At Marysville, 14 teams competed for the district championship and for the top 8 spots in each weight class to go to regionals to be held February 12th and 13th at Auburn High School. Wesco North took the three top team spots with Lake Stevens winning the District Championship followed by Marysville-Pilchuck, Snohomish, Kamiak in 4th and Edmonds-Woodway in Fifth.Results of Championship Matches. 103-Soler (LS) dec. Bates-Mundell (Sno) 5-1; 112-Heinzer (LS) technical fall over Vulliet (E-W) 18-3; 119-Rodorigo (LS) pinned Leach (Shore) 3:37; 125-Kalmey (Sno) major dec. Hutchison (E-W) 15-6; 130-Deweese (E-W) major dec. Shumaker (M-P) 11-3; 135-Walkley (LS) pinned N. Regan (Kam) 2:56; 140-Donaldson (M-P) dec. King (LS) 7-5; 145-Perry (Sno) dec. Shortt (Arl) 15-12; 152-Coffman (Mar) dec. Ward (Arl) 8-2; 160-Micah Morrill (Sno) dec. Anderson (LS) 4-3; 171-Mark Morrill (Sno) injury default over P. St. Marie (Cas); 189-Gee (Stan) dec. Kroshko (Mar) 3-2; 215-Reinhard (Sno) pinned Hinckley (M-P) 4:41; 285-T. St. Marie (Cas) dec. Maybin (Sno) 3-1 OT. Click on images for Photo Gallery. (photos by Sam Freeman and Mark McCollum for nwsnews).
At Kamiak, Pictures from the 5th grade Kamiak vs Shorewood and Kamiak vs Stanwood games as well as pictures from the 6th grade Kamiak vs Stanwood game. Click images for photo galleries. (sam freeman/nwsnews)
Click this image for 6th grade photo gallery. (Kamiak/Stanwood)
Click image for 5th grade photo gallery. (Kamiak/Shorewood)
Click image for 5th grade photo gallery. (Kamiak/Stanwood)
Kamiak getting off to a slow start in the 1st quarter coupled with the 38 fouls they received during the game left the lady knights short at the end 49 to 37. Glacier peak scored 27 points in free throws to Kamiak’s 7 free throw points. High scorer for the knights went to Kariah Kussman with 12 points and for Glacier Peak Katie Hawkins with 12 points. Performing at half time were the Kamiak Dulcineas. Pictured below is Natalle Stephens from Kamiak driving in to the basket. Photo gallery of images will be up soon.(sam freeman/nwsnews)
Kamiak defeated both Oak Harbor (131-52) and Marysville-Pilchuck(118 – 68) to remain the top team in all of Wesco. Marysville-Pilchuck takes Wesco North Title. Pictured below is Kamiak’s Matt Johnson as he takes a moment during his dive to think of Miranda and Tolo. Photo galleries to be posted soon. (sam freeman/nwsnews)
At Mukilteo, the lady knights held lead over the thunderbirds until late in the 4 quarter when Shorewood’s Lisa Echert tied the the game 52 with a 3 pointer. Shorewood went on to when the game 59 to 56. There was some great defense played on both sides of the court. Click on image for photo gallery. (sam freeman/nwsnews)
Laurenna Plourd of Kamiak runs into tough t-bird defense during the 1st half(top) while in the fourth quarter, Erin Ellersick of Shorewood drives into the key past Kate Blackwell only to be swatted by Kamiak’s Carrie Barnes at the hoop.
It was Senior Night at Jackson High School as Jackson hosted cross town rival Archbishop Murphy in the Battle of Mill Creek. The team’s seniors and their parents were introduced by Jackson head coach Gustavo Anaya prior to the beginning of the dual. Once the dual started, the two teams battled back and forth through the night. With one match left to go, Jackson was holding on to a slim 38-36 lead. Jackson was able to lock up the victory with a pin in the final match with 41 seconds left in the first round to defeat Archbishop Murphy 44-36. Click on image for photo gallery. (Ed Viscalla for nwsnews)
At the Kamiak Dungeon in Mukilteo, the two rivals, Kamiak and Mariner faced off on the mats in what most people thought would be a close meet. After defeating Edmonds-Woodway the night before, Kamiak went on to defeat Mariner 51-16 leaving them in first place in Wesco south with an undefeated season in the league. Click on image for photo gallery of this event. (sam freeman/nwsnews)
In the last match of the evening, Austin Bentley of Kamiak starts his lift on Joe Nelson of Mariner in the 160 lb. class and as the referee signals the pin at 1:38 in the 1st period of this match, Kamiak wins the meet over their rival.
189-Kroshko (M) major dec. Welsh 10-2; 215-Brinkley (K) won by forfeit; 285-Clarkson (K) pinned Bakeberg 4:50; 103-D. Parker (M) dec. Heitzman 12-5; 112-Singh (M) won by forfeit; 119-Z. Regan (K) major dec. Bui 10-2; 125-Graika (K) technical fall over C. Venskus 15-0; 130-Johnson (M) dec. Kuenzi 10-5; 135-Engblom (K) dec. Koltsov 9-2; 140-N. Regan (K) pinned J. Venskus 0:57; 145-Strickland (K) pinned A. Parker 3:50; 152-Linari (K) dec. Coffman 5-4; 160-Bentley (K) pinned Nelson 1:38; 171-Hall (K) won by forfeit.
At Lake Stevens Cavelero mid-high school, the WWKWL NOVICE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS was held on Sunday the 24th where 280 young wrestlers, ages 5 through 14 faced off on 8 different mats from 10 till 1:30. Pictured below is Brendan Congdon (black with orange) from Mukilteo Wrestling grappling with Colby Mattern of the Snohomish Cubs in the bantam 55 class. Click image for slide show. (sam freeman/nwsnews)
After 72 years, the last varsity athletic event was held Jan. 21 in the “Old Gym” at Snohomish High School. Originally known as the “Pit” because of the raised wooden bleachers that surrounded all four sides of the court, the timeworn facility opened its doors on Oct. 14, 138. In its heyday, the gym could seat 1,200 fans, said Mark Albertine, Snohomish School District athletic director. But after a building remodel in 1984 when the east and south side bleachers were eliminated for additional classrooms, the gym’s capacity was reduced to 600. The basketball and volleyball programs moved to the present main gym, with a capacity of 2,000 in 1983. The wrestling team, which began competing in the Old Gym in 1959, continued to cal it home until Jan. 21. The gym will continue hosting freshman basketball games through the rest of this year’s season and will be used temporarily as a library until the facility is demolished in 2012, as part of the school’s modernization project paid for by bond dollars. A new auxiliary gym currently under construction will open next year. Below, with the junior varsity wrestling match in progress, fans begin to arrive for the Jan. 21 varsity match. Click on image for photo gallery. (Doug Ramsay for nwsnews)
