Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Jarod Hankins flexed his muscles in a preseason pose, now he will represent Waitsburg at the State Wrestling Competition.
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg High School junior Jared Hankins will make his first trip to a State Mat Classic XXXVI Wrestling Competition on February 22 in Tacoma. He will compete in the Boys 1B/2B 175 weight class with a 16–16 record and seeded seventh.
Hankins won his place at state at the District 6 State Qualifier Boys Wrestling Tournament on February 15 at Freeman High School in Rockford, Wash. As one of the top nine wrestlers in his weight class, Hankins earned the seventh seed by beating a wrestler from Selkirk by points and a teammate, Graycen Teal, by pin. Teal was just short of qualifying for state, placing tenth.
Cardinal Karissa Potts participated in the District 6 State Qualifier Girls Wrestling Tournament at Rogers High School in Spokane on February 15.
The regional competitions were the last this season for Hankins' teammates Teal, Will Ahler, Dylan Gutierrez, and Karissa Potts.
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