1961     106 Pounds
Jerry Wagstaff (Moses Lake)
  Wagstaff (pin)2
Gary Kellogg (Centralia)  
  Kern (8-7)
Ray Alkamine (West Bremerton)    
  Kern (3-1)  
Dick Kern (Mead)    
  Bostwick (2-1)
Dick Bostwick (Pasco)    
  Bostwick (1-0 ot)    
Schnider        
  Bostwick (pin)3  
Wayne Wetherbee (Bethel)    
  Fulton (3-2)  
Jerry Fulton (Burlington-Edison)  
  Hartley (6-2)
Dennis Gonzales (Auburn)   Champion
  Gonzales (7-4)  
Joe Giron (Quincy)    
  Gonzales  
Ken Robertson (Grandview)      
  Colito (4-2)    
James Colito (Stadium)    
  Hartley (8-1)
Don Vanderpol (Mt. Vernon)  
  Kimrey (7-6)  
Rick Kimrey (Shadle Park)    
  Hartley (pin)1
Ron Sakamoto (Wapato)  
  Hartley (pin)2
Bruce Hartley (Kelso)
Gonzales
 
Sakamoto   Sakamoto (4-2)
     
  Sakamoto (5-3)  
   
Kimrey   Fulton (7-6)
  3rd
Kern  
   
Fulton   Fulton (6-3)
   
  Fulton (1-0)
 
Schnider
1961     115 Pounds
Rick Leifer (Shadle Park)
  Leifer (pin)3
Roland Ashby (Quincy)  
  Yamada (7-2)
Duffy Yamada (Fife)    
  Yamada (8-1)  
Fred Laureta (Stadium)  
  Burke (6-5)
Jim Noble (Davis)    
  Niesen (6-2)    
Whitney Niesen (Clover Park)      
  Burke (9-6)  
Ron McKee (Hudson's Bay)    
  Burke (12-2)  
Bill Burke (Edmonds)  
  Burke (Ref.Dec. ot)
Gary Pittman (Olympia)   Champion
  Pittman (1-0)  
Dan Baginski (Puyallup)    
  Dahl (3-0)  
Al Schroeder (Prosser)      
  Dahl (6-5)    
Reggie Dahl (Burlington-Edison)    
  Dahl (7-2)
Dave Zacek (Bethel)  
  Ross (4-3)  
Ron Ross (Pasco)    
  Amo (6-2)
Ron Chatburn (Cheney)  
  Amo (7-0)
Curt Amo (Ephrata)
Yamada
 
Niesen   Yamada (11-4)
     
  Niesen (pin)2  
   
McKee   Amo (6-4)
  3rd
Amo  
   
Pittman   Amo (4-3)
   
  Pittman (4-3)
 
Schroeder
1961     123 Pounds
Howard Nanto (Moses Lake)
  Nanto (7-0)
P.G. Phillips (Lake Washington)  
  Nanto (5-0)
Stuart McPherson (Eisenhower)    
  McDowell (5-0)  
Argyle McDowell (Fife)  
  Nanto (2-0)
Leland True (Sedro Woolley)    
  True (5-0)    
Hane        
  Tow (4-2)  
Raleigh Morris (Shadle Park)    
  Tow (pin)3  
Guy Tow (Kelso)    
  Weaver (3-0)
McClure     Champion
  Weaver (4-1)  
Jerry Weaver (Battle Ground)    
  Weaver (4-2)  
Ward Cuff (Blanchet)      
  Cuff (8-4)    
Harold Botley (Lincoln)    
  Weaver (2-0)
Dan Hensley (Mead)  
  Hensley (2-0)  
Fred Stanley (Wenatchee)    
  Hensley (5-1)
Louie Park (Puyallup)  
  Free (7-6)
Jerry Free (Richland)
Tow
 
McDowell   Tow (4-2)
     
  McDowell (7-6)  
   
Phillips   Tow (4-0)
  3rd
Hensley  
   
Cuff   Hensley (4-3)
   
  Cuff (2-1 ot)
 
