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By EMILY HANSON
emily@masoncounty.com
Shelton head girls basketball
coach Aaron Leth said the Lady
Highclimbers should have been
in their game Saturday at Aber-
deen.
But they weren't.
"The Aberdeen game was one
we let slip through our fingers,"
Leth said.
Abderdeen defeated Shelton
46-29.
"We did well in transition
because it was the only time
we scored," Leth said. "Our of-
fense was not home tonight. We
couldn't run any of our sets we
have been practicing for the last
week."
Despite the game's score,
Shelton shot above 40 percent,
but Leth said the team needs to
get more shots up.
"We would like to be around
60 shots a game," he said.
He attributed part of the
team's difficulties to its mental
state.
Leth said that most coaches
would agree, if asked, that win-
ter break is not just a break
from school.
"The players sometimes take
a break. We need to be more fo-
cused and ready to work when
we walk into the Mini Dome
(next week)," Leth said.
Seniors Taylor Stroud and
Jordan Leach led the Lady
Highclimbers with six points
each. Senior Cheyenne Over-
lin and junior Jessica John-
son contributed four points
apiece.
Finally, senior Kassy Slone,
Journal photo by Emily Hanson
On her way to the hoop, Shelton senior Jordan Leach holds off
Aberdeen sophomore Erin Kuhn on Saturday during the Lady
Highclimbers' game at Aberdeen.
junior Twana Machado and soph-
omores Ella Pinter and Aurora
Gouley scored two points each.
The Lady Highclimbers (2-4)
will play next at 7 p.m. tomor-
row at Timberline.
Athlete of the Week
Basketball keeps MMK senior involved
By EMILY HANSON
emily@masoncounty.com
As a Running Start
student, Ashley Kiliz
isn't at Mary M. Knight
High School as much as
she used to be.
Before this year,
she'd spent five years in
the Skills USA club, two
years in ASB, one year
in FFA and seven years
in class government.
But
taking
class-
es at
South
Puget
Sound
Com-
muni-
ty Col-
Kiliz lege in
Olym-
pia has taken so much
time that she hasn't
been involved the 'way
she used to be.
That's why she's glad
she's playing basketball
for the Knight Owls.
"I get to be around
people. (here) again,"
Kiliz said with a smile.
She started playing
basketball as a first-
grader with encourage-
ment from her parents.
"I like basketball be-
cause it's a team," she
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Role model outside of parents:
"My aunt Maggie, because she is
always a self-starter and she went
far in life."
said. "To me, you have
to put more effort into
it because it's a team
sport."
Unlike a lot of ath-
letes who go through
a series of coaches as
they age, Kiliz has been
under the direction of
Mary M. Knight head
girls' basketball coach
Lance Valley her entire
basketball career.
"I think we all have
enormous respect for
Coach Valley and we've
all been with the same
group of girls," Kiliz
said. "It's helped us to
build as a family in-
stead of a team."
Although she played
volleyball the past three
years, Kiliz gave that
sport up for Running
Start this year.
Through Running
Start, Kiliz is working
toward an Associate of
Arts degree and hopes
to transfer to a four-
year university.
"I'm debating earning
a bachelor's or master's
degree in marketing,"
Kiliz said.
She said her interest
in marketing lies in the
income potential.
"I'd like to always
be financially set," she
said.
Although Kiliz said
finished with school
and working a steady
job.
She said she's de-
bated her entire life
whether she wants to
live in Matlock.
"I think it will de-
pend on where I go to
college and where I
go with my life," Kiliz
said. "I have so much
family in Matlock, I
can't imagine going
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best game so far
"The
starting five
played well
(Saturday).
I was
pleased
with their
effort,"
By EMILY HANSON
emily@masoncounty.com
Although the Mary M.
Knight boys' basketball
team lost both its games
at the North Beach Tour-
nament last weekend,
the team played its best
game of the season so far.
Saturday night, Forks
defeated Mary M. Knight
42-39 in the Knight Owls'
best game this season.
"The starting five
played well (Saturday),"
head coach Joclin Jul-
mist said. "I was pleased
with their effort."
The Knight Owls took
an early lead against
Forks, and led 16-12 go-
ing into halftime.
Forks picked up the
pace in the second half,
outscoring Mary M.
Knight 14-6 in the third
quarter to take a 26-22
lead before putting the
Knight Owls away in the
fourth quarter.
Austin Thompson led
the Knight Owls with 17
points, seven rebounds,
one steal and two as-
sists.
Thaddeus Beste and
James Anderson scored
six points each, while
Anderson also had two
steals and four rebounds,
and handed out three as-
sists.
Paul Werly contrib-
uted five points with four
rebounds and three as-
sists, and Adam Pals put
up four points with three
rebounds and one assist.
"Matthew Thompson
came in and played great
defense and grabbed
three rebounds and had
one assist," Julmist said.
"Beste played great help
defense."
The game came the
night after North Beach
dominated Mary M.
Knight 52-5.
Matthew Thomp-
son scored three points,
while Austin Thompson
added two points.
The Knight Owls (0-
7) play next Saturday at
Chief Leschi High School
in Puyallup. The game
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