Kentlake High School Wrestling

Falcons Take 4th at Subs; Will Take 8 Wrestlers to Regionals
Saturday, February 6, 2010

Kentlake took 4th place at the SPSL North Sub-district tournament this weekend at Kent Meridian High School. Jeff Harjehausen and Colton Marlowe lead the team by taking 1st in their respective weight classes. All wrestlers placing in the top 4 will move on to the Regional Tournament in Auburn next weekend. The following is the list of Falcon wrestlers who placed in the top 6:

Jeff Harjehausen (Jr.) 1st 112 lbs.
Sean Farr (Soph.) 2nd 112 lbs.
Colton Marlowe (Soph.) 1st 119 lbs.
Tyler Potts (Sr.) 4th 125 lbs.
Samir Faizoullin (Soph.) 3rd 130 lbs.
Gabe Carillo (Frosh.) 6th 135 lbs.
Sean Cavanagh (Sr.) 2nd 145 lbs.
Ben Ritchie (Sr.) 2nd 152 lbs.
Jesse Keliiliki (Jr.) 4th 171 lbs.

You can find the the complete list of match results and brackets at Washington Wrestling Report.

Photos can be found at http://picasaweb.google.com/kentlakewrestling. Note to parents: If you have any pictures of your wrestler at any tournament or dual meet this year that you would like to share, please contact Rich Firman (firmanfamily@comcast.net) for instructions on uploading your pictures to http://picasaweb.google.com/kentlakewrestling. Thanks!

Plant Sale 2010 is here!
Saturday, January 24, 2010

Annual Plant Sale
January 22 – February 19, 2009
It’s time to start thinking about spring and our yards! The Kentlake High School Wrestling Team invites you to peruse the attached plant order form, and think about what you would like to have in your yard this spring. The plants are direct from a grower in the Puyallup valley and are top quality. He has supplied past plant sales for Kentlake High School, and has become known for his high quality plants and his beautiful hanging baskets. With delivery on May 1, it’s just in time for Mother’s Day! Plants will be delivered to Kentlake High School on Saturday, May 1, for you to pickup between Noon and 2pm. If you would like to place an order, please contact any Kentlake Wrestler or Heide Tacheron at htacheron@comcast.net, or 360-886-7002.

Thank you for your support!

Kentlake Wrestling Team and Parents Committee

Falcons Take 3rd at SK Invite; Potts Takes 1st, Cavanagh 2nd
Saturday, January 23, 2010

In their final varsity tournament of the season before the post-season tournaments in February, Kentlake made a strong showing at the South Kitsap Invitational in Port Orchard. Seniors Tyler Potts and Sean Cavanagh reached the finals for Kentlake. Tyler took home gold in the 125 lb. weight class by winning a close final match against Penninsula's Wes Wynn 9 - 8. Sean Cavanagh knew he would have his work cut out for him in his final match at 145 lb. as he faced last year's state runner up of the 3A 140 lb. weight class in Brandon Yeik. Sean did manage to score some points in the first round. But Yeik got the pin in the 2nd round.

The list of top-four placers at the SK Invitational include:

Jef Hargehausen - 112 - 4th
Colton Marlow - 119 - 3rd
Tyler Potts - 125 - 1st
Gabe Carillo - 135 - 4th
Sean Cavanagh - 145 - 2nd
Ben Ritchie - 152 - 3rd
Jesse Keliiliki - 171 - 4th
Bob Tacheron - 285 - 4th

Complete SK Invitational results can be seen at Washington Wrestling Report.

