MOUNT VERNON — Cash Stone has the look of a wrestler.

His body is chiseled — even at age 73. His grip is vise-like and his eyes steely. He has a calculating look about him as if he is always searching for that next move — a head-and-arm or maybe belly-to-back.

Yet his laugh is infectious, his smile continuous and broad.

Let’s just say he leaves an impression. That is something he’s been doing since graduating from Burlington-Edison High School in 1954.

More recently, Stone was recognized by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association for his 38 years of coaching wrestling at Spokane’s Mead High School.
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