Seven Viking wrestlers medal at Pomolita Tournament

Terrace Middle School Vikings at the Pomolita Tournament in Ukiah, Calif., on Saturday, March 3, 2018. Front row, from left to right, Kiley Bartell, Ashley Pyorre and Hayden Fowler; standing, coaches Mavis Pyorre and Rick Pyorre, Blake Moak, Elijah Alvarez, Head Coach Troy Davis, Uzziel Alvarez, Liam Davis, Anthony Gersailia, Coach Gerard Fowler and Asher Reese.


UKIAH, Calif. – On Saturday, March 3, Terrace Middle School Vikings sent nine wrestlers to compete in the Weekends Pomolita Invitational Middle School Wrestling Tournament.

Out of the nine wrestlers competing for the Vikings, all nine would place and seven would medal.

The Vikings finished with four gold medals, two silver medals, one bronze medal along with a fourth and a sixth place.

The varsity girls took third place as a team, while the varsity boys tied for fifth.

In the boys’ varsity division, Blake Moak (275 lbs.) won two matches, one by pin and one by major decision to win his gold medal.

Hayden Fowler (110 lbs.) went 1-1 to win his silver medal. Liam Davis (134 lbs.) was 1-3 with one pin to take fourth place.

In the girls’ varsity division, Kiley Bartell (134 lbs.) went 2-0 with two pins to win her gold medal.

Ashley Pyorre (103 lbs.) was 2-1 with one pin and a major decision to win a silver medal.

In the boys’ junior varsity division, Elijah Alvarez (124 lbs.) went 4-0 with three pins to win his gold medal.

Anthony Gersailia was 2-0 with a major decision to win his gold medal. Uzziel Alvarez was 2-2 with two pins to win a bronze medal, and Asher Reese (103 lbs.) went 1-3 to take sixth place.

“I thought they all did great! Most of the other teams we faced started back in January, while we came in with only six days of practice,” said Head Coach Troy Davis.

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