Shelton's Mackiewicz places sixth at Mat Classic

Shelton's swimming brothers carry load at state

Matt Baide | Feb 24, 20220

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Shelton's Ryan Mackiewicz, right, shown battling W.F. West's Kyle Lind during a 170-pound subregional wrestling tournament championship match Feb. 5 at the Shelton Mini-Dome, was the lone state placer from Mason County at the Mat Classic in Tacoma.

Shelton senior Ryan Mackiewicz placed sixth at 170 pounds at the 2A Mat Classic on Friday and Saturday at the Tacoma Dome.

Mackiewicz earned two wins Friday to reach the semifinals. He defeated Burlington-Edison's Nathan Keith in a 13-4 major decision. He earned a sudden victory in the quarterfinals against Ellensburg's Breck Hammond.

Mackiewicz lost in the semifinals on Saturday in the final six seconds of the match to North Kitsap's Zakaria Hammou in a 6-3 decision. He lost to Othello's Ethan Perez-Medina in the consolation semifinals due to an injury 16 seconds into the match, which forced him to forfeit the fifth-place match against Clarkston's Jonah Mckamey to place sixth.

Mario Boxley competed in the 182-pound tournament and won his first match by pin against Sedro-Woolley's Owen Carpenter. Boxley fell to Selah's Gerald Schmidt in the quarterfinals by an 11-1 major decision. His tournament came to an end in the next match, falling to Othello's Alexis Espindola by a 16-4 major decision.

The Shelton girls were represented by Elibeth Cervantes and Marie Marbet in the 145-pound class. Cervantes lost in her opening match by pin to Peninsula's Emilia Robles by pin. She received a consolation bye before defeating White River's Kirya Reither by pin. White River's Maria Hawthorne ended Cervantes' season by pin.

Marbet lost in her opening match to North Central's Kilee Callaghan. She received a bye to start the consolation round and then defeated Everett's Maricela Mendoza-Garcia by a 7-0 decision. Marbet's Mat Classic came to an end with a loss to Union's Grace Strong by pin.

North Mason's Izaiah Smith and Jake Mathews competed at the Mat Classic. Smith, competing in the 126-pound class, lost by pin in his opening match to West Valley's (Spokane) Logan Utecht. Smith bounced back with a 10-2 major decision victory against Lakewood's Taylor Brock before his tournament came to an end with a 9-7 loss to Aberdeen's Drew Lock.

Mathews lost to Anacortes' Rylin Lang in a 10-9 decision in his opening match in the 152-pound class and fell to W.F. West's Henry Jordan by pin in his next match to end his season.

Shelton boys swim team wraps up season at state

The Shelton boys swim team competed in the 2A state swim meet Feb. 18 and 19 at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way.

The 200-yard medley relay team of Abram Ordonez, Sean Morson, Wyatt Anthis and Charlie Morson finished with a time of 1:52.80. The 200-yard freestyle relay of Ordonez, Charlie Morson, Sean Morson and Anthis finished the race in 1:40.24.

Charlie Morson competed in the 200-yard freestyle and finished with a time of 2:03.96. Sean Morson competed in the 200-yard individual medley and finished the race in 2:24.07 and raced in the 100-yard breaststroke and completed the race in 1:10.48. Abram Ordonez swam in the 100-yard butterfly and finished in 1:01.81.

Andrew Karr swam in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:57.82. Ordonez swam in the 100-yard backstroke and finished in 1:05.86.

"It was uncertain whether we would have more than a couple swims at state, and we were very pleased when we qualified seven races and had five competing," Shelton coach Chad Youngquist said in an email to the Journal. "Abram and Sean had the heaviest load with four swims each. Swimming that many races at or near their best is a testament to their toughness. The boys all performed near their best. Many of them had huge time drops the week before at districts, and we were pleased to see that they maintained these improvements by performing consistently at their best."

Youngquist said he was happy with how the boys and girls swim teams performed this season, especially with no club team in the area for swimmers to train at in the offseason.

"Many of them took advantage of the out-of-season conditioning that the WIAA allowed during the pandemic," Youngquist said. "If this had not been the case it would have been a much different result for both of them. Other teams have had their pools open for club swimming for quite a while. If we had not made this available before and after school, it would have been a real tragedy for our upper classmen."

Krippelcz named to all-Coastal League first team

Mary M. Knight senior Quinnton Krippelcz was named an all-Coastal League first team player as voted on by coaches.

Krippelcz was tied for fifth in voting with North River's Cesar Mena. MMK's Danny Goeders and Ryan Good were named honorable mentions.

Oakville's Eddie Klatush was named league MVP. Oakville's head coach was named coach of the year and North River won the boys sportsmanship award.

The girls all-league team featured Hailey Lohman and Tryssa Robertson making the second team. Jackie Edgin and Beth Vaughn were named honorable mentions.

Oakville's Alyssa Forsythe was named girls league MVP. The Taholah head coach was named coach of the year and Oakville won the girls sportsmanship award.