Kingston’s Tangen, Leigh place third in Matman Classic | Wrestling

Two Buccaneers took third place after hard-fought matches during the 38th Matman Classic at Central Kitsap High School Jan. 17.

SILVERDALE — Two Buccaneers took third place after hard-fought matches during the 38th Matman Classic at Central Kitsap High School Jan. 17.

Kingston Cameron Tangen took co-third place in the 195-pound bracket and Julian Leigh took co-third in the 285-pound bracket.

Tangen and Misael Estrada shared the third-place title, after Tangen bounced back from a first-round loss and won three matches.

Tangen lost his first match by 4-2 decision to Eastmont’s Roberto Guevarra. The close first-round match was followed up by a bye.

Tangen then defeated Enumclaw’s Levi Ward by 5-1 decision.

Tangen defeated Tahoma’s Austin Shaw by 1-0 decision. Tangen finished the tournament with a 4-0 decision victory over Orting’s Trent Lochridge.

Kingston’s Leigh began his tournament run with a loss to Mt. Spokane’s Garret Johnson. Johnson defeated Leigh in 29 seconds by fall.

Leigh rebounded with a second-round win over Bethel’s Michael Cox. Leigh won by fall in 2:28.

Leigh defeated Auburn-Riverside’s Joel Lopez with an 8-6 decision.

Leigh won again by fall over Olympic’s Dominic Bataglia in 1:43.

Leigh met Mt. Spokane’s Garret Johnson once again in the semi-finals. This time, however, Leigh won by a narrow 3-2 decision victory.

Leigh shared the 285-pound third place title with Tahoma’s Kingston Suka.

 

 

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