WRESTLING
Wolverines win KingCo tourney
The Bellevue Wolverines wrestling team is peaking at the right time.
Bellevue finished the regular season with an undefeated dual meet record of 6-0. The Wolverines captured first place at the Class 3A KingCo district wrestling tourney with a total of 241 team points on Feb. 7 in Bellevue.
Mercer Island finished in second place with a total of 226 points.
Wolverines grapplers winning individual titles in their weight classes consisted of Brennan Holmes (106), Christian Villani (152) and Alec Palander (220). Bellevue wrestlers earning second place were Aidan Robinson (120), Garrett Williams (145) and John Mancuso (170). Clayton Peloquin (126), Zach England (195), Jimmy Spiegel (160) and Zavier Powe (220) collected third place finishes. Leland Seiver (106), Cole Ransom (113), Nick Luera (120) and Cameron Peloquin (138) captured fourth place in their weight division. Ander Robinson (145) placed fifth in his weight class.
Saints takes third at district tourney
A multitude of Interlake Saints wrestlers rose to the occasion at the Class 3A KingCo district wrestling tournament on Feb. 7 in Bellevue. The Saints captured third place at the tourney, finishing with a total of 187 team points.
Kenny Hoang (120) and Brandon Gim (126) collected first place finishes. Albert Chen (113), Jon Palgashvili (190) and David Khanatyev (285) captured second place. Saints grapplers nabbing third place in their weight divisions were Aidan Campana (120), Cole Manchester (126) and Vamsi Anam (170). Devansh Dwivedy (132) and Vivek Bangalore (145) finished in fourth place. Jared Sheneman (132) and Lucas Varlea (152) earned sixth place finishes.
Newport performs well at districts
The Newport Knights may have finished in eighth place as a team at the Class 4A KingCo wrestling tournament on Feb. 7 in Issaquah, but that didn’t deter the Knights from having a wide array of stalwart performances across the board.
Diego Dwyer (126) captured second place at the tourney. Humza Talat (152) and Nolan Richardson (220) tallied third place finishes. Logan Anderson (195) nabbed a fifth place showing while David Zobel (113), Andrew Coyle (145) and Jin Choi (152) attained sixth place in their respective weight classes.
