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SPORTS
SHS senior takes 2nd at girls' wrestling tourney
10 boys advance
to weekend regional
By EMILY HANSON
emily@masoncounty.com
Kaitlin Woods advanced
further in the wrestling
postseason than she ever
has.
The Shelton senior fin-
ished second in the 124-pound
weight division at the girls'
sub-regional tournament
Saturday at Hoquiam High
School.
Woods entered the tour-
nament as the No. 2 seed in
her weight division, earning a
first-round bye.
The top four wrestlers in
each weight class advance
to regionals Saturday at Ho-
quiam High School.
"In her first match, she
came from behind to pin her
opponent from Ocosta at the
end of the third period," SHS
assistant wrestling coach
Chris Frazier said. "She had
a very close semifinal match
with her opponent from Yelm,
winning 8-7."
In the first round, Woods
took the lead, but then had to
fight off her back in the second
round.
"In the third, she came from
behind to secure a berth to re-
gionals," Frazier said.
Knowing she had qualified
for regionals, Woods entered
the finals to face Laura Ditell
from Foss.
"Kaitlin attacked from
the beginning of the match
and earned the first take-
down," Frazier said. "Ditell is
a very experienced wrestler
and fought for a reversal and
pinned."
Woods finished sub-region-
als in fifth last year to be an
alternate for regionals.
"Woods was the captain
and leader of not only the
girls, but the entire team as"
a whole," Frazier said. "She
has a great opportunity next
when she travels back to Ho-
quiam for the regional tour-
nament."
Ten wrestlers from the Shel-
ton boys' team also advanced
through the sub-regional tour-
nament (held Friday and Sat-
urday at Foss) to the regional
tournament.
"The team wrestled very
well throughout the weekend,"
head coach Chris Lacy said.
"We did not finish as strong as
we needed to and that will be
the focus of our training this
week."
The Highclimbers took
third at the sub-regional
tournament. That is the
highest the team has fin-
ished at a tournament this
season.
As with the girls' tourna-
ment, the top four wrestlers
in each weight division ad-
vanced to the regional tour-
nament at Bonney Lake
High School.
"Many of our wrestlers had
their best tournaments of the
year," Lacy said.
Four Highclimbers finished
in second place: Gil Ramos at
126, Chase Salisbury at 138,
Benny Olivas at 145 and Hec-
tor Gaspar at 160.
Three of the Highclimbers
-- Caleb Ragsdale at 120, Ir-
vin Garcia at 170 and Colton
Paller at 182 -- finished in
third place.
Finally, Rudy Mackiewicz
at 170, Jesus Jimenez at 182
and Drake Meacham at 220
took fourth place.
See WRESTLING on page B-7
Journal photo by Emily Hanson
After a steal, North Mason junior Mikaela Shumaker gains control of the ball Friday during the Lady Bulldogs'
senior night home game against Klahowya.
Not with a fizzle...
Lady Bulldogs earn big
senior night victory
By EMILY HANSON
emily@masoncounty.com
Everything came together for the North
Mason girls' basketball team during its final
game of the season.
On Friday, the Lady Bulldogs defeated
Klahowya 44-34 at home on senior night.
"We played really good, I'm proud of my
team," said senior Ali Gibson while wiping
away tears.
"I wish (the team playing well) had started
from the beginning, but I'm happy the young
girls get so much time to keep playing," senior
Alivia Sandquist said. "They're a young team
and they'll do well."
Head coach Dave Hawkins said he didn't
know where the team's performance came
from Friday night.
"I thought Klahowya was a team we could
play with and make them shoot over the top,"
Hawkins said. "Klahowya wants to play up-
tempo, so we really focused on slowing the
ball down and playing our pace."
This strategy worked well for the Lady Bull-
dogs, who went into halftime leading 23-19.
By the end of the third, Klahowya had tied
the game at 28 points.
Throughout the game, the teams tied the
score four times and the lead changed 10
times.
But North Mason took control in the fourth
quarter and never gave it up.
The Lady Bulldogs outscored Klahowya
16-6 in the final eight minutes, and held the
Lady Eagles off the scoreboard until the clock
read 2 minutes, 16 seconds.
See LADY BULLDOGS on page B-7
Lady Owls win
two close games
Mary M. Knight girls
start district basketball
tournament Monday
By EMILY HANSON
emily@masoncounty.com
With two more victories under its
belt, the Mary M. Knight girls' basket-
ball team will begin the Southwest Dis-
trict IV tournament Monday.
As the No. 2 independent team, the
Lady Owls earned a bye in the first round
of districts with wins against Montesano
and Lake Quinault last week.
The team will play in the second round
at 2:30 p.m. Monday at Castle Rock High
School against the winner of the 3 p.m.
Saturday game between Oakville and
Columbia Adventist.
The Lady Owls fmished second among
the independent schools after winning
two close games last week.
The team's first win was a 41-39 vic-
tory against the Montesano junior var-
sity team Feb. 5.
"This was a defensive battle through-
out the game," head coach Lance Valley
said. "We came out 9-0 in the first three
minutes of the game, but then Montesa-
no settled down and we couldn't get any
shots."
With Miranda Sowle in foul trouble
throughout the game, Jaycee Valley had
to play point guard and did a good job
of handling and controlling the defense,
coach Valley said.
"In the third quarter, we came out
very aggressive on defense and that led to
an offensive outbreak in the quarter that
gave us a little breathing room," he said.
At halftime, Montesano led 20-16.
After outscoring Montesano 17-6 in the
third quarter, the Lady Owls took a 33-
26 lead heading into the fourth quarter.
"Montesano clawed their way back in
the fourth, but Melodie Snyder hit 3-of-4
free throws down the stretch to seal the
victory," Valley said.
Carlie Adsero led the team with 17
points and 13 rebounds, while Jaycee
Valley had eight points, seven rebounds
and three steals.
See LADY.OWLS on page B-7
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