Three defending state champions from the region are in the brackets
It is championship week.
State championship week.
Or, in this state, for this sport, two powerful words: Mat Classic.
Once again, Washington will celebrate the sport with the best of the best from all classifications, under one roof.
Or dome, if you prefer.
The Tacoma Dome will host Mat Classic XXXII on Friday and Saturday, and Clark County will have 82 wrestlers representing their schools, this region.
Washougal has the most qualified. The Panthers got 10 to the Class 2A boys state tournament, and six to the girls bracket.
(In Washington, there are six wrestling classifications: 4A, 3A, 2A, 1A, and 2B/1B for boys, and Girls all compete in one class.)
Union has the most boys in Class 4A, with seven qualifiers. Camas has six boys going to the dome.
Prairie has the most boys in 3A with eight.
And leading the region in 1A is La Center, with six wrestlers on to state.
Below is the list of all 82 wrestlers from Clark County school, along with notes for those ranked in the top four as well as defending state champions. Rankings are from the Washington Wrestling Report. The Class 4A rankings were posted Sunday. All others rankings are prior to the regional tournaments.
CLASS 4A
CAMAS (7):
106: Craig Porter
126: Devin Padilla
160: Gideon Malychewski (Won state at 170 last year; ranked second in Class 4A at 160 this season)
170: Dominic Fujihara
195: Jacques Badolato-Birdsell (Ranked No. 4 in 4A)
220: Colby Stoller (Ranked No. 3 in 4A)
Girls 190: Autumn Aho
HERITAGE (2):
113: Israel Gonzalez
160: Alex Newberry
SKYVIEW (2):
Girls 155: Jordan Mann
Girls 235: Jaelyn Sayler
UNION (10):
106: Spencer Needham
120: Dylan Jimenez
126: Ryan Esperto
138: Andres Nicacio
145: Calvin Bahl
170: Kyle Brosius (Ranked No. 1 in 4A this season)
220: Levi Harms (Ranked No. 2 in 4A)
Girls 120: Alejandra Ayers
Girls 125: Riley Aamold (Ranked No. 3)
Girls 155: Nevaeh Cassidy (Ranked No. 3)
CLASS 3A
EVERGREEN (2):
145: Denny Roa (Ranked No. 2 in 3A)
160: Brayden Franklin
FORT VANCOUVER (1):
220: Bryant Coronel
HUDSON’S BAY (4):
160: Camden Courtney
195: Malek Mabrouk
195: Hayden DeGrandpre
Girls 135: Allison Blaine (Two-time defending state champion; ranked No. 1)
MOUNTAIN VIEW (5):
113: Hunter Brown
126: Edward Jones
132: Noah Messman (Ranked No. 1 in 3A)
182: V.A. Ili (Ranked No. 4 in 3A)
Girls 170: Katelyn Cera
PRAIRIE (9):
106: Malachi Wallway
120: Noah Larsen
120: Lucas Lyle
126: James Daniels
138: Jason Wilcox (Ranked No. 2 in 3A)
170: Benjamin Matson (Ranked No. 4 in 3A)
182: Easton Lane
285: Brody Schlaefli (Ranked No. 4 in 3A)
Girls 235: Regan Schaefli
CLASS 2A
COLUMBIA RIVER (2):
132: Adam Deeney
170: Atticus Kurtz
HOCKINSON (2):
120: Colton Record
182: Cody Wheeler
RIDGEFIELD (6):
106: Justin Wilkins
145: Cohen Hutchinson
152: Cyle Workman
285: Matthew Kinswa
Girls 105: Uruwa Abe
Girls 110: Tyla Engrstrom
WASHOUGAL (16):
113: Luke Golphenee
120: Blake Mattern
126: Cole Pass
145: Aiden Kestner
152: Scott Lees (Ranked No. 2 in 2A)
160: Gus Shelley
170: Hayden Jones
182: Korben Modoc
195: Henry Jones
220: Bryce Williams
Girls 120: Aleksi Donahue
Girls 125: Melina Aguilar
Girls 130: Josalyn Ortiz
Girls 135: Ashley Garrison
Girls 145: Lacey Klopman
Girls 195: Vanessa Brooks
WOODLAND (4):
106: Gaige Pilot
106: Mason Rikard
113: Judeah Sanders
120: Josiah Sanders
CLASS 1A
KING’S WAY CHRISTIAN (1):
195: Tayler Shega (Ranked No. 4 in 1A)
LA CENTER (6):
106: Aidan Watson
132: Mitch France
138: Hunter Mallicoat
152: Austin Mattson
195: Clay Roberts
220: Miles Bacon
SETON CATHOLIC (3):
120: Paulo Vidales
145: Elijah Volk
152: CJ Hamblin (Defending state champion; ranked No. 1 in 1A)
