Mount Si wrestling team sends a pair to state championship meet
February 13, 2013
By Sebastian Moraga
Mount Si High School’s Tim Corrie finished third at Regionals, earning a direct berth to state Feb. 15 and 16 at the Tacoma Dome.
The Mount Si High School wrestling team will take two wrestlers to the 25th annual Mat Classic in Tacoma on Feb. 15.
In Kelso on Feb. 9, Mitch Rorem finished second in regionals at 195 pounds.
Rorem put on a gutsy performance, overcoming a bloody nose to take eventual champion and hometown favorite Keoni Garcia, of Kelso, to two overtimes before losing, 2-1.
Senior night turns into a romp for Mount Si wrestlers
January 16, 2013
By Calder Productions
Gunnar Harrison, a 126-pounder for Mount Si High School battles Garret Williams of Bellevue. Harrison won by majority decision 16-7, and the Wildcats went on to defeat Bellevue 58-21.
The match had been declared a forfeit, with Mount Si High School wrestler Mitch Rorem walking to the center of the mat alone and having his arm raised without having to break a sweat.
Still, the song arose from the bleachers, five or six voices, insistent in their desire to have a little fun with their buddy, by chanting his name like he had just won state.
“I have weird friends,” Rorem said with a smile. “That’s the best way to explain it.”
Strong California trip gives grapplers boost for rest of the season
January 9, 2013
Sometimes the biggest victories don’t appear on the stat sheet.
Mount Si High School wrestlers traveled to San Diego, Calif., last month and placed eighth among more than 40 teams from Arizona and California.
“Being a team no one had heard of, it was still really fun to place high at such a big tournament,” wrestler Mitch Rorem wrote in an email.
Rorem finished seventh in his weight class, 195 pounds.
Young Valley wrestlers host tourney for first time in decades
January 2, 2013
The wrestlers? Novices wanting to make a good first impression. The adults? More experienced, but with pretty much the same goal.
The Snoqualmie Valley Wrestling Club hosted the first youth wrestling tourney in its six-year existence and the first tourney of its kind in the Valley since 1980.
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Jake Knowles gets his arm raised in triumph at a wrestling match earlier this year. Knowles is among the novice grapplers who participated in the Midseason Challenge.
The tourney was a dream of many supporters of the sport for many years, club coach Thomas Marum said, many of whom have to travel long distances for matches.
Strong start to season for Mount Si grapplers
December 12, 2012
Three days do not a winning season make, but the Mount Si High School varsity wrestlers still managed to make a statement the first weekend of December.
Facing Everett and Inglemoor on Dec. 4 and Interlake on Dec. 6, Mount Si defeated Everett, 45-28, and Interlake, 74-6, while losing to Inglemoor, 45-31.
“We are feeling good about our team start, but we want to improve,” head coach Tony Schlotfeldt wrote in an email. “Hanging tough with Inglemoor, another good program, was good for us.”
Mount Si wrestlers preparing to pounce
December 5, 2012
By Sebastian Moraga
The Mount Si High School wrestling Wildcats are ready to do battle. And what a battle it will be.
Between now and Jan. 10, the team will face a string of tough dates, including Sedro-Woolley High School and Liberty High School, and wrestling schools in California.
Then, on Jan. 10, the team gets a home date against Bellevue, their second and last home match of the season.
Snoqualmie Valley Wrestling Club teachs toughness to youths
March 7, 2012
From ages 5 to 14, from naps to zits, from toys to teendom, the Snoqualmie Valley Wrestling Club forges toughness into children of all ages and sizes.
The four-year-old club, co-founded by Nels Melgaard, Chris Garcia, and Misti and Joe Marenco, welcomes the challenge of enticing children to a sport that has nothing easy about it.
Among the younger ages, the main challenge for the club’s parents is not to go “aww” too loudly during a match.
“A lot of times, it’s just very cute to watch them,” said Misti Marenco, who added that if it gets too hard for a 5-year-old, coaches can always stop a match.
Youth aside, the tiny wrestlers learn plenty once they put on a singlet. Marenco said the club’s main goal is to expose children to wrestling, and teach them certain values.
“They learn respect, perseverance, sticking with something, doing something challenging,” Marenco said. “You try to help them along that process. There’s going to be stumbling blocks. It’s going to be hard.”
The teaching also extends to the parents, she said. All a parent should say is he or she loves the child and loves watching him or her practice a sport. Leave coaching to the coaches.
Two Mount Si wrestlers place at state tourney
February 23, 2012
File Josh Mitchell (top), seen here in the the regional semifinals, was the 2012 regional champion in the heavyweight division and finished third at the Mat Classic.
Tucked between AJ Brevick’s fingers on his left hand was a yellow-and-blue bar rarely seen on a wrestler after a match.
Then again, it was the last match of Brevick’s wrestling career, and he had just obliterated his rival Sam Romero, of Sunnyside, by tech fall, 15-0, to earn seventh place at state.
Mount Si wins KingCo wrestling championship
February 8, 2012
By Sebastian Moraga Make room for the champions: Mount Si wrestlers crowd the podium during and after the KingCo Conference championships Feb. 4 at Liberty. Mount Si won its first conference championship since 2007.
The Mount Si Wildcats wrestling team put on one of its finest performances of the season, winning the KingCo Conference championships Feb. 4. Ryley Absher, Mitch Rorem and Josh Mitchell won conference championships, with Rorem defeating teammate Tyler Hutchinson for the 195-pound crown.
Mount Si wrestling beats Patriots, Totems in makeup date
February 1, 2012
By Sebastian Moraga Mount Si’s Tanner Stahl, in red, wrestles Zach Toombs, of Liberty High School, Jan. 28 at Bellevue High. Stahl won on points, 9-5. Mount Si prevailed over the Patriots and then demolished the Sammamish Totems the same day. Next for the ‘Cats is the league championship Feb. 3 and 4.
Six points. Six little points.
The Mount Si High School Wildcats were one forfeit away from fulfilling Aaron Peterson’s challenge.
On Jan. 28, the 145-pounder challenged his teammates to shut out the Sammamish Totems.
