Kentwood splits duals, Tahoma keeps winning | Wrestling

Colton Marlowe and Sean Farr continue to dominate for Kentlake on the wrestling mat.

Colton Marlowe and Sean Farr continue to dominate for Kentlake on the wrestling mat.

In both duals last week, Marlowe won the 145 pound weight class by pin, while Farr beat Brandyn Bangsund of Kentwood on Jan. 11 in a technical fall thanks to a series of aggressive shots and work on the mat. Farr followed that up by beating Tilden Sansom of Auburn on Jan. 12.

Kentlake lost both dual meets, however, falling 46-21 to Kentwood and 42-33 to Auburn.

Dalton Meyers, a sophomore from Kentwood who went to state a year ago, beat Kentlake’s Josh Beckler 6-1.

Beckler bounced back in the 132 pound weight class the next night with a pin of Auburn’s Bailey Minnar with just a few seconds left in the first period.

Kevin Rodriguez had a similar experience in the 138 pound class, losing 12-0 to Kentwood’s Logan Bearss, then turning around and pinning Auburn’s Christian Loomis the next evening.

Kentwood’s Jonathan Ohashi, a senior who also plays football for the Conquerors, put together an 11-3 decision over Kentlake’s Matt Nutting on Jan. 11 at 160.

In the 170 pound class, Josh Boekelman of Kentwood beat Chad Johnnie.

At 185, Quinton Trihn, a junior, pinned Hayden Lasher of Kentlake at the end of the second period.

Jon Yarbrough put together an 11-2 victory over Kentwood’s Kyle Capperauld at 195. He followed that up on Jan. 12 with a pin of Stephen Heinze of Auburn.

Kentlake’s Dylan Beale made up for an off night at Kentwood, where he was pinned by Matthew Herrick in the 285 pound match, with a pin in 1 minute, 39 seconds, of Charlie Simms from Auburn.

Walker Meyers, a freshman, put his stamp on the evening for Kentwood with a pin halfway through the second period of Kentlake’s Aa Saeturn at 120 pounds.

Conor Berlin, another freshman Conk, put together a 9-1 decision over Kentlake’s Nick Smith.

Tahoma, meanwhile, crushed Kentwood on Jan. 12 with a 48-12 victory.

Walker Meyers provided a highlight for the Conks with a 58 second pin over the Bears’ Colton Jackson at 106.

Ohashi’s momentum continued as put together a 5-3 decision at 160 against his Tahoma opponent, Chris McElroy.

Matthew Herrick defeated Tahoma’s Edwin Torres, 4-0, at 285.

Meanwhile, Todd Link beat Conor Berlin at 113, Tim Whitehead pinned Scott Willis at 120, Jesse Vaughan beat Abriel Rodriguez 17-7, Stephen Hopkins beat Jamiel Jackson 12-7 at 138, Joey Palmer put away Bearss, 13-3 at 145, followed by Tanner Mjelde’s 35 second pin of Bangsund at 152.

At 170 Garrett Autrey pinned Boekelman with just seconds remaining in the second period followed by Austin Perry’s 6-2 win over Trihn at 182.

Matt Hopkins pinned Capperauld in the second period at 195.

Aaron Davis squared off against a familiar opponent in Visa Thach. Both played football in the fall. Davis won 14-5 at 195.

Tahoma traveled for a double dual against Mount Rainier at Auburn Riverside on Wednesday night. Kentlake hosted Kentridge and Thomas Jefferson while Kentwood played hosted to Kent-Meridian and Auburn. All double duals this week were after the Reporter’s press deadline.

Also, Tahoma’s planned non-league dual against South Puget Sound League 3A power Enumclaw which was scheduled for Thursday has been rescheduled for Jan. 27, at Tahoma. The teams will duel in the Battle for the Bone.

The SPSL 4A North regular season wraps up Wednesday, Jan. 25, with Tahoma traveling to Auburn, Kentlake hosting Auburn Riverside and Kentridge at Kent-Meridian. Kentwood has the night off. All matches start at 7:30 p.m.