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North Mason’s Jake Matthews wrestles Orting’s TalgatAldabergen in the
semifinals of the 152-pound'tournament
Saturday at North Mason High School in Belfair. Hera/d photo Matt Baide
Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023 Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 37
M, ,‘
Mathews claims
152-pound title
ByMatt Baide
matt@masoncounty. com
North MaSon senior Jake
Mathews won the 152-pound
tournament at the Region 2 2A
wrestling tournament Saturday
in Belfair.
Mathews won his open—
ing match by pin in 18 seconds
against Washington’s Kai’lee
Hale before earning a technical
fall win against Orting’s Talgat
' Aldabergen. Mathews defeated
Bremerton’s Brennan Galloway
by a 14-4 major decision to cap-
ture the title.
North Mason junior Pedro
Salvador finished second in the '
145—pound tournament. Salva-
dor earned an opening victory
by pin against White River’s
Trevor King and pinned White
see BULLDOGS, page 38
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Port of Allyn sorting through a, pile ofprojects
By Kirk Boxleitner
laboflefiner©masoncountycom ,
Dock damage, pier replacement, potential sur-
plusing of property and some unexpected new de-
velopments on long-standing projects kept Port of
Allyn commissioners busy during the Feb. 8 board
meeting. .
After the port’s Hood Canal Marina dock was
damaged between Christmas and New Year’s, port
insurer Enduris hired a Consultant and marine sur-
veyor, with whom Port Executive Director Lary Cop-
pola met while inspecting thevdo‘ck. Of the port’s two
bids to repair the dock, Coppola expected the port to
select one that week, after conferring with Enduris
about which could cpmplete the work the soonest.
‘ Coppola noted the port’s deductible is $1,000, and
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‘ gate, having supplied keys to the three boat owners
moored there.
“The damage is severe, (but) it isn’t as bad as we .
first anticipated,” Cappola .said: “We are going to
have to make some improvements once the repairs
are complete, including making the pilings taller, so
we wouldn’t-have the same issue with a king tide
floating the dock higher than the top of the pilings.”
According to Coppola, steel pilings can have ex-
tensions welded to their existing tops, while wooden
pilings can be. sleeved with either steel or fiberglass
and filled with composite material.
“While this will cost some money, it won’t be ex-
traordinarily expensive,” Coppola said.
Since the Jan. 24 king tide didn’t do addition-
al damage, Coppola expects to move forward with
repairs “as soon as possible.” I ;_
During one of the king tides, one of the pilings on
.the Allyn pier broke loose and floated'away.
Because the entiré alcove section is sagging, Cop— '
v pola ordered the closure of that section to the public
until the port can find a solution to getting another
piling.
Coppola said the part could replace the pierwith
a newstructure or it could sleeve the existing pilings
with concrete or steel, which would get the creosote
out of the water. ~ ‘
As the port weighs the feasibility and useful life
spans versus costspthe port’s lobbyist has assem-
bled a letter to the Legislature, including logos from
a dozen local supporters of the project, asking for
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