PREP WRESTLING: Lakeland second, Coeur d'Alene fifth at Inland Empire

SPOKANE VALLEY — Lakeland’s Larry Johnson (138 pounds) and Jared Walker (195) brought home individual titles to help the Hawks finish second in the 20-team Inland Empire Classic on Saturday at Central Valley High.

“The kids battled hard,” said Lakeland coach Rob Edelblute, whose team celebrated its highest finish at the event since winning the team title in 1989. “It was a tough tournament and everyone left everything on the mat out there. It was great to see them step up and just how much they’ve matured over the last year.”

Alex Edelblute (106) and William Edelblute were runners-up in their respective classes for Lakeland, which finished with 178.5 points. Mead won the the tournament with 252.

“There was some really close matches,” coach Edelblute said. “If they do well here, they’ll do well in our state tournament.”

Casey Randles (195) and Alex Marshall (220) were also champions for Coeur d’Alene, which finished fifth with 121.5 points.

“We were down three guys, so to place fifth with 11 guys, I thought we competed really well,” Coeur d’Alene coach Jeff Moffat said. “Casey is just a machine and was attacking non-stop and never really gave his guy a chance to rest. Alex continued to get better as the tournament went on. He’s a big, strong kid and he’s making his way there.”

Coeur d’Alene, Lake City and Kellogg will wrestle at Lakeland on Wednesday.

Most teams from the Inland Empire Classic will compete at the annual Tri-State Invitational this Friday and Saturday at North Idaho College.

TEAM SCORES — 1, Mead 252. 2, Lakeland 178.5. 3, Chiawana 171. 4, Moses Lake 137. 5, Coeur d’Alene 121.5. 6, University 120. 7, Colville 118. 8, Pasco 116. 9, Ferris 115.5. 10, East Valley 106.5. 11, Kamiakin 88.5. 12, Eastmont 87.5. 13, Central Valley 84.5. 14, Sandpoint 77. 15, Eisenhower 68. 16, Rogers 67. 17, Kennewick 46. 18, Mead “B” 27. 19, Central Valley “B” 25.5. 20, Hanford 14.

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES

106 — Chase Randall, Mead, tf. Alex Edelblute, Lakeland, 15-0. 113 — Chase Tebbets, Mead, d. William Edelblute, Lakeland, 3-2. 120 — Matt Jones, Mead, md. Morgan McFee, Chiawana, 13-0. 126 — Trent Baun, Colville, d. Austin Almaguer, Kamiakin, 5-4. 132 — Randy McDonald, East Valley, d. Trevor Morrison, Colville, 12-8. 138 — Larry Johnson, Lakeland, d. Bridger Beard, Central Valley, 5-1. 145 — Braedan Orrino, Central Valley, md. Devante Goodman, Mead, 13-5. 152 — Cameron Crawford, Mead, md. Phillip McElliott, Ferris, 10-2. 160 — Hunter Garland-Cruz, Moses Lake, d. John Knight, Colville, 6-4. 170 — Raul Jimenez, Eisenhower, d. Takota Ashley, Colville, 7-0. 182 — Casey Randles, Coeur d’Alene, md. Trevor Senn, Mead, 16-6. 195 — Jared Walker, Lakeland, tf. Clayton Silvers, Chiawana, 17-1. 220 — Alex Marshall, Coeur d’Alene, d. Malachi Thompson, Mead, 8-1. 285 — Markus Robinson, Rogers, d. Davion Pruitt, Pasco, 4-2.

THIRD-FOURTH PLACE

106 — Ethan Smith, East Valley, d. Cam Domke, University, 6-4. 113 — Robby Vaughn, Chiawana, p. Chandler Axtell, Lakeland, :50. 120 — Jesus Salamanca, Eastmont, d. Tavis Woempner, Lakeland, 6-3. 126 — Brian Edelblute, Lakeland, d. Cesar Sitio, Eastmont, 2-1. 132 — Nathan Bengen, Chiawana, d. Rey Aranada, Chiwana, by forfeit. 138 — Bradley Wiggs, Central Valley, p. Tyson Stover, Chiawana, 1:41. 145 — Jack Byers, Ferris, p. Logan Kelley, Lakeland, 5:42. 152 — Alex Ramos, Kennewick, p. Cage Hendry, Lakeland, 3:14. 160 — Emilio Ramos, Kennewick, d. Cyle DeLeon, Kamiakin, 4-0. 170 — Sione Halo, Kamiakin, d. Beau Mauseth, Moses Lake, 7-2. 182 — Winston Scott, East Valley, tf. Zach Strauss, Ferris, 23-6. 195 — Damian Vasquez, Moses Lake, d. Neftali Lopez, University, 3-2. 220 — Manny Homen, Ferris, d. Clayton Fincher, University, 4-3. 285 — Caleb Thomas, University, p. Carson Evans, Moses Lake, :44.

Lake City claims team title

at West Valley duals tourney

SPOKANE VALLEY — Griffin Schoch (160 pounds) and Zane Lettau (285) finished the day unbeaten for the Timberwolves, who beat Freeman 36-0 in the championship match of the West Valley Dual Invitational.

“It just seemed like we won all the close matches,” Lake City coach Corey Owen said. “When you’re winning the tight ones, it makes it easy to win in dual matches. Both Griffin and Zane just wrestled solid and didn’t make any mistakes all day long.”

Lake City beat Gonzaga Prep 66-3, Cheney 51-27, Ephrata 51-27, and Lakeside of Nine Mile Falls 54-23 in a semifinal to advance.

Timberlake finished third in the tournament, beating Shadle Park 42-31, Medical Lake 40-34 and West Valley 48-30. The Tigers lost to Freeman in their second dual 48-34.