Four wrestlers place in state competition

Aidan Button, l., and Jacob Westfall medaled at the Freestyle and Greco State Championships. Photo courtesy of Colt Warren

Four Blaine wrestlers placed at the Freestyle and Greco State Championships on May 4-6 in Centralia as part of the Whatcom Wrestling Academy, a new local club wrestling organization.

Blaine High School students Jacob Westfall and Aidan Button took home trophies, along with middle school students Cael Button and Nahum Vasquez.

Westfall earned third place in Greco and seventh place in freestyle at 195 pounds in the junior division. Aidan Button placed third in Greco and fifth in freestyle at 160 pounds in the junior division.

Cael Button placed fifth at 97 pounds in the school boy division, and Vasquez earned seventh place at 113 pounds in the cadet division.