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By EMILY HANSON e ffli @(i~?rr~a.~En~Oou t t f.y.co Tt~ The Shelton wrestling team began its dual meet season and competed in a team tournament last week. The Highclimbers lost their first dual meet to Timberline 46-27 on Dec. 6 in a meet filled with pins. "The team performed well and everyone on the team progressed," head coach Chris Lacy said. "A few opportunities slipped through our grasp and Timberline wrestled very well." The Highclimbers won four bouts by pin. At 132 pounds, senior Erik Smith pinned Gage George in 5:23. Sophomore Benny Olivas had a first- round pin at 152 pounds over Brandon Lee, winning in 1:51. Senior Dylan Corey won by pin in 2:55 over Aaron Chayoga at 160 pounds. Finally, sophomore Hector Gaspar pinned Brice Vaughn in 4:23 at 170 pounds. Shelton's final match win came from se- nior Ben Anderson, at 285 pounds, defeating Cole Stevens by decision, 6-4 in overtime• "The match of the night belongs to Ben Anderson," Lacy said. "This was a rematch of his final at the Timberline Tournament (from Dec. 1). The match did go into over- time, but Ben was in control at all times. Ben's takedown in overtime was at the edge of the mat. His mat awareness and tenacity earned the victory." Shelton's first dual meet, at Bellarmine on Dec. 4, was canceled due to a miscommu- nication. As of press time, Shelton had not yet rescheduled the match. Journal photo by Emily Hanson Shelton senior Erik Smith exerts pressure on Timberline's Gage George's arm during their bout at 132 pounds on Dec. 6 at the Timberline dual meet. Smith pinned George in 5 minutes, 23 seconds. The Highclimbers competed at the Lake ership and has been improving in every Washington Team Tournament on Satur-match," Lacy said. day against five schools. He said the performance of the day came "The varsity team wrestled very well in from Smith, who finished the day 4-1. four out of five duals last weekend," Lacy "His record was outstanding, and in his said. "Our biggest improvements came from match against Lake Stevens, he trailed (senior) Betsaid Garcia and Dylan Corey." 0-6 going into the third period," Lacy said. At 195, Garcia won all five of his match- "Erik turned the tide of the match, earned es. a takedown and then the pin. Erik's victory "Betsaid is really finding his stride and clinched the victory in that dual." he's hitting his techniques with much more As a team, Shelton defeated Eastlake 43- confidence," Lacy said. 33, Lake Washington 50-21 and Lake Ste- Corey, at 160 pounds, went 4-1 at the vens 40-33. The Highclimbers lost to Wood- tournament, inville 50-24 and to Cedarcrest 46-35. "Dylan continues to show great lead-"As a team, we have not hit full strength yet," Lacy said. "We are having a hard time getting all of our seniors in the lineup. Our young wrestlers have really stepped it up this year and are competing well in all of their matches." While the varsity boys were at the team tournament, the girls and junior varisity boys competed at Foss High School. "This was the first tournament for many of these wrestlers," Lacy said. "Every wres- tler earned valuable experience and every wrestler earned at least one victory." Among the girls, freshman Daynah An- derson was the most successful. She was 1-1 for the day and tied for first place. Seniors Shelby Fratello, Ivanna Bell and Kaitlin Woods each went 2-1 and finished in second place. "Kaitlin Woods was very competitive in a tough group and placed second," Lacy said. "Ivanna Bell continues to impress as she ab- sorbs the sport very quickly." On the junior varsity squad, Jared Dis- hon finished in first place with a record of 2-0 for the day. Lacy said his final match was an exciting overtime match. Sophomore Hector Gaspar also finished in first place, going 3-0 for the day. Seven other junior varsity wrestlers fin- ished in second place, while the final two on the team took third. "Many of the wrestlers performed very well, but coach (Nick) Stigall recognized Kyle Vance for having the performance of the day in a 10-8 come-from-behind win," Lacy said. Shelton wrestles at 6 tonight at Yelm in a dual meet. At 10 a.m. on Saturday, the Highclimbers host their Shelton Holiday Tournament. Mary M. Knight junior Carlie Adsero lays up a shot against Seton Catholic during the Lady Owls' home game on Saturday. Journal photo by Emily Hanson MMK girls beat SC By EMILY HANSON ~%~ ley said. ~,,~it