Katzer Wins Championship at East Valley

The Chewelah Jenkins wrestling squad turned in a strong showing at the East Valley Winter Clash, adding multiple podium finishes and a championship performance across four weight classes at East Valley High School.

Trevin Stauffer, 132 pounds, placed fourth after a strong consolation run. Stauffer rebounded from an early loss with three straight wins, including a 32-second pin of East Valley’s Caden Higel and a fall over Lewis and Clark’s Everardo Andrade-Rodriguez, before finishing just short of the podium’s top step. At 138 pounds, Wyatt McCanna battled to a fifth-place finish, earning a decision win in the quarterfinals, and closing the tournament with a pin of East Valley’s Talan Wang in the fifth-place match.

Chewelah’s top result came at 157 pounds, with Dakota Katzer capturing the championship. Katzer opened with a medical forfeit, followed by a 13-1 major decision over Lewis and Clark’s Henry Reuter, and a semifinal pin of Northwest Christian’s Noah Stegman. In the title match, Katzer sealed first place with a 13-7 decision over Selkirk’s Jaxson Chantry. At 165 pounds, Titan Tapia added a runner-up finish, advancing with a decision over Colfax’s Joel Burris and a pin against Lewis and Clark’s Erik Roggenbauer before falling to Selkirk’s Jameson Davis in the championship bout.