McClure
1961     130 Pounds
Ernie Nyegaard (Edmonds)
  Nyegaard (5-3)
Hively    
  Nyegaard (9-4)
Ed Hepfer (Olympia)    
  Hepfer (10-3)  
George Hartshorn (Eisenhower)  
  Driggs (3-2)
Dennis Anderson (Wilson)    
  Towne (6-4)    
Jack Towne (Pasco)      
  Driggs (2-1)  
McMurtray (Bellevue)    
  Driggs (3-2)  
Darrell Driggs (Mead)  
  Merkley (Inj.Def.)
Lamoin Merkley (Moses Lake)   Champion
  Merkley (6-2)  
Ron Miller (White River)    
  Merkley (6-2)  
Duane Reck (Fife)      
  Codlin (5-2)    
Bob Codlin (Burlington-Edison)    
  Merkley (9-0)
Mike McMahon (Renton)  
  McMahon (8-0)  
Gary Hackney (Pasco)    
  Williams (5-4)
Jerry Gillingham (Cheney)  
  Williams (pin)3
DeWayne Williams (Battle Ground)
Nyegaard
 
Towne   McMurtray (6-4)
     
  McMurtray (pin)2  
   
McMurtray   McMurtray (3-2)
  3rd
Williams  
   
Codlin   Codlin (11-0)
   
  Codlin (8-2)
 
Miller
1961     136 Pounds
Jim Sathre (Kelso)
  Sathre (4-3)
Jonny Aiken (Bellevue)  
  Jenks (3-2)
John Jenks (Connell)    
  Jenks(1-0)  
Bill Blauvelt (Fife)    
  Masonholder (6-0)
Wright (Grandview)    
  Wright (7-2)    
Ken Close (Mead)      
  Masonholder (5-2)  
Ron Yoshino (Moses Lake)    
  Masonholder (6-3)  
Andy Masonholder (Mt. Vernon)  
  Masonholder (4:16)
Lloyd Hashbarger (Ephrata)   Champion
  Hashbarger (pin)2  
Floyd Peterson (East Bremerton)    
  Hashbarger (5-0)  
Russ Alway (Pasco)      
  Esary (4-1)    
Dave Esary (Burlington-Edison)    
  Hashbarger (forfeit)
Don Fredrickson (Stadium)  
  Fredrickson (9-4)  
Herb Sturman (Lake Washington)    
  Fredrickson (9-0)
Bill Meier (Chehalis)  
  Hamilton (10-4)
Waldo Hamilton (Shadle Park)
Fredrickson
 
Esary   Esary (4-1)
     
  Esary  
   
Peterson   Esary (11-0)
  3rd
Jenks  
   
Yoshino   Wright (3-0)
   
  Wright (5-2)
 
Wright
1961     141 Pounds
Chick Sandifer (Sedro Woolley)
  Sandifer (4-2)
Dave Grieb (Walla Walla)  
  Sandifer (7-2)
Jerry Stewart (Mark Morris)    
  Stewart  
Dale Chestnut (Fife)  
  Sandifer (2-0)
Jon Shotwell (Wilson)    
  Henry (10-5)    
Bart Henry (Puyallup)      
  Huddleson (8-6)  
Arnie Huddleson (Soap Lake)    
  Huddleson (10-2)  
Richard Smith (Cheney)  
  Sandifer (2-1)
Don Radke (Battle Ground)   Champion
  Radke (7-1)  
Ken Baron (Bothell)    
  Radke (2-1)  
Doyle Clapper (Pasco)      
  Clapper (2-1)    
Bob Fulton (Burlington-Edison)    
  Fultz (3-2)
Vernon Sixkiller (Eisenhower)  
  Sixkiller (7-3)  
Lee Flood (Bethel)    
  Fultz (Ref. Dec.)
Fairbanks (Pullman)  
  Fultz (7-1)
Jim Fultz (Moses Lake)
Huddleson
 
Stewart   Stewart (2-1)
     
  Stewart (6-1)  
   
Grieb   Radke (9-0)
  3rd
Radke  
   
Sixkiller   Radke (4-2)
   
  Sixkiller (2-1 ot)
 
