Wildcat United claims 3 titles | Middle school wrestling

The Wildcat United middle school wrestling team produced three individual champions while placing third in the season-ending league tournament at Anacortes Saturday, March 21.

The Wildcat United middle school wrestling team produced three individual champions while placing third in the season-ending league tournament at Anacortes Saturday, March 21.

“Overall, we had a great showing and did very well as a young team,” coach Larry Falcon said.

Wildcat United is a combined team of Oak Harbor and North Whidbey middle school athletes.

“I had some great breakouts from some seventh graders,” Falcon said about the tournament. “Overall, it was a great season.”

Blake Servatius (90 pounds), Blake McBride (120) and Michael Fisken (175) each won individual titles, and Caleb Fitzgerald (115) finished second.

Servatius and Fisken entered the tournament as defending champions, and Fisken and McBride finished the year undefeated.

In the title matches, Servatius defeated Treyvohn Jedlinski of Anacortes 9-7; McBride topped Lucas Reuwsaat of Darrington 4-0; and Fisken edged Cody Schutte of Burlington-Edison 4-3.

Fitzgerald lost by a fall (1:49) to Chut Hoffman of Anacortes.

Burlington-Edison won the team title, followed by Sedro-Woolley and Wildcat United.

The Wildcat United track season gets underway March 30.

(Michael Fisken, top, finishes the year unbeaten with this win over Burlington’s Cody Schutte. Photo by John Fisken.)