The Lake Washington High wrestling team picked up a victory to open KingCo Conference action on Thursday at Lake Washington High School, beating Liberty 41-34 behind big performances from several young faces.

The Kangs picked up several big matches in the lighter weights, with 113-pound freshman Marton Teichner winning by tech fall over Brent Haynes and a pin from 126-pound freshman Elijah Lux.

Sophomore RJ Hetges rallied to win the 132-pound bout by fall in the third period.

Julius Shipton won the 182-pound match and Andy Davis won the 220-pound match.

Next, the Kangs are scheduled to participate in the ER Duals on Dec. 22 at Emerald Ridge High School in Puyallup before returning to KingCo action with a double dual against Juanita and Sammamish on Jan. 5 at Redmond High School.

Lake Washington 41, Liberty 34

106: Will Slaton, L, over Max Reisman, LW, dec.

113: Marton Teichner, LW, over Brent Haynes, LW, tech fall 18-3.

120: Logan Heenan, LW, win by FF.

126: Elijah Lux, LW, over Nick Gumm, fall 1:27.

132: RJ Hetges, LW, over Kyle George, L, fall 5:36.

138: Ethan Le, L, over Hunter Giffard, LW, dec.

145: Cooper Murch, L, over Gabe Bivens, LW, fall 2:12.

152: Juan Flores, L, over Tristan Brady, LW, fall 1:46.

160: Jacob Lex, L, over Colby Coco, LW, fall 1:18.

170: Bilal Khilfeh, LW, win by FF.

182: Julius Shipton, LW, over Eric Fong, L, fall :30.

195: Brendon Nguyen, L, over Isaiah Simonian, LW, fall, 1:59.

220: Andy Davis, LW, over Kevin Sanchez, L, fall 2:42.

285: Jakob Dasilva, L, over Ronan Freed, LW, maj. dec.