Season in review, winter 2009-2010
March 10, 2010
UPDATED — 2:58 p.m. March 11, 2010
It was a season of highs and lows. And no shortage of excitement. Every Mount Si team went to postseason play, and two Wildcats — gymnast Georgia Reynolds and swimmer Chase Goulart — became state champions. Some records fell, such as career points in boys basketball, which Tanner Riley broke this season.
Mount Si places fourth at KingCo tournament
February 10, 2010
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Trey Botten (left), Mount Si senior, and Liberty senior Wright Noel upend each other during their 140-pound KingCo 3A championship bout, won by Noel 14-2. (Photo by Tim Pfarr)
The Mount Si Wildcats finished fourth at the KingCo 3A Tournament at Liberty High School Feb. 6 with a score of 130. Mercer Island, Bellevue and Liberty defeated Mount Si with scores of 202, 157 and 148, respectively. Read more
Wrestling team falls to Skyline, Issaquah
February 3, 2010
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Zach Storm, of Mount Si (top), prepares to pin Skyline’s Sean McAlhany in their 189-pound bout Jan. 28
The Mount Si wrestling team lost to Skyline 45-33 and Issaquah 48-33 at a dual meet Jan. 28. Read more
Wildcat wrestlers fall to Issaquah and Skyline
January 29, 2010
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Mount Si’s wrestling team came up short against Issaquah and Skyline, Jan. 28. The team’s record is 6-5 after the two losses. Read more
Botten brothers place at Renton wrestling tournament
January 27, 2010
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Mount Si’s Cody and Trey Botten each finished second in their weight classes at the Renton Invitational Varsity Tournament. Read more
Grapplers boost confidence in Everett
January 13, 2010
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The Mount Si wrestling team finished 11th in a 20-team tournament in Everett Jan. 9. The Wildcats scored 67 points on the day.
Standout performances came from Ben Larson, who finished third at 135 pounds, Trey Botten was fifth at 140 and Lee Amador was sixth at 160. Josh Mitchell and Brian Copeland tied for third at heavyweight.
Mount Si wrestlers take control in 32-24 victory over Eastlake
January 13, 2010
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Mount Si's Trey Botten grabs Eastlake's Shay Fuentes during their 140-pound bout Jan. 7. Botten won by technical fall, 22-5. (Photo by Christopher Huber)
When Eastlake’s Max Boucher stepped onto the mat to face Cody Botten, of Mount Si, Jan. 7, he knew a pin would win it for the team, and a points decision would at least tie the match at 26.
What he didn’t know was that Botten had come off a particularly confident week of practice and was ready to get a personal best. Read more
New wrestling coach takes hold of Wildcats’ grapplers
December 3, 2009
Mount Si High School has a rich wrestling tradition, and new head coach Tony Schlotfeldt wants to build upon it. Schlotfeldt also wants the program to go a step further in its development.
Mt. Si Wrester
“I want every kid on the team to learn to love wrestling, and I want them to grow to be good citizens outside of wrestling,” he said. Read more
Ransavage comes up just short in heavyweight finals
February 24, 2009
Ryan Ransavage dominated everyone but the state champion. In the end, that might have been as good a finish as anyone could have expected.
The Mount Si senior finished state runner-up at the Class 3A state wrestling championships Feb. 21 at the Tacoma Dome, losing only to top-ranked and favorite John Camp of Port Angeles in the 285-pound finals. Camp pinned Ransavage in 38 seconds to win gold.
The match followed a dominant run by Ransavage, in which he won one match by a 13-0 decision and two others by way of fall.
Mount Si's Ryan Ransavage competes in the Class 3A state heavyweight championship match.
Ransavage, Makela win KingCo wrestling titles
February 11, 2009
The Mount Si wrestling team crowned two individual champions and placed fifth as a team at the KingCo 3A/2A championships at Liberty High School Feb. 7.
The Wildcats had 11 placers in all, as they finished with 129 team points. Bellevue ran away with the team title with 246 points. Read more
