Salamanca is unstoppable at state

Fueled by an “unstoppable will” to be a state champion, “Mean Machine” Miguel Salamanca did not stop until there was nobody left to drive into the mat.

After a triple overtime victory over Sunnyside’s Josh Romero in the semifinals, it was full steam ahead. The Papermaker capped off his high school career by beating Hanford’s Matt Owens 9-7 to win the Class 3A 145-pound state championship Saturday, at Mat Classic XXIII in the Tacoma Dome.