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Tekoa-Rosalia brings home 2, Colfax one bronze
Sydney Sisk, of Colfax, uses a head-and-arm to pin Heather Weyand, of Hanford, in 31 seconds in the girls 120-pound class.
Tekoa-Rosalia 135-pound wrestler Jesse Casey stands up against Hanford's Dayna Enderlin during the championship bout. Enderlin won by pin in 2:56.
SPOKANE VALLEY - Three Whitman County wrestlers brought home medals from the Tri-County Classic on Dec. 23.
Tekoa-Rosalia senior Jesse Casey and freshman Alexis "Lulu" Taylor each brought home silver medals and Colfax's Sydney Sisk finished with bronze in the girls division.
In the 135-pound class, Casey (1-3) opened the tournament with a bye before pinning Emille Vincent (0-2), of Kettle Falls, in 2:35 during the second round of the tournament.
In the bout for gold, Dayna Enderlin (6-4), of Hanford, pinned Casey in 2:56.
At 145, teammate Taylor (7-1) opened the match against No. 1-seed Carmen Hall (10-5), of Hanford. She narrowly defeated her Falcon opponent, 2-0, in sudden death overtime.
In the second round of the tournament, Taylor faced former Tekoa student Kariyah Strobel (3-0), now wrestling for the neighboring Liberty (Spangle) Lancers.
Taylor trailed, 6-2, at the end of the first round, before ultimately losing her first match of the year by major decision, 12-2.
The loss put Taylor in a match for second and third against Paisley Hood (1-9), of Hanford. The Timberwolf wrestler pinned her Hanford opponent in 1:07 to take second.
Meanwhile, the Lancer's Strobel pinned Hall, securing a gold medal for the only Liberty girl in the tournament. That pin secured Taylor's silver medal.
For Colfax, Sisk (8-3) faced tough competition in the 120-pound class.
She opened the tournament, losing by pin in 2:17 to Vaea LaMoureaux, of Reardan, (2-1).
The opening loss dropped her immediately to the consolation round, where she would have to win three matches in a row to medal.
She was up to the challenge, pissing Heather Weyand, of Hanford, (7-7) in 31 seconds and then pinning Anna Bobrovnikova, of Rogers (Spokane), in 2:11.
The wins advanced her to the match for third and fourth, where she pinned Alyxandra Daniel (2-2), of Rogers (Spokane), in 19 seconds to capture bronze.
Garfield-Palouse's Laynie Southern (1-3) was entered in the girls tournament at 125 pounds.
Southern opened the tournament with a forfeit from Azlynn Scantling (0-4), of Rogers.
In the second round, she was pinned by Kelsey Louen, of Mead, in 14 seconds and was injured in the process.
Southern withdrew from the tournament and forfeited bouts to Makenzie Shupe (8-6), of Hanford, and Kristen Erickson (6-1), of Jenkins (Chewelah).
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