As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.  Proverbs  27:17 NIV

The 2009 As Iron Sharpens Iron invitational tournament at Bellevue Christian School was won by Nooksack Valley (right).  Many of these same teams have traveled to Bellevue for this early season tournament for many years.  Here are the team results. 1  Nooksack Valley         199 2  Concrete                173.5 3  Darrington              118.5 4  Bellevue Christian      114 5  Ocosta                  100 6  Friday Harbor           99.5 7  Davenport               99 8  Rainier                 99 9  Cle Elum                95

In the coaches poll, Jonathan "Moe" Hyde of Darrington was named the inaugural "Paul Perkins Most Outstanding Wrestler" of the tournament.  Last year was Coach Perkins' final season as head wrestling coach at Bellevue Christian School.  His career at BCS spanned over 30 years as science teacher and coach.  He was the architect and developer of this successful annual tournament. Individual winners are pictured below.  First place winners are holding their bracket sheets.

103  1st  Mede (Rainier) 2nd  Thoreson (Bellevue Christian) 112  1st  Dellinger (Concrete) 2nd  Boehme (Cle Elum) 119  1st  Iacolucci (Cle Elum) 2nd  Castanon (Rainier)       125 1st  Williams (Bellevue Christian) 2nd  Mede (Rainier) 130 1st  Billings (Nooksack Valley) 2nd  Brooks (Darrington) 135 1st  Loughnan (Darrington) 2nd  Erme (Bellevue Christian)       140 1st  Fenstermaker (Darrington) 2nd  Simmons (Davenport) 145 1st  Stauffer (Davenport) 2nd  Davis (Friday Harbor) 152 1st  James (Friday Harbor) 2nd  Reevis (Davenport)       160 1st  Jimmie (Nooksack Valley) 2nd  Stackhouse (Davenport) 171 1st  Torres (Nooksack Valley) 2nd  Dellinger (Concrete) 189 1st  deBont (Nooksack Valley) 2nd  Groh (Darrington)       215 1st  Meher (Friday Harbor) 2nd  White (Concrete) 285 1st  Hyde (Darrington) 2nd  Balzer (Rainier)