Medical Lake's Austin Armstrong sits out on Jenkins Clayton Jeanneret during a bout at 170 pounds.
Medical Lake 132-pounder Mason Holt starts a spiral ride on Davenport wrestler Brendon Peters-Biggs.
SPOKANE VALLEY - On December 23, the Cardinal wrestling team competed in the Tri-County Tournament at Central Valley High School, and Aden Carl won first place in the 132-pound weight division.
In the 132 class, Medical Lake's Aden Carl went undefeated winning five matches and taking first place individually, and four of his wins were by pin.
Carl had wins by pin over Demzel Ekholm from Mead, Nicholas Carlson out of Chewelah, Hunter Hawk from Freeman High School, Owen Zitek from East Valley, and a decision win over Owen Prince from Liberty (Spangle).
Carl wasn't the only Cardinal to have a successful event.
In the 285 class, Medical Lake's Gavin Chaffee went 4-1 with four pins and winning the Consolation 1st match over Joah Anderson from Mt. Spokane and placing third overall. Chaffee beat Davenport's William Waters, Bradley Koonce from Cheney, and Benjamin Juarez from Mead to get into the consolation match.
However, Chaffee lost to Trenton Rowton from Hanford, eliminating him from the 285 championship match.
The Freshman heavy team continued to improve, which has been a goal for them. As a team Medical Lake finished 14th with a total of 45 points.
Hudson Raulston won a match and lost two during the meet finishing 1-2 in the 113-pound weight class.
Carson Buenzil finished 1-2 in the 138 class.
Cardinal Jonathan Sumerlin wrestled in the 145 class and went 1-2 with an injury default during his third match.
Clinton Zimmerman lost both of his matches in the 152 class, and Austin Armstrong had the same results in the 170-pound class.
Medical Lake will participate in the Winter Cup at Hanford on Dec. 29-30.
Matthew O. Stephens can be reached at [email protected]
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