Renton wrestlers made their presence felt on the Tacoma Dome mats at the 3A Washington State Mat Classic Championships Feb. 19-20.

Liberty’s Hamilton Noel placed second at 145 pounds, Renton’s Aaron Garcia took third at 103 pounds and Lindbergh’s Isiah Corwin finished third at 160 pounds.

Those three highlighted the action, while a host of other Renton wrestlers competed.

As a team Liberty led the way for Renton, placing 16th with 39 points. The Patriots were buoyed by Noel, Jay Chakravarty and Chris Harlin, who all placed.

“I’m excited about how we finished as a team,” said Liberty head coach Manny Brown. “We ended up getting three placers and the guys did really well.”

It was a strong end to an outstanding season for the Patriots.

“Going in I expected we would be higher than usual as far as Liberty goes,” Brown said. “We had a lot of guys who wrestled throughout the year and peaked at the right time.”

The Patriots went 15-0 in the regular season despite starting off six wrestlers down due to Liberty’s long playoff run in football.

For Brown, in his fourth season as head coach, it was also emotional to see his first group of seniors (who started as freshmen his first year) finish their season.

“It was a fun season to go through,” he said. “It was good to see how the seniors peaked and improved throughout the years. It is going to be tough to say goodbye.”

Lindbergh finished 26th with 19 points at the state match. Renton finished 30th with 18 points. Hazen finished 46th with one point.

Detailed accounts of Renton-area wrestlers at state:

Renton’s Garcia won his first match at 103 pounds against O’Dea’s Chris Flora with a pin one minute, 37 seconds into the match. The junior won his second match against Sunnyside’s Nathan Gonzalez 7-3 before losing his third to Yelm’s Dillon Harris (eventual state runner-up).

Garcia bounced back after the loss to beat Glacier Peak’s Joseph Bratz 6-2. Garcia then topped Gonzalez again 3-0 to take third place.

Liberty’s Dan Velasquez earned a tough matchup in the first round at 112 pounds. The senior fell North Kitsap’s Jake Velarde by pin. Velarde went on to take the state title.

Velasquez then fell to Sunnyside’s Gerardo Villalobos 5-0 to end his state run.

Liberty’s Wright Noel started strong, topping Mount Rainier’s Markus Surrat 11-2 in the opening round at 140 pounds. The senior then fell to Miguel Salamanca from Camas by pin.

Meadowdale’s Andrew Parada topped Noel 18-9 to end Noel’s state run.

Liberty’s Hamilton Noel earned Renton’s top placement with his runner-up finish at 145 pounds.

Noel pinned Praire’s Travis Addy in the first round at 4:29. The sophomore beat Glacier Peak’s Derek Vanwye 9-4 in the second round. Next was Port Angeles’ Adam Raemer, who Noel topped 5-3 in overtime.

Noel didn’t lose until meeting Olympic senior Brandon Yeik in the finals.

Lindbergh’s Corwin coasted through the first two rounds at 160 pounds. Corwin beat Bainbridge’s Corey Touchette 14-3 then pinned Everett’s Jerry Contreras. He fell to eventual state champ Caleb O’Halek of Olympic in the next round.

He bounced back to beat Peninsula’s Chase Owalt 6-5 and pin Contreras again (this time in 40 seconds) to take third place.

Liberty’s Chakravarty topped Peninsula’s Chase Owalt 4-3 in the first round, then fell to O’Halek 3-2.

He pinned Shadle Park’s Kole Nuehs at 2:22, then lost to Everett’s Contreras 2-1 to finish eighth.

Liberty’s Brandon Studer fell to Everett’s Danny Lopez 8-3 in the first round. The senior then got pinned by Enumclaw’s Colton Malek to end his state run.

Hazen’s Jordan Hjelmaa ran into the eventual state champ in Union’s Clint Coulter in the first round. He fell 14-4.

Hjelmaa then beat O’Dea’s David Dempsey 8-3 before falling to Nathan Criston of Port Angeles to end his state run.

Liberty’s Harlin fell to Enumclaw’s Steve Knapp 8-4 in the first round.

Harlin bounced back to win two matches by pin and another 10-6 to earn sixth.

Renton’s Joseph Watson beat Sunnyside’s Adam Peters 3-2 in the first round. Then he fell to Juanita’s Cody Treddenbarger by pin.

Watson then fell to Bonney Lake’s Jared Dorsey 5-3 to end his state run.