Cov-Town Throw-down on Senior Night: KW: 32 KL: 30
Thursday, January 21, 2010

It was a long night. And in the end, it was just two points that separated the Falcons and the Conquerors in the annual cross-town rival match between Kentlake and Kentwood, known as the Cov-Town Throw-down. This match is always one of the biggest for the Kentlake wrestlers. But this night was made even more special since it was Senior Night. The team and fans honored their 9 seniors with a presentation that included a slide-show. This year's seniors are:


Kentlake Senior Class of 2010 Top row: Bryce Fontaine, Ben Ritchie, Tyler Potts, Tony Quitugua *Bottom row: Sean Cavanagh, Brian Cavanagh, Micah Siler* *Not pictured: Jacob Vaccaro, Michael McCamey*

Match Results:
Kentwood 32 - Kentlake 30

103 J. Jackson KW pin (1:22) Cody Michelbrink KL
112 Reuben Navejas KW Maj. Dec. 15-2 Sean Farr KL
119 Colton Marlowe KL pin (5:33) Hayden Peterson KW
125 Tyler Potts KL pin(2:47) D. Saini KW
130 Samir Faizoullin KL Dec. 12-6 J. Hernandez KW
135 Gabe Carrillo KL Dec. 7-3 B. Polkinghorn KW
140 B. Allen KW pin(3:33) Andrew Friant KL
145 Sean Cavanagh KL Dec. 6-0 M. Gordon
152 Ben Ritchie KL Dec. 5-2 A. Hough KW
160 C. Beck KW Dec. 7-0 Joel Firman KL
171 Jesse Keliiliki KL Inj. Def. L Kelley KW
189 J. Hatfield KW Dec. 3-0 Bryan Cavanagh KL
215 Shewey KW Maj. Dec. 16-5 Tyler Deskins KL
285 Herrick KW pin (1:39) Bob Tacheron

2nd Ranked Bears Show Strength vs. Falcons
Wednesday, January 13, 2010

The Tahoma Bears showed why they are currently ranked 2nd in the state (See Rankings). Just three Falcon wrestlers managed to come away with wins. In just the second match of the night, Sean Cavanagh was the first Falcon to put points on the board. For most of this season, Cavanagh has been wrestling with a healing fracture in his eye socket. So he wrestles with a red mask that just looks otherworldly. And tonight his moves were as intimidating as his mask as he went on to score 20 points a technical fall against Tahoma's Matt Hopkins in the 145 lb. weigh class. Tahoma then went on to win the next two matches before Jesse Keliiliki pinned Tahoma's Michael Blake 1:14 into the 2nd round in the 171 lb. class. Tahoma pinned in the following 6 matches before Kentlake's Tyler Potts came away with a close 4 - 2 win against Tahoma's Jesse Vaughn in the 125 lb. weight class.

Tahoma 61 - Kentlake 13

103 Michael Vasquez Tahoma Fall (:29) Cody Michelbrink KL

112 Steven Hopkins Tahoma Fall (1:59) Sean Farr KL

119 Tanner Mjelde Tahoma Fall (3:51) Jeff Harjhausen KL

125 Tyler Potts KL Decision (4-2) Jesse Vaughn Tahoma

130 Dan Haniger Tahoma Fall (3:18) Samir Faizoullin KL

135 Jordan Higa Tahoma Fall (2:46) Gabe Carrillo KL

140 Chris Hayden Tahoma (Tech Fall) Micah Siler KL

145 Sean Cavanagh KL Major Dec. (20-7) Matt Hopkins Tahoma

152 Tyler Lamb Tahoma Major Dec. (18-5) Ben Ritchie KL

160 Jeff Thompson Tahoma Major Dec. ( 11-1) Joel Firman KL

171 Jesse Keliiliki KL Fall (4:14) Michael Blake Tahoma

189 Nick Bayer Tahoma Fall (1:16) Bryan Cavanagh

215 Aaron Davis Tahoma Fall (1:05) Tyler Deskins KL

285 Konnor Knudtsen Tahoma Fall (1:42) Bob Tacheron KL

2009 - 2010 Season Under Way
Thursday, December 3, 2009

Head coach Jeremy Williams took his team to Thomas Jefferson High School on Thursday night to open the season against Thomas Jefferson and Decatur in a double dual. The Falcons won the first contest by just 1 point. They then lost to Decatur in the night cap.