WILLITS, Calif. – On Tuesday, March 10, the Terrace Viking wrestlers headed off to their first tournament of the season, most with just a few practices under their belts.

Four boys and five girls made the trip to wrestle for Terrace.

The gym was packed to standing room only; it was nice to see so many wrestlers, coaches and family members out on a Tuesday evening to support middle school wrestling.

First place medalists were Sergio Rodriguez and Mavis Pyorre. Teagan Miller took home a second place medal in her first wrestling tournament.

Third place medals went to George Fred, along with first-time wrestlers, Will Green, Scarlett Ballard, Mia Depaz-Flores and Lupita Heredia.

Andrew Bain came up just short to miss out on a medal and Bryanna Johnson, who also is on the team, did not wrestle in the tournament. 

Sergio Rodriguez rolled through the tournament, pinning all of his opponents, on his way to the championship.

In her first wrestling tournament ever, Mavis Pyorre dominated her division on her way to the gold medal, going unscored on throughout the tournament, including a 19 to 0 technical fall handed out to one opponent.

“I was really proud of all of them,” said Head Coach Steve Fisher. “They all wrestled very well, especially considering the limited number of practices, due to our late start.”