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Road to • " ! !' 2Oll Mat Classic goes through Shelton ByDEAN SIEMON Shelton High School has been granted the opportuni- ty to host the 4A Region III boys wrestling tournament, which correlate with the West Central District III, on February 11 and 12. The regional tournament includes wrestlers repre- senting schools from the 4A Narrows League (eight schools, including Shelton) and the 4A South Puget Sound League North (nine schools). Shelton will also host the girls Region II tournament, which will include qualifiers from sub regions three, four and five (from various allo- cations). "It's a nice thing for our community," said Jim Jud- son, Shelton athletic direc- tor. "It'll bring kids from all over western Washington." Judson said after last year's regional tournament at Central Kitsap High School in Silverdal~, the school took the initiative to bring the tournament to Shelton and had help from head coach Chris Lacy and assistant coach Roger Gar- rick. ',It is labor intensive, but we have a lot of real quality people who have had expe- rience with tournaments," Judson said, citing this year's Shelton Invitational tournament in December as an example. Judson said he submit- ted the request to host the boys wrestling tourn'ament through the West Central District. "Regional wrestling sites are chosen from recommen- dations made by the WIAA District Directors," said John Miller, WIAA assis- tant executive directo~r. Initially, Shelton was granted the boys regional tournament before being given the honor to host the . i:girls regional tournament last Thursday. "We will run the boys tournament at the Minidome [at SHS] on three mats," Judson said. "The girls tournament wili be at Oakland Bay Junior High on three mats." Judson said the school and district have planned for parents and fans to be able to go to both regional tournaments on the same • • ticket, which stand only a few blocks apart. ::"You can watch the boys wrestle a little bit and then walk over and see the girls on the same ticket," Judson said. Last season, the top-four wrestlers from each weight division at the Regionals : advanced to the WIAA Mat Classic wrestling tourna- ment at the Tacoma Dome. One Shelton grappler, Ty McCullough, advanced to the 2010 Mat Classic af- ter winning the Narrows League Championship at 103 pounds and finishing fourth in regionals. With the Highclimbers looking stronger this sea- son, Judson said the oppor- tunity for Shelton is great. "We'vq got a lot of young kids in the program that have a promising future," Judson said. "If they can qu~ in the league, they know they're going to wrestle in their own venue to go to state." Before the Highclimbers can wrestle at the regionals, See Regionals on page C-6 Journal photo by Dean Siemon Shelton High School's Max Crain improved his time in the 100-yard butterfly during the final home meet of the season against Olympia High School on Thursday in Shelton. Two more Shelton swimmers qualify for league By DEAN SIEMON The seniors on this year's Shel- ton High School boys swimming and diving team ended the regular season on a high note, defeating Olympia High School at home on Thursday, 99-84. The win gave Shelton a 5-4 dual meet record on the season. ~,Two more Shelton swimmers qualified for the 4A Narrows League championships this week - freshman Ryder Phelan (200-yard freestyle) and Sean Kealy (50-yard freestyle). The two freshmen join Andrew Grant, Ricky Rutledge, Indi En- dicott, Grey~Endicott, Jon RaLmsey, J.D. Clemons, Brandon Smith, Bryton Rodgers, Kyrk Taylor and Max Crain. "And only five of those are se- niors," said Chad Youngquist, Shelton coach. "This is typically what you would hope for." Youngquist said the Highclimb- ers were faster off the start be- cause swimmers from the other schools have been used to starting blocks and not jumping off the side of the pool. "It's hard to get best times in our pool," Youngquist said. "But it's much harder for them [Olym- pia]." Another advantage Youngquist and fellow coach Rob Phelan poi~t~fl'~ut were thegirdefs irYtbe pool's ceiling being curved, which affect those swimming in the back- stroke motion. "Our kids get used to swim- ming straight without looking," Y