Three Cheney girls also reach podium
RICHLAND – With flu affecting the Liberty girls wrestling team, only Kariay Stobel made the trip to the Varsity Girls Winter Cup at Hanford High School.
Wrestling at 140 pounds, she made the most of the trip, winning the gold medal and a pair of Winter Cup shorts.
Strobel, a senior from Fairfield, pinned all of her opponents en route to the title.
She pinned Marlen Eiaz of Tonasket in 43 seconds to open the tournament. She then pinned Emma Beltran of Sunnyside in 54 seconds to reach the semifinals.
Strobel pinned Victoria Garcia of Wapato in 53 seconds to reach the finals.
In the championship, Strobel pinned Jaslene Gonzalez of Kennewick in 3:21 to claim the 140-pound title.
Strobel may have been the only Lancer in the varsity girls division, but she wasn’t the only area wrestler competing.
Three Cheney girls also competed – Jennifer Tian at 110, Jalisca Holmgren at 125 and Ireland Chodorowski at 145.
Holmgren led the Blackhawks with a second-place finish. Tian finished fourth and Chodorowski made the podium in sixth.
Holmgren opened the tournament with pins over Bailey Holycross of Goldendale in 29 seconds and Matty Gigueroa of Chiawana in 58 seconds.
In the semfinals, she won a 7-4 decision over Delaney Rush of Kennewick to reach the title bout.
In that match, she was pinned by Lexi Gideon of Southridgte in 2:32 to finish second.
In other Cheney girls matches:
110 pounds – Tian pinned Adrielle Sabala of Chiawana in 3:31 and then Sharon Arroyo of Royal in 2:25 to reach the semfinals, where she was pinned by Crystal Perez of Quincy in 4:27. In the wrestlebacks, Tian won an 8-5 decision over Savannah Taylor of Rogers to reach the bout for third place. In that match, she was pinned again by Arroyo in 4:12 to finish fourth.
145 pounds – Chodorowski was pinned in her opening match by Brynnlee Beck of Chiawana in 1:19. After the loss, she received a bye and then pinned Emily Shiles of Tonasket in 2:00 and Emma Flippo of Walla Walla in 2:03. She then faced Beck again, losing by pin in 2:03. In the match for fifth place, she was pinned by Sophia Zesati of Sunnyside in 12 seconds to finish sixth.
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