GRANGER — The Granger Iron Man Wrestling Tournament was held Saturday at Granger High School and featured tough wrestling competition from Granger, Sunnyside, Zillah, Mabton, East Valley, Eisenhower, Cascade, Highland, White Swan and Wahluke.

As a team, the Zillah Leopards placed an impressive second place in the tournament with 174 total points.

Many Zillah Leopard and Granger Spartan wrestlers scored high as individuals in the tournament and received medals and trophies for their superb athleticism. 

The East Valley High School wrestling team took top honors at the tournament, finishing with a total of 209.50 points.

Granger finished the day in fifth place overall as a team with 156.50 points.

The individual results of Saturday afternoon’s action are as follows:

In the 275-pound weight class, Granger Spartan Pete Almaguer won first place. Zillah Leopard wrestler John Meyers of Zillah received second place in this weight class. Zillah wrestler Trevor Schell received third place.

In the 215-pound weight class, Zillah Leopard Nathanial Deardorff received second place.

In the 189-pound weight class, Zillah’s Kane Koerner won first place.

Granger Spartan Humberto Morales took second place in the 171-pound weight class.

At 160 pounds, it was none other than Zillah’s 2008 Washington Class 1A State Wrestling Champ Chris Castillo who took first place and Zillah Leopard Kyle Kluever took third place in this weight class.

For the 152-pound weight class Granger Spartan Jaime Martinez and Zillah Leopard Omar Ochoa took second and third places, respectively. 

At 145 pounds, Zillah Leopard Rodney Treece took third place, while Granger Spartan Emmanuel Ramirez followed closely behind receiving a fourth place award.

In the 140-pound category, Zillah Leopard Juan Nicholas took fourth place.

Granger’s Carlos DeLeon received a fourth place award in the 130-pound class.

At 125 pounds, Skylor Davis took the first place Iron Man Championship and Granger’s Sammy Salcedo followed closely behind with a second place award.

The 119-pound first place Iron Man Championship went to Granger Spartan Joe Salcedo and Zillah Leopard Reymundo Valencia received third place.

Granger Spartan Johnathan Salcedo took a second place at the tournament at 112 pounds.

Zillah’s Juan Diaz took third place in the 103-pound, weight-class category.

Team Results: 1.East Valley, 209.50; 2.Zillah, 174.00; 3.Mabton, 162.00; 4. Sunnyside, 162.00; 5.Granger,  156.50; 6.Wahluke, 74.00; 7. Eisenhower 32.00; 8.Cascade 26.00; 9. Highland 23.00 and 10.White Swan 10.00.