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closeTACOMA – Going into her girls’ 145 pound state championship match, Mount Baker’s Ashlee Phy was trying to figure out which moves she could use and couldn’t use against an opponent she’d beaten twice over the last two weeks.
It didn’t take her very long to figure out all that worrying was for nothing.
Phy wrapped up her second straight state title on Saturday, pinning Skyline’s Alexis Willcher in 35 seconds at Mat Classic XX in the Tacoma Dome. The win helped Mount Baker win the team title and also put Phy in elite company. She became just the second Mountaineer wrestler to win two state championships.
“We put all of our girls records right up next to the boys,” Mount Baker coach Ron Lepper said. “There’s only one other Mount Baker wrestler that’s won two state champions. After this she’s going to be a legend.”
Phy didn’t do anything to hurt her legendary status at the state tournament. She won all three of her matches by pin at Mat Classic XX to run her season record to 32- 1. During her career she’s only failed to put her opponents’ shoulders to the mat for a win once.
“It was easier than I expected,” Phy said. “I just went out there and did my thing.”
It took Phy about 10 seconds to put Willcher on the mat from the tie-up and another 10 seconds to put Willcher’s championship hopes in jeopardy. Phy’s aggressive style and head-on attack have become her hallmark over the last two years and it was on display in her final match.
“Ashlee just mauled her,” Lepper said. “But that’s what she does. She’s a physical wrestler that goes after it.”
If Phy felt any extra pressure knowing she had to get a pin to help Mount Baker win a team title it didn’t show. She was calm getting on the mat and didn’t seem to want to get off it, still bouncing on her toes like a boxer after her hand was raised as a champion.
After that, she flexed for the crowd.
“This title is so much better,” Phy said. “It’s better because I got a team title too.”
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