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Newburn, the Othello senior used all six minutes, getting a 10-4 decision, moving him into the semifinals to face an-other freshman, Clarkston's Spencer Clegg.

Having faced Clegg before, each wrestler knew what to expect. Barrera went the dis-tance, earning a close 8-6 win by decision, moving him into the finals against Selah rival Carlos Lopez.

Martinez said Barrera needed that last takedown against Clegg to get the win.

"Isaiah stuck with the plan we worked on through all of his four matches," Mar-tinez said. "He eliminated those costly penalties and he got the first takedown in all of his matches."

Barrera faced Lopez four times during the season. He also lost four times to Lopez, which made this matchup all the more important.

Knowing Lopez's antago-nistic style, Barrera kept his cool, defeating Lopez, 5-4, and earning his first state title.

Barrera finishes his Othello career with a 107-39 record. During his senior season, he amassed a 28-5 record, with a second-place finish at both the district and regional tournament, followed by a state championship.

As a junior, he recorded a 26-5 record, finishing third at the district tournament, fourth at the regional match and third at state. He follows his older brother Anthony Barrera who won last year's state champi-onship at 106 pounds.

Manny MartinezJunior, 132 pounds

Heading into the state tour-nament, Martinez already had a 81-26 record, which included a fourth-place finish at 120 pounds last year in Tacoma. This year, he rattled off five more wins to just one loss, leaving the state tournament with a third-place medal and improving his overall record to 86-27.

Not bad for a wrestler only in his third year.

Martinez pinned his first opponent, Steven Yazzie, of Sehome, in a quick 37 seconds. In the quarter fi-nals, he matched up against Fife's Glenn Robertson, who wrestled flawlessly, defeat-ing Marteinz by 3-0 decision. Robertson eventually lost in the finals to Grandview's Diego Castaneda.

"Regionals is where we needed to win to set us up," coach Martinez said. "Manny battled the defending state champion, only to see the CWAC wrestler from Grand-view make the finals and pin the defending state champion."

In the consolation bracket is where Martinez got tough.

A 7-2 win over Bremerton sophomore Cameron Dubos kept him moving forward. A 10-2 win over Olympic's Adri-an Madison, was followed by

a close 5-4 win over Daniel Montesa, of River Ridge.

With third or fourth on the line, Martinez won by 4-0 de-cision, defeating Colville's Ty-ler Ward and grabbing a third-place medal.

Coach Martinez said he wrestled well and was able to come back to place top three.

Jesus MontesSenior, 170 pounds

For Montes, his great-est challenge came in the semifinals.

Montes pinned Tumwa-ter's Clark Smith in 1:52, fol-lowed by a quarterfinal pin of Wes Fleury, of Burlington, this time in 4:12. Then came Kingston's Robby Reese.

Reese, a returning three-time state champ, was focused on defeating Montes, which he did in 1:50. Reese eventually pinned Nate Vaugh, of Sedro Woolley, to earn his fourth straight state title.

From the consolation brack-et, Montes wasn't done.

He recording his third pin of the tournament – and his second of Smith – in 2:59,

moving him into the battle for third or fourth to face Josh Wessels, of Cheney.

Wessel's only loss was to Reese, as well.

In a closely fought match, Wessels defeated Montes, 5-4, sending the Othello senior home with a fourth- place medal.

"Jesus wrestled tough and beat some good oppo-nents," Martinez said. "He only lost by one point to the Cheney wrestler."

Montes finishes his Othello career with an 89-55 record, which includes a 30-8 senior season. As a junior, he won 31 matches, finished second at the regional tournament at 160 pounds and was a state participant.

Anthony RuizSophomore, 195 pounds

Wrestling in one of the toughest weight classes, A. Ruiz proved he was just as tough as his older brother Bubba.

He opened the tourna-ment with a 5-2 win by deci-sion over Brody Weinheimer, of Lynden, followed by a 5-4 win in the quarterfinals over Allen McClure, of W.F. West (Chehalis).

Martinez said winning his quarter final match by one point to advance to the semifi-nals round was a highlight.

"It guaranteed him a top-six at state," he said.

In the semi finals, he lost a close match to eventual runner-up Trevonn Russell, of Lindbergh, by 3-1 decision.

From the consolation bracket, A. Ruiz defeated Sam Richards, of Tumwa-ter, by 2-1 decision, moving into the match for third or fourth place.

There he met Jason Glenn, of Ellensburg, whose only loss was to Russell in the quarter finals.

Three rounds and six min-utes later, Glenn defeated A. Ruiz by 3-1 decision, earning a fourth-place medal for the Othello sophomore.

"Anthony competed ex-tremely tough and was in matches that were decided in the last round by two points," Martinez said. “He lost a two-point last round takedown in the semis but came back in dramatic fashion to get a take-down late in the third round to get the win."

In two years, A. Ruiz has 54 wins to 30 losses. He finished his sophomore year with a 31-14 record, a second-place fin-ish at the district tournament and a second-place finish at the regional tournament. As a freshman, he went 23-16.

Ephata senior Tyrus Kemp defeated Russell in the finals, earning his second consecu-tive state title.

Reese JonesFreshman, 126 pounds

The youngest of the six state participants, Jones had his work cut out for him early. To open the tourna-ment, he faced Ozzy Swa-gerty, of Port Angeles, losing by 8-3 decision and moving the Huskie freshman to the consolation bracket.

Swagerty eventually fin-ished fourth.

In his second match, Jones was defeated by Sultan's

James Mackenzie, by 9-1 de-cision, ending his tournament.

Martinez was disappointed with how the WIAA handled the 126-pound weight bracket.

"It was changed five times from the initial bracketing and we didn't finally know who Reese was going to wrestle until 15 minutes before the tournament started," he said. "Not the way a tournament of this magnitude should have

been handled … It was very discouraging to prepare for all of those different opponents he was matched up with."

Martinez said it was pretty impressive that Jones qualified for state and he wrestled very well, losing two close matches.

As a freshman, Jones went 25-18, finishing fourth at both the district and regional tournaments.

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Manny Martinez, went 5-1 at 132 pounds, finishing with a third-place medal. In just three years, he has 86 wins.


Jesus Montes, a senior, finished his high school career with 89 wins and 55 loses. He placed fourth at 170 pounds, losing only to four-time state cham-pion Bobby Reese and third-place medalist Josh Wessels, of Cheney.


In just two years, Anthony Ruiz has 54 wins and a fourth-place finish at 195 pounds at the state tournament. His only loses were to runnerup Trevonn Russell, of Lindbergh and third-place finisher Jason Glenn, of Ellensburg.


Freshman Reese Jones was the youngest of the Othello wrestlers to travel to Tacoma. He went 1-2 and ended his first year in the program with an 25-18 record.


Freshman Rosana Pena finished sixth place at 170 pounds, becoming only the second freshman wrestler in school’s history to place at the state tournament. She won four matches and lost two during the tournament.

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