Submitted by The Evergreen State College
The Evergreen State College men’s wrestling team will compete this weekend at the 2025 Cascade Collegiate Conference Men’s Wrestling Tournament, presented by U.S. Bank. The tournament will be held on Friday, Feb. 21 and Saturday, Feb. 22 at Simpson University in Redding, California.
All 10 CCC teams will be participating in the championship event. Six of the teams were ranked in the NAIA Men’s Wrestling Final Poll.
Action will get underway on Friday at 12 p.m. PST. On Saturday, matches will begin at 10 a.m. The championship matches will start at 5 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at the door to the Redding Civic Auditorium.
Each team may enter up to 12 competitors. Entries by weight class for Evergreen are:
125 pounds – Malachi Wallway (So.)
133 pounds – Mason Townsend (Fr.)
141 pounds – Jeramias Sandoval (Jr.)
141 pounds – Orion Rhinehart (Fr.)
149 pounds – Seth Dawkins (So.)
149 pounds – Isaias Rodriguez (Fr.)
157 pounds – Jacob Inton (So.)
157 pounds – Hassan Abdi (So.)
165 pounds – Caden Sullivan (Fr.)
174 pounds – Justin Pritchard (So.)
184 pounds — Ronnell Parker-Borrero (Fr.)
285 pounds – Will Willsey (So.)
“I am very excited with how well our guys have been building into this conference meet,” Evergreen Head Men’s Wrestling Coach Greg Ford said. “This will be our second year going into the conference tournament and I am stoic as we are much more prepared headed into this event this year. Our athletes are more dialed in, and they are wrestling at the weights they should be at. I am just hoping for safe travels, athletes all making weight, and competing confidently and stress free.”
Several wrestlers stood out for Ford in terms of their preparation and skills.
“Dawkins is wrestling extremely well at 149,” Ford noted. “I’m looking forward to watching him compete, along with every else of course. Sandoval has been very consistent all year at 141. Wallway is my dark horse pick that could shake some things up. Parker-Borrero is healthy and wrestling well with a previous ranking in the Top 20.”
Each conference tournament awards automatic bids per weight class based on the final regular season poll. The automatic awards are based on the number of wrestlers ranked in each weight class. The CCC received the highest number of automatic qualifiers for the 2025 NAIA Championships with a total of 52. The CCC allocations by weight class are: 125 pounds, 5; 133 pounds, 5; 141 pounds, 5; 149 pounds, 4; 157 pounds, 7; 165 pounds, 4; 174 pounds, 4; 184 pounds, 5; 197 pounds, 6; 285 pounds, 7.
