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Mat Climbers advance outta regionals 0 0 O Shelton matmen Vie Garden- hire and Nick Cronquist wrestled their way onto the state-tourney guest list last weekend, making the cut in Saturday's regional donnybrook at Tumwater High School. State vets both, the Climbers' vaunted llth-graders earned their repeat berths by dint of top-four placement in their re- spective weight divisions - 135 pounds for third-place-finisher Vic and 190 pounds for second- place-finisher Nick. Vic fell behind by two points in his opener against Franklin Pierce junior Nick Orozco but rallied to win 9-6. THEN, AFTER falling into the losers' bracket by way of a 5-8 loss to Sequim senior Chris Shold, he clinched his return trip to state by beating Washington High School sophomore Mike Pike 8-2 and copped the third seed by outdueling old friend Shaun Maloney of Tumwater 3-2. You remember senior Shaun. He's the guy Vic lost to only the weekend before, in the battle for sub-regional bragging rights. As it happens, incidentally, Vic's narrow vanquisher in Satur- day's second round, Sequim's Shold, ended up losing narrowly in the finale -- to the same Adam Halpin of Capital whom Vic beat en route to second place at sub- regionals. "SO THEY'RE ALL really close," says Roger McCausland, the Climbers' first-year head coach. He laughs. "It's like, 'Okay, flip the coin - who's turn is it?'" Seriously, says McCausland, Vic wrestled tough and smart - avoiding for the most part the upper-body stuff that works so notably to his advantage in the Greco sport but has been known to backfire on him in prep's so- called collegiate version. "I think Vic's really more of a Greco wrestler, so he's more into throws," says Coach. "In fact, a lot o' kids do not like to tie up with him, cuz they KNOW he's not afraid to throw 'em if he gets a hold of'em. "It's like, 'Wooo-ooooo.' " He laughs appreciatively. AS FOR NICK - whose partic- ipation at this stage was seriously in doubt altogether on account of the arthroscopic surgery he had to have on his knee earlier this year - he beat Bainbridge senior Erik Schei 8-2 and Washougal se- nior Ryan McDonald 9-4 to gain the championship finals, where he met the same Sterling Ulrich of Chehalis who'd nudged him out "You know, he likes his single-legs and duck-unders.' of the winner's circle at sub-re- gionals. This time Ulrich prevailed 10-4 - but it wasn't as close as it sounds, says McCausland. "NICK WAS WINNING the match antil the third period," he says. "Then he got tied up and got behind. "He was losin' 6-4 toward the end of the match and tried to shoot and got caught with a head- lock. The kid really didn't have the headlock on him, but it was just one o' those things the ref calls. "Goin' back and lookin' at the video from a different angle, I could make a different judgment on it. From the angle I was at, you know, it was like, 'Well, it looks like he's got him in a head- lock and he's gettin' points.' "But when I looked from the other angle - which his mom was videotaping and the ref was looking from - I was like, 'How could you give him points like that.I?, t' " He laughs. "But, you know, that happens. See, you don't have mobility as a coach when your kid's wrestling. You just kinda have to sit in the corner. And hopefully every angle that you can see is to your advan- tage and not to the other guy's." IN ANY EVENT, says Coach, Nick once again