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GOLDENDALE GRAPPLERS: Two of Goldendale's four returning wrestlers are shown in action during last year's lone home meet against Granger on Jan. 26
Riley are both back for their sophomore seasons. Juniors Lucas Anderson and Brian Waddell are the only other returners from last year's team.
JARYD CLINE PHOTOS
in Goldendale. Faith Hastings, at left, and Corbin
seaso:
JARYD CLINE "Wrestling practice isn't a cake turn to the mats from last season, "That's what's making this year rate gifts brackets.
SPORTS EDITOR walk," he added. 'As far as charac- with nine freshmen wrestlers mak- as easy as it is to get these kids It's an early chance to compete
ter of the team, we're super ing up half of the team. ready is the fact that they're all against some of the top wrestlers
In earlier years, Goldendale head strong." While some of the grapplers may very coachable," Dumolt said. and teams in the state, and the 12
wrestling coach Matt Dumolt was The 18 wrestlers is a jump in be lacking in experience, they've The Goldendale grapplers have a Goldendale wrestlers heading up
used to having a lot of kids sign up numbers from last year's team, but been more than making up for it few more practices before they hit Saturday morning will have their
for wrestling only to see about half for the first time in Dumolt's coach- with tendencies that coaches love. the mats for the first match of the work cut out.
of the athletes drop the sport after ing career, there won't be any se- "I think what helps out the most season. "It's an eye opener for most of
the first week or so of practice. He niors on the team. is the quality of the kids we have They're up bright and early Sat- them," Dumolt said. "It's a very,
calls that the wash out. The team graduated three se- this year," Dumolt said. "They're urday morning to board the bus for very tough tournament."
But this year the wash out was niors who all advanced to last all willing to learn. All willing to the 8 a.m. weigh in for the Davis In- "I'm actually kind of excited to
minimal, with 18 of the 20 kids who year's state match (Cameron Read, show up every day for practice, vitation, which begins an hour see how they do at this tournament,
signed up still grinding away on the Mykhail Lembke, and Michael They're all willing to do what it later, being so young against all the big
mats as the season-opening match Jagelski as an alternate) and re- takes and that's sometimes hard to The double elimination tourna- schools," he added.
quickly approaches, turns just four who competed last find." ment features 18 teams from After Saturday's match, Golden-
"The kids that are there (at prac- year. There also has been shorter of a around the state ranging from dale heads to Highland for its first
tice every day) are tough," Dumolt Juniors Lucas Anderson andlearning curve than in other years small schools to Class 4A schools, double dual match. The match
said. "They're willing to stick it out Brian Waddell, and sophomores due to the willingness to improve Each weight class will be filled with starts at 6 p.m. and includes High-
and step up at practice." Faith Hastings and Corbin Riley re- from all the wrestlers. 16 wrestlers. There also are sepa- land, Cle Elum, and Naches.
JARYD CUNE
TOUGH SHOT: Bick!eton junior Cesareo Arriaga takes a jumper over Tribal's Christian
Vigil during last year's Greater Columbia Gorge League Tournament in Goldendale.
Pirates return to the court
with lots of fresh faces
JARYO O,[NE ga at 6-foot-I, the Pirates have some
SPORTS EDITOR size down low that should help them
control the boards and get easy scor-
The Bickleton Pirates boys basket- ing opportunities under the basket.
ball team tips off its season on Friday In the preseason practices leading
with a home contest against Yakima's up Friday's game against the Cru-
Riverside Christian, but the team will saders, Daley and the Pirates were
look a little different than it has in working to build the team's cohesive-
previous years, ness, especially within the motion of-
The Pirates graduated four talent- fense they've been running.
ed seniors from last year's team, "It requires a lot of reads and it
Joseph Cummings, Rhys Chapman, does give the kids some freedom with-
Kyle Underwood, and Riley Brown, in certain constraints," Daley said.
leaving a lot of production the team The Pirates also did a lot of work
will have to pick up this year. The Pi- on ball handling and limiting
rates also lost CodyAllenton, a junior turnovers in an effort to clean up an
on last year's team that transferred issue that hurt last year's team a lot.
schools. Throughout the team's summer
However, with all the losses, sec- games on the defensive end, Daley
ond year Bickleton head coach Bill and the team only played man-to-man
Daley still is confident that this year's defense. Daley said he already is
group will be able to pick up the more confident in this year's man-to-
slack, man defense with the added empha-
"We'll be competitive, there's no sis this year, and won't have to rely on
doubt about it," he said. playing zone defense too much.
