Christmas comes early at Tri-County meet

County teams bring home medals to fill their stockings from Spokane Valley

Teren Kowatsch, Whitman County Gazette | Dec 29, 20220

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Above, Bryce Casey of Tekoa-Rosalia uses a reverse-cradle on Andrew Naresh of Mt. Spokane in their 145-pound match up.

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SPOKANE VALLEY – Most teams and sports across eastern Washington were enjoying their winter breaks on Dec. 22, but for Tekoa-Rosalia, Colfax and Garfield-Palouse, a break would come a little bit later as wrestlers traveled to Central Valley High School to compete in the Tri-County Classic.

Tekoa-Rosalia's Alexis Taylor wrestled a stacked 145-lb. girls weight class at the tournament lost one match in the weight class.

Taylor's lone loss came against Kettle Falls' Anna Hume, who's currently ranked the No. 3 girls wrestler in the state in 1B, 2B and 1A school classifications.

Hume pinned Taylor 4...