Tumwater Invitational
12/30/05
No brackets were sent to me.
December 28, 2005
Tumwater Tournament
Team Scores — 1, Tumwater 175.5; 2, Auburn 164; 3, Mariner 147; 4, Mountlake
Terrace 133; 5, Yelm 132.5; 6, Black Hills 123; 7, Camas 111.5; 8, Puyallup 111;
9, Fife 93.5; 10, Squalicum 77; 11, Rochester 53; 12, Montesano 46; 13, Foster
12.
Championship Matches — 103 — J. Belleville, BH, major dec. Burnham, BH, 17-4.
112 — M. Sencenbaugh, A, dec. Bitney, P, 6-2. 119 — D. Justice, BH, dec. E.
Russell, C, 4-3. 125 — C. Montermini, T, dec. Z. Demers, R, 7-6. 130 — M. May,
Y, pinned C. Allen, T, 0:59. 135 — N. Miller, Fi, dec. Robbins, T, 11-4. 140 —
T. Weiks, T, dec. B. Bradley, Y, 6-5. 145 — J. Eastman, R, dec. A. Kintner, Ma,
10-4. 152 — K. Cundy, MT, pinned Butterfield, A, 3:55. 160 — S. Onufer, A,
pinned Finnicum, MT, 5:19. 171 — K. Swartz, A, pinned Hoffman, F, 2:10. 189 — M.
Mustafa, Ma, pinned J. Jensen, A, 0:42. 215 — J. Carey, MT, dec. Chatterton, BH,
7-4. 275 — A.J. Pulzcinski, T, dec. Z. Rydzak, Ma, 4-3.
Most Outstanding Wrestler — Shane Onufer (160), Auburn.
THE
OLYMPIAN
Tumwater took three firsts and had two runners-up, helping the Thunderbirds win
their own wrestling tournament Wednesday.
Tumwater's Chad Montermini (125), Tanner Weiks (140) and AJ Pulzcinski (275) all
won their weight class, finishing the 13-team, one-day Tumwater Invitational
with 3-0 records.
Tumwater, with its depth and quality, finished with 175.5 points. Auburn, with
three firsts, took second with 164 points and Mariner was third with 147.
"Our whole team wrestled really solid," Tumwater coach Tony Prentice said. "It
was a tough tournament. There were state placers in nearly every weight class."
Auburn's Shane Onufer was named the top wrestler of the tournament. In the
160-pound finals, Onufer, who was second in the state at 145 pounds last year,
pinned Mountlake Terrace's Casey Butterfield in 5:19 and won all three of his
matches.
Yelm's Mason May placed first at 130 pounds and teammate Ben Bradley was second
at 140 pounds, leading the Tornados to fifth place with 132.5 points.
Black Hills dominated the lower weights and placed first in two of the three
lightest weight classes to place sixth with 123 points.
It was an all-Black Hills final at 103 pounds. Black Hills' Jimmy Belleville
defeated teammate Nick Burnham 17-4 to win the 103-pound class.
At 119 pounds, Black Hills' Dylan Justice defeated Camas' Eddie Russell 4-3 in
the finals.
Auburn's Kurt Swartz, a state champ at 171 pounds last season, dominated his
weight class at the Tumwater Invite, pinning Fife's James Hoffman in 2:10 of the
finals.
At 140 pounds, Weiks and Yelm's Ben Bradley, who were both state placers last
season, battled. Weiks, who finished third at state, defeated Bradley, an
eighth-place finisher at state, 6-5 in the finals.
At 145 pounds, Rochester's Justin Eastman, a reigning 2A state champ who has
lost only one high school match, defeated Mariner's Austin Kinter 10-4 in the
Tumwater finals.
At the 275-pound finals, Pulzcinski defeated Mariner's Zak Rayzak 4-3. In
another squeaker, Montermini defeated Zach Demers of Rochester 7-6 to win the
125-pound title.
After nearly 25 years of the tournament, Prentice said the Tumwater Invitational
will change its name next year to the Pat Alexander Invitational.
Prentice presented Alexander, a former Tumwater wrestling coach who has been
inducted into the state's coaching Hall of Fame, with an award and announced the
name change.
Prentice said an annual $1,000 college scholarship will be presented to
wrestlers at the tournament in Alexander's name.
"We're going to rename the invitational to honor Pat," Prentice said. "I pulled
him in front of the crowd and made a speech."
Prentice said the tournament continues to thrive.
"We love that Auburn and the other 4A schools come down and wrestle," the
Tumwater coach said. "Auburn is probably a top-three 4A school."
Additional notes sent to me on the tournaments:
112 Whitney Condor was at 112 and went 2-2 I’m not sure if that is where she
will stay.
140 Weiks Tumwater over Bradley Yelm 6-5
145 Kintner (go down later?) Mariner over Blankenship Montesano 11-3
Eastman (not 152) Rochester over Kintner 11-4 (not as close as score indicates.
160 Onufer Auburn pin Finnicum MLT (Score was 11-0 for Onufer at time of pin)
275 Pulzcinski Tumwater over Rydzak Mariner 4-3
