UPPER LAKE — Hosting its only home dual match of the Coastal Mountain Conference season, the Upper Lake High School wrestling team beat the Kelseyville Knights 42-30 on Wednesday night.
The Cougars also honored their seniors — Eian Kurtz, Mallory Henry, Mark Dutcher and Ryan Escue — before the night was out.
There were only three contested weight divisions during the dual. Kelseyville’s Colin Jensen pinned Donovan Fernandez at 126 pounds, Upper Lake’s Dena Loans Arrow won by pin, and Upper Lake’s Mallory Henry lost by pin. The remainder of the weight classes were decided by forfeit.
“We celebrated our seniors tonight,” Upper Lake head coach Joe Fernandez said of Kurtz, Henry, Dutcher and Escue.
A handful of exhibitions matches also took place. Upper Lake’s Dylan Slater beat teammate Blake Talmage 8-7; Loans Arrow blanked her Kelseyville opponent 13-0; and Kelseyville’s Jensen defeated Upper Lake’s Rene Diaz 8-5.
Upper Lake’s wrestlers return to action Saturday, the girls in the Lady Eagle Invite at Del Oro High School in Loomis while the boys travel to the King of the Mat in Windsor.
The Cougars’ next conference match is a tri-meet against Middletown and Clear Lake next Wednesday in Lakeport at 5:30 p.m.
