Wolverines win KingCo tournament

Prep sports roundup for the Bellevue region is unveiled

February 18, 2015 7:22 pm
The Bellevue Wolverines boys basketball team gathers together for a trophy presentation following their 65-47 victory against the Mercer Island Islanders in the Class 3A KingCo championship game on Feb. 12 at Bellevue College.
The Bellevue Wolverines boys basketball team gathers together for a trophy presentation following their 65-47 victory against the Mercer Island Islanders in the Class 3A KingCo championship game on Feb. 12 at Bellevue College.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Wolverines win KingCo tourney

The Bellevue Wolverines defeated the Mercer Island Islanders 65-47 in the Class 3A KingCo title game on Feb. 12 at Bellevue College. The Wolverines defeated the Eastside Catholic Crusaders 69-47 in the first round of the Class 3A Sea-King district boys basketball tourney on Feb. 17 at Bellevue College.

Totems defeat Vikings

The Sammamish Totems defeated the North Kitsap Vikings 73-52 in a loser-out Class 2A district playoff game on Feb. 17 at Foss High School in Tacoma. Sammamish faced Lindbergh in a loser-out game on Feb. 19. As of press time, results of this contest were unavailable.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Bellevue Christian cruises

The Bellevue Christian Vikings defeated Coupeville 50-33 in the Class 1A Tri-District tournament on Feb. 16 in Sumner.

Bellevue wins KingCo hoops

The Bellevue Wolverines registered a 56-32 win against the Juanita Rebels in the Class 3A KingCo championship game on Feb. 12 at Bellevue College. The Wolverines cruised to a 62-43 victory against Lakeside in the first round of the Class 3A Sea-King district tourney on Feb. 17 at Bellevue College.

WRESTLING

Villani wins regional title

Bellevue Wolverines 152-pound grappler Christian Villani earned a first-place finish at the Class 3A Region IV tournament in Kelso on Feb. 14. Villani pinned Columbia River’s Larry Anderson in just 44 seconds in the championship match. John Mancuso (170), Zach England (195) and Alec Palander (220) registered fifth-place finishes at the tourney as well.

Newport grapplers place

Newport Knights wrestler Nolan Richardson (220) captured fourth place and Humza Talat (152) finished in fifth place at the Class 4A Region II tournament in Kenmore on Feb. 14.

Vikings perform well

The Bellevue Christian Vikings wrestling team put together a strong performance at the Class 1A Region I tournament at Meridian High School in Bellingham. Alex Irizarry (170) captured second place, Michael Dougherty (170) nabbed third place, Daniel Burnett (113) and Christian Miller (195) earned fourth place and Tyler Aguirre (152), Scott Graves (160) and Garrett Olerud (182) tallied fifth place finishes.