Two Bulldogs finish seventh at state

OLYMPIA - Two Pasco Bulldog wrestlers brought home medals from the state Mat Classic XXXV on Feb. 16-17:

Both Alexander Barajas at 138 and Kamden Boyer at 215 finished seventh in state 4A wrestling in the Tacoma Dome.

Two other Bulldogs, Devon Valdivia at 165 and Victor Cuellar at 175, qualified and competed at state, but didn't place.

Here are the Bulldogs' individual results:

138 - Alexander Barajas (40-13) placed 7th and scored 7.0 team points.

Champ. Round 1 - Alexander Barajas (Pasco) 40-13 won by fall over Braxton Beard (Central Valley) 26-13 (Fall 5:04)

Quarterfinal - Noah Koyama (Union) 10-0 won by decision over Alexander Barajas (Pasco) 40-13 (Dec 11-5)

Cons. Round 2 - Alexander Barajas (Pasco) 40-13 won by decision over Lawrence Muhat (Lake Stevens) 6-3 (Dec 8-5)

Cons. Round 3 - Jacob Alcala (Davis) 49-8 won by decision over Alexander Barajas (Pasco) 40-13 (Dec 8-4)

7th Place Match - Alexander Barajas (Pasco) 40-13 won by decision over Kalai Simeona (Rogers (Puyallup)) 9-5 (Dec 9-2)

165 - Devon Valdivia (24-26) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points.

Champ. Round 1 - Devan Carter (Graham-Kapowsin) 11-0 won by fall over Devon Valdivia (Pasco) 24-26 (Fall 1:23)

Cons. Round 1 - Gage Blakeslee (Newport (Bellevue)) 14-5 won by decision over Devon Valdivia (Pasco) 24-26 (Dec 8-2)

175 - Victor Cuellar (35-15) place is unknown and scored 4.0 team points.

Champ. Round 1 - Victor Cuellar (Pasco) 35-15 won by fall over Esteban Sedano (Lake Stevens) 7-3 (Fall 2:30)

Quarterfinal - JON SCHOENLEIN (Skyview) 36-4 won by major decision over Victor Cuellar (Pasco) 35-15 (MD 11-3)

Cons. Round 2 - Bridger Cloninger (Lewis and Clark) 38-10 won by major decision over Victor Cuellar (Pasco) 35-15 (MD 13-1)

215 - Kamden Boyer (39-13) placed 7th and scored 8.0 team points.

Champ. Round 1 - Derek Colman-Brusa (Kennedy Catholic) 22-9 won by decision over Kamden Boyer (Pasco) 39-13 (Dec 9-6)

Cons. Round 1 - Kamden Boyer (Pasco) 39-13 won by fall over Nate Baker (Camas) 5-4 (Fall 2:43)

Cons. Round 2 - Kamden Boyer (Pasco) 39-13 won by fall over Mario Monroy (Newport (Bellevue)) 9-7 (Fall 2:27)

Cons. Round 3 - Elliott Scott (Camas) 8-4 won by decision over Kamden Boyer (Pasco) 39-13 (Dec 5-1)

7th Place Match - Kamden Boyer (Pasco) 39-13 won by decision over Matthew Ager (Rogers (Puyallup)) 9-3 (Dec 6-5)