Area athletes place in state competition
by Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR
Bowen McConville of Kennedy Catholic and Daron Camacho of West Seattle took two of the top three spots in the 195-pound weight class in the state Class 3A boys wrestling competition at the Tacoma Dome Saturday.
McConville placed second, reaching the championship match but taking a loss to Chance Stolz of Peninsula by pin in a time of 3 minutes, 39 seconds.
Camacho was upset, 4-3, in the quarterfinals but rebounded to capture third place.
Camacho won the third place match by a 4-2 score over Colton Paller of Shelton.
McConville and Camacho never faced each other in the state competition held Friday and Saturday.
Luis Cuellar of Foster finished sixth in the Class 2A competition at 126 pounds, losing the fifth place match by a 5-4 score in overtime.
Highline's Kevin Romero came in eighth in Class 2A at 106 pounds, dropping the match for seventh by a 3-1 score.
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