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Smith wins gold for Lind-Ritzville
Wyatt Rosman of Lind-Ritzville turns to the head of Brendon Peters-Biggs of Davenport in an attempt to score nearfall points during a 138-pound league match last Tuesday in Reardan.
At 144, Bronco Carson Kubik uses a double leg and trip to take down Reardan's Coen Caldwell enroute to a 15-4 decision during a league meet Jan. 16.
RITZVILLE - The Broncos boys wrestling team finished third in the Bronco Invitational on Saturday, Jan. 20, in Gilson Gymnasium.
The local boys scored 106.5 team points; Okanogan won the team award with 286.0 points and Jenkins (Chewelah) was second with 138.
Four local wrestlers finished in the Top 3 on the podium, including Octavio Paredes Martinez at 113 pounds, Carson Kubik at 144, Gabe Smith at 215 and Brock Tracy at 285.
The Broncos also had several fourth-place finishes, including Waylon Rosman at 120, Alexander Bonner at 132, Pete Spain at 150, Travis Redburn at 165 and John Branham at 190.
Smith was the only gold medalist for the Lind-Ritzville team.
Smith received a bye then pinned Jacob Randall of Okanogan in 1:32 in the semifinals.
In the championship bout, he won a major decision, 15-6, over Noah Butler of Almira/Coulee-Hartline to win gold.
Martinez took second at 113.
After opening with a bye, he pinned David Phillips of Northwest Christian (Colbert) in 2:35. In the finals, he lost a 5-4 decision to Spencer Duty of Selkirk to finish second.
Kubik, too, earned silver.
At 144, he opened with a technical fall (15-0 in 1:57) over Jase Frederick of Almira/Coulee-Hartline, then pinned Frederick's teammate Wyatt Stout in 1:52. In the championship, he was pinned by Chad Busching of Okanogan in 1:37 to finish second.
Tracy, wrestling at 285, opened by pinning Bryson Sobosky of Jenkins (Chewelah) in 3:03 and then Braydon White of Okanogan in 1:45. In the finals, he was pinned by Tyler Pettigrew of Jenkins in 1:53 to take second.
In other Lind-Ritzville results:
113 pounds – Cooper Rushing was pinned by Ethan Reyes of Oroville in 1:37, received a bye, and then was pinned by David Phillips of Northwest Christian (Colbert) in 5:09.
120 pounds – Waylon Rosman was pinned by Nakoa Rocha of Northwest Christian in 1:29, then lost by technical fall (20-4 in 4:28) to Jack Molitor of Almira/Coulee-Hartline. In his final match, he was pinned by Tanner Grooms of Okanogan in 20 seconds to finish fourth.
132 pounds – Alexander Bonner lost his opening match by pin to Tyler Hoefler of Okanogan in 1:04. In the wrestlebacks, he received a bye then pinned Nikita Bakhtin of Northwest Christian in 1:23. He was pinned by Seth Finley of Mary Walker in 29 seconds to finish fourth.
138 pounds – Wyatt Rosman was pinned by Andrew Pruett of Oroville in 1:19 to open the tournament. He then received a bye and was eliminated by pin in 3:18 by Dillan Dituri of Jenkins (Chewelah).
Turner Slack was pinned by Titan Tapia of Jenkins (Chewelah), received a bye, and then was pinned by Wyatt Stout of Almira/Coulee-Hartline in 1:47.
150 pounds – Pete Spain opened with a bye and then was pinned by Dakota Katzer of Jenkins (Chewelah) in 1:40. He then pinned Ian McWalter of Almira/Coulee-Hartline in 3:21, before losing by fall to Truett Salazar of Oroville by pin in 2:48 to finish fourth.
165 pounds – Travis Redurn opened with a 13-7 decision over Cole Coffman of Okanogan, then was pinned by Hunter Stearns of Jenkins (Chewelah) in 48 seconds. In the wrestlebacks, he pinned Corey Larson of Mary Walker (Springdale) in 24 seconds, before being pinned by Ayden Grooms of Okanogan in 38 seconds.
190 pounds – Traye Redburn opened with a bye, then lost a 7-5 decision to Stryker Parson of Okanogan. In the wrestlebacks, he lost 12-10 in a tiebreaker to teammate John Branham of Lind-Ritzville. Branham lost his opener to Grayson Beal of Almira/Coulee-Hartline, received a bye, then won the tiebreaker over Travis Redburn. In the third-place match, he was pinned by Almira/Coulee-Hartline's Paul Stout in 3:54.
285 pounds – Malachi Turner was pinned by Leonardo Cardenas of Okanogan in 22 seconds, received a bye, and was then pinned by Braydon White of Okogan in 23 seconds.
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