The Totem Wrestlers hosted their
first home meet of the year on Tuesday January 18th against
Mt. Si. The home team was very excited for the
opportunity to wrestle in front of the home crowd, and the
enthusiam showed in their warm up and preparation. The
night started off with two early JV matches. Kyle
Kasner and Max Hummer both worked hard against strong
wrestlers and were able to fight them off for a time until
succombing to pins in the 2nd and 3rd round of their
matches. The varsity dual started at 7:30 under the
spotlight hovering over the center of the mat. The
opening weight of 140 was a forfeit for the Totems, real
action would follow at 145. The opening two matches of
the dual would prove to be the most fruitful for the Totems.
Zanwar Faraj at 145 wrestled a back and forth match that saw
only 1 takedown but 7 reversals between the two wrestlers.
The defining moment would come with under 30 seconds in the
match when Zanwar locked up a cradle and turned it for 2
nearfall points. he was then able to hold on until the
buzzer to secure a 10-8 victory. The following match
at 152 would prove to be lower scoring but no less intense.
Tomas Narvaja, the Sammamish wrestler would be outscored 3-0
in the opening two periods, but would save his scoring for
when it counted most. Tomas chose down in the 3rd
period and started off successfully with a reversal making
the score 3-2. Tomas, however, was unsuccesful in his
attempts to turn his opponent. With 19 seconds left he
chose his last option, letting him up for an escape point
with the hope of taking him down immediately for the tie.
Tomas achieved his goal and went beyond using the head and
arm to score three near fall points for the 7-4 victory!
The next two matches of the dual were wrestled by captains
Junior Benitez at 160 and Paco Jacinto at 171. The two
captains were up against a couple of Mt. Si's best
wrestlers. Despite their best efforts in front of the
home crowd, the two would lose by fall Junior in a time of
3:23 and Paco in a time of 5:19. The following 4
weight classes would further the Mt Si lead as 3 first
period pins and one forfeit would give them 24 team points.
But at 112 the 3rd Totem captain A.J. Leitch would put forth
a great effort giving up no back points and only 1 takedown
and 1 reversal to hold his opponent to a victory by
decision. Some excitement occurred when A.J. bridged
into his opponent and nearly reversed him to his back, but
the Mt. Si opponent slipped away and came out with the 4-0
victory. The Totems would secure their last team
points of the night at 119 as Mitch Williams took a foreit
for 6 points. And after a double forfeit at 125 the
dual would end with two more first period victories for Mt
Si. The final score would end at 12-57 in favor of Mt.
Si. The Totems will have one more home dual against
Bellevue and Interlake on Monday January 24th before post
season competition begins.
Meet Summary
Sammamish vs. Mt. Si
103 Juan Quijada vs. Riley Absher Loss-Fall:59
112 A.J. Lecitch vs. Tanner Stahl Loss-Decision 0-4
119 Mitch Williams vs. Open
125 Double Open
130 David Bloomsburg vs. Tye Rodne Loss-Fall :38
135 John Hernandez vs. Aaron Peterson Loss-Fall 1:13
140 Open vs. Bruce Stuart
145 Zanwar Faraj vs. Austin Hall Win-Decision 10-8
152 Tomas Narvaja vs. Max Kenagy Win-Decision 7-4
160 Junior Benitez vs. A.J. Brevick Loss-Fall 3:23
171 Paco Jacinto vs. Shane Dixon Loss-Fall 5:19
189 Juan Hernandez vs. John Farmer Loss-Fall:36
215 Nam Nguyen vs. Mitch Rorem Loss-Fall:55
285 Open vs. Josh Mitchell
JV
160 Kyle Kasner vs. Connor Deutsch Loss-Fall 3:07
160 Kyle Kasner vs. Cole Palmer Loss-Fall 1:07
171 Max Hummer vs. Tyler Hutchinson Loss-Fall 4:32
