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Cure For Itchy Feet?
There's heat on the griddle and the
flea is poised to leap again.
No disparagement whatever is intended
of our favorite athletes, the Highclimbers,
inthis analogy to the canine-irritating in-
sect and the hot plate which has so long
symbolized that which seldom remains
in one spot. ,.
It's merely a means of mentioning, in a
round-about way, that Shelton is on the
verge of veering to another athletic affilia-
tion. When school takes up in the fail of
1970, and if no hitches develop in the
interim, the Highclimbers will own a
charter membership in a new association
of schools banded together for sports com-
petition, one as yet without name and still
uncertain of its ultimate size.
The flea-on-the.hot-griddle parallel be-
comes evident when one notes that this will
be Shelton's fifth conference alliance in the
put 30 years. The Climbers have been at-
flloted wlth a severe case of itchy fee for
which they've tried hard without success to
find a cure. Maybe this is the long-sought
remedy.
The new brotherhood has been approved
by Tumwater, Centraiia, Chehalis, North
Thurston and Timberline, the latter a new
school not yet in existence but planned as
a second high school in the North Thurs-
ton district next year. Shelton is the sixth
eignator to the letter of intent to form the
new league, with Hoquiam and Elms as
somewhat nebulous possibilities for an 8-
school conference. A potential addition for
1972 or thereabouts would be a proposed
new high school in Olympia, nor should St.
Martins Prep be ruled out as a possibility,
although not, apparently, for charter mem-
bership.
Shelton has been receptive to a move
out of the Olympic League for some time
because of the considerable distances in-
volved as the extremist on the south end of
the circuit. Trips to Port Angeles, Bain-
bridge, North and Central Kitsap require
extra time and costs which have grown
burdensome. The proposed new league
would maximum trips shorter than
the shortest in the Olympic, Chehaiis be-
ing no further bn the present trips to
Bremerton and South Kitsap.
Another advantage of the new league is
an .evener level of competition, providing
Elma does not affiliate. The charter sig-
nators all are or will be Class AA (under
1,000 student body population), Construc-
tion of Timberline will siphon off enough
students to pull North Thurston back down
to the AA ranks. It is now AAA. The
Olympic presently is unbalanced with West
Bremerton and South Kltsap in AAA ranks,
as Is Port Angeles when it returns to the
fold.
Elma is an illogical prospect for part-
nership in the new fraternity, being a
Class A student body in size which prob-
ably would be over-matched athletioally
much of the time, particularly in football.
This consideration may keep the Eagles
from casting their lot with the new union.
Hoqulam, it is said, is reluctant to pull out
of the Southwest Washington Class AAA
conference in which it has been a member
for years defying memory, even though the
* Grizzlies actually are only AA in studert.
body numbers. At the present time St, ar-
tins is not under consideration ,by the new
league, but the Preps swhtcled into the
Southwest AA just this year from the
Clue A Central's eastern division. They
will find themselves isolated badly when
Centralia and Chehalis leave the South.
west AA for the new league as the closest
remaining colleague will be Mark Morris
in Longview. It would seem that St. Mar-
tin& if it has the student body heft to do,
would be a logical partner in the new
cooperative.
Regardless of such speculation, the out-
look at this moment is for a 6.team fed.
eration of Shelton, Chehalis, Contrails,
Tumwater, North Thurston, and Timber-
line for openers come September 1970 but
I'd bet a button or so it will burgeon to at
least eight franchise holders before long
if not at the start.
Conception of the new alliance appar-
ently was no single individual's or school's
idea. It grew ou of casual conversations
at various meetings at different places over
the past couple of years basically because
of dimmtimfaction with travel distances.
North Thurston and Tumwater haven't
liked their Seamount League mileages, as
Shelton hu not in the Olympic. Chehaiis
and Centralia were similarly situated in
the Southwest AA with long hauls into
the south end of the circuit to Camas,
Battleground, Evergreen and Columbia
River.
Shelton's jockeying from league.to-
league over the years.is a by-product of
site. The Climbers are peculiarly situated
off on the edge of several territories.
They're not in the middle of anything. For
years prior to World War 2 Shelton at-
tempted to compete in the old Southwest
Washington league against the likes of
Olympia, Aberdeen, Hoquiam, Centralia
Longview, Kelso, Vancouver et al, before
they ever divided schools into population
classifications. It was an unequal struggle
and schools like Shelton, Chehalis, Elma,
Montesano, and Raymond suffered severely.
