Lake Washington wrestlers 17th at state

The Lake Washington wrestling team finished 17th at the 3A state Mat Classic over the weekend.

The Lake Washington wrestling team finished 17th at the 3A state Mat Classic over the weekend.

The Kangs earned 41 points as a team. Enumclaw took the team title with 126 points.

Individually, Yaroslav Petreckho finished in third place in the 170 bracket. He beat Connor Boyce from Everett in the final match 7-4. To get to the final match, Petrechko had three pins and earned a major decision win. His only loss of the day came during the quarterfinals to the eventual title winner.

Teammate Jack Michels, wrestling at 220 pounds, took fourth after losing 9-1 to Colton Malek of Enumclaw in the final bout. Michels started the meet with several pins, before losing in the quarterfinals to a wrestler from O’Dea in a 6-5 decision, before losing to Malek.