North Shore wrestlers pinned down several medals at the B.C. high school championships held Feb. 26-28 in Abbotsford led by a pair of new provincial champions.
Windsor's Amara Jarvinen claimed gold in the girls 64-kilogram class while Argyle's Hamish Pye won the title in the boys 66-kg division. Jarvinen, only in Grade 9, won all of her matches by pin. Pye, a Grade 12 student, took his final by an 8-0 score over Dylan Kimoto of Heritage Woods secondary in Coquitlam. Other North Shore girls to hit the podium included Karah Bulaqui from St. Thomas Aquinas who won silver in the 43-kg class and Sentinel's Bella Gallello who took bronze in the 54-kg division. Other top North Shore finishers included fourth-place showings for STA's Anastasia Redpath at 40 kg and Elphinstone's Scout Stipec at 60 kg, fifth-place finishes for Sentinel's Emma Gallelo at 40 kg and Carson Graham's Lyric Atchison at 60 kg and sixth for Dana Harlos at 51 kg.
On the boys side silver medals went to Sentinel's Joseph Huh in the 60-kg class and Windsor's Hunter Manness at 38 kg while STA's James Sutherland added a bronze in the 66-kg class. Fifth-place finishes went to Collingwood's Tristan Langer at 45 kg and Carson's Keita Dueck at 70 kg.
Staying on the mat, Carson Graham grad Brandy Perry finished third in the women's 67-kilogram division at the CIS wrestling championships held Feb. 27-28 in Edmonton. The University of Alberta wrestler was also named the Female Rookie of the Year for the Canada West conference. Fellow Carson alums and current U of A wrestlers Marlen Figueroa and Cholena Horne also faired well at the CIS championships with Figueroa winning bronze in the women's 82-kg division and Horne finishing fourth in the 59-kg class.
