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Hazen Wraps Up Wrestling Season at Mat Classic State Championships

Kyle Ely picked up the lone win for Hazen.

The Hazen wrestling team finished its season with a difficult time at the Mat Classic state championships this weekend at the Tacoma Dome.

Hazen sent five wrestlers to the 3A title competition, but managed just one match victory during its only day at the tournament.

Kyle Ely picked up the lone win for Hazen, a second-round victory over Jake Ferris of Wilson. The other four Hazen wrestlers failed to pick up a win. The Hazen team finished with 3 points in the overall competition.

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Aaron Garcia of Renton finished third in the 2A 103-pound division for the second straight year, a semifinal loss to eventual champion Wyatt Scribner of Ellensburg the only thing preventing Garcia from a title shot.  Garcia dominating in his other four matches.

Enumclaw pulled out the 3A team title in dramatic fashion, taking home the top team spot for the third time in four years.

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A year after losing out on the team title in its final two matches of the tournament, the Hornets were anchored by the two wrestlers who came up just short last year.

Josh Musick and Kario Wallin each won titles the year after finishing second in their weight classes. Musick’s loss last year knocked Enumclaw out of team title contention, a fact that he said stayed with him for nearly a year since.

“It stayed with me for about a year,” Musick said of the loss. “Until I watched the video of that finals.”

Aided by a desire to avoid the frustration of 2010, Musick pulled out a 6-2 victory over Hamilton Noel of Liberty (Issaquah). The win came after sophomore Lucas Somera got things started for Enumclaw with a title in the 135-pound weight division. Musick’s victory assured at least a share of the team title for Enumclaw and Wallin locked it up for the hornets, pinning Connor Boyce 1:29 into the second period.

“They’ve worked hard all season long,” coach Lee Reichert said. “I put them through the toughest schedule I could put them through and they just continued to get better. I’m so proud of these guys.

University finished second in the 3A division with 129.5 points after playing catch-up to Enumclaw since the start of the tournament.  The Titans had a shot at the team title heading into the championship round, but Enumclaw’s champions made sure University never got any closer than second.

Kelso was a distant third with 100.5 points, followed by Yelm with 95 points and North Central with 82 points.

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