Fairbanks
1961     148 Pounds
Dave Edwards (Moses Lake)
  Edwards (pin)2
Terry Danzer (Rogers)  
  Edwards (4-0)
Bernie Burns (Hudson's Bay)    
  Stephens (8-4)  
Dave Stephens (Lake Washington)  
  Edwards (6-2)
John Bromley (Wilson)    
  Bromley (12-4)    
Rudy Davis (Naches)      
  DeLong (pin)3  
Phil Lane (Walla Walla)    
  DeLong (pin)3  
Bob DeLong (Edmonds)  
  Edwards (5:27)
Pat Tester (Battle Ground)   Champion
  Tester (pin)3  
Bob Sands (Ephrata)    
  George (7-2)  
Al Dobson (Auburn)      
  George (4-3)    
Gerald George (Kennewick)    
  George (2-1)
Sid Pierson (Pullman)  
  Wallner (6-2)  
Ernie Wallner (Sumner)    
  Haynes (3-2)
John Eaton (Bothell)  
  Haynes (6-3)
David Haynes (Mt. Vernon)
DeLong
 
Stephens   DeLong (pin)2
     
  Stephens (12-2)  
   
Danzer   DeLong (6-2)
  3rd
Haynes  
   
Tester   Tester (pin)3
   
  Tester (11-6)
 
Dobson
1961     157 Pounds
Chuck Messenger (Centralia)
  Messenger (2-1)
Doug Edwards (Moses Lake)  
  Wright (5-4)
Jack Tillman (Franklin Pierce)    
  Wright (6-2)  
Steve Wright (Eisenhower)  
  Keller (5-4)
Dwight Mears (Wilson)    
  Mears (2-1)    
John Coffey (North Central)      
  Keller (6-5)  
Norm Keller (Kennewick)    
  Keller (6-5)  
Bob Vanderlinder (Burlington-Ed.)  
  Keller (1-0 ot)
Dave Barton (Blanchet)   Champion
  Barton (11-5)  
Jim Craig (Wapato)    
  Masonholder (3-1)  
Dick Turner (Lake Washington)      
  Masonholder (6-2)    
Scott Masonholder (Mt. Vernon)    
  Masonholder (4-3)
George Long (Pullman)  
  Long (3-0)  
Ray McClelland (Hudson's Bay)    
  Hill (3-1)
Bob Bruno (Auburn)  
  Hill (5-0)
Steve Hill (Ephrata)
Wright
 
Mears   Vanderlinder (11-5)
     
  Vanderlinder (7-2)  
   
Vanderlinder   Vanderlinder (pin)3
  3rd
Hill  
   
Barton   Barton (4-3)
   
  Barton (default)
 
Turner
1961     168 Pounds
Don Anderson (Mt. Vernon)
  Anderson (7-4)
Glen Crow (Kennewick)  
  Anderson
Lee Eriksson (West Bremerton)    
  Eriksson (pin)2  
Rich Naccarato (Rogers)  
  Anderson (7-4)
Pat Taylor (Davis)    
  Taylor (9-3)    
Jim Houston (Wenatchee)      
  Taylor (pin)3  
Bob Lincoln (Franklin Pierce)    
  Harper (4-2)  
Jack Harper (R.A. Long)  
  Bartek (6-0)
Ted Lewis (Quincy)   Champion
  Lewis (6-2)  
Ken Frazier (Walla Walla)    
  Lewis (6-4)  
Chuck Laughary (Shadle Park)      
  Beard (pin)3    
Jim Beard (Auburn)    
  Bartek (6-2)
Fred Forsberg (Wilson)  
  Britt (pin)2  
Jerry Britt (Renton)    
  Bartek (pin)3
Willard Nettles (Hudson's Bay)  
  Bartek (pin)3
Dan Bartek (Sedro Woolley)
Taylor
 
Eriksson   Taylor (10-3)
     
  Crow (9-4)  
   
Crow   Taylor (3-1)
  3rd
Lewis  
   
Britt   Lewis (5-2)
   
  Nettles (2-0)
 
Nettles
1961     178 Pounds
Beau Conine (Fife)
  Conine (7-2)
Eric Olsen (Naches)  
  Conine (pin)2
Bob Arthur (Auburn)    
  Myers (5-3)  
Randy Myers (Sedro Woolley)  
  Conine (5-3)
Gary Ovnicek (Central Valley)    
  Ovnicek (6-2)    
Jim Parrish (Kelso)      
  Brandenburg (6-1)  
Morris Blankenbaker (Davis)    
  Brandenburg (14-1)  
Dean Brandenburg (Eastmont)  
  Wood (5-3)
Terry Ball (R.A. Long)   Champion
  Ball (13-0)  
Bob Slaughter (Lewis & Clark)    
  Ball (14-1)  
Dallas Delay (Lake Washington)      
  Francisco (4-3)    
San Francisco (Kennewick)    
  Wood (13-6)
Jeff Wood (Wilson)  
  Wood (9-2)  
Clark Jensen (East Bremerton)    
  Wood (9-1)
Earl McMurry (Soap Lake)  
  McMurry (pin)3
Bob Kutzer (Burlington-Edison)
Brandenburg
 
Myers   Brandenburg
     
  Myers (ref.dec.)  
   
