody Schillinger defeated Preston Michel of Wilbur-Creston by fall 3:41 and Mike Bauman of NWC by fall 3:24 to advance to the finals.
On the other side of the bracket, Matthew Wines defeated Simon Jones of Kittitas by major decision 15-4 and Riley Jones of Kettle Falls by fall 3:38. In the championship, Wines defeated Schillinger by fall 0:13.
Elsewhere in the 170 lb class, Solomon Holmberg fell to Jones by fall 0:40, defeated Tristan Vanarsdall of Selkirk by fall 2:29 and lost to Michel by fall 1:23.
195 lbs: Ryan Cash defeated Paul Stout of ACH by fall 1:37 and Thomas Sheeley of Kittitas by decision 8-4 before falling to John Pierce of ACH by major decision 12-4 to finish second.
Meanwhile, Brock Gustaveson fell to Pierce by fall 5:22 before beating Stout by fall 0:40. He then fell to Sheeley by decision 7-1 to finish fourth.
220 lbs: Sam Schneider defeated Terek Bush of Lake Roosevelt by fall 1:09 to finish first.
295 lbs: Skyler Conway defeated Tristen Burd of Colfax by fall 0:35, while John Bernardi beat Treven Houston of Wilbur-Creston by fall 1:54. In the finals, Bernardi defeated Conway by fall 1:54.
Drew Lawson is the editor of the Davenport Times. He is a graduate of Eastern Washington University.
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