Colfax wrestlers win at Pomeroy; target state mat tickets

It will be a case of one more time Saturday at Liberty when the Colfax wrestlers hit the mats for the regional tournament in a quest for tickets to the mat classic in Tacoma the following week. All but one member to the team bagged a top-four finish at Pomeroy to advance to the regional round this week at Liberty.

The top four finishers from the Pomeroy meet will go up against the top four from the north side version of the sub-region.

The state B grid assigns four places in the starting grid to wresters from WIAA districts 7 and 9 on the east side of the state.

Saturday at Pomeroy, Colfax wrestlers took the team honors by booking 204 points in the seven-team meet. Reardan, a league power in past seasons, placed second with 183 points.

Colfax had two winners in Augie Allenbach at 220 and Kolby Sisk at 113.

They kept stacking team points with second-place finishers Garrett Phillips at 120, Kolby Slate at 138, Gabe Ahmann at 152, Braeden Rogers at 170, and Josh Brown at 182.

Third-place finishers were Nolan Burrill at 120, Caden Noha at 160, and Dakota Hall at 170. Fourth-place qualifiers were Jakob Sisk at 106, Regan Noha at 182 and Chayne Aeschliman at 195.

Saturday in the sub-regional meet at Pomeroy with all but one of the team members placeing in the top four. The qualifiers will travel to Liberty Saturday and aim for another top four finish to quality for the state Mat Classic.

Augie Allenbach took the title in the 220 class with a pin in another match against Josiah Cwik of Liberty.

Kolby Sisk took the 113 class with a first- round pin over Brandon Davis of LRS.

Team points:

1. Colfax 204, 2. Reardan 183, 3. Liberty 158, 4. Pomeroy 87, 5. Northwest Christian 80, 6. Davenport 59, 7. Ritzville 54

106-Jakob Sisk bye, pinned by Cory Perryman, Rdn :57, bye, to Cody Routh-Rdn 3-4 for fourth place.

113-Kolby Sisk bye, bye, pinned Brandon Davis-LRS 1:21 for first place.

120-Garrett Phillips bye, pinned Nolan Burrill-Cx, pinned by Sammie Manina-NWC 1:13 for second place.

120-Nolan Burrill bye, pinned by Phillips, pinned Wyatt Raczykowski-Rdn 1:33, over Mason Baker-Pom 8-5 for third place.

138-Kolby Slate over Mahkai Anderson-Rdn 8-0, pinned Gavin Gould-Pom 5:23, pinned Graham Rocha-NWC for first place.

152-Gabe Ahmann pinned Cody Jenkins-Dav :58, pinned Jonah Cwik-Lib 1:03, pinned by Thomas Perryman-Rdn 1:59 for second place.

160-Caden Noha over Skyler Henry-Dav 14-1, to Jesse Turner-Lib 2-8, pinned Trentin Ensley-Cx 3:47, over Henry 8-3 for third place.

160-Trentin Ensley to Tait Lyle-Rdn 6-11, bye, to Noha.

170-Dakota Hall pinned Will Winona-Pom, pinned by Ozius Harden-Rdn 1:49, bye, pinned Winona 1:52 for third place.

170-Braeden Rogers bye, pinned Justin Murinko-Rdn :56, pinned by Ozius Harden-Rdn 1:33 for second place.

182-Jacob Brown bye, pinned Regan Noha-Cx 1:20, bye, pinned by Sam Nelson-Lib 3:29 for second place.

182-Regan Noha bye, pinned by Brown, bye, bye for third place.

195-Chayne Aeschliman pinned John Bernardi-Dav 1:07, pinned by J.W. Merriott-Rdn :12, bye, pinned by Doug Morris-LRS 1:39 for fourth place.

220-Augie Allenbach bye, bye, pinned Josiah Cwik-Lib 3:00 for first place.