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North Mason
seniorwrestler
finishes first
"It asn't the
pre est
he went
By EMILY HANSON
emi/y@masoncoun com
Tyler Grewell started
his senior wrestling sea-
son with North Mason off
right last week.
Grewell, who wrestles
at 182 pounds, placed
first at the Aberdeen
Kickoff Tournament. He
was the only Bulldogs to
win his weight bracket.
The first-place fin-
ish came two days after
Grewell came away vic-
torious in his first dual
match of the season.
On Dec. 4, Grewell
defeated Port Angeles'
Evan Gallacci by deci-
sion 1-0.
"Tyler got through
his defensive battle and
shook some rust offto get
his win," head coach Bill
McCarty said after the
Port Angeles match. "It
wasn't the prettiest win,
but he went 6 minutes
and that is a good way to
start the season."
As a team, the Bull-
dogs finished fourth at
the tournament Satur-
day, but lost 49-24 at
Port Angeles.
"This was the first
tourney of the season
and there were some ner-
vous kids making some
mistakes, but everyone
fought tough and we did
a good job of correcting
some of the mistakes
from (Dec. 4)," McCarty
said.
In the tournament the
Bulldogs were missing a
couple of varsity wres-
tiers because they were
taking the SAT. Junior
varsity wrestlers filled
a few spots and North
Mason didn't have wres-
tiers for a couple of other
weight classes.
Grewell wasn't the
only Bulldog to have suc-
cess at the tournament.
Niko Ramirez, at 285
pounds, took second, as
6 mi tes
geo way to
Bill McCarty, NMHS
head wrestling
coach
did Cole Rinehart (170),
Joe Buxton (195) and
Colton Peterson (132).
Colton Harmon placed
third at 106 pounds.
Finally, Eugene Ma-
cero (145) and Jackson
Odette (160) took fifth.
"Most of our problems
come from being such a
young team and as they
start to figure things out,
we will just keep getting
better," McCarty said.
"This was a fine job by
the wrestlers of moving
forward and improving."
Against Port Angeles,
four other Bulldogs won
their matches.
Harmon pinned Nate
Harrelson in 1 minute,
10 seconds.
At 138 pounds,
Jahrett Schiemer defeat-
ed Branden Currie by de-
cision, 7-5.
Rinehart pinned Jesse
Salgado in 1:46.
Finally, Connor Lun-
dberg, at 220 pounds,
pinned Terry Spencer in
42 seconds.
"This match hap-
pened so early in the sea-
son that we just weren't
quite ready," McCarty
said. "We only had 14
available practices be-
fore the first match and
I have a young team.
All the teams have the
same disadvantage, but
us being a bit smaller
and young hurt us a bit
more."
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next at the Larry Brown
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Saturday at Fife High
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Journal photo by Emily Hanson
Shelton sophomore Paige Johnson guards Aberdeen senior Ericka Manwell on Friday during the
Lady Highclimbers' home game in the Mini Dome,
By EMILY HANSON
emi /@masoncoun com
Aaron Leth attributed the
Shelton girls basketball team's
loss Friday mainly to one aspect
of the game: free-throw shoot-
ing.
"If we shoot free throws, we
win," the head coach said.
Aberdeen defeated Shelton 52-
50 in the Mini Dome.
"If we'd shot 91 percent from
the free-throw line (like we did
Dec. 3), we would've beat them by
at least 10," Leth said.
The Lady Highclimbers were
15-of-35 from the line.
"We as a team and coaching
staff need to do more free-throw
shooting," Leth said. "There's
things you need to work on that
sometimes you don't get to."
Despite the poor free-throw
shooting, Shelton had its oppor-
tunities for victory.
The Lady Highclimbers led 40-
39 going into the fourth quarter.
With 7 minutes, 10 seconds re-
maining to play, Aberdeen pulled
ahead 43-42.
Shelton never led again.
The Lady Highclimbers had
possession with 5 seconds re-
maining, but a wild pass gave
the ball to Aberdeen, ending the
game.
A mental error in the third
quarter might have been the de-
ciding play of the game.
With 1:47 left in the third
quarter, Aberdeen missed a free
throw. Shelton senior Kiana
Wiley grabbed the rebound, but
then scored an own-basket, giv-
ing Aberdeen a 36-35 lead.
"We played great defense, but
we try to push the ball too much,"
Leth said. made (Aberdeen)
look good."
The loss came two days after
Stadium beat Shelton 64-46 in
Tacoma in a game Leth described
as "an eye opener."
"We were outhustled in the
first quarter pretty bad," Leth
said. "We looked winded early on
in the game and I take respon-
sibility for that. We didn't come
in in as good of condition as I
thought we were."
Despite the loss, the game had
its highlights:
The Lady Highclimbers had 15
steals and shot 91 percent from
the free throw line -- something
that Leth has not seen from the
team in the past four years. This
is Leth's fourth season with the
team.
"Although it was not the out-
come that we wanted, I think it
woke us up and opened our eyes
to how much harder we need to
work in practice," he said.
Although the team lost both
non-league games, Leth said the
Lady Highclimbers are playing
well and will see some success in
the 3A Narrows League.
"These are practice games for
us," he added.
Shelton (0-2) plays at 7 p.m.
tomorrow at Capital.
I
By EMILY HANSON
emi/y@masoncounly com
The North Mason
girls basketball team
started its season on
a high note last week.
The Lady Bulldogs
defeated two Olympic
IA/2A League oppo-
nents.
On Dec. 2, North Ma-
son beat Klahowya 47-
34.
"we did a really nice
job on defense for our
first outing," first-year
head coach Don Farrell
said. "Rebounding was
strong for part of the
game."
Senior Mikaela Shu-
maker led all scores with
18 points, while senior
Quincy Satran scored 15
points and sophomore
Sydney Garrett contrib-
uted 11 points.
"we can improve on
running our offenses,"
Farrell said. "we would
have a few breakdowns,
though, and we have to
limit turnovers."
On Friday, the Lady
Bulldogs defeated Chi-
macum -- another
league opponent -- 48-
23, despite missing sev-
eral players because of
injury.
"Both teams used
several junior varsity
players in the varsity
players' absences," Far-
rell said. "We were not
playing to our level and
our type of game in the
first half."
He added he was more
pleased with the Lady
Bulldogs' defensive and
offensive performances
in the second half.
Satran led the team
with 15 points, while
Shumaker scored 11, se-
nior Samantha Leaptrot
added seven and Garrett
contributed six points.
Between the league
games, North Mason
faced non-league oppo-
nent Sammamish, losing
60-38 on Dec. 3.
"We ran into a bigger
and faster team that was
very efficient with their
pressure, fast breaks and
had a very high-shooting
percentage from the out-
side," Farrell said. "It
was (Sammamish's) first
game of the season, but
I felt that they looked
in midseason form. I
could tell they were well
coached and the players
who are all multisport
athletes obviously spent
their summer and offsea-
son working on their bas-
ketball skills."
The team took a hit
when senior Jennifer Be-
attie left the game with a
knee injury.
"It is a tough break
as she sat out of basket-
ball most of last season,"
Farrell said. "She will be
missed as she is one of
our ball handlers and a
very good defensive play-
er as well."
Farrell said he didn't
know yet how long Be-
attie would be out. She
sat out most of last sea-
son with an injury to her
other knee.
Shumaker led the
girls with 12 points,
while Satran scored 10
points.
North Mason (2-1) is
scheduled to play at 3:15
p.m. at Crosspoint Acad-
emy in Bremerton.