Olson   Jensen (7-2)
  3rd
Ball  
   
McMurry   Jensen (9-6)
   
  Jensen (4-0 ot)
 
Jensen
1961     194 Pounds
Jack Riggen (Olympia)
  Riggen (pin)1
Ron Jones (Davis)    
  Riggen (6-4)
Ed Benson (Othello)    
  Benson (pin)3  
James Blackburn (Wilson)  
  Johnson (7-2)
Jim Kent (Franklin Pierce)    
  Kent (11-3)    
Touchette        
  Johnson (2-1)  
Lentz (Central Valley)    
  Johnson (7-2)  
Ray Johnson (Oak Harbor)  
  Johnson (5-2)
Ron Gates (Soap Lake)   Champion
  Hauser (3-1)  
Joe Hauser (Bellevue)    
  Hauser (4-1)  
Dennis Geiger (Chehalis)      
  Steiner (4-2)    
Dave Steiner (Pullman)    
  Hauser (Ref. Dec.)
Odie Mansfield (Kennewick)  
  Mansfield (8-5)  
Jerry Christman (West Bremerton)    
  Johnson (2-1)
Mel Johnson (Fife)  
  Johnson (pin)ot
Al Fagan (Mt. Vernon)
Riggen
 
Kent   Riggen (default)
     
  Kent (10-6)  
   
Lentz   Gates (7-6)
  3rd
Johnson  
   
Steiner   Gates (3-2)
   
  Gates (12-7)
 
Gates
1961     Unlimited
Ronland Hachtel (Wenatchee)
  Hachtel (pin)3
Ron Brulotte (Toppenish)  
  Vermalen (2-0 ot)
John Vermalen (East Bremerton)    
  Vermalen (pin)2  
Jon Bumstead (Everett)  
  Gehrmann (default)
Larry Gehrmann (Franklin Pierce)    
  Gehrmann (pin)2    
Roy Linder (Pasco)      
  Gehrmann (pin)2  
Charles McMacken (Mead)    
  McMacken (6-4)  
Larry Larson (Hudson's Bay)  
  Gehrmann (8-3)
Randy Cooper (Lewis & Clark)   Champion
  Dedman (9-3)  
Dick Dedman (Blanchet)    
  Moore (5-4)  
Brian Kessler (Olympia)      
  Moore (9-0)    
Ray Moore (Davis)    
  Moore (4-2)
Ted Green (Lincoln)  
  Hall (2-1)  
Dick Hall (Ephrata)    
  Slostad (6-1)
Waring Davies (Clover Park)  
  Slostad (pin)1
John Slostad (Mt. Vernon)
Vermalen
 
McMacken   McMacken (pin)2
     
  McMacken (2-0)  
   
Linder   Slostad (pin)2
  3rd
Slostad  
   
Dedman   Slostad (6-3)
   
  Dedman (pin)2
 
Kessler
1961  Team Scores   February 24-25  Pullman
1) Moses Lake 52 Eastmont 5
2) Mount Vernon 45 24) Shadle Park 4
3) Burlington-Ed. 35 Soap Lake 4
4) Sedro Woolley 31 Auburn 4
5) Battle Ground 30 27) Clover Park 3
6) Ephrata 28 Renton 3
7) Kennewick 26 R.A. Long 3
8) Kelso 24 Stadium 3
9) Edmonds 23 Eisenhower 3
Mead 23 32) Lake Washington 2
11) Fife 21 Connell 2
12) Franklin Pierce 18 Wenatchee 2
Davis 18 Othello 2
14) Bellevue 17 Pullman 2
15) Wilson 15 West Bremerton 2
16) Pasco 14 38) Centralia 1
17) Blanchet 11 Puyallup 1
18) Olympia 10 Sumner 1
19) East Bremerton 9 Hudson's Bay 1
20) Mark Morris 5 Central Valley 1
Grandview 5 Richland 1
Quincy 5
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