The Bulldogs from Belfair played host to a dozen varsity teams on Dec. 28, but Olympic Peninsula teams felt right at home on the North Mason mats.

Port Angeles took top honors while Sequim placed second in the team standings at the annual Hawkins Memorial at North Mason High School.

The Wolves saw three wrestlers win their weight bracket, highlighted by Craig Baker’s three-pins-in-three-matches effort to take the 145-pound division.

Craig Baker opened with a second-period pin of Tomas Francisco Juan of North Mason. He then pinned Rudy Valdez of Port Angeles in 94 seconds in the semifinal and Diyamante Hall of Bremerton in the finals, in just 1:12.

Sequim’s Adrian Klarich, ranked No. 7 by washingtonwrestlingreport.com in the 182-pound weight class, picked up two wins to take the 182 title, pinning Bremerton’s Isaac Cuevas-Lopez in 2:59 for the title.

McKenzie Stockdale likewise went 2-0 for a championship, pinning Seth Dayton of Aberdeen in 32 seconds in the semifinal, then pinning Alexander Hollis of North Mason in 1:18 for the 220-pound weight class crown.

Sequim swept a pair of medals at 152 pounds, with Murray Bingham placing third and Travis Baker taking fourth. Bingham rebounded from a two-point loss in the quarterfinals to pick up two pins and a major (10-0) decision over Bremerton’s Nahkohe Lanham before edging his teammate 4-2 in the final.

Travis Baker also dropped a quarterfinal decision but wound up 3-2 with three pins, highlighted by a 10-second pin of Stadium’s John Brennan and a 57-second pin of Port Angeles’ Riley Gale.

Ben Newell went 3-1 to take third place in the 132-pound weight class, his lone loss a 7-1 decision to Aberdeen’s Tyler Soup. Newell came back to pin Jesus Duran of Port Townsend in 2:44 and edge Gig Harbor’s Trevor Zeitner, 9-7.

Sequim’s Grant Pierson went 3-1 to take third place in the 160-pound division, rebounding from a loss in a semifinal to pin North Kitsap’s Kye Ryan and Port Townsend’s Gabe Petrick.

SHS’s Austin Budd picked up two pins and went 2-2 in the 170-pound weight class to place fourth. His pins came against Kyle Jaynes of North Kitsap (1:48) and Robbie Miller of Central Kitsap (2:18).

The Wolves’ Chris Puksta took fifth among 138-pound wrestlers after going 3-2 overall, taking No. 3-ranked Ben Basden of Port Angeles in the third round before getting pinned.

Port Angeles took the team title with 240 team points. Sequim was second with 188 points and North Mason was third (186.5), followed by Bremerton (162.5) and Aberdeen (135.5). PA saw three Roughriders win individual titles: Cody Anderson (120), Ben Basden (138) and Caleb Joslin (160).

SHS JV/girls place in top 5

In conjunction with the boys’ varsity tourney, 15 teams competed in a girls/junior varsity tourney. Sequim’s crew took fifth overall with 54 team points, behind champ South Kitsap (167), Tumwater (108), North Kitsap (97.5) and Klahowya (79).

Sequim’s Megan Puksta (112-120 division), Kiara Pierson (123-133) and Alma Mendoza (144-154) each went undefeated while Madison Uranga placed second (204-252) in the girls’ round robin portion of the tourney.

Puksta picked up three pins each in less than a minute, downing Treiste Cogar of Central Kitsap (0:28), Ashley Morris of Olympic (0:47) and Samantha Rueda of Port Angeles (0:37).

Pierson, ranked No. 7 at 125 pounds by washingtonwrestlingreport.com, pinned Sydney Burdick of Napavine and Aubrie Ream of Olympic before downing Port Angeles’ Alyssa Sweet, 10-0.

Mendoza, ranked No. 8 at 155 pounds, pinned Summer Blackwell of Olympic in 67 seconds and out-lasted Hali Deck of South Kitsap, 10-0.

In junior varsity action, Bingham earned three wins — all by pin — to place first at 152 pounds. Chris Puksta was second at 145 pounds, earning two pins and a two-point win before falling to Zach Streun of North Kitsap 4-0 in the final. At 195 pounds, Tyler Dean didn’t place but still managed a 2-2 mark, both wins coming by pin.

Looking ahead

Sequim’s grapplers are back in action Jan. 4 when they travel to Silverdale for a match against 1A Klahowya.

The Wolves host Bremerton on Jan. 5 and take on Forks, Port Townsend and Port Angeles in a double-dual mini-tourney on Jan. 12.