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GOLDENDALE, WASHINGTON NOVEMBER 29, 2017 -- 13 Ii 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 From Page 14 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.