MTHS wrestling: Hawks finish fifth in Lynden Invitational

Gene Ahn (at bottom, in a photo taken earlier this season) reached the semifinals of the Lynden Invitational on Saturday.
Gene Ahn (at bottom, in a photo taken earlier this season) reached the semifinals of the Lynden Invitational on Saturday.

The Mountlake Terrace High School wrestling team enters its final week of regular season action following a weekend where the team picked up a dual meet victory at Meadowdale on Friday and a fifth-place team finish at the 17-team Lynden Invitational on Saturday.

The Hawks host powerful Glacier Peak on Thursday, Jan. 30, in their final Wesco League dual meet of the year; the meet begins at 7 p.m. Terrace’s seniors will be honored prior to the start of the matches.

Hawk Syd Springberg had the top Terrace placement at the Lynden Invitational on Saturday as the senior won the 170-lb weight class.

MTHS Wrestling: Team results at Lynden Invitational, Jan. 25
1. Glacier Peak 162
2. Oak Harbor 145
3. Mount Baker 124
4. Lynnwood 101
5. Mountlake Terrace 96
6. Lynden 76
7. Meadowdale 74
8. Bellingham 67
9. Port Townsend 67
10. Snohomish (JV) 60
11. Newport 53
12. Shorecrest 53
13. Sehome 49
14. Squalicum 46
15. Eastside Catholic 41
16. Sammamish 29
17. Monroe 20

MTHS Wrestling: Mountlake Terrace 39, Meadowdale 21, Jan. 24
106 — Steve Becraft, MHS, won by forfeit
113 — Double forfeit
120 — Beck Millet, MHS, defeated by decision Gene Ahn, MTHS, 10-7
126 — Taylor Hetherington, MTHS, defeated by decision Eric Guzman, MHS, 5-0
132 — Pavel Oliferovskiy, MTHS, pinned Kaden Jorgenson, MHS, 3:08
138 — Taron Castleton, MTHS, pinned Ryan Keith, MHS, 5:10
145 — Chaplyn Mack, MTHS, pinned Ray Becraft, MHS, 1:32
152 — Danil Oliferovskiy, MTHS, defeated by decision Liam Ball, MHS, 6-2
160 — Colton Davis, MHS, defeated by decision Shawn Poole, MTHS, 6-5
170 — Syd Springberg, MTHS, pinned Paul Savchuk, MHS, 3:26
182 — David Marrs, MTHS, defeated by decision Josiah Evans, MHS, 7-3
195 — Ciaran Ball, MHS, won by forfeit
220 — Tim Smith, MHS, defeated by decision Brett Potter, MTHS, 5-2
285 — Kaleb Davis, MTHS, pinned Jon Colegrove, MHS, 3:05

— Story and photo by Doug Petrowski

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