The Bears rode the bus to Enumclaw Jan. 8 and took the Battle of the Bone wrestling trophy back home for the second consecutive year.

The Tahoma boys beat Enumclaw 43-18. The Bears won 10 of 14 matches, three by pins.

Nick Whitehead started the evening off by taking a 2-0 overtime decision beating Kyle Opland in the 126-pound class.

The quickest and most dramatic match was 195-pound Adam Hokenson pinning Meyers Hammond in eight seconds. Meyers injured his elbow during the match. King County Fire District 28 emergency technicians came to the gym, treated him and took him for medical attention.

Hokenson beat Bethel’s Eli TeuTeu 15-9 last week at the All-South Puget Sound League tournament and is becoming a strong prospect for state in his weight division. Hokenson finished eighth last year at 182 pounds.

“Adam has been progressing nicely this season,” Coach Chris Feist said through email following the Enumclaw match. “He has a strong Greco-Roman background and it makes him very dangerous in the neutral position when he ties up with opponents. He is going to continue to work on his leg attacks from open and his leg ride series on top in order to prepare for a title run in February.”

At 106 pounds, Justin Hoyle won by forfeit; at 113, Joe Novak beat Levi Norton 4-2; at 126, Justin Sipilia won 5-4 over Quinton Southcott; Ryden Fu, at 138, won 8-6 over Jake Treece; at 160, Sean Hanson pinned Cavin Rewoldt; Dgen Kramer, 170, pinned Brent Leffers; at 182, Cooper Larson beat  Jake Eilertson 9-8; and Nick Palandri, 220, won 11-3 over Austin Rewoldt.