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Two other Broncos win silver medals
Bronco Game Smith turns Hanford's Ashtyn Swentik en route to a pin in the 215-pound semifinal match at the Brice Williams Invite.
Wyatt Gibbler stands up against Titan Jennings of Mary Walker for an escape point. Gibbler won the bout by technical fall (16-0) in 4:03.
Bronco John Branham tries a half-Nelson on Hunter Rasmussen of Selkirk before pinning him in 2:12 in a consolation round match.
Octavio Paredes Martinez bars the arm of Mount Spokane wrestler Cameron VanSenten of Mount Spokane, pinning him in 2:36.
SPANGLE – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos wrestling team finished 12th overall in the Brice Williams Invite on Saturday, Dec. 9, at Liberty High School.
The Broncos scored 70.5 team points; Mount Spokane won the team title with 113 points, followed by Liberty (Spangle) with 111.
The Broncos placed three wrestlers in the finals – Gabriel Smith at 215 pounds and Octavio Paredes Martinez at 113. Emilia Klewin made the finals at girls 155.
Smith brought home the only gold medal; Paredes Martinez and Klewin each finished second.
Smith opened the tournament by pinning Kyron Clovis of Asotin in 1:41. In the semifinals, he pinned Ashtyn Swentik of Hanford in 4:14.
In the championship bout, Smith won a 7-4 decision over Blake Chuckelnaskit of Lake Roosevelt.
At 113, Paredes Martinez received a bye to advance to the semifinals, where he pinned Cameron VanSenten of Mount Spokane in 2:36.
In the match for first place, he was pinned by Carter Katz of Columbia (Burbank) in 59 seconds to finish second.
Klewin, who is ranked No. 11 in the state at girls 155, was in a round-robin bracket.
She opened the tournament against Alexis Taylor, a Tekoa High School student wrestling for Liberty (Spangle).
Taylor pinned Kewin in 1:28.
In her final match of the day, Klewin faced Kendle McGovern of Kettle Falls.
Kewin pinned McGovern in the first round (a pin time was not reported).
Wrestling at 106 pounds, Kayden Kuykendall went 1-2 in the tournament, finishing fourth, just outside the medals.
Kuykendall was pinned by Cameron Pesicka of Republic in 53 seconds in his tournament-opener.
He received a bye in the first consolation round and advance to face Edward Jennigs of Almira-Coulee/Hartline.
Kuykendall won 13-5, a major decision.
In the match for third place, he face Pesicka again. Pesicka pinned the Bronco wrestler in 54 seconds to claim the bronze.
At 120 pounds, Waylon Rosman had a respectable tournament, going 2-2 on the day in one of the largest weight classes.
Rodger Cate of Lake Roosevelt pinned Rosman in 1:06 in the first round of the tournament.
In the consolation rounds, Rosman first pinned Mathias Carson of Lake Roosevelt in 2:20, then Dillan Yazzie, also of Lake Roosevelt, in 3:36.
Rosman's win streak came to an end in the third consolation round when he was pinned by Marcus Divelbiss of Mount Spokane in 4:03.
Wyatt Gibbler also competed at 120 pounds, opening his day with a 16-0 technical fall in 4:03 over Titan Jennings of Mary Walker.
In the quarterfinals, he was pinned by Nakoa Rocha of Norhwest Christian (Colbert) in 2:01, sending Gibler to the consolation side of the bracket.
He then took a 13-0 major decision over Noah Everett of Davenport, before losing an 8-4 decision to Jon Brooks of Columbia (Burbank).
The only other Bronco to win a match in the tournament was John Branham, wrestling at 190 pounds.
Branham was pinned in his opening bout by Dylan Valadez of Mary Walker in 2:09.
In the consolation round, he received a bye before pinning Hunter Rasmussen of Selkirk in 2:12.
He was eliminated from the tournament when he was pinned by Tyler Sloan of Columbia (Burbank) in 2:40.
In other wrestling for the Broncos:
126 pounds – Cooper Rushing was pinned by Caleb Reardon of Columbia (Burbank) in 1:28 and then pinned by Seth Finley of Mary Walker in 1:19.
132 pounds – Wyatt Rosman was pinned by Chase Noll of Mount Spokane in 2:11 and then pinned by Justus Kiki of Mount Spokane in 1:12.
144 pounds – Turner Slack was pinned by Raffaele de Stefano of Columbia (Burbank) in 50 seconds and then pinned by Jase Frederick of Almira-Coulee/Hartlin in 2:27.
157 pounds – Pete Spain was lost a 4-3 decision to Henry Ochoa of Hanford, and then was pinned by Josiah St. George of Hanford in 1:44.
190 pounds – Traye Redburn was pinned by Curtis Winona of Pomeroy in 1:52 and then by Laine Schloss of Mount Spokane in 4:05.
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