Although the a prep tournament in Vancouver, Wa., kept some of the Rainshadow Tournament regulars from attending last weekend’s grappling gauntlet in Sequim, locals got a treat with some good, quality wrestling and some outstanding efforts. For Wolves fans, they had to be happy to see Sequim take second place.

Ethan Hinton (189 pounds) and Joe Hutchison (135) each took home titles while Taylor Gowdy (125) and Nick Grinnell (130) each made the championship round in their weight classes.

Grinnell took a blow to the head in his finals match against Borcherding of Olympic. I was watching the match but it happened so fast I wasn’t sure what I’d seen. Coach Len Borchers said it was a glancing blow after Grinnell led into Borcherding with his head. The Trojan seemed unfazed.

Some of the fans in the stands were miffed; I guess the sentiment was, why can a wrestler smack heads with another, knock him out of action and get rewarded for it? But the issue here was intention, and I didn’t see any intention by Borcherding to plow into Grinnell’s head and put him out of action. Borcherding, who placed fourth at the state 3A finals at 112 pounds last season, had a lead on Grinnell and was looking strong when it happened. He asked and was allowed to approach Grinnell after the injury to say some words, and certainly seemed concerned.

Grinnell’s parents, Jack and Michelle, said their son received a concussion and will be okay. He may wrestle again this season, but not for a while, coach Borchers said.

Some notes from the tourney that didn’t make the print edition:

• The Pacific Coach Wrestling Championships in Vancouver saw Rainshadow regulars Klahowya and Columbia River away. The quality of competition there frankly puts that tourney at or near the top of any regular-season tourney in Washington state. Graham-Kapowsin (second at state in 4A last season) won the tourney with defending 2A champ Deer Park in second. Enumclaw, defending 3A state champ, was fourth. Klahowya took 18th and Columbia River, Rainshadow champs in 2007 and 2008, placed dead last in the 34-team tournament.

• The 140-pound champion, Brandon Yeik of Olympic High School, was named the 2008 Rainshadow Tournament Outstanding Wrestler. As a sophomore in 2008, Yeik won the 130-pound classification at the state 3A tourney. This year he jumped two weight classes and looks solid as ever, earning a No. 2 ranking behind Enumclaw’s Jason Gray. At the Sequim tourney, Yeik posted a 4-0 record with one pin, one major technical fall and an 11-5 win against Thomas Jefferson’s Kyle McIntosh. The 140-pound weight class was perhaps the Rainshadow’s toughest, featuring five former state tourney qualifiers, four of them in this year’s top state washingtonwrestlingreport.com rankings. Sequim’s Anthony Drabek took sixth in this bracket. He had to wrestle Port Angeles’ Adam Raemer, Bainbridge’s Eli Narte and Ryan Makela of Mt. Si — all former state wrestlers. A good test, but a tough one for someone trying to get some wins under his belt. Drabek should be fine: he’s a former state wrestler and he’s battle-tested after overcoming injuries. He father Charles is assistant coach and his brother Trent was a successful wrestler at Sequim High as well.

• Evan Scheurs, a 215-pounder from Cedarcrest, won the tournament’s Most Pins trophy. Scheurs scored five pins in his six matches, with an average of 2:56 per pin. He placed third in his weight class, his only loss coming to Garrett Jones of Kentridge, who placed second. Montana Collins of Port Angeles nearly took home the trophy after posting four pins in five matches with an average of 2:36 per pin. He finished third in the 152-pound weight class, his only loss coming to Jeff Seide of Kentridge.

• Port Angeles’ 145-pound grapplers — Jordan Johnson and Sam Olsen — forfeited the finals of that weight class. There was no official word from tourney directors why the two forfeited the match. It’s something I’ve never seen in my seven-plus years of covering the sport.

• There was some sort of trouble brewing between a parent and a referee on Saturday afternoon. Apparently someone disagreed with a call during the tourney and confronted a ref and caused enough commotion to necessitate a friendly phone call to Sequim police. The parent left the scene before officers arrived and no trouble reportedly ensued. This serves as another reminder to leave the high school sports to the athletes, coaches and referees.