Cruiser Wrestlers Dominate At Sub-Regionals

After complete domination in the Evergreen 1A Dual League Championship meet last week which saw the Cruisers capture first place in every match they wrestled, the team continued their domination of the league by taking first place in the Sub-regional tournament held at Eatonville High School on Saturday.

Some of the Cruiser wrestlers who will be moving on to the regionals pose for a photo. Photo: Mario Ragazzo

This Sub-regional win for the Cruisers is believed to be the first win since 2009. It is also the first time in a very long time the team has won both the league dual-title and the Sub-regional title.

The Cruisers had ten wrestlers in the finals with 7 champions on the day. 15 Cruiser wrestlers will be advancing to the Regionals held next weekend at Hoquiam HS.

On the girl's side, they will be sending two girls on to the Regionals next weekend at Aberdeen HS.

Results for the Cruiser boys at the Sub-regionals are:

113- Kasey Whitney* 1st place

120- Austin Frink* 1st place, Ethan Carter* 3rd place

126- Riley McFadden* 1st place, Cody Taylor* 2nd place

132- Ty Whitney* 1st place

138- Ayden Lilly* 1st place

145- Zak Lackey* 2nd place

160- Kaden Olsen* 1st place

170- Taylor Beer-Holland* 3rd place

182- Hunter Sonnenberg* 1st place

195- Andrew Wohl* 3rd place

220- Trey Potter* 2nd place, Isaiah Duncan* 5th place

285- Carsen Pero* 3rd Place

* Denotes moving on to Regionals

Head Coach Mario Ragazzo is very proud of his team and is excited to see how they all do next week at regionals.

“This is a hard-working group of young men who took care of business through all the adversity this year. I’m excited to see what we do at regionals and state! This is the first group of kids where every wrestler made it out to regionals. I am very proud to be their coach!”

Results for the Cruiser girls at sub-regionals are:

105- Calli Hecker 6th place

135- Brooke Ostendorf* 3rd place

235- Faith Turley* 4th place

*Denotes moving on to Regionals

I spoke with the girl's coaches, Wes Potter and Trinity Potter, and they both echoed the same sentiment about their girls.

“The girls wrestled hard and passionately this weekend. We are very proud of their work and dedication as it shows on and off the mat. So much adversity has been overcome with the Covid situations and they have done amazing. We are thankful for these girls and their love for each other and the sport.”