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Page 8-4 Shelton-Mason County Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020
SheltanNgth Mason send six to Mat Classic XXXII
By Justin Johnson
justin@masoncounty. com
Six Mason County athletes are
heading north this week to compete in
Mat Classic XIOHI.
Three Shelton High School boys
wrestlers, two North Mason High
School boys wrestlers and a High-
climber girls wrestler will compete
during the second session of the tour-
nament, which runs from 4:30 to 8:30
p.m. Friday for 3A, 2A and girls at the
Tacoma Dome.
Those who advance to the second
day of the tournament start at 9:45
a.m. Saturday.
Girls
Shelton High School’s Jazlind War-
ren qualified for the girls Mat Classic
XXXII with a fourth—place finish during
Saturday’s girls Region meet at Deca-
tur High School in Federal Way.
Warren (22-12 overall, 170 pounds)
went 2-2 last weekend with a 7—2 de-
cision and a third-period pin of North
Mason’s Carli Durbin in consolation
semifinals. ,
Durbin led 6-0 with 58 seconds re—
maining before Warren pinned her to
advance.
“I looked over at my coaches and in
that moment, I realized that they had
no advice for me. It was just me on the
mat,” Warren said. “I looked at the
score and knew that I can give up in
this moment or I could fight to the end.
Either way, I wasn’t going to lose by a
pm.
“I smiled and knew that if this was
going to be my last match this season,
I was going to make sure this girl nev-
er wanted to wrestle me again. Never
have I ever felt so confident and com-
fortable with my abilities on the mat.”
Warren competed at last season’s
Mat Classic, which expanded to 32
wrestlers after a massive snowstorm
blanketed Washington, prompting can—
celation of the regionals.
“Between last year and this year,
Shelton High School girls wrestler Jazlind Warren, center, poses with as-
sistant coach Jakeob Garrick and head coach Rodgar Garrick after War-
ren finished fourth at the girls Region 2 tournament Saturday at Decatur
High School in Federal Way. Courtesy photo
a lot has changed, and a lot of times I
doubted myself,” Warren said. “Never
ever was there a second my coach and
my family doubted me though. When
times got tough, I always thought of
(coach Rodgar Garrick) telling me, ‘the
hard way is the only way.’ Last year, I
got the easy way to state and this year
I had to do it the hard way, which made
my victory to state so much better.
“It made the early morning runs and
the extra hours of practice worth it. It
made my love for this sport so much
more.”
Durbin (23-8) bounced back from the
loss to finish fifth and is a state alter-
nate.
Shelton’s Miracle Horne also com-
peted at the tournament, finishing
sixth at 115.pounds.
“I’m proud of how both girls (Warren
and Horne) wrestled today,” Garrick
said. “J azlind was a warrior and made
it back to the dome for her second trip
in two years. Miracle gave everything
she had her senior year, ending it on
the mat instead of injured. She fought
from having a broken thumb all sea-
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Shelton boys
The Shelton High School boys wres—
tling team sends three to 3A Mat Clas-
sic after Saturday’s 3A Region 4 boys
championship meet at Rogers High
School in Spokane.
Shelton’s Cameron MacAlevy (31-7)
finished second at 126 pounds, losing
to North Central High School’s Ken-
ndyl Mobley (34—6) after being pinning
in the final seconds of the first period.
MacAlevy pinned his quarterfinal
opponent and won a 14-4 major deci-
sion in the semifinals. 7
Robert Allred (35-6) lost a 7—4 de-
cision to Mount Spokane’s Ky Haney
(31-1) in the 145-p0und championship
bout. Allred went 2—1 in the tourna-
ment With a pin and a decision for the
Climbers.
Shelton’s Beau Ward (33-11) won
three decisions, including a 5-1 win
over Yelm’s Reise Eide in the third—
place match to punch a return ticket
to the dome at 138 pounds.
North Mason Boys
The North Mason High School boys
wrestling team is sending two wres—
tlers to 2A Mat Classic XXXII this week
after they finished in the top three dur-
ing the 2A Region 2 tournament on
Saturday at Orting High School.
The Bulldogs’ Domingo Pedro-Gas-
par (22-8) went 2—1, losing to Orton’s
Conor Goucher (32-2) in 126~pound ’
championship bout.
