High school wrestling state championships to be held at the Tacoma Dome this week
Paul Valencia
ClarkCountyToday.com
The Prairie Falcons have recent history.
The Prairie Falcons have present-day momentum, too.
And the Prairie Falcons are ready to fly high in the Tacoma Dome this week at Mat Classic.
Oh, they won’t be alone for the state championships of high school wrestling. In all, 92 boys and girls wrestlers from Clark County schools, including Woodland, are in the state championship brackets. That does not include the many alternates, hoping to be called into action.
A year ago, Clark County celebrated three individual state champions. One graduated. The other two are back, representing Prairie.
Faith Tarrant is 28-0 this season, hoping to win her second consecutive girls state championship.
She is also looking for a first. Well, in a way.
Girls wrestling, growing for ages, took a huge step this season with wrestling administrators in the state. The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association has added one more classification to girls wrestling.
In the past, it was one class for all girls, regardless of the size of their schools.
This year, there will be a larch-school bracket — for Classes 4A and 3A — and a small-school bracket for 2A, 1A, and below.
A year ago, Tarrant stunned the dome with her state championship run. A freshman at the time, and back in the sport for the first time in three years, she started slow that seaon. Oh, but what a finish.
This year? She is the clear No. 1 going into Mat Classic with a 28-0 record in her 235-pound weight class. She is also ranked No. 1 by the Washington Wrestling Report.
Alex Ford went into state last year ranked fifth by the report. He acknowledged he wasn’t really sure he could win it all … until he did.
This year, he has had to bounce back from injuries sustained during football season. But he won a regional championship last week and he heads into the Class 3A 170-pound bracket ranked No. 2 by the WWR.
Prairie getting announced as a winner at regionals was a common theme. In all, four boys and Tarrant claimed individual regional titles. Joining Ford as regional champs were Amir Lisichenko at 145 pounds, Mason Frei and 160, and Seth Blick at 195.
In all, nine Prairie boys qualified for Class 3A state, the most among Clark County programs.
The Camas boys have eight in the 4A bracket. Mountain View has eight boys in the 3A bracket. And Washougal leads the way with eight boys in the 2A bracket. The Panthers also qualified three girls, giving the school 11 representatives.
In Class 1A, La Center is sending four boys to state, and all four of them are on winning streaks. Malachi Wallway, ranked No. 2 by WWR at 120 pounds, Aidan Watson (126 pounds), Isaac Chromey (152), and Lane Roberts (220) all won regional championships last week.
Mat Classic, which holds the state tournaments in ever classification under one roof — the Tacoma Dome — starts Friday and concludes Saturday.
Below is a list of the 92 wrestlers from Clark County schools. Two wrestlers from Clark County are ranked No. 1 by the Washington Wrestling Report: Tarrant of Prairie and JJ Schoenlein of Skyview.
For more information on Mat Classic, go to the WIAA’s wrestling page at: https://wiaa.com/subcontent.aspx?SecID=319
Boys Wrestling
(Top-4 rankings from Washington Wrestling Report in parentheses)
(Regional Champions noted)
Class 4A
Camas:
113: Kian Athen
120: Alec Fraser
152: Beau Harlan
160: Simon Jarrell (4); Olajuwon Sobomehin
170: Jackson Lougen (3)
182: Omar Shaheen
195: Elliott Scott
Skyview
106: Keegan Faust; Jaxon McAtee
138: Owen Pritchard (2)
170: JJ Schoenlein (1) (2023 Regional Champion)
Union
132: Noah Koyama (2) (2023 Regional Champion)
182: Alexander Olson
220: Clayton Maus
285: Kayden Miller
Class 3A
Evergreen
113: Isaac Miller
126: Kenyon Boyer
145: Felix Estrada
220: Makhi Miller
Heritage
182: Isaiah James
195: Tate Steinbach; Jaidin Compton
285: Austin Steinbach (2023 Regional Champion)
Mountain View
120: Joseph Wiessman
132: Jeffrey Chilson (2023 Regional Champion)
138: Kingston McPherson
152: Nathan Wadleigh (2023 Regional Champion)
170: Elijah Mar
182: Hector Hernandez
195: Rylan Reinebach
220: Ayden Denbo
Prairie
106: Alex Ovando
113: James Stager
126: Evan Sturdivant
138: Nicholas Crousore
145: Amir Lisichenko (2023 Regional Champion)
152: Malik Horne
160: Mason Frei (4) (2023 Regional Champion)
170: Alex Ford (2) (2023 Regional Champion) (Defending State Champion)
195: Seth Blick (2023 Regional Champion)Â
Class 2A
Columbia River
106: Aidan Deeney
145: Tennyson Kurtz (4)
152: Gage Newman (2023 Regional Champion)
160: Jacob Boothe
182: Keller Lake
Hockinson
106: Liam McKee
132: Jacob McKee (2023 Regional Champion)
Hudson’s Bay
182: Joey Cantrell
195: Talan Guerrero
Ridgefield
120: Lance Draper
126: Mason Townsend
195: Cota Stover (2023 Regional Champion)
Washougal
113: Brody Davis
126: Royce Jones
132: Grady Liezert
145: Ben Johanson
160: Ryan Langston (3) (2023 Regional Champion); Garrett Lees
170: Isaac Gil
285: Jose Alvarez-Cruze
Woodland
138: Mason Rickard
220: Logan Busig
Class 1A
King’s Way Christian
138: Ashton Baker (2023 Regional Champion)
182: Jasper Armstrong
La Center
120: Malachi Wallway (2) (2023 Regional Champion)
126: Aidan Watson (2023 Regional Champion)
152: Isaac Chromey (2023 Regional Champion
220: Lane Roberts (2023 Regional Champion)
Seton Catholic
120: Joshua Kutch
Girls
Class 4A/3A Girls
Battle Ground
100: Isabel Brown
Camas
125: Reagan Fallon-Small (4)
140: Addie Wunderli
190: Avery Vega Padilla
Mountain View
100: Esther Hernandez Perez
120: Kamaile Taisacan
Prairie
170: Aaliyah Young (3)
235: Faith Tarrant (1) (2023 Regional Champion) (Ddefending State Champion)
Skyview
190: Madysin Cardens
235: Symaran Sivaivai
Union
125: Niah Cassidy (2) (2023 Regional Champion)
130: Janessa O’Connell (3)
190: Virginia Thomason (2023 Regional Champion); Ahmiya Brox
Class 2A/1A Girls
Hockinson
125: Teagan Trenda (2023 Regional Champion)
Hudson’s Bay
105: Maritza Sanchez (2023 Regional Champion)
La Center
100: Leah Wallway
Washougal
130: Kiersten Lees (2023 Regional Champion)
140: Adrienne Locke
145: Aliyha Vargas
Woodland
110: Jersey O’Neill;
Couly McReynolds
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