Cruiser Wrestlers have great showing at tourneys

Both the Cruiser men’s and women’s wrestling teams competed in tournaments this past weekend.

The boys headed to Washington High School to compete in the Patriot Dome Classic.

As a team, the Cruisers would place second out of 19 teams.

Ty Whitney and Mason Vasquez both won their weight classes. Austin Frink, CJ Caeton and Kaden Olsen all took third.

“It was a great showing for the first tourney of the year,” said head coach Mario Ragazzo. “I was very proud of the boys and the way they wrestled with a lot of heart and drive. Our JV wrestlers also did a great job and won the JV tourney. Great job by all.”

The girls headed to Yelm High School to compete in the “Jump On In” tournament with 46 other teams from around the state.

As a team, the girls finished in 12th place out of 47 teams.

Sadie Schier took 2nd place for the Cruisers and Kayla Trujillo finished in 3rd. Skylar Peters would take 2nd place in the JV tournament.

Next up for the boys will be a league meet on Dec. 11 at Orting High School against Orting and River Ridge before travelling to La Grande, Oregon, for another tournament.

The girls will host a league meet on Dec. 12 before attending the Orting Holiday Tournament at Orting High School on Dec. 14.