Cedarcrest sends nine wrestlers to state tournament

Maybe it was coincidence that Mount Si wrestling's senior class of 2012 happened to compete at state. Maybe, too, it was the effort that the trio of Aaron Peterson, AJ Brevick and Josh Mitchell put in, battling their way through the season. Preparing for the Tacoma trip on their last day of practice, the three wrestled with vigor. "We're drilling hard," said senior Aaron Peterson. "This is all new muscle memory. We're doing a lot of live wrestling, working on stuff that's going to work for state."

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Jennifer Rogers's gymnastics journey has taken her from club play and an 18-month break, into high school competition, and now all the way to the Tacoma Dome. The Mount Si freshman had one of her best meets of the year, leading the Wildcat gymnastics squad to a fifth place finish at the Washington Interscholastic Athletics Association's 3A state tournament. At the dome, competing in the finals on floor and beam, Rogers felt the gaze of thousands. How'd that feel: "Really cool!" She treated it like just another competition. "I just wanted to represent my school," she said.

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Mount Si Seniors Connor Deutsch and Brian Copeland have been recognized by the National Football Foundation as 2011 Scholar-Athletes for their combined accomplishments both on and off the field. Deutsch was the starting varsity running back for the Wildcats and was named as the First Team All KingCo 3A running back, with a strong 3.97 grade point average. He will continue his football career in college and has been awarded academic scholarships at several NCAA D1 universities.

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Their trip to the state boys basketball tournament already confirmed, the Cedarcrest Red Wolves are making their way through district play-offs. Saturday, Feb. 11, the boys defeated Sehome 65 to 21 in the first round of district play, and Tuesday, Feb. 14, they won over Anacortes, 76 to 60. The team travels to Mount Vernon Saturday, Feb. 18, to play Squalicum for the District 1 championships in division 2A. Tuesday's semi-final game was led in scoring by junior Zach Taylor with 28 points, followed by Justin Houser with 12, Tanner Marty, 11, Jordan Corpus, 9, John Soule, 6, Tyler Reeves, 5, Chris Dowd, 4, and Nick Cardon with a single point for the night.

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Snoqualmie Valley Little League has started a sponsorship drive. Donations help the SVLL with participation fees, and the costs of equipment, player insurance, field maintenance, special projects and expenses. SVLL provides sports for more than 450 children in the Valley.

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The Mount Si wrestling and gymnastics teams head this Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 16, 18 and 18, for state championships. The Wildcat gymnastics team took first place at the KingCo championships Feb. 4, then a very close second at SeaKing regionals Saturday, Feb. 11, behind by 0.15 points to leader Bainbridge Island. "The girls had a fantastic meet but it was a tough loss," coach Jessica Easthope said. "Gymnastics is all about the little things like pointed toes, stuck landings, straight knees and it got us this time. But we are moving on to state as a team and that is what matters."

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The atmosphere in the foyer outside the Bellevue College locker room was subdued as Mount Si High School's varsity girls basketball players trickled out to commiserate the end of the 2011-12 season. Minutes earlier, the Wildcats fell to Bellevue, 58-43, on this Monday, Feb. 6, play-in to the league tournament. A late push failed to put them over the Wolverines, so now, as the girls prepared to ride home with parents, they felt the bittersweet sensation of a final game. Mount Si's three seniors—Shelby Peerboom, Jordan Riley and Alex Welsh—gave it all that they had in the final quarter, helping the team tie Bellevue for points. But Mount Si just ran out of time. "Another 10, even five minutes, might have done it," Head coach Megan Botulinski said. "They really came out strong at the end."

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Reece Karalus has been checking the weather on his smart phone a lot lately. As a downpour rages outside the windows at Mount Si High School, Karalus smiles when he notes the temperature in southern California. "It's going to be 70 this week," he says. Karalus has a reason to smile. Freshly signed to play ball next year for Santa Clara University, the senior is among a group of Valley athletes who have solidly inked their futures after graduation.

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Chief Kanim Middle Schools' varsity basketball teams earned a split Wedneday, Feb. 8, against the varsity from Tolt Middle School. The Hawks' eighth grade team earned their victory by playing a tough and aggressive defense, and forcing Tolt into turnovers. For the Hawks, Connor Schattenkerk had 17 points; Matt Myers had 11, Cam Page had eight, Jeff Haley had six, Danny Tomson and Kai Stewart, George Corriveau had two and Cory Cotto had one.

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“I’m going to regionals.” That was the common refrain for Mount Si wrestlers racking up points at last weekend’s Kingco League wrestling tournament. On the mat at Liberty High School, Mount Si claimed the tournament championship, 214.5 points to Mercer Island’s 209, enough to send Mount Si on to the regional tournament as a team. Punching that ticket to regionals felt “absolutely amazing” to Bruce Stuart, who took third and a berth in 138, locking up Mercer’s Connor Gullstad to win the match, 4-0.

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