Issaquah finished the 4A Region II wrestling tournament in seventh place behind the third place finish of Max Tickman at 126 pounds and the fourth place from Almen Thorpe at 132.
Tickman rebounded from an opening round loss to eventual champion Ares Carpio to earn 17-4, 7-2 and 4-1 decisions the rest of the way. Thorpe earned a trio of pins and was topped by Brady Foster of Graham-Kapowsin by fall in the third-place match.
Andrew Ramirez (170), Jerdon Helgeson (138), Joseph Tonnemaker (145) and Matt Soulsod (220) finished fifth and Jonathan Norriss (285) earned a fourth place finish for the Eagles.
Skyline ended the meet in 10th place with 44.5 points, led by the fourth place finish of Griffin Howlett at 106 pounds and fourth place finishes of Joseph DeMatteo at 113 and Tristan Steciw at 120. Ian Crouch at 152 pounds and Michael Mecham at 160 finished sixth for the Spartans.
Eastside Catholic’s Matt Iwicki continued his stellar season with a regional championship in 3A, pinning three opponents all in 1 minute, seven seconds or less.
The freshman defeated Chris Moore of Nathan Hale and Michael Wilkinson of Bainbridge before pinning Kallum Broderick of O’Dea in the title match at 113 pounds in only twelve seconds.
Connor Heger took the title at 170 pounds for EC with wins over Connor Kenyon from Bainbridge and Alex Paeth of Nathan Hale by fall before earning a 5-1 decision over Andy Newman of Blanchet in the final.
Kea Roberts worked his way all the way to the final match at 182 pounds before falling to Weber Coryell 16-2 and Joe Stoutt did likewise at 195 pounds prior to meeting Blanchet’s Peter Johnson, who took the title by fall.
Eastlake’s Eric Harper took the lone championship for the Wolves, winning the 170 pound title from Zack Bickford of Spanaway with an 11-5 decision.
Harper, a junior, pinned his first opponent before a 7-4 win in the semi-finals.
