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Page B-8 - Mason County Journal - Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016 MAT CLASSIC XXVlll Shelton High School junior Gable Lacy struggles to break away from Jake Sander of Mount Spokane. Journal photos by Brianna Loper .S continued from page B-1 Manke placed sixth in the 145-pound weight class. Shelton's other state participant was junior Gable Lacy. Lacy went 0-2 on Friday in the 182-pound weight class and did not advance to the second day. It was Lac: s first trip to the state tournament. Paller was the only state returner, aider placing eighth last year in the 182-pound weight class. This year, he went 4-2 in his matches. The last Climber to place fourth at a state wrestling tournament was Jona- then Dennis in 2012. It was Manke's first time participat- ing in the state tournament ai r quali- fying last year as an alternate. He went 3-3 in his matches. Coach Chris Lacy said he was proud of his team's effort. "It's nice to bring home three state medals," Lacy said. "We always would like more, but the kids we had wres- tling here did a free job." Pallets final match of the day was against Chief Sealth High School se- nior Daron Camacho. What Camacho lacked in arm length and size against Paller, he made up in agility and speed. As the mats were being rolled up for the finals, Camacho and Paller faced off. Both wrestlers clashed on the mat and as Camacho tried to collar tie Paller, the senior outmuscled Cama- cho's attempts. Camacho earned the first points of the match with a take- down. But after resetting the bout af- ter both wrestlers stepped outside the mat, Paller escaped for one point. In the second period, the only points scored were an escape from Paller. It tied up the match 2-2. During the final period, Camacho earned one point from an escape and one point for a technical violation called on Paller. It was enough to give Camacho a 4-2 win and the third-place The referee proclaims Alec Manke the winner of his first match at state wrestling. medal, here was excellent, phenom- Out of all of Paller's matches, his enal wrestling," Lacy said. final match was the most challenging. "That last match he got off his game "He was really quick," Paller said. plan a little bit, but he's done really "He had a strong collar tie. I tried to great work. In 27 short months he keep up with him and I slowed him went from being a non-wrestler to a down. It was probably about two sec- £wo-time state medalist, so that's an onds from going into overtime, butimpressive feat." overall I thought I had a pretty good Shelton's second medalist was Man- tournament." ke. After winning his first match, Man- Even though it's the end of his high ke lost his second and won his third to school career, Paller said his coaches advance to the medal round on Satur- told him there are other wrestlingday. tournaments outside of high school he Manke's finals match was versus Ar- can compete in. It was his last one for lington High School sophomore Cooper Shelton, but Paller said it won't be his McAuslan. The two met in their second last ever. matches on Friday, and McAuslan beat Coach Lacy added that Paller, who Manke in a 15-6 decision. only wrestled for three years, went out Their second meeting didn't go on a positive note. any better, at least for Manke. This "His four-match win streak time, McAuslan was able to pin Manke in the final seconds of the first period. Throughout the tourna- ment, Manke battled a rib injury he got at the subregional tournament two weeks ago. "It was kind of like a double grudge match because it was the third time he and I wrestled," Manke said. "He kind of wrestled better every single time I wrestled him. He had some strong grips and strong throws. He got a good squeeze on my ribs, so that didn't make anything easier." Coach Lacy only had positive praise for Manke's final performance. "He wrestled really well in a very tough and competitive weight class," Lacy said. "The best match he wrestled was probably the first one this (Satur- day) morning. He beat a very tough kid from Ferndale. It was a great match and a great performance for him." The only Climber who didn't ad- vance to the second day was junior Gable Lacy. Even though it wasn't the result he wanted, it left the junior hun- gry for more. "Next Monday, there is freestyle practice, so I'm just going to work on being aggressive from then on," Lacy said Saturday. "So starting next Monday, that's when the process re- starts." Shelton finished its season 6-1 in the 3A Narrows League. The team fin- ished second in the regular season be- hind Lincoln High School. Coach Lacy said the team is still going to be in good hands next year with incoming fresh- men and wrestlers gaining more expe- rience this year. When Manke finished his final match, he stopped and stared around the Tacoma Dome. He said he enjoyed hearing the roar of the crowd and the freedom to wrestle with no regrets. It's the end for now, but he only has well wishes for next year's squad. "Good luck for the Highclimbers in the future," Manke said. "That's all I've got."