A pair of junior big men will take Tipoff for Friday's game against
on larger roles this year as the Pirates Riverside is set for 6:30 p.m. in Bickle-
look to earn one of the four spots in ton. Last year, the Crusaders knocked
the Greater Columbia Gorge League off the Pirates by one point at 47-46 in
Tournament at the end of the season. Yakima.
"C.J. (Strader) and Cesareo (Arria- Bickleton is back in action the next
ga) will bring a real strong balance day, traveling to Helix, Oregon, for a
for us on offense," Daley said. matchup with the Griswold Grizzlies
With Strader at 6-foot-3 and Arria- starting at 5 p.m.
GIRLS
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It took a little getting used to
but now, the Timberwolves are off
and running as they begin the
2017-18 hoops season.
Goldendale returns three se-
niors (Allison Gilliam, Aimee
Bartkowski, and Sierra Plum)
who have been in the program for
thr e y ar , v ho _also &ave .ser ed-
as mentors fov, ,so,rne of the
younger girls new to the system.
"The girls that have been with
me for three years have taken off,"
Plum said. "They were running
right away I didn't have to teach a
whole lot. They already know it.
That's been really huge for us.
"We have some really great se-
nior leadership with Allison,
Aimee, and Sierra kind of taking
the younger gifts under their
wings and really getting things
done," he added.
Now in her senior year, Gilliam
is an ideal floor general for the
Wolves. She was able to get many
easy scoring opportunities at the
basket last year out of their fast-
paced offense, and should again be
a tough matchup for opposing de-
fenses this season.
Plum is an all-around, well bal-
anced player and Bartkowski was
one of the team's top threats from
beyond the arc last season.
Sophomore Kristin Bighorn is a
tough and energetic body under-
neath the basket who could be a
dominant rebounder and domi-
nant player, with sophomores De-
laney Peters and Ashley
Bartkowski als0 providing help
down low.
Junior Kelli Bighorn returns a
much improved basketball player
from the year earlier, and Tiana
PHOTO COURTESY JOHN LONGFELLOW
FINISHING TOUCH: Aimee Bartkowski shoots in traffic during last year's
senior night game against Granger.
Watson is a speedy freshman who The Timberwolves open the
can run all day Both players will regular season with a rematch of
provide a boost to the team's back- last year's first game, The Timber-
court, wolves host old SCAC West rival
Goldendale is on the road today Mabton on Saturday at 6 p.m. on
for the Klickitat Jamboree. The Saturday The Vikings won last
jamboree starts at 5p.m. in Klicki- year's contest 62-33 in Mabton.
tat and features the Klickwood The Timberwolves then are in
(Klickitat and Glenwood) Vandals action on the road against Steven-
as well as the Lyle-Wishram son next Tuesday, tipping off
Cougars. Each team willplay each against the Bulldogs at 6 p.m.
other once in a short 10 minute Goldendale won last year's meet-
game. ing 66-35 in Goldendale.
A few years after guid-
BOYS ing the C Squad, Stelljes
moved up and coached the
From Page 14 program's junior varsity
team starting during the
He started coaching 2014-15 season. This year's
that winter, leading a senior class were fresh-
ragtag group of fresh- men that year and were
men that included the au- coached by Stelljes on JV
thor of this story on the Stelljes is ready to put
C Squad team. It was a in action some of the
memorable first game things he's learned in his
coaching for Stelljes on a decade of coaching in
December night in Royal Goldendale.
City Even though the C "One thing I've
Squad lost on a night learned is game manage-
where 2010 GHS gradu- ment, clock management
ate Trevor Fields hit nine type situations," he said.
3-pointers and I shot 5- He's put the team
for-16 from the free throw through various scenar-
line, Stelljes' coaching ios at practice, such as
journey was underway, last-second shot situa-
He was also active tions and out-of-bounds
coaching off the court plays underneath the
shortly after moving to basket with only a few
Goldendale. He volun- seconds on the clock.
teered as an assistant Something else he's
cross country coach for improved on is staying
one year after moving to calm and collected as a
Goldendale and also is coach in a game that can
currently the head mid- be filled with many ups
dle school track and field and downs.
coach. He also was the "I've learned that you
high school track and have to try and keep a
field leader for four years level head and not let the
before taking over at the emotions of the game
middle school, suck you in," he added.
JARYD CLINE
BA'R'LE ON THE BLOCK: Conner Doubravsky finishes
down low during the team's home game against Highland.