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i i:~ Shelton-Mason CounW Journal Endicott mi finals By EMILY HANSON emily(~masoncounty.com Shelton senior Indi Endi- cott narrowly missed qualify- ing for the finals at the state swim meet last week. Endicott competed in the 50-freestyle at the 4A Boys State Swim/Dive Champion- ship held at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way. On Fri- day, Feb. 17, En- dicott par- ticipated in the prelimi- nary round, finishing with a time Indi of 23.25 for Endicott 17th place. "Indi missed finals by eleven-one hundredths of a second," head coach Chad Youngquist said. "His time was slightly slower, but he was swimming much faster than he ever has. His splits were about seven-one hundredths faster for the 25 in warm-ups than he nor- mally goes and he looked very good." Youngqnist said Endicott was a half-body length ahead of the swimmer next to him for the first length of the pool. "As he approached the turn, he swam way too close to the wall for his turn," he continued. "Endicott came out of the wall with a soft ....... push and a deep angel and ended up at the other guy's hip. The other guy beat him by seven-tenths of a second." Stadium senior Mateu Si- quiera finished the prelimi- nary round ahead of Endicott in 16th place with a time of 23.04. "Indi was capable of mak- ing finals, but the 50-free does aot allow for any miscalcula- tions of any kind," Youngquist said. "It is a very scary race from that perspective." Prior to the state meet, Youngqulst said Endicott improved tremendously for such a short period of time. "I am pretty pleased with how well he did to get here," Youngquist continued. "I am pretty sure he is disappoint- ed with the end result, but what he did was not an easy thing to do." Shelton senior Johnathen Dennis holds Chiawana senior C.J. Edrington in the start position match at 182 at Mat Classic XXIV on Saturday, Feb. 18, at the Tacoma Dome. Journa photo by Emil) during his fourth Johnathen Dennis takes 4th, Ty McCullough 6th at state By EMILY HANSON my hardest. Cuevas was a lot stronger and better with his emi(v@~nasoncounty.eorn hips." Hershel head-butted McCullough, during their match, McCullough, resulting in a blackened left eye, which Mc- Two senior Shelton wrestlers brought home medals from~' Cullotigh had difficulty opening by Friday evening. Mat Classic XXIV last weekend. The state wrestling tournament began well for the High- climbers on Friday; Feb. 17, with senior Ty McCullough win- ning his first-round match. McCullough, at 113, defeated Curtis High School junior Manny Cuevas by decision 9-4 to advance to the quarterfi- nals. At 132, senior Adam Coffman was not as successful in the first round. Coffman lost to Spanaway Lake senior Tay- lor Mercier with a 3:28 fall to move down to the consolation bracket. Junior Malachi Conklin, at 138, also struggled in the first round. Conklin lost by a 3:43 pin to Lake Stevens senior Kin- soy Johnson to move down to the consolation bracket. Seniors Colby Barber and Johnathen Dennis both found success in the first round. Barber, at 170, took down Edmonds-Woodway senior Zach Perez by decision 11-6 in the first round to advance to the quarterfinals while Dennis, at 182, pinned Puyallup senior Jeremy Misailegatu with a 3:09 fall to also advance to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, McCullough secured his place for the second day of Mat Classic with a 3:55 fall over Union High junior Cody Hershel. "I feel like I'm having a good tournament," McCullougb said at the end of the first day. "My first match was definitely "My eye won't bother me at all, tomorrow," he said. While Coffman won his second match -- against Woodin- ville sophomore Everett Bingisser -- with a 3:21 fall, he lost out of the tournament in his next round when Marysville- Pilchuck senior Cristian Mendoza pinned him after 4 min- utes and 16 seconds. Conklin's tournament ended after his second match when he lost to Inglemoor junior Gabe Seward by decision 6-2. In the quarterfinals, Barber lost to Eastlake junior Eric Harper by decision 8-4, dropping down into the consolation bracket. In the consolation bracket, Barber lost his first match by major decision 13-4 to Spanaway Lake junior Zack Bickford, ending