The HammerHead Invitational is one of the signature events of the wrestling season here in the West Sound and features wrestlers from all over the state.
The tournament takes place over the course of two days. The early championship and consolation rounds took place on Friday, Dec. 14 at the Kitsap Sun Pavilion at the Fairgrounds.
Day two, on Saturday, Dec. 16, features the last of the boys bouts along with the girls tournament. The finals are set for approximately 6 p.m.
The following local wrestlers have reached the semifinals in their respective weight classes.
106 — Garret Swanson, Bainbridge
113 — Peyton Motter, South Kitsap; Anjelo Pangelinan, Olympic.
126 — Xavier Eaglin, South Kitsap.
132 — Robert Gomez, North Kitsap; Tim Porter, Olympic.
138 — Hayden Steele, Klahowya.
145 — Jacob Laws, South Kitsap.
160 — Deyondre Davis, South Kitsap.
182 — Logan Stafford, South Kitsap.
195 — Nouh Hammou, North Kitsap.
The girls tournament has reached the quarterfinals as of early Saturday afternoon. The local wrestlers that have made it that far are as follows:
115B — Angelina Ixmay Tzun, Central Kitsap.
125 — Brooklyn Roberts, South Kitsap.
125B — Jenna Adams, Bremerton.
130B — Summer Paul, Klahowya.
135B — Sagel Bush, Bainbridge.
140 — Haley Michaelson, Bremerton; Elise Scrafford, North Kitsap.
170B — Christa Sindel, Kingston.
190 — Leslie Espinosa, Olympic; Catalina Sanchez, Bremerton.
235 — Evelyn Taylor, Bremerton.
Here are a few scenes from day one of the tournament.
South Kitsap’s Deyondre Davis has advanced to the semifinals of the 160-pound weight class. He defeated Sam Sweet of Emerald Ridge by pin in 4:18 in the second round. (Mark Krulish/Kitsap News Group)
Cache Holmes of North Kitsap takes on Simon Atwell of Gig Harbor. (Mark Krulish/Kitsap News Group)
Bremerton’s Estan Wakonabo takes down Davis Cook of Burlington-Edison. (Mark Krulish/Kitsap News Group)
Central Kitsap wrestler Nate Larson defeats Tumua Sosense of Union by pin in 1:58 in a second round matchup. (Mark Krulish/Kitsap News Group)
Olympic’s Tim Porter is a semifinalist at 132. In the third round, he defeated Cole Pass of Washougal by fall in 3:54. (Mark Krulish/Kitsap News Group)
Robert Gomez of North Kitsap is a semifinalist at this year’s event. Here, he defeats Domingo Pedro-Gaspar of North Mason in a 9-2 decision. (Mark Krulish/Kitsap News Group)
Kingston’s David Jensen squares off with Carter Murphey of Hanford in the 152-pound division. (Mark Krulish/Kitsap News Group)
Peyton Hlebechuk of Klahowya takes on North Kitsap’s Bryson Hamon in a consolation round match. (Mark Krulish/Kitsap News Group)
Bremerton wrestler Henry Buentello takes down David McDaniels of Central Kitsap. (Mark Krulish/Kitsap News Group)
