Legacy Wrestling Club impresses in three winter tournaments
(Photo courtesy of TAMI WOOD) In the fourth round of competition at the Big Cat Battle on Saturday, Conner Brown works a power half on his opponent. Brown won four of his five matches to take second in his bracket.
(Photo courtesy of TAMI WOOD) Tyler Wood and Zak Wood each placed at the Idaho Folkstyle State Tournament in Meridian, Idaho on Feb. 8. Tyler took first at 63 pounds and Zak was runner up at 67 pounds in the 10U division.
(Photo courtesy of TAMI WOOD) Vanessa Hood gets ready to pin her opponent en route to a third place finish in Deer Park on Feb. 2.
Sandpoint Legacy Wrestling Club has been practicing through the winter and keeping their skills sharp while competing this past month in three different tournaments.
In Deer Park, Washington, on Feb. 2, 13 of the 15 wrestlers from Sandpoint placed in the top three of their round-robin brackets.
Beau Cates, Miro Parr-Coffin and Tyler Wood all captured first at the tournament, Boheme Parr-Coffin, Paloma Parr-Coffin, Spencer Warren, Maxx Watson and Logan Wood secured second-place finishes and Summer Birch, Vanessa Hood, Parker Warren, Robert Warren and Zak Wood brought home third place medals.
The Idaho Folkstyle State Tournament was held in Meridian, Idaho, on Feb. 8. Tyler and Zak Wood represented Sandpoint at the statewide tournament. Tyler bested all of his opponents to become the state champion at 63 pounds in the 10U division while Zak wrestled back to take second place at 67 pounds in the same division.
Most recently, 28 members of the team wrestled in the Big Cat Battle on Saturday in Mead, Washington. The team’s hard work and dedication was evident as they competed in 128 round-robin matches and came home with a team high record of 22 medals.
Placers this past weekend included: Kaleb Bogadi, Cole Martin, Jacob Neff, Paloma Parr-Coffin, Damen Therrien, Maxx Watson, Joe Neff, Miro Parr-Coffin and Tyler Wood all took first. Boheme Parr-Coffin, Olivia Watson, Beau Cates, Paden Hinds, Conner Brown, Robert Warren and Zak Wood all captured second. Colter Cates, Gage Martin, Dominic Ratigan, Parker Warren, Logan Wood and Carter Yetter all secured third.
Sandpoint Legacy Wrestling has a full schedule of tournaments over the next five weeks as they begin the spring wrestling season.