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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
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