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SHSWRE ;TLING
Climbers struggle at Matman Classic, finish 14th
By DEAN SIEMON
Sixteen state caliber
wrestling teams were at
the 2011 Matman Classic
on Saturday at Central Kit-
sap High School - Shelton
High School finished 14th
overall.
"It was a super deep field
against excellent competi-
tion," said Chris Lacy, Shel-
ton head coach. "It's a good
measurement for where
we're at."
Shelton finished with 27
team points. Orting High
School won the team cham-
pionship with 218, followed
by Graham-Kapowsin High
School. No Highclimber fin-
ished in the top five.
"We didn't wrestle as
well as I expected, or the
kids expected," Lacy said.
Shelby Salisbury finished
with a 2-2 record in the tour-
nament's 135-pound class
with close losses to Mount
Spokane High School's Sam
Wilkes 10-9 and to Lake
Washington High School's
Jacob Reddingger 4-2 (in
overtime).
"Shelby was probably
the closest to his potential,"
Lacy said.
Jonathen Dennis also
finished with a 2-2 record
at 171 pounds, losing to
Matt Dawley from Gra-
ham-Kapowisin, 11-8. Den-
nis later lost 6-5 to Orting's
T.J. Skinner.
"It was his [Dennis] most
focused effort of the sea-
son," Lacy said.
Overall, Lacy said the ef-
fort from the Highclimbers
was there.
"It just came down to
a couple of physical mis-
takes," he said. "In several
matches, we jumped the
hips. In several matches,
our basic defense was lack-
ing."
Nathan Morgan at
140-pounds finished 1-2,
wrestling Caleb Wheeler
from Rogers High School to
a 6-3 win.
Harrison Cook went
0-2, forced into an injury
default while leading 7-0
against Central Kitsap
High School's David Dom-
mermath. The injury was
to Cook's ribs.
"It's too bad he got
banged up," Lacy said. "He
was wrestling well."
The Highclimbers wres-
tled six separate state
medalists from last season,
showing how deep the tal-
ent was in this year's tour-
nament.
Lacy's squad is looking
forward to the remainder of
the regular season, which
includes a dual meet at
Olympia High School and a
cross-county meet hosting
North Mason High School.
"We'll readjust and refo-
cus and move ahead to the
rest of the season," Lacy
said.
January 15 at Central
Kitsap High School
2011 Matman Classic -
1) Orting 218, Graham-Ka-
powsin 209, Enumclaw 205,
Tahoma 173, South Kitsap
138, Rogers 131, Mount
Spokane, 125, North Ma-
son 92, Central Kitsap 85,
A.C. Davis 66, Bethel 63.5,
Thomas Jefferson 58, Lake
Washington 43.5, Shelton
27, Olympic 26.5, Auburn
Riverside 19
Shelton individual re-
sults
112 - Ty McCullough,
2-2; 119 - Bobby Niel, 1-2;
125 -Jakeob Garrick, 0-2;
130- Adam Coffman, 1-2;
130 - Ivan Fiedler, 0-2; 135
- Shelby Salisbury, 2-2; 140
- Nathan Morgan, 1-2; 152
- Anthony Niel, 0-1; 160
- Colby Barber, 1-2; 171 -
Jonathan Dennis, 2-2; 189
- Thomas Gettle, 1-2; 215 -
Ben Anderson 0-2
Bulldogs
take eighth
at Matman
Classic
Despite being a late ad-
dition, North Mason High
School wrestling finished
eighth place out of 16 teams
at the 2011 Matman Classic
tournament on Saturday at
Central Kitsap High School
in Silverdale.
The Bulldogs took five
wrestlers into the semifinal
round. Only one advanced
to the championship round.
North Mason's Zac Joa-
quin lost the ll2-pound
championship match to
Graham-Kapowsin High
School's Taylor Salzberg,
2-0.
Brian McCarty finished
co-third at the 135-pound
division with South Kitsap
High School's Greg Mor-
rison. Sam Newman also
earned a co-third finish at
145 pounds.
Codi Duckworth (103
pounds) and Pedro Joaquin
(119 pounds) both earned a
share of fifth place in their
weight classes.
Roads to the Super Bowl travel
By DEAN SIEMON
After the second week-
end of the NFL playoffs,
the point standings are set
in the Journal playoff chal-
lenge.
While I was only 1-3 on
the weekend, there is only
one point separating me
from the other four who
tied with 2-2 records.
Each correct pick made
in last week's issue was
awarded one point, mean-
ing that Kelly Riordan,
Rick Kennedy, Jesse Mul-
len and Kevan Moore are
tied with two points each,
while myself and Natalie
Johnson have one point.
It's still early because in
the conference champion-
ship game, a correct pick is
worth three points. The Su-
per Bowl, played on Febru-
ary 6, is going to be worth
five points.
Mathematicaly, Johnson
or I could easily take first
place. But I'm hoping for
two upset picks to get me
back in the top half of the
standings.
Before moving to the
next round of playoff
games, I was glad to see my
Chicago Bears finally have
a consistant offensive per-
formance against the Se-
attle Seahawks.
It was a good effort late
in the season for the Se-
ahawks, despite entering
the season in hopes to re-
build and not even in the
preseason discussions for
the NFC West Division ti-
tle.
But four months later,
Seattle fans are proud their
team shocked the defend-
ing Super Bowl champions
and went out fighting.
Moving on to the confer-
ence championship games,
we have some decent games
for the Journal staff to pre-
dict - with the winners of
each game moving on to
Super Bowl XLV in Texas.