Pedro-Gaspar defeated Lanakila
Robinson, of Seattle’s Evergreen High
School, 5-1 in the quarterfinals and
Eatonville’s Ty Whitney (37-10) with a
4-3 decision in the semifinals. '
North Mason’s Izaiah Smith (18-6)
finished third at>113 pounds.
Jake Mathews (120 pounds), An-
tonio Franciso-Juan (106) and Jared
Dyer (285) finished fifth in the regional
round and are state alternates.
Coach: Building competitive culture Climber football
T unveilsmsched ule
continued from page 8—1
assistant football coach at Na—
than Hale High School in Seattle.
From there, Mosby served as an
assistant coach at Washington
State University in Pullman
from 1990—1992 before heading
'overseas to coach Malmo Sweden
in the European League of Amer—
ican Football.
In 1993, Mosby returned to
Washington as an assistant
Coach/offensive coordinator for
Pullman High School. Mosby was
also the head football and base-
ball coach at Liberty High School
in Issaquah and an assistant/co-
defensive coordinator for Mount
Si High School in Snoqualmie.
“When Coach Hepler resigned,
we were excited at the opportu-
nity to promote from within the
district such a qualified can—
didate from assistant to head
coach,” North Mason athletic
director Mark Swofi'ord said in
a post on the district’s Facebook
page. “We felt that Coach Mosby
has the experience, the desire,
and the skills necessary to move
the program forward.” ,
Mosby said he intends to con;
tinue many of the routines estab-
lished under Hepler, but will also
make changes in accordance to
his own philosophy of prepara-
tion. He added that offensively,
‘ the team will
'1 look much like
I it did under He-
pler, with mi-
, nor differences
in its offensive
approach.
“Our North
Mason pro—
gram is predi-
cated on creat-
ing a competi-
tive environment for success of
our student-athletes on and off
the field,” Mosby said. “We focus
on not only preparing our team
members to be the best they can
be on the football field, but also
in whatever endeavors they seek
in life.
“We plan to build a culture
of competitiveness in our foot-
ball program, which we hope
will translate into success on the
field.”
Mosby said that his favorite
thing about coaching is the posi-
tiVe impact made on young lives
and the relationships 'built with
players and parents.
“I still keep in touch closely
with former players 'and even
their parents who I might have
coached 20 years ago,” Mosby
said. “Those are the rewards of
this profession, the times that
players and students come back
and say that you’ve had a posi—
Mosby
tive impact on their life by them
participating in a program you
lead.
“Those moments are more re-
warding than wins and losses
or they run neck in neck in im-
portance. Let’s not get me wrong
here. I do like to win! I am com-
petitive, so I work our kids hard to
instill successful habits — that’s
what translates to success on the
field. I look forward to bringing
that energy to the North Mason
football community. I’m really
excited to do that. My strengths
are the relationships with play-
ers and parents in helping our
players reach their goals in life.”
Mosby said he has been wel-
comed with open arms by the
North Mason community, and
amazed at the level of community
support for the football program.
“Our stands at home games
are always full and many times
on the road we bring more fans
than the home team,” Mosby
said. “The program is well sup—
ported bylthe Belfair community.
It “is the kind of community sup-
port you want to come into as a
new coach. Part of the job is ral—
lying the community around the
program. In North Mason, the
Johnson
just/n@masoncounty com
With Shelton High School’s move tp the 2A EV-
ergreen League this fall now official, thefischool re-
cently released its fall football schedule.
The Highclimbers open their 2020 season on
Sept. 4 at Jack Stark Field at Highclimber Stadi-
um against Mason County Cup—rival North Mason.
It will be the ninth meeting in the series, which
is tied at four games each.
The game is also expected to be the first event
at the revamped stadium, which is scheduled to
receive a new artificial turf playing surface, new
track and new lighting. Construction begins fol—
lowing the conclusion of Shelton’s boys soccer and
track & field seasons in the spring.
The Climbers face Kingston High School on
Sept. 11 in Kingston, and play their first Ever-
green League contest against Centralia on Sept.
18 in Shelton.
Shelton also hosts W.F. West, Highline and Ab—
erdeen and travels to Rochester, Tumwater and
Black Hills. '
community already does that. 10/16
Now it’s up to me and our coach— 10/23
ing staff to develop a program 10/30
they are proud of.”
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