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Cervantes Wins region title in , juSt 31 secOnds By Justin Johnson justln@masoncounly. com ? She held it in as long as she could. - *In the seconds after EliBeth Cer- vantes became the first girls wres- tler. from Shelton High School to win a regional title in 14 years, she danced her way through congratu- latory fist bumps. and short hugs from her teammates and coaches until she reached her father, Henry. As father and daughter em- braced, the emotion flewed. ' A dream realized, but a tale not quite finished. “It feels great; Being able to feel like I’ve accomplished more and that I’m being a better wrestler,” Cervantes said. “Going'from barely qualifying (forstate) to now being the number one» and having that secure spot. It feels pretty great, especially knowing that it’s gonna give me a better chance at state.” Cervantes, who wrestles at 145 pounds, pinned all three of her opponents during Sat- urday’s 1B/2B/1A/2A Region 2 see CHAll/lPION, page 25 Shelton High School sophomore EliBeth cervantes looks for an opening against Hoquiam’s Meribel Mazarie- goes during a 145-pound semifinal bout at the 1BIZB/1A/2A Region 2 girls wrestling tournament Saturday at the Mini-Dome in Shelton. Cervantes pinned Mazari‘egos in one minute, 56‘seconds. Cervantes went on to pin, Wash- oughal’s Aliyha Vargas, top photo, in 31 seconds during the championship bout. Journal photos by Justin Johnson Seven wrestlers from Shelton High School’s boys wrestling team finished in the top four at regionals Saturday and advanced to compete at the Mat Classic on Friday and Saturday at the Tacoma Dome. Courtesy photo Shelton boys finish fifth at regionals By Matt Baide matt@masoncounty.com Shelton had five wrestlers fin- ish second in their weight class- es to lead the Highclimbers to a fifth-place finish at the Region 3 wrestling tournament Saturday in Aberdeen. “This team has been incred— ibly steady all season,” Shelton coach Chris Lacy told the Jour- nal in an email. “We have had a consistent mental approach» and readiness all season. We wrestled well at subregionals, but some of our wrestlers felt too much pressure. Our regional wrestlers seemed to be poised, this allowed them to wrestle freely for the most part. At re- gionals, we qualified seven of our nine wrestlers to the state meet.” I ‘ This is the first time since 1977 that seven Shelton wres- tlers have qualified for state. Ty Fleshman finished sec- ond in the 120-pound tourna- ment. He won his opening match against Washougal’s Dylan Led- better in a 15-5 major decision and won the semifinals by an 8-1 decision against Ridgefield’s Lance Draper. Fleshman lost in a 7-5 decision to Centralia’s Je- sus Campos in the finals. Cole Borden placed second at 126 pounds. He won. the opening match by a 6-4 decision against Hockinson’s Justin Martsolf and won the semifinals against Tum- Water’s Brayden Weiks by a 4-2 decision. Aberdeen’s Michael Hatton defeated Borden in the finals by a 13-9 decision. Logan Peach finished sec— ond at 132 pounds. He defeated Woodland’s Lincoln Ponder in the opening match by pin and in the semifinals beat Washou— gal’s Grady Lieziert 8-2. He lost by a 4-3 decision in the finals to Hockinson’s Jacob McKee. Mario Boxley finished second see WRESTLE, page 18