COLUMBIA BASIN It was a busy Saturday on wrestling mats across the Columbia Basin, with the Othello boys, Warden girls and Royal girls all hosting wrestling tournaments this past weekend.
Saturday’s tournament was the first year that the Knights have hosted a girls wrestling tournament, Head Coach Jesus Carlos Villa said.
“It was nice, just an idea that we threw out there,” he said. “We’ve had our boy’s Christmas tournament for several years, and we know that it gets tough for family and friends to support their kids, so what better opportunity than to host a tournament? Have people come out to see what the girls have been doing.”
MOSES LAKE Wrestling season may be over, but the honors keep coming in for the Moses Lake girls wrestling team.
The Mavericks received an honorable mention in the final National Girls High School Team Rankings released by USA Wrestling last week. The selection committee is composed of members from USA Wrestling, FloWrestling and the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum.
“It’s everything that we worked so hard for, as far as the team and coaches,” Moses Lake Head Coach David Peralez said. “We’re trying to build something that the community can really support and really be proud of. It’s amazing how fast in the last two years we’ve been able to get recognized on the national level.”