The Central League was organized to
alleviate the problem, which it did quite
satisfactorily for a good spell. But Shelton
outgrew this coalition and moved into the
Seamount League in the late 1950s. Long
trips and unnatural rivalries involving
schools like Bethel, Curtis, Fife, and others
made short shrift of this association, al-
though it was highly successful on a won-
and-lost basis for the three or four seasons
it endured. The heteromorphic High-
climbers, driven by another outbreak of
itchy foot, defected from the Seamount to
the Olympic in the early 1960s, but found
it no therapy for their malady either, and
now stand ready to try a new physician.
At this stage the doctor's credentials
appear hopeful for providing the cure so
Ion E in seeking.
qt @ @ #
SPORTS SPLINTERS--One of the ob-
stacles which could turn tacky before the
new league mentioned above becomes
reality is the problem of switching Shelton,
North Thurston and Tumwater out of the
West Central District in which they are
now located into the Southwest District.
One might expect this to be a formality,
but questions of district representation
in state basketball tournaments and track
and wrestling meets are involved which
sometimes turn into knotty problems. If
memory serves accurately I recall that
Shelton ran into some soupy going when
the Climbers asked to move from the South-
west to the West Central at the time of
the Olympic League affiliation. The South-
west district probably will welcome the
Climbers back but will the West Central
be willing to surrender three schools at
once ?
You who know and respect Roy Peach-
er's interest in and aptitude for things con-
oerning the fisherman and hunter are asked
by the Nimrod Club of Shelton to get be-
hind his candidacy for the State Game
Commission with letters of commendation
and recommendation to Coy. Dan Evans,
who will make the appointment within a
few days. As noted in this space three
weeks ago, Peacher is one of three State
Sportsman's Council nominees for the
Gama Commission seat expiring this month
now held by AI Pritchard of Kalama. Fire
those letters in to Gov. Evans pronto,
neighbors.
If you've wondered how Rob Mills, the
great little Climber wrestler of the class
of '67, is doing, here's fine skinny: After.
his tremendous freshman year at Oregon
State, in which he won the Oregon open
title in his division against varsity oppon-
erts from numerous other Oregon schools,
Rob transferred to the University of Wash-
ington because his family resides in Seattle
now and he can li'ge at home. The move cost
him his varsity elegibility this year but you
can look for the pale-skinned, freckle-faced
little guy to be representing the Huskies
in another year, which is a great break
for the U. of W.
Roy and Shirley Clinton bumped into
Jack, Noni and Nancy Swanson during a
skiing vacation trip to Lake Tahoe-Squaw
Valley during the Christmas-New Year
week which all describe in glowing terms
of fun, fine aaccomodations, and reason-
able prices. The Swansons, unfortunately,
had to cut their trip unnecassarily short
when they returned to Shelton expecting
school to take up last Thursday. The
Clintons side-tripped to Sacramento on
their return trip to pick up son Chris,
Shelton high senior, who had spent the
same period visiting his grandparents at
Mesa, Arizona, and brother Steve, now an
Air West accommodations salesman at
Palm Springs. The Swansons ran into an-
other Sheltonian, Sheri Jeffery, sophomore
at the University of California at Santa
Barbara, who also was a Squaw Valley,
turning out for the school ski team and
hoping thereby to earn a trip to Europe.
Page 10.8helton.Meson County Journal - Thursday, January 9, 1969
Climbers
• Winning the last five matches,
Hoquiam overcame a Shelton
HighclimDer lead and beat the
Climbers in Shelton Gym Mon-
day, 32-14.
Shelton was ahead, 14-9 going
into the 156 pound weight class
when the visitors started their
string of victories. They won the
156 pound class with a decision
and then took the next three by
pins. Shelton forfeited the heavy-
weight division, and Hoqulam
went away with their win.
Mark Timpani in the 105 pound
class got the only pin of the
night for Shelton. Other winners
for the Climbers were Dallas Gun-
ter (who is the only undefeated
Climber grappler in six meets),
Dana Thompson, and Mary Will-
son. e
Here's how the individual mat-
ches went :
105 lbs. Mark Timpani (S) pin-
ned Jewell (H), 1:55 first round.
114 lbs. Stichfield (H) decis.
Don Gardner (S), 3-0.
122 lbs. Hatten (H) decis.
Wayne Tweed (S), 4-0.
129 lbs. Dallas Gunter (S) decls.
Hatten (H), 5-0.
135 