Sullinger, Smith finish runners-up at girls wrestling tourney

Sullinger was second at 120 pounds and Smith second at 155. The Dalles sophomore Maisie Bandal-Ramirez was fourth at 125 pounds. Hood River’s Dulce Najera also competed at state, but she did not place.

Bandal-Ramirez won her opening match by decision but lost in the semifinals to eventual champion Cailee Hallett of Thurston. Bandal-Ramirez (8-3) won one of two matches in consolation to earn fourth place.

Sullinger (8-2) won two matches before losing in the final, 8-2, to Sophia Redwine of Newberg. Those two also finished 1-2 at the North Oregon qualifying tournament in Tillamook a week before state. Smith (9-3) won by fall in the first round and semifinals before losing in the championship to West Linn’s Destiny Rodriguez. Hood River finished 10th in the team race; 91 schools had wrestlers participate in the tourney.