The Ferndale wrestling team won all but three matches in a 63-12 non-conference win over a Bellingham team that also featured wrestlers from Meridian and Concrete on Wednesday, Jan. 2, at Bellingham High School.
The win improved the Golden Eagles to 2-1 overall.
"All in all it was a good day, hard to complain when you lose only three matches at varsity," Ferndale coach Caleb Schlack said in a phone interview.
Ferndale had pins by Bodrie Belknap (106 pounds), Collin Sutton (126), Miguel Mungarro (145), Erik Engels (160), Charnjit Mattu (170), Klinton Maassen (182), Sam Alexander (195) and Kam Williams (220).
However, it was a match a Ferndale wrestler lost that Schlack thought stood out when Devon Bennett lost 4-1 to Bellingham's Riley Takemura at 120 pounds.
"He just kept on battling the whole match," Schlack said. "It was nice to see the kid ... never giving up."
FERNDALE 63, BELLINGHAM ALL-STARS 12
106: Bodrie Belknap (F) p. DeWald Oliver (B) 1:12. 113: Troy Lacy (F) won by forfeit. 120: Riley Takemura (B) d. Devon Bennett (B) 4-1. 126: Collin Sutton (F) p. Tomas Alvarado (M) 3:58. 132: Braiden Klint (F) d. Scott Pang 7-4. 138: Jack Hallmark (M) d. Derek Vajda (F) 6-2. 145: Miguel Mungarro (F) p. Alden Roberts (B) 1:29. 152: Logan Jungkuntz (F) inj. def Randal Beacham (C). 160: Erik Engels (F) p. Justin Medlock (C) 1:33. 170: Charnjit Mattu (F) p. Justin Medlock (C) :55. 182: Klinton Maassen (F) p. Donald Olmscead (C) 2:55. 195: Sam Alexander (F) p. Neal Tilbury (M) 1:14. 220: Kam Williams (F) p. Robert Nevin (C) 1:42. 285: Dillion Hanson (B) p. Chris Hernandez (F) 1:48.
