State Wrestling tournament - Day 1

At the end of the first day of wrestling at the 2014 Mat Classic, the boys team of 7 wrestlers is in 22nd place out of 53 schools with 19 points.  The current leader is Decatur with 62 points.

Stanwood is 12th with 29 points and Wesco North and Region 1 champion Ferndale is 16th with 24 points.  Pilchuck 18th with 22 points, Everett 35th.  Of the 12 Metro schools that Oak Harbor faced in the Region 1 meet, only Bainbridge (7) and Eastside Catholic (6) have scored any points at all.  Blanchet, O'Dea, Franklin, Nathan Hale and Lakeside have 0, while West Seattle, Ingraham, Rainier Beach and Cleveland did not qualify any wrestlers for the state meet.

Individual results:

113 lbs - Christian Bertram lost his first match to Almaguer of Kamiakin by fall in 2:55, then won his 2nd match 8-2 over Miles of Timberline. In his 3rd match, Christian lost 5-4 of Llarenas of Hanford. 

132 lbs - Jeremy Vester won his first match 9-2 over McPherson of Peninsula, the lost 10-7 to Gooldy of Kamiakin. Jeremy won his 3rd match 8-1 over Daurie of Pilchuck to stay alive.  His next match is tomorrow at 10:20am.

138 lbs - Jahleel Vester beat Larsen of Kennedy Catholic by pin in 2:59 in the first round, then beat Bondurant of Mt. Spokane 9-0 in the 2nd.  His next match is tomorrow at 10:30am.

152 lbs - Mark Johnston won by pin in 4:16 in the first round, beating Oliferovskiy of Mountlake Terrace, then lost to top see Metzger of Hudson's Bay by pin.  In round 3, Mark lost 12-3 to Fend from Enumclaw.

195lbs - Jacob Dugin lost his first match, getting pinned by Condon of Mercer Island with just 30 seconds remaining in the match.  In his second match, he was pinned by Stolz of Peninsula.

220lbs - Ray Quinday lost his opener, pinned by Calvert of Kennewick, then beat Lesar from Kennedy Catholic 5-1. Ray lost his 3rd match to Surita of Southridge by pin.

285lbs - Jackson Constant got pinned early by Fifita of Glacier Peak in his first match, then lost to Starks of Peninsula by injury default.

For the girls, Amber Cramsey-Behnke got pinned by Contreras of Warden late in the first match, but came back to pin Fruh of North Beach in just 23 seconds.  In her 3rd match, Amber beat #5 ranked Munoz of Highline 4-0.  Her next match is tomorrow at 11:50.