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John L. Braese
ECHO – Nine female teams gathered in Echo for the Oregon Trail County Championships and in the end, the Tigers of La Grande picked up the team title.
La Grande ended the tournament with 182.5 points while Hermiston placed second with 109 points. Riverside picked up third with Irrigon and Union rounding out the top five.
Team scores: 1. La Grande, 182.5. 2. Hermiston, 109.0. 3. Riverside, 70.0. 4. Irrigon, 50.0. 5. Union, 44.0. 6. Heppner, 25.0. 7. Imbler, 20.0. 8. Umatilla, 14.0. 9. Echo, 10.0.
100 pounds: 1st Place Match; Mayte Pacheco (Riverside) Emma Burtch (Union) by fall, 3:04. 3rd Place Match; Ayden Foreman (Hermiston) over Brooklynn Day (Hermiston) by fall, 0:59.
105-110 pounds: 1st Place Match; Lyndie Isaacson (La Grande) over Dora Galindo (La Grande) y major decision, 12-4. 3rd Place Match; Rhiley Lees (La Grande) over Lily Forman (Hermiston) by fall, 0:34. 5th Place Match; Loren Trujillo (Heppner) received a bye.
115 pounds: 1st Place Match; Milah Fincher (Union) over Dairys Pena (Riverside) by fall, 0:24. 3rd Place Match; Adalia Chavez (Riverside) over Hortense Febreau (La Grande) by fall, 0:56. 5th Place Match; Maggie Katin (Hermiston) over Larkin Sanders (Union) by fall, 3:04.
120 pounds: 1st Place Match; Shanti Ward (La Grande) over Florecita Villagomez (La Grande) by fall, 1:48. 3rd Place Match; Carissa Andrade (Riverside) over Madelynn Ortega (Hermiston) by fall, 2:59.
125 pounds: 1st Place Match; Delia Gulzow (La Grande) over Luca Willins (La Grande) by technical fall, 17-2. 3rd Place Match; Journey Cavan-Harris (Heppner) over Katelyn Wiseman (Riverside) in overtime, 9-7. 5th Place Match; Preslie Bowles (Riverside) over Lesly Barrientos Zavala (Hermiston) by fall, 2:46.
130-135 pounds: 1st Place Match; Paige Allen (La Grande) over Rilley Robinson (La Grande) by fall, 2:47. 3rd Place Match; Nakita Gonzales (La Grande) over Taylor Hancock (Hermiston) by fall, 3:18. 5th Place Match; Sunny Valle (Echo) over Elly Martinez (La Grande) by fall, 1:54.
140-145 pounds: 1st Place Match; Brittanie Ely (Irrigon) over Rylee Weimer (La Grande) by fall, 1:25. 3rd Place Match; Rylee Sanchez (Umatilla) over Kayden Bonczek (La Grande) by fall, 1:32. 5th Place Match; Nyomi Torres (Hermiston) over Leilani Mielke (La Grande) by fall, 0:17.
155-170 pounds: 1st Place Match; Kaitlin Brock (La Grande) over Lucy Camacho (Imbler) by fall, 5:00. 3rd Place Match; Aliya Lenox (La Grande) over Kallin Burgess (La Grande) by fall, 5:23. 5th Place Match; Kylie Holden (Heppner) over Weslie Siemears (La Grande) by fall, 2:28.
170-190 pounds: 1st Place Match; Kaiomi Morris (Hermiston) over Maddy Armstrong (La Grande) by fall, 0:51. 3rd Place Match; Sherlyn Estrada (Hermiston) received a bye.
235 pounds: 1st Place Match; Stephanie Romero (Irrigon) over Chloe Wilson-Claassen (Irrigon) by fall, 1:05. 3rd Place Match; Hadley White (Hermiston) over Macy Iramk (La Grande) by fall, 0:10.