Wrestling: Whatcom wrestlers perform at state

Continued from B1 defeating Tristian Davis from Riverside. For the Nooksack Valley girls, Ameriah Harlan nished in fth place for the 145-pound division after defeating Sonia Mendoza from Granger. Nooksack Valley boys had a nal team score of 13, which put them at 28th in 1A state. e girls had a team score of 15 which landed them 41st place.

Meridian was the remaining 1A northern Whatcom County school, but they did not have any wrestlers move on to the championship round.

In the 2A division, Lynden saw one wrestler move on to the championship round. Belen Lopez for the 155-pound girl's division placed second in state. Lopez fell in the championship match to Rudy RodriguezRios of Toppenish after a four-minute bout. Lope now holds the best nish for a Lynden girl ever. No Lynden boys advanced to the nal rounds at state.

Overall, the Lynden girls logged 24 team points to nish 25th as a team.

In the 3A division, Ferndale saw two athletes place at the Mat classic. Jacob Gandy nished in 5th place for the 145-pound division and Sam Brulotte nished in 8th for the 220-pound division in the consolation bracket.

As a team, the Ferndale boys had the second-best team score for the boy's divisions coming out of northern Whatcom County. ey had a total of 47.5 points which was good enough for 18th place.