We'll start with the NFC
Championship game - the
oldest rivalry in football
between the Green Bay
Packers (#6 seed NFC) and
the Chicago Bears (#2 seed
NFC).
Weather will not be a
factor as both teams play
in the frigid cold months of
December and January.
The teams enter their
182nd meeting all-time af-
ter splitting this season's
games. Both teams won at
home - the Bears defeated
Green Bay in week 3 (20-
17) and the Packers won in
week 17 (10-3).
Green Bay has been on
fire in the playoffs, defeat-
ing the Philadelphia Ea-
gles 21-16 in the wild card
round and utterly destroy-
ing the Atlanta Falcons on
Sunday 48-21.
The common factor has
been quarterback Aaron
Rodgers, who has allowed
the Cheesehead Nation to
forget about their former
Hall of Fame bound gun-
slinger Brett Favre.
Here is an interesting
note, during the regular
season, the Packers were
3-5 on the road while Chi-
cago was 5-3.
In addition, the Mon-
sters of the Midway have
fixed their offensive line
problems and gone back to
their running strengths.
Chicago quarterback Jay
Cutler also shown he has fi-
nally matured, not turning
the ball over against Seat-
tle with 274 passing yards
and four total touchdowns
(two passing and two rush-
ing).
Both offenses have some
trouble with Chicago's ter-
rible field, slowing down
scoring.
through Chicago,
I expect this to be a very
close game. Chicago will
squeak out the win some-
where around 27-26 on the
25th anniversary of the Su-
per Bowl Shuffle.
In the AFC, who would
have expected the New
York Jets would be one
game away from the Super
Bowl, after defeating Indi-
anapolis and New England
in back to back weeks?
Oh yeah, Rex Ryan
and the rest of the loud-
mouthed Jets organization.
I would love to have
seen Ryan put his foot in
his mouth after the Patri-
ots beat them. But neither
happened.
I won't be quiet about
my dislike of how Ryan has
talked throughout the sea-
son and tries to use disre-
spectful nature in his mind
games.
But you can't really ar-
gue against success, even if
you can argue about his out
of office lifestyle.
The Jets face a Steel-
ers team that was able
to survive its first part
of the schedule without
quarterback Ben Roethlis-
berger, who accumulated
3,200 passing yards and 17
touchdowns in 12 games.
But Mark Sanchez, in
his second season, is play-
ing in the AFC Champion-
ship game for the second
straight season.
While his numbers are
low, the Jets have the
fourth best rushing offense
from the regular season
and could pull off another
upset to play for the Lom-
bardi Trophy, just like
Coach Rex predicted so
many months ago.
I'd say this will be a
game of defense, and the
Jets win with their momen-
tum, 13-10.
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Journal NFL
pick contest
II
Kelly
Riordan
2-2 (2 points)
Picks:
GB, PIT
Rick
Kennedy
2-2 (2 points)
Picks:
GB, PIT
Jesse
Mullen
2-2 (2 points)
Picks:
GB, NYJ
Kevan
Moore
2-2 (2 points)
Picks:
CHI, NYJ
m Dean
Siemon
1-3 (1 point)
Picks:
CHI, NYJ
Natalie
Johnson
1-3 (1 point)
Picks:
GB, PIT
Climbers preview state
tourney venue in league win
By DEAN SIEMON
After exacting revenge
against Mount Tahoma High
School, the Shelton High
School girls bowling team
made easy work of Bellarm-
ine Prepatory School in a 7-0
sweep on Thursday at Nar-
rows Plaza in Tacoma.
Shelton (13-2) was led by
Danielle Ewart's series of
372 - 192 in the first game
and 180 in the second game.
Her sister, Mishawn Ew-
art, kept to her season aver-
ages with a 179 and 171 for a
350 series.
"It's really funny because
Mishawn is the better bowler
based on her average," said
Curt Snyder, Shelton head
coach. "But if we need a high
score, Danielle is the one
that will get it."
Other Highclimbers
struggled during the match.
Snyder said the lanes at Nar-
rows Plaza are different than
other locations and have
caused problems for Shelton
bowlers in the state tourna-
ment in past seasons.
"Irregardless of the com-
petition, I wanted to work on
new lines for a good shot for
potential state tournament
scoring," Snyder said.
"Hopefully if we do make
it to the state tournament
weql have better success."
Lynzee Johnson bowled
254 average with a high
score of 134. Mackenzie
Chakos bowled a 248 series
after leading the Highclimb-
ers with a 341 series in the
January 11 match against
Mount Tahoma.
'Tqhat we bowled today
[for lane conditions] did not
fit Mackenzie's style," Sny-
der said.
Captain Brittany Cham-
berlin had one of her better
matches with scores of 151
and 157 for a 308 series.
"I think she adapted as
well as any of the bowlers to
the lane conditions," Snyder
said.
Overall, the match was
used as a preview of this
season's WIAA state tourna-
ment in February - that is if
Shelton qualifies.
'nis was great, as far as
a potential post game prac-
tice," Snyder said.
On Tuesday, Shelton de-
feated Central Kitsap at All-
Star Lanes in Silverdale, 6-1.
All five Shelton bowlers
had two-game series above
300, led by Danielle Ewart's
high game of 199.
The Highclimbers com-
pete in the Narrows League
tournament at All Star
Lanes on January 21 before
an appearance in the district
championships on January
28 at Bowlero Lanes in Ta-
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