his tournament. The quarterfinals were difficult for Dennis as well. He lost to Lake Stevens senior Ryan Olliges by decision 5-3 to drop down to the consolation bracket. Once there, Dennis defeated Tahoma junior Austin Perry by decision 3-2 in overtime to advance to the second day of the tournament. Dennis said because he placed third at regionals he start- ed with a tough placement at Mat Classic. "My quarterfinals opponent was ranked second in state and if I had made it to the semifinals, my opponent there See SHS Wrestling on pageC-4 Knight Owls win district title Senior NM wrestlers at state By EMILY HANSON em ily@masoncounty.com The Mary M. Knight boys' basketball team made history this week. On Monday, Feb. 20, the Knight Owls won the Dis- trict IV Boys' Basketball Tournament for the first time in school history. MMK won the title by defeating Taholah 60-41 at Montesano High School. "We played with pa- tience on the ball for the most part," head coach Tim Diggle said. "We fell apart a bit in the third quarter and they hurried our shot but we slowed it down in the fourth quarter. We wanted to go our pace. Let them beat us, not us beat ourselves." The Knight Owls were close with Taholah for the first quarter, going into the second with a 13-11 lead. In the second quarter, MMK exploded, scoring 18 points while holding Ta- FRIDAY: Mary.S_60 Taholah ....... 41 TOMORROW: Mary M. Knight vs. Mt. Rainier Christian, 7 p.m. at Timberline were a little ginning but holah to three. Diggle said he felt the Knight Owls were overly confident going into the game and underes- timated their op- ponent for the first quarter. " W e slow at the be- we picked the pace up and played really well," senior Eric Johnson said. "We didn't fall under pressure and we moved the ball like we wanted to." Johnson and junior Nick Dierkop led the Knight Owls with 14 points each. Freshman Chase Robecker See MMK Boys on page C-2 Zac Joaquin and Rene Miguel take 3rd, Brian McCarty finishes 7th By EMILY HANSON emi@@masoncounty.com After two days of wrestling against the best athletes in 2A wrestling, three North Mason seniors came home with medals. Mat Classic XXIV started off well for North Mason on the first day, Friday, Feb. 17. At 113, senior Zac Joaquin, a defending state cham- pion, won his first-round match against Squalicum freshman Zach Wallace with a 1:34 fall. Senior Rene Miguel, at 120. also won his first-round match. Miguel won by decision over W.F. West junior Denver Parker 8-4. In the quarterfinals, Joaquin and Miguei again found success. Joaquin won over Toppenish junior Carlos Hernan- dez by major decision 9-1 while Miguel defeated Top- penish sophomore Steven Martinez by decision 10-4. McCarty won his first consolation bracket match. taking down North Thurston junior Marcus Ulloth by decision 4-1. Davis lost out of the state tournament after his first consolation-round match, losing to Mt. Baker junior Tyrel Cronk by fall after 34 seconds. With Joaquin and Miguel advancing to the semifi- nals of the championship bracket and Davis out of the tournament, McCarty was the only Bulldog to wrestle a third match on Friday. McCarty advanced to the second day of the tourna- ment with a 12-2 major decision victory over Interlake senior Jake Wilson. The second day of Mat Classic XXIV, Saturday, Feb. 18, opened tough for all three Bulldogs. Joaquin lost by decision 5-0 to Klahowya sophomore Brian Burchett in the semifinals while Miguel lost by decision 7-6 to Deer Park junior Jake Konzal. While both Joaquin and Miguel advanced into the McCarty also lost his first match of the second morn- quarterfinals of the championship, brackets, senior Bri- ing, with an 11-4 major decision defeat to Cedarcrest an McCarty and sophomore Chase Davis had tougher junior Carlos Toledano. starts. Migue( said his coaches helped him recover his con- At 145, McCarty lost by decision 16-11 in his first- centration for the tournament after his loss to Konzal. round match against Lynden junior Ryan Meggison "Some of the other coaches told me to cry for five while Davis, at 195, lost to Cheney junior Cameron Schlotter by fall i minute and 40 seconds into his match. See Bulldogs on page C-6 Shelton-Mason County Journal-Thursday, February 23, 2012 - Page C-1