oungqnist said. Looking ahead, the Highclimb- ers are guaranteed to send not only their three relay teams to the 4A West Central Districts (200- yard freestyle; 400-yard freestyle and 200-yard medley), but Grant in three events, including the 100- yard backstroke and the 50-yard freestyle. Grant won both events in Thurs- day's dual meet - finishing the 50- (neither were best times). Youngquist said all of those al- ready qualified for districts have to step up for a chance to advance to the 4A WIAA Boys Swimming and Diving championships. "The plan is to get drops [in time] in league," Youngquist said. "We have to for our relays." One swimmer who is the clos- est to qualifying for districts is se- nior Indi Endicott in the 100-yard breaststroke, winning on Thurs- day with a time of 1:02.71. "Indi is really close," coach Phel- an said. "He has to tighten up his walls yard freestyle in 24.57 seconds and thel00-yard backstroke in 1:02.71 ...... See Swimon page C-6 Journal photo by Dean Siemon Sh~lton High School's "Ire Fisher led the Highclimbers with 15 points in last Wednesday's home win against Central Kitsap High School. Shelton rebounds at home By DEAN SIEMON After facing the top three teams in the 4A Nar- rows League, Shelton High School boys basketball re- bounded with a win at home against Central Kitsap High School on January 19, 53-49. The Highclimbers (4-9, 2-5 Narrows League) won the rebounding battle with 35 total rebounds to Cen- tral Kitsap's (4-9, 2-5 Narrows League) 24 rebounds. "Possibly the best game we've played on the boards," said Mark Jensen, Shelton head coach. While senior John Padgett had nine points, he col- lected 10 rebounds, while senior teammate Jon Own- by had 11 rebounds. In addition to each converting a few blocks, Jensen said both Ownby and Padgett were key on the defen- sive side of the ball. "They got after people inside," Jensen said. "It's probably the most physical those two played all sea- son." Senior Berry Peterson led the team with 19 points, including a key three-point field goal to build on Shel- ton's first and only lead in the third quarter. "When he's open, he usually knocks those [down]," Jensen said. Senior Tre Fisher had 15 points, eight coming See Climbers on page C-6 First half struggles lead to league loss for North Mason By DEAN SIEMON A slow start in the first half led to a 62-40 loss for North Mason High School girls basketball at home on Tuesday against Olympic High School. North Mason (5-12, 3-9 1A/2A/3A Olympic League) converted five out of 25 field goal attempts in the first half, along with being outrebounded 24-11 by Olym- pic (8-8, 7-5 league). "The girls were out of their comfort zone and they didn't perform well," said Clifford Harris, North Mason head coach. "We weren't shooting the ball, we were throwing the ball up." It was the .second straight game that Tristan Stromberg was absent due to personal reasons, along with the absence of Stephanie Zamudio. Harris said both players would nor- mally create matchup problems for their opponents• "Without them, it's not too difficult to go against some sophomores," Harris said. "Some of.the girls just weren't ready for their roles tonight." North Mason also turned the ball over 23 times, which Harris said wasn't so much because of Olympic's defense as it was Bulldog mistakes. "Someone would pass to a teammate and it would be dropped and kicked out of bounds," Harris said. While Sadee Ingwaldson led the team with 13 points, Julie Johnson contribut- ed 10 points. "She [Johnson] got hot out there to- night," Harris said. "That was her best offensive game of the season." North Mason put in a better effort at Kingston High School on Friday despite the 58-48 loss. The Bulldogs led 11-9 in the first quar- ter before being outscored 50-37 the re- mainder of the game. "We're just now getting to where we should have been in December," Harris said. Kingston (11-3, 9-2 1A/2A/3A Olympic League) was led by Alex Rose-Albert's 11 points and Lindsey Wicklein's 10 points. See Bulldogs on page C-6 Journal photo by Dean Siemon North Mason High School's Jordan Stromberg attempts to drive past Olympic High School defenders during Tuesday's home game. Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page C-1