Week in sports
Published 9:36 pm Thursday, October 2, 2008
`Cats pull out win in Yelm tournament
Mount Si wrestlers traveled to the Yelm Dual-meet Bracket
Tournament over the holiday break and came away with a close
36-24 win over Yelm in the finals to take the championship.
In the first round, the team took on Camas and won by a
score of 41-22. Kyle Cunningham, Chad Mills, Brad Davis and
Brad Conner all recorded pins. Jeff Stone won by a major
decision, as did Dylan Seubert. David Crotts also won by decision.
The win moved the `Cats into the second round against
Selah. Mount Si took the win 46-20 to move into the finals against Yelm.
Stone, Mills, Crotts, Brad Davis and Seubert all had
pins against their Selah opponents. Kyle Jacobsen and Conner
won by major decision while teammates Bobby Taylor and
Jed McDaniels followed with decisions.
Yelm is always a strong team and it wasn’t until after the
final matches that the true winner was known. Jason Rothgeb started
the action with a 5:55 pin of Louie Gillespie in an exhibition
match in the 103-pound class. Teammate Jordan Prior had a
tough match against Yelm’s Kyle Fisher in the 112-pound class, losing
18-3. Cunningham also lost by decision 5-0 against state placer
Matt Smith. Cunningham’s ability to stave off the pin kept the
team scores close.
Nick Martindale had a similar experience with his
second-in-state opponent, Justin Cruz, losing by decision 9-3. Jon
Emerson was pinned in the 130-pound class by Yelm’s Scott Nater, but
Jeff Stone followed up with an 8-6 decision over Eddie Ellis in
the 135-pound class. Veteran Hiram Tame had a tough match to
Matt Linger losing 9-1 in the 145-pound class, but Crotts
evened things up with a 9-6 decision over Yelm’s Justin Seymour.
Bobby Taylor lost by a 10-4 decision against Adam Zahm
in the 160-pound class. Jed McDaniels came back from
behind to win his match 6-4 over Yelm’s Adam Stone. The
Wildcats followed with three pins from Brad Davis, Seubert and
Connor to clinch the match and take the trophy.
JV crushes Interlake
The Mount Si junior-varsity girls’ basketball team notched
its 10th win of the season last week by defeating Interlake 64-16.
The Lady `Cats jumped out to a 13-2 first-quarter lead and
never looked back. Playing without one starter and having two others
play with what can only be described as horrendous coughs, the rest
of the ladies picked up the slack to ensure the convincing win.
Rachel Davis led all scorers with 20 points, and Karin
Brevick chipped in 14.
Varsity girls continue winning ways
Nicci Landdeck led the Mount Si girls’ varsity
basketball team to another win, scoring 16 points in the 58-37 pounding
of the Interlake Saints. With the win, the team’s record improved to
9-2 overall, giving them sole possession of first place in the
Valley League conference.
Kristen Travis also helped in the effort by scoring 13
points, followed by Angela Jones with eight. Moriah Hover was
tough underneath, grabbing 11 boards and scoring 11 points. Also
scoring for the `Cats was Lizzie Finnegan with six.
Cedarcrest drops game to Liberty
The Cedarcrest girls’ basketball team dropped its first
league game of the New Year to the Liberty Patriots 50-37. The loss
put them at a 9-2 overall record, tied with Mount Si but with one
less league win.
Scoring for the Red Wolves were Angeuli Brady with 10,
Lindsay Peterson with seven, Sarah Gustat with six, Nikki
Nelson with five, Libbye Haddon with four, Amber Sutter with three
and Rachel Salz with two.
Red Wolves win third straight
The Cedarcrest Red Wolves’ wrestling team recorded its
third team win by defeating the Sammamish Totems last week
57-17.
Leading it off was Aaron Pedeferri in the 112-pound
class who pinned the Totems’ Bobby Price at the 1:12 mark of the
first round. In the 119-pound class, teammate Darren DeBoer
followed suit, pinning Jacob Kaplan at 1:34 in the first round.
In the 125-pound class, the Red Wolves’ Kurtis Lott won
by a 19-10 major decision over the Totems’ James Musco. The
Totems’ Brett Gardner pinned Tate Brammer in the 130-pound class,
but Alan Schults came right back and pinned the Totems’
John Nordeck in the 135-pound class at 1:39 in the first round.
Andrew Claussen won by forfeit in the 140-pound class,
and neither team fielded a wrestler in the 145-pound class. The
Red Wolves’ Tony Stedman lost by technical fall to the Totems’
Alan Itkin in the 152-pound class. In the 160-pound class, Dan
Amador recorded a forfeit against the Totems, while teammate
Robby Westerman pinned Mike D’Angelo 33 seconds into
the match.
In the 189-pound class, Chris Ansell pinned the Totems’
Mike Guntel 52 seconds into the match, and both Cole Birk and
Ben Schelty won by forfeit.
Liberty downs Cedarcrest
The Cedarcrest Red Wolves boys’ basketball team lost to
Liberty last week 67-53.
Scoring for the Red Wolves was Kyle Eldride with nine,
Brett deVries with eight, Chris Kracht with 20, Nick Blanchard
with five, James Conrick with five, Nick Rich with five and
Brian Stevenson with two.
Wildcats drop first league game
Mount Si boys’ basketball team faced a determined
Interlake team last week and came out on the losing end 66-58. The
loss gave the Wildcats a 9-2 overall record for the season and a
3-1 league record, behind Interlake.
Scoring for the `Cats was Isaiah Cormier with 20 and
Sean Fallows with 13. Logan Ratcliffe had six, Vince Longbucco
five, Mike Dahm four, Mike Dollinter three and Brett Bergstrom two.
Cedarcrest records fourth team win
The Cedarcrest Red Wolves’ wrestling team blasted
Interlake last week 66-6. Starting it off for the Red Wolves was
Michell Weimann who won by forfeit. Aaron Pedeferri followed with
a first-round pin of his opponent in the 112-pound class.
Teammate Darren DeBoer did the same, pinning his
opponent at the 3:06 mark of the second round. Kurtis Lett also
followed the trend and pinned his Interlake opponent 25 seconds into
the match. Tate Brammer pinned his opponent at 3:39 in the
second round in the 130-pound class.
In the 135-pound class, Interlake had one of its two
wins, as the Red Wolves’ Schults was defeated 10-5. But
Andrew Claussen and Tony Stedman came back to pin their opponents in
the 140- and 145-pound classes for the Red Wolves. Dan Amador
won by decision 10-9 in the 160-pound class and
Robby Westerman followed suit with a 9-3 decision. Cole Birk and
Ben Schelty rounded out the scoring with a win by forfeit in the
215- and 275-pound classes. The win puts Cedarcrest on top
with Mount Si.
`Cats continue dominance
With the Wildcat coaches sporting a bleached blonde
look on the edge of the mat, the Mount Si wrestling team dismantled
Skyline 67-10 in wrestling last week. The bleach jobs were the result
of the coaches’ promise to do so if the `Cats could defeat
Liberty, which they handily did in the first league meet of the season.
The Wildcats recorded five pins against Skyline, which
only fielded wrestlers in nine out of 14 weight classes. Recording
pins were Jordan Prior at 112-pounds, Jeff Stone at 135, Chad Mills
at 140, Hiram Tame at 145 and Brad Connor at 275. Kyle
Cunning-ham won a 9-7 overtime decision against his opponent, and
Nick Martindale won by major decision in the 125-pound class.
Skyline recorded forfeits at 152, 160, 171, 189 and 215 pounds.
