Trio finishes fourth at tourney

POMEROY–Three Pirate wrestlers placed fourth in the Pomeroy Christmas Tournament Dec. 27.

Nick Hastings, Braedyn White and Will Winona each worked through the consolation bracket before dropping the final match for fourth place.

“It was a tough tournament and they all wrestled hard,” commented Head Coach Ben Slaybaugh.

Nick Hastings, in the 132 lb. class, won one and lost two matches, getting pinned by C. Fabbi of Clearwater Valley at the :50 mark, then making quick work of J. Campbell of Kennewick at 3:32. He fell to C. Fent of Enterprise with :42 remaining.

White, at 170 lbs., won the first two matches over K. Armstrong of Hanford and R. Morello of Joseph. In the semifinal, K. Brown of Potlatch pinned White at 1:10. He then pinned B. Rogers of Colfax/GarPal in the consolation semi, and lost by decision (10-9) to P. Jones of Kittitas.

Pomeroy’s 182-pounder Will Winona fell in the first three matches to R. Page of Clarkston, C. Larsen of Orofino, and D. McElroy of Clearwater Valley. In the fifth round, Winona won by medical forfeit over D. McIntosh of Orofino.

Curtis Winona, 160 lbs., lost to K. Naranjo of Orofino and J. Leader of Hanford.

Dayton wrestler Carlos Norris placed third by pinning three of four opponents.