showed himself to be precisely what the sport calls for at this level. "He's just a good, solid colle- giate wrestler," says McCausland. "You know, he likes his single- legs and duck-unders and really works the basics well - and has really good strength. "And plus also, you know, Nick just has that overall athletic abili- ty - you know, football and soccer and all that. He's just really good. You know, real good balance and real good 'sports makeup,' I guess you could say. "He doesn't have an overall ex- tensive dictionary of moves, you know, but the ones he knows he does really well." VIC AND NICK, now 20-4 and 14-2 on the year, respectively, launch their state tournament campaigns at roughly 11:15 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. tomorrow in the Tacoma Dome. They're already in rather elite company, reminds their coach. "You're talkin' about the top 16 kids in the state," he says. "It's a good feeling to be able to be in the top 16. "Everything from there on is just kinda, you know, gravy." Both Climbers are reportedly in fine health, incidentally. "Injuries?" says Coach, sup- pressing a laugh. "Aw, nuthin' more than the usual bumps and bruises you get from the little mini war you go through out there..." 00owling SENIOR S 1113/99 Men's Hi Game: Gayle Wentz, 234. Men's Hi Series: Dick Rex, 578. Women's Hi Game: Avis Ross, 235. Women's Hi Series: Dorothy Howland, 497. Standings: Northcliff 16-4, Cushman 13- 7, Lumbermens 12-8, Athletic 12-8, Les 12- 8, Mafia 11-9, Nitas 10-10, This 10-10, Hi 10-10, Timber 8-12, Bombers 8-12, VFW 7- 13, Gateway 7-13, Lock 4-16. Athletic 2, Dorothy Howland 497; VFW 2, Ed Stansell 504; Northcliff 2, Tunney Ludwig 484; Lumbermens 2, Roger Rigettno 489; Lock 1, Fay Brewer 521; Les 3, Yvonne Thomas 469; Gateway 3, Dick Rex 578; This 1, Avis Ross 488; Hi 1, Lloyd Viney 495; Mafia 3, Gayle Wentz 543; Nitas 3, Lester White 506; Timber 1, Betty Shemel 438; Bombers 1, Rick Guerin 464: Cushman' 3, Lloyd Murr 524. THURSDAY LADIES TRIO 1/14/99 Women's Hi Game and Series: Luayne Hunter, 196 and 480. Standings: Holiday 9-3, Toziers 6-6, Jon 6-6, Mikes 6-6, Hunter 5-7, Spare 4-8. Jon 3, Cora Simpson 420; Spare 1, Anne Snyder 477; Holiday 4, Nora Zimmerman 427; Hunter 0, Luayne Hunter 480; Mikes 0, Bey Cross 480; Toziers 4, Milly Baker 456. SHS fastpitch turnout near Climber girls' fastpitch will launch its 1999 season with an organizational meeting next Wednesday at 2:45 in the Mini- dome. Veteran head coach Meredith Elkins reminds those coming out that they're required to have all their physical-exam and insuran- ce-waiver paperwork on file in.the main office at the high school be- fore they can take the field. Wednesday's meeting will count toward fulfilling the ten- turnout requirement for game eli- gibility, by the way, but once they actually hit the field the girls will need to have the aforementioned paperwork on file and be in pos- session of a current ASB card. The softballers' first practice is set for March 1 from 3 to 5 p.m. - in the middle school gym if the weather isn't suitable for being outdoors at MCRA. RUG RATS I116/99 Men's Hi Game and Series: Kyle Hollings- worth, 88 and 164. Standings: Rollies 23-16, Little 20-19. Rollies 0, Cody Sturgell 152; Little 3, Kyle Hollingsworth 164. YOUTH BOWLING 1/16/99 Men's Hi Game and Series: Nick Sallas, 142 and 399. Women's Hi Game and Series: Lea Deyette, 123 and 311. Standings: Elks 10-2, Eagles #3 8-4, SRA 7-5, Dee 6-6, Eagles #3 5-7, Kids 3-9, Paws 3-9, Moose 2-10. Moose 1, Brooke Wuolle 217; Kids 3, Tif- fany Godburn 265; Eagles #3 0, Charlie Landsaw 241 ; Eagles #4 4, Nick Sallas 399; Dee 1, Lea Deyette 311; Elks 3, Casey Chamberlin 297; #7 2, Marshall Hollings- worth 323; Paws 2, Carrie Anne Allegri 330. JUNIORS 1/16/99 Men's Hi Games and Series: Riley Bileu, 231 and 623. Women's Hi Game and Series: Kristi Scoles, 143 and 416. Standings: Wolf 36-16, Eagles 33-19, SRA 31.5-20.5, MCDSA 25-27, Cushman 23.5-28.5, SRA 21-31, Hunter 19-33, NAPA 18-34. SRA 1, Wesley Bilyeu 430; MCDSA 3, Kristi Scoles 416; Cushman 0, Curtis Snyder 583; Wolf 4, Riley Bilyeu 623; NAPA 3, Har- ley Howe 514; SRA 1, Tom Legarde 431: Eagles 4, Richard Bacon 486; Hunter 0, Bryce Middaugh 332. GRANGE 1/18/99 Men's Hi Game: Roger Righettine, 202. Men's Hi Series: Bud Willis, 528. Women's Hi Game: Dorothy Moore, 181. Women's Hi Series: Vernice White, 468. Standings: Grange 14.5-5.5, Harstine 12-8, Lock 11.5-8.5, Agate 11-9, Pioneer 10-10, Sk.okomish 8-12, Ye 7.5-12.5, Mat- lock 5.5-14.5. Lock 0, Dorothy Moore 467; Grange 3, Ed Stansell 491 ; Harstine 1, Bud Willis 528; Pioneer 3, George W. 430; Ye 0, Willie Owens 503; Agate 4, Ed Morrison 516; Mat- lock 0, Margo Treadwell 419; Skokomish 4, Walt Owens 526. WEDNESDAY NIGHT DOUBLES 1120199 Men's Hi Game: Bryce Jacot, 203. Men's Hi Series: Rich Myer, 514. Women's HI Game and Series: Deb Bilyeu, 163 and 464. Standings: #5 7-1, #2 6-2, #1 5-3, #3 3- 5, #4 3-5, #6 0-8. #5 3, Jeremy Wineganer 406; #4 1, Brad Unterseher 395; #1 4, Mike Seelig 476; #2 3, Bryce Jacot 498; #3 1, Rich Myer N/A. SENIORS 1/20/99 Men's Hi Game: Lee Gisselberg, 230. Men's Hi Series: Roger Rigettno, 586. Women's Hi Game: Claudia Crosmer, 198. Women's Hi Series: Char Murr, 508. Standings: Northcliff 20-4, Cushman 16- 8, Lumbermens 15-9, This 14-10, Mafia 13- 11, Hi 13-11, Les 12.5-11.5, Athletic 12-12, Gateway 10.5-13.5, Nitas 10-14, Bombers 10-14, Timber 9-15, VFW 8-16, Lock 5-19. This 4, Avis Ross 471; Nitas 0, Lester White 483; Timber 1, Betty Shemel 421; Hi 3, Lloyd Viney 457; Mafia 2, Chuck Leslie 562; Bombers 2, Bob Bratton 488; Lock 1, Fay Brewer 535; Lumbermens 3, Roger Ri- gettno 586; Cushman 3, Lloyd Murr 515; VFW 1, Ed Stansell 462; Les .5, Billie Rodg- ers 459; Gateway 3.5, Bud Willis 514; Athle- tic 0, Mary Brammer 447; Northcliff 4, Tun- ney Ludwig 499. THURSDAY LADIES TRIO 1/21/99 Women's Hi Game and Series: Betty Gray, 202 and 520. Standings: Holiday 10-6, Mikes 9-7, Hunter 8-8, Spare 8-8, Jon 7-9. Mikes 3, Bey Cross 478; Holiday 1, Nel- da Flint 402; Toziers 1, Connie Greenfield 414; Spare 4, Mae West 454; Jon 1, Betty Gray 520, Hunter 3, Jan Paulson 496. RUG RATS 1123/99 Men's Hi'Game: Cody Sturgell, 80. Women's Hi Game: Lindsey Norton, 80. Standings: Rollies 25-17, Little 21-21. Lindsey Norton 80, Kyle Hollingsworth 75-71; Terri Hollingsworth 64, Joey Wuolle 66-60, Cody Sturgell 78-80. REGIONAL PEEKS Satur- day in Tumwater find the Climbers' lone state quali- fiers in various and pro- gressive states of advance. ment. That's Vic Garden- hire beaming out from the crowd between bouts, top, and in command in Round One in the topmost inset. Peering up at the score- board, near, and working over his first-round oppon- ent in the other inset is ju- nior classmate Nick Cron. quist - like Vic on his way to his second straight all- Washington showdown. Thursday, February 18, 1999 - Shelton-Mason County Journal- Page 21 Mat Climbers advance outta regionals 0 0 O Shelton matmen Vie Garden- hire and Nick Cronquist wrestled their way onto the state-tourney guest list last weekend, making the cut in Saturday's regional donnybrook at Tumwater High School. State vets both, the Climbers' vaunted llth-graders earned their repeat berths by dint of top-four placement in their re- spective weight divisions - 135 pounds for third-place-finisher Vic and 190 pounds for second- place-finisher Nick. Vic fell behind by two points in his opener against Franklin Pierce junior Nick Orozco but rallied to win 9-6. THEN, AFTER falling into the losers' bracket by way of a 5-8 loss to Sequim senior Chris Shold, he clinched his return trip to state by beating Washington High School sophomore Mike Pike 8-2 and copped the third seed by outdueling old friend Shaun Maloney of Tumwater 3-2. You remember senior Shaun. He's the guy Vic lost to only the weekend before, in the battle for sub-regional bragging rights. As it happens, incidentally, Vic's narrow vanquisher in Satur- day's second round, Sequim's Shold, ended up losing narrowly in the finale -- to the same Adam Halpin of Capital whom Vic beat en route to second place at sub- regionals. "SO THEY'RE ALL really close," says Roger McCausland, the Climbers' first-year head coach. He laughs. "It's like, 'Okay, flip the coin - who's turn is it?'" Seriously, says McCausland, Vic wrestled tough and smart - avoiding for the most part the upper-body stuff that works so notably to his advantage in the Greco sport but has been known to backfire on him in prep's so- called collegiate version. "I think Vic's really more of a Greco wrestler, so he's more into throws," says Coach. "In fact, a lot o' kids do not like to tie up with him, cuz they KNOW he's not afraid to throw 'em if he gets a hold of'em. "It's like, 'Wooo-ooooo.' " He laughs appreciatively. AS FOR NICK - whose partic- ipation at this stage was seriously in doubt altogether on account of the arthroscopic surgery he had to have on his knee earlier this year - he beat Bainbridge senior Erik Schei 8-2 and Washougal se- nior Ryan McDonald 9-4 to gain the championship finals, where he met the same Sterling Ulrich of Chehalis who'd nudged him out "You know, he likes his single-legs and duck-unders.' of the winner's circle at sub-re- gionals. This time Ulrich prevailed 10-4 - but it wasn't as close as it sounds, says McCausland. "NICK WAS WINNING the match antil the third period," he says. "Then he got tied up and got behind. "He was losin' 6-4 toward the end of the match and tried to shoot and got caught with a head- lock. The kid really didn't have the headlock on him, but it was just one o' those things the ref calls. "Goin' back and lookin' at the video from a different angle, I could make a different judgment on it. From the angle I was at, you know, it was like, 'Well, it looks like he's got him in a head- lock and he's gettin' points.' "But when I looked from the other angle - which his mom was videotaping and the ref was looking from - I was like, 'How could you give him points like that.I?, t' " He laughs. "But, you know, that happens. See, you don't have mobility as a coach when your kid's wrestling. You just kinda have to sit in the corner. And hopefully every angle that you can see is to your advan- tage and not to the other guy's." IN ANY EVENT, says Coach, Nick once again showed himself to be precisely what the sport calls for at this level. "He's just a good, solid colle- giate wrestler," says McCausland. "You know, he likes his single- legs and duck-unders and really works the basics well - and has really good strength. "And plus also, you know, Nick just has that overall athletic abili- ty - you know, football and soccer and all that. He's just really good. You know, real good balance and real good 'sports makeup,' I guess you could say. "He doesn't have an overall ex- tensive dictionary of moves, you know, but the ones he knows he does really well." VIC AND NICK, now 20-4 and 14-2 on the year, respectively, launch their state tournament campaigns at roughly 11:15 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. tomorrow in the Tacoma Dome. They're already in rather elite company, reminds their coach. "You're talkin' about the top 16 kids in the state," he says. "It's a good feeling to be able to be in the top 16. "Everything from there on is just kinda, you know, gravy." Both Climbers are reportedly in fine health, incidentally. "Injuries?" says Coach, sup- pressing a laugh. "Aw, nuthin' more than the usual bumps and bruises you get from the little mini war you go through out there..." 00owling SENIOR S 1113/99 Men's Hi Game: Gayle Wentz, 234. Men's Hi Series: Dick Rex, 578. Women's Hi Game: Avis Ross, 235. Women's Hi Series: Dorothy Howland, 497. Standings: Northcliff 16-4, Cushman 13- 7, Lumbermens 12-8, Athletic 12-8, Les 12- 8, Mafia 11-9, Nitas 10-10, This 10-10, Hi 10-10, Timber 8-12, Bombers 8-12, VFW 7- 13, Gateway 7-13, Lock 4-16. Athletic 2, Dorothy Howland 497; VFW 2, Ed Stansell 504; Northcliff 2, Tunney Ludwig 484; Lumbermens 2, Roger Rigettno 489; Lock 1, Fay Brewer 521; Les 3, Yvonne Thomas 469; Gateway 3, Dick Rex 578; This 1, Avis Ross 488; Hi 1, Lloyd Viney 495; Mafia 3, Gayle Wentz 543; Nitas 3, Lester White 506; Timber 1, Betty Shemel 438; Bombers 1, Rick Guerin 464: Cushman' 3, Lloyd Murr 524. THURSDAY LADIES TRIO 1/14/99 Women's Hi Game and Series: Luayne Hunter, 196 and 480. Standings: Holiday 9-3, Toziers 6-6, Jon 6-6, Mikes 6-6, Hunter 5-7, Spare 4-8. Jon 3, Cora Simpson 420; Spare 1, Anne Snyder 477; Holiday 4, Nora Zimmerman 427; Hunter 0, Luayne Hunter 480; Mikes 0, Bey Cross 480; Toziers 4, Milly Baker 456. SHS fastpitch turnout near Climber girls' fastpitch will launch its 1999 season with an organizational meeting next Wednesday at 2:45 in the Mini- dome. Veteran head coach Meredith Elkins reminds those coming out that they're required to have all their physical-exam and insuran- ce-waiver paperwork on file in.the main office at the high school be- fore they can take the field. Wednesday's meeting will count toward fulfilling the ten- turnout requirement for game eli- gibility, by the way, but once they actually hit the field the girls will need to have the aforementioned paperwork on file and be in pos- session of a current ASB card. The softballers' first practice is set for March 1 from 3 to 5 p.m. - in the middle school gym if the weather isn't suitable for being outdoors at MCRA. RUG RATS I116/99 Men's Hi Game and Series: Kyle Hollings- worth, 88 and 164. Standings: Rollies 23-16, Little 20-19. Rollies 0, Cody Sturgell 152; Little 3, Kyle Hollingsworth 164. YOUTH BOWLING 1/16/99 Men's Hi Game and Series: Nick Sallas, 142 and 399. Women's Hi Game and Series: Lea Deyette, 123 and 311. Standings: Elks 10-2, Eagles #3 8-4, SRA 7-5, Dee 6-6, Eagles #3 5-7, Kids 3-9, Paws 3-9, Moose 2-10. Moose 1, Brooke Wuolle 217; Kids 3, Tif- fany Godburn 265; Eagles #3 0, Charlie Landsaw 241 ; Eagles #4 4, Nick Sallas 399; Dee 1, Lea Deyette 311; Elks 3, Casey Chamberlin 297; #7 2, Marshall Hollings- worth 323; Paws 2, Carrie Anne Allegri 330. JUNIORS 1/16/99 Men's Hi Games and Series: Riley Bileu, 231 and 623. Women's Hi Game and Series: Kristi Scoles, 143 and 416. Standings: Wolf 36-16, Eagles 33-19, SRA 31.5-20.5, MCDSA 25-27, Cushman 23.5-28.5, SRA 21-31, Hunter 19-33, NAPA 18-34. SRA 1, Wesley Bilyeu 430; MCDSA 3, Kristi Scoles 416; Cushman 0, Curtis Snyder 583; Wolf 4, Riley Bilyeu 623; NAPA 3, Har- ley Howe 514; SRA 1, Tom Legarde 431: Eagles 4, Richard Bacon 486; Hunter 0, Bryce Middaugh 332. GRANGE 1/18/99 Men's Hi Game: Roger Righettine, 202. Men's Hi Series: Bud Willis, 528. Women's Hi Game: Dorothy Moore, 181. Women's Hi Series: Vernice White, 468. Standings: Grange 14.5-5.5, Harstine 12-8, Lock 11.5-8.5, Agate 11-9, Pioneer 10-10, Sk.okomish 8-12, Ye 7.5-12.5, Mat- lock 5.5-14.5. Lock 0, Dorothy Moore 467; Grange 3, Ed Stansell 491 ; Harstine 1, Bud Willis 528; Pioneer 3, George W. 430; Ye 0, Willie Owens 503; Agate 4, Ed Morrison 516; Mat- lock 0, Margo Treadwell 419; Skokomish 4, Walt Owens 526. WEDNESDAY NIGHT DOUBLES 1120199 Men's Hi Game: Bryce Jacot, 203. Men's Hi Series: Rich Myer, 514. Women's HI Game and Series: Deb Bilyeu, 163 and 464. Standings: #5 7-1, #2 6-2, #1 5-3, #3 3- 5, #4 3-5, #6 0-8. #5 3, Jeremy Wineganer 406; #4 1, Brad Unterseher 395; #1 4, Mike Seelig 476; #2 3, Bryce Jacot 498; #3 1, Rich Myer N/A. SENIORS 1/20/99 Men's Hi Game: Lee Gisselberg, 230. Men's Hi Series: Roger Rigettno, 586. Women's Hi Game: Claudia Crosmer, 198. Women's Hi Series: Char Murr, 508. Standings: Northcliff 20-4, Cushman 16- 8, Lumbermens 15-9, This 14-10, Mafia 13- 11, Hi 13-11, Les 12.5-11.5, Athletic 12-12, Gateway 10.5-13.5, Nitas 10-14, Bombers 10-14, Timber 9-15, VFW 8-16, Lock 5-19. This 4, Avis Ross 471; Nitas 0, Lester White 483; Timber 1, Betty Shemel 421; Hi 3, Lloyd Viney 457; Mafia 2, Chuck Leslie 562; Bombers 2, Bob Bratton 488; Lock 1, Fay Brewer 535; Lumbermens 3, Roger Ri- gettno 586; Cushman 3, Lloyd Murr 515; VFW 1, Ed Stansell 462; Les .5, Billie Rodg- ers 459; Gateway 3.5, Bud Willis 514; Athle- tic 0, Mary Brammer 447; Northcliff 4, Tun- ney Ludwig 499. THURSDAY LADIES TRIO 1/21/99 Women's Hi Game and Series: Betty Gray, 202 and 520. Standings: Holiday 10-6, Mikes 9-7, Hunter 8-8, Spare 8-8, Jon 7-9. Mikes 3, Bey Cross 478; Holiday 1, Nel- da Flint 402; Toziers 1, Connie Greenfield 414; Spare 4, Mae West 454; Jon 1, Betty Gray 520, Hunter 3, Jan Paulson 496. RUG RATS 1123/99 Men's Hi'Game: Cody Sturgell, 80. Women's Hi Game: Lindsey Norton, 80. Standings: Rollies 25-17, Little 21-21. Lindsey Norton 80, Kyle Hollingsworth 75-71; Terri Hollingsworth 64, Joey Wuolle 66-60, Cody Sturgell 78-80. REGIONAL PEEKS Satur- day in Tumwater find the Climbers' lone state quali- fiers in various and pro- gressive states of advance. ment. That's Vic Garden- hire beaming out from the crowd between bouts, top, and in command in Round One in the topmost inset. Peering up at the score- board, near, and working over his first-round oppon- ent in the other inset is ju- nior classmate Nick Cron. quist - like Vic on his way to his second straight all- Washington showdown. Thursday, February 18, 1999 - Shelton-Mason County Journal- Page 21