With only two South Puget Sound League 2A wrestling matches remaining on their regular season slate – against Steilacoom tonight, Wednesday, at Sumner High and Thursday at White River – the Spartans still have an opportunity to claim the SPSL 2A grappling crown.

The Spartans kept their title aspirations alive Thursday by maintaining their unblemished string of league victories with a 57-30 road triumph over the Patriots at Washington High.

After Spartan 145-pounder Corey Nash got the party started by pinning his challenger in the first two minutes, seniors Tyler Hidalgo and Matthew Wilson quickly upped the ante by briskly pinning their opponents at 152 pounds and 160 pounds, respectively, giving Sumner an 18-0 upper hand.

Sumner High hit a snag in the heavier weights, losing the next three out of four matches before freshman 103-pounder Travis Filleau claimed triumph by forfeit and SHS still owned the advantage.

In a rare female varsity match, Washington’s Chanel Mabery outwrestled Sumner’s Jessica Schmitt at 112 pounds, but it was of no consequence as SHS prevailed in the next four matches to salt away its fifth league victory in a row.

Sumner’s Cade Little whipped his 119-pound foe, 125-pounder Markus Forhan decisioned Washington’s Kegan Mulholland in a three-round nail biter, Spartan 130-pounder Cody Farthing pinned his Patriot challenger and Washington was unable to furnish a foe for SHS 135-pounder Jeremy Jackson, who had his hand raised high in the air after the WHS forfeiture.

A double forfeit at 140 pounds rounded out the scoring on the evening.

The Sumner High mat crew finished eighth among 12 teams at the weekend’s Klahowya High Klassic. Filleau and Jackson took third in their weight classes; placing fifth were Little, 119, Wilson, 160, and Jed Schliesman, 130.