The East Jefferson Rivals Wrestling Squad traveled to Vashon on Jan. 22 to compete in a dual meet with an opponent in the Nisqually League. The Rivals won the Varsity dual …
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The East Jefferson Rivals Wrestling Squad traveled to Vashon on Jan. 22 to compete in a dual meet with an opponent in the Nisqually League. The Rivals won the Varsity dual with a final team score of 69-12, at what might have been the largest dual meet victory in years.
After dropping the first two matches of the night, our Rivals rattled off twelve consecutive victories to secure a near-perfect team win and poised us to continue finishing this season strong. A few highlights of the evening included two girls stepping into the line-up to defeat boys at 106 and 120 pounds (Savvanah Grimm and Gracee Liskee), and two boys winning by pin at 215, heavyweight (Mason Iverson of Quilcene and Aidan Powell from Port Townsend).
“It was a great night for Rivals Wrestling at Vashon Island,” said Coach Cordell Johnson. “We brought 28 wrestlers to the event and all 28 got a chance to compete. Hats off to the Vashon Island program for working with us to get all our kids’ matches.”
The Rivals will have their final scheduled match on Wednesday, Jan. 29. The team hosts Life Christian Academy for the last dual meet of the season along with Senior Night at the PTHS gym. JV wrestling is scheduled to start at 5:30 with the Varsity commencing at 6:15.
The District Tournament for boys and girls is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 8, at Life Christian High School. That is the qualifying event for the Mat Classic State Wrestling Tournament.
Ryan White is a wrestling coach at Port Townsend High School.