Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
The Pullman Greyhounds won the team title at the Medical Lake Scramble on Saturday, Dec. 3, with wrestlers scoring 266 points.
Tekoa-Rosalia's Matthew Gamez, atop the podium, hugs opponent Pullman Greyhound Cullen Billing after the duo wrestled for the Medical Lake Scramble title. Gamez won by pin over Billing, who previously lived in Rosalia and wrestled for Tekoa-Rosalia. Medical Lake's Chris Garza, left, finished third
PULLMAN – Multiple squads from various different levels traveled to Medical Lake on Dec. 3 to compete against each other in wrestling.
This included Whitman County teams such as Tekoa-Rosalia and Pullman.
Out of 10 teams, the Greyhounds took first place with an overall team score of 266 and the Timberwolves came in last with an overall score of 28.
Pullman had multiple wrestlers finish second place or better in various weight classes in the Scramble.
In the 120-lb. weight class, Pullman's Gavin McCloy beat teammate Talmage Cordova via fall, giving the Greyhounds the top two places for 120.
Austin Crossler won second-place in the 132-lb. class, losing by fall in 5:23.
Whitman County rivals dueled in the 160-lb. class, with Tekoa-Rosalia's lone competing wrestler Joshua Gamez winning by fall over Pullman's Cullen Billings in 1:27.
In the 138-lb. class, it was another battle between Greyhound teammates as Israel Acosta won by decision against Aydin Peltier 7-1.
Evan McDougle got second-place in the 126-lb. class, losing to Reardan's Carson Kline via fall 2:48 into the match.
The 152-lb. first-place match was yet another battle between the Pullman wrestlers, with Ivan Acosta taking the first-place honors over teammate Quentin Ikuse via fall just 36 seconds into the contest.
Holden Chandler got a fourth-place finish in the 220-lb. weight class for the Greyhounds, losing in the third-place match to West Valley's Carlos Rivas by major decision 14-6.
The final top-finisher for Pullman was Cotton Sears, who won first-place in the 285-lb. weight class with a fall win over Lewis and Clark's Quinnton Flores 1:42 into the match.
The victories in the Scramble by Pullman show a maintaining of form by the Greyhounds, who finished fifth overall as a team in the 2022 Mat Classic in Tacoma and had a state champion in the 152-lb. division with Gabriel Smith.
For Tekoa-Rosalia, Gamez's win ensures that the program can make some waves this year, even against upper-level schools.
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