Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014 -Mason County Journal- Page B-3
FLY ON THE SIDELINE
At the sound of Tery Bo-
tham's softly uttered
go," Harrison
MacAlevy kicked off in the
Shelton swimming pool to do a
lap of the 25-yard long pool.
Once MacAlevy was sev-
eral strokes away, Botham
again quietly commanded
"go" and Brayden Ordonez
kicked off.
During the fall and winter,
I have a standing appoint-
ment to interview SHS swim
coaches Chad Youngquist and
Rob Phelan each Friday after-
noon.
For the past several
weeks, while talking with
Youngquist, I've watched as
the small-statured Botham,
73, conducts what he calls
By EMILY
HANSON
Tery'sl Lap
Swim in
lane 6 dur-
ing the girls
swim ~eam
practices.
"I can't
work with
the boys
outsid~ of
the swim
season,"
Youngquist
told me in early September.
"But I can open a lane for
Tery to work with them.
I stopped to chat witt
Botham on Friday to le~ rn
more about the progra~ and I
found myself intrigued.
"Other than the Quic ~-
Water Swim Club, ther('s no
year-round swim program in Even though MacAlevy gram is that, for swimmers
Shelton," Botham said. "And owns the record, Botham said who want to compete at the
QuickWater didn't swim dur- he and Ordonez, a freshman,national or international lev-
ing the summer (this year) are the most regular partici- el, this is the kind of training
because of numbers." pants of the lap swim. they need to do.
Botham began his swim "We've had as many as "These kids say the high
coach career when he was 12 six or seven come, though,"school program is great but
and living in Wichita, Kan- Botham said. "I've limited it it's only for three months,"
sas. to the guys who can do the Botham said. "To place at
He retired when he was 60, workouts." state, you're competing
but found himself back in the The workouts can include, against those kids who swim
swim room helping with swimming laps or practicing a year-round. We're trying to
MacAlevy's butterfly form. variety of strokes. For others, get closer to a year-round pro-
MacAlevy, a senior, is a there's weight lifting, gram."
powerhouse swimmer for the Botham said the lap swims Knowing this, I expect to
SHS boys program. He holds are designed to build up ath- see fast times from some of
the school record for the 50- letes' strength and cardiovas- the boys this winter right out
yard freestyle at 21.58 sec- cular system, of the gate.
onds, which he set at the 3A '%Vhen high school prac- And I hope there'll be a
WIAA State Boys Swim and tices start, they're ready to go larger number of Highclimb-
Dive Championship in Febru- fast," he added, ers headed to state in Febru-
ary. Another benefit of the pro-ary.
SPORTS BRIEFS
Shelton junior
scores hat trick
Loryn Ziegler scored a hat trick last
week.
The Shelton junior forward got past
the Foss keeper three times Oct. 9 in
the Lady Highclimbers' 7-1 home vic-
tory.
"This was a very rough game be-
cause both the game play and the of-
ficiating were very one-sided," head
coach Dan Deacon said. "We controlled
all aspects of the game play from
start to finish, but with a high-scoring
game, we were lucky if we got a call.
We were pretty beat up by the end of
the game."
Ariana Dose, Madison Jacoby,
Hana Chappell and Halley Fields also
scored for Shelton.
Two days before, Central Kitsap
defeated Shelton 6-2 at Highclimber
Stadium.
"The game was pretty equally
matched as far as possession and con-
trol," Deacon said. "We had an equal
number of opportunities to score, but
the difference was they were able to
finish, while we still struggled finish-
ing."
MMK volleyball
bests Wishkah
With the exception of game three,
the Mary M. Knight volleyball team
dominated Wishkah last week.
By EMILY HANSON
emily@masoncoun com
On Oct. 7, the Lady Owls defeated
Wishkah 25-9, 25-10, 26-28, 25-11 in
Matlock. i
Head coach Kitty Brehmeyer said
she put the subs in for game three to
gain playing experience.
"When you're winning by that many
points, it's nice to mix it up a bit and
challenge your players," Brehmeyer
said.
The coach praised sophomore Kalah
Ralph in game three for coming off the
bench strongly.
"She tracked the ball well and
didn't miss a serve," she said.
The team's Oct. 9 home match
against Oakville wasn't played be-
cause the official never arrived.
The Lady Owls (6-3) are scheduled
to play at the Dig Pink Tournament at
10 a.m. Saturday at Wishkah.
The tournament is a fundraiser for
breast cancer research.
NMHS wins two
volleyball matches
The North Mason volleyball team
defeated two 2A Olympic League op-
ponents last week.
On Oct. 7, the Lady Bulldogs beat
Kingston 25-18, 25-13, 25-19 in Bel-
fair.
"The team served better than any
previous match, with 93 percent,"
head coach Kanoe Lilly said. "That in-
cluded 13 aces."
The team's passing accuracy served
to give hitters m0re opportunities, she
added, i
"Overall team energy was high and
we were able to make good things hap-
pen, recovering and refocusing after
mistakes," Lilly said. "We converted a
lot of our defensive plays into offensive
success."
The Lady Bulldogs then defeated
Port Angeles 15-25, 25-21, 25-15, 25-
15 on Oct. 9 in Port Angeles.
"After reflecting on our game one
loss, we were able to make some small
adjustments and eventually set the
tone of the match," Lilly said. "We
concentrated, as a team, to make sure
that every third contact was a jump
and hit."
The Lady Bulldogs (4-6) play at
6:15 tonight at home against North
Kitsap.
Lady Bulldogs lose
North Mason's Oct. 9 game at Port
Angeles came down to a shootout.
Port Angeles defeated the Lady
Bulldogs 4-1 in the shootout, which
resulted after the teams failed to score
in two five-minute overtime periods.
Junior Tegan Daviscourt scored the
team's lone goal in the second minute
of the game.
On Oct. 7, North Mason defeated
Kingston at home 2-1.
Daviscourt scored in the fii~h min-
ute, while senior Rylee Engel added
the second goal in the 16th minute.
Head coach Mitchell James did not
provide comments for either game by
deadline.
The Lady Bulldogs (4-3-1) play at
6:45 p.m. today against North Kitsap
at Phil Pugh Stadium.
Swimmers seeing
fewer best times
The Shelton girls swim team is in a
tough spot at this point in its season.
'Tee have a lot of injuries right
now," co-head coach Chad Youngquist
said. "(The experienced swimmers are)
not very resilient because of what (in-
juries) they came into the season with.
The rest of the swimmers are new."
This effected the team both in its
93-68 victory against Mount Tahoma
on Oct. 7 in Shelton and its 114-48
loss to Central Kitsap on Oct. 9 in Sil-
verdale.
Youngquist said there are fewer
personal records than he's used to see-
ing at this point in the season.
"(Personal records) always come
and when they come, I expect there
will be a lot of them and they will be
big jumps," he said.
Despite the low number of personal
records, junior Megan Jacobsen quali-
fied for the 3A West Central District
III Championship in the 100-yard free-
style at Central Kitsap. She took sec-
ond place in the event with a personal
best of 1 minute, 1.50 seconds.
The Lady Highclimbers compete
next at 3:30 p.m. today against Foss in
Shelton.
Illness remained a factor
for the North Mason cross- most, he said. finished in 19:03.50 for "I'm looking at prob-
country team last week. The younger Mead 36th and Johnson came in ably a couple of girls going
Head coach Bill McCar-sister took 18th place in 66th place in 20:09.24. on to state," McCarty said.
ty said a flu-like bug has 22:24.20, while Simonson Despite persistent ill- The road to state will
taken its toll on the team. finished 41st in 24:25.86. ness and a few injuries, be tougher for the boys
Despite the illness, the The boys team had a McCarty said he is happy team, he added.
girls came out strong in harder time on the course, with the way the season The Bulldogs were
their meet OCt. 8 at Battle The Bulldogs took hasgone thus far. scheduled to compete in
Point Park on Bainbridge eighth among eight teams "I think we have gotten their final regular season
Island. with l70points, much better overall," he meet yesterday.
The Lady Bulldogs Junior Jeremiah Lam- saidi "If we can get everyone Varsity runners will
took sixth among nine bert led the team's efforts over this bugin the next few compete in the 2A Olym-
teams with 152 points,with a 15th-place finish in days, we should peak right pic League Championship
Senior Caitlyn Mead 18:14.62. at the end of the season and at 4:30 p.m. (boys) and
led the girls with a time of Seniors Corey Allen, be ready for league." 5:01 p.m. (girls) Oct. 23 at
22 minutes, 10.19 seconds, Mark Phillips and fresh- For the first time in The Cedars at Dungeness
fast enough for 17th place, man Dustin Johnson several years, McCartyGolf Course in Seqnim.
• Compiled by sports reporter Emily
Hanson
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