Gorilla grapplers take third in Spangle

SPANGLE - Davenport wrestler Alex Plasencia only spent a minute-and-a-half on the mat last Thursday, Feb. 6, en route to an easy gold medal at 145 pounds.

Plasencia received two byes to open the 1B/2B League-South district wrestling tournament at Liberty High School.

Then he pinned Noah Sievers of Liberty in 45 seconds in the semifinals and Mike Bauman of Northwest Christian (Colbert) in 46 seconds.

Plasencia led the Gorillas as the team finished second overall with 246 points.

Liberty dominated the tournament, racking up 297 team points. Reardan was third with 168, followed by Lind-Ritzville/...