The Union Titans and Mountain View Thunder are the top two teams at the Clark County Wrestling Championships after the first day of the competition at Prairie High School.
Team points were not available at press time due to a scoring error at the event, but event officials said Union and Mountain View lead the field, with Battle Ground likely in third place.
The semifinals and finals are scheduled for Saturday, with championship matches tentatively scheduled for 6 p.m.
Union leads the way with 10 semifinalists. Mountain View has eight. Prairie and Washougal each have five in the semifinals.
Three matches to keep an eye on for the team title: Troy Ewers of Mountain View will take on Ethan Rotondo of Union in a 106-pound semifinal. Skylar Scott of Mountain View will face Michael Snediker of Union at 160 pounds. And Grayson Funk of Mountain View will face Alex Berfanger of Union in a 182-pound semifinal.
Columbia River is guaranteed to have at least one finalist. Teammates Larry Anderson and Nathan Pyles are set to face each other in one of the 152-pound semifinals. It is the only semifinal match pitting teammates against each other.
The small schools are guaranteed to get at least one finalist. Brandon McKee of Washougal and Aaron Burns of Hockinson, both representing Class 2A, face off in a 285-pound semifinal.
The girls tournament is a one-day event, starting Saturday and ending with championship matches, also at 6 p.m.
Clark County Wrestling Championships
at Prairie High School
Team points: Not available at press time.
NOTE: Boys semifinals tentatively scheduled for 11:52 a.m. Saturday. Finals tentatively scheduled for 6 p.m.
Semifinal pairings
106 pounds: Doug Chin (Skyview) vs. Michael Strickland (Camas); Troy Ewers (Mountain View) vs. Ethan Rotondo (Union).
113: Will Taiscan (Mountain View) vs. Joseph Harnett (Battle Ground); Tommy Greensky (Prairie) vs. Trevor Newburn (Ridgefield).
120: Brandon Huft (Mountain View) vs. Zach Oster (Washougal); Ryan Kay (Camas) vs. Chris Joner (Battle Ground).
126: Derick Tollen (La Center) vs. Taggart Hartwig (Union); Josh Pratt (Woodland) vs. Isaiah Av (Everegreen).
132: J.J. Talavera (Union) vs. Kodi Walls (Prairie); Robert Gomulkiewicz (Battle Ground) vs. Taylor Leifsen (Washougal).
138: Carlos Simon (Union) vs. Peter Mattson (Prairie); Conner Thun (Columbia River) vs. Damon Thomas (Mountain View).
145: Tommy Strassenberg (Union) vs. Nathan Patterson (Woodland); Emanual Mendez (Mountain View) vs. Bryant Elliott (Camas).
152: Larry Anderson (Columbia River) vs. Nathan Pyles (Columbia River); Judah Reynolds (Union) vs. Marcus Hendrickson (Heritage).
160: Michael Snediker (Union) vs. Skylar Scott (Mountain View); Kurtis Patterson (Woodland) vs. Cameron Hutchison (Skyview).
170: Luke Christensen (Union) vs. Vanea McDaniel (Ridgefield); Stephan Evans (Battle Ground) vs. Brandon Profitt (Mountain View).
182: Alex Berfanger (Union) vs. Grayson Funk (Mountain View); Tanner Howington (Camas) vs. Nathan Cloud (Woodland).
195: Zach Berfanger (Union) vs. Shawn Cook (Columbia River); Ruben Aguilar (Washougal) vs. Jose Avila-Leal (Prairie).
225: Dallas Goodpaster (Everegreen) vs. Jacob Brown (Washougal); Cameron Loos (Hockinson) vs. Austin Wright (Evergreen).
285: Brandon McKee (Washougal) vs. Aaron Burns (Hockinson); Bryan Person (Prairie) vs. Tristan Bridges (Heritage).
