League Tournament

3rd Place finish

Seven Jaguars advanced to the Regional Tournament next week at Eastlake HS. Nick Webster (103), Brynsen Brown (189) and Josh Howard placed second in their weights. Robbie Schlecht (152) and Keith Schlecht (145) were third, Garrod Forbes (160) and Rick Roennau (189) finished fourth. The top four qualify for Regionals. Brian Nieblas was fifth at 125 and Justin Timothy was sixth at 112. As a team ER placed third behind Rogers and Puyallup.

Results at SPSLWrestling.com

Regional Tournament

Feb. 14, 2004

5th Place Finish

Four Jags qualified for Mat Classic XVI, Washington's State Wrestling Tournament. Placing second at Regionals were sophomore Keith Schlecht and Junior Brynsen Brown. Senior Garrod Forbes placed third at 160 pounds to make his second trip to state. Sophomore Nick Webster placed fourth at 103 pounds to qualify for state. Rick Roennau is an alternate, placing fifth at 215 pounds and Josh Howard finished sixth. Robbie Schlecht was injured in the first match and did not continue.

Results at SPSLWrestling.com

State Tournament

Feb. 20-21, 2004

25th Place

History was made as Brynsen Brown became our first wrestler to compete in the state finals, and became ER's highest state placer in any sport. Brown pinned both of his opponents on Friday in the first round, then won his semi-final match by a major decision 15-5. For the third straight week, Brown wrestled Decatur's Kyle Bressler. Bressler won his second state title by defeating Brown 11-4.

Keith Schlecht won his first match at 145 by a major decision. In his next match he lost to the eventual runner-up. In the third match on Friday Schlecht lost to a district rival, just missing out on a top-8 placing in state. Nick Webster and Garrod Forbes competed well but lost their first two matches.

As a team, the Jaguars finished 25th in state with a team-record 26 points.

State Brackets

Nick Webster

Keith Schlecht

Garrod Forbes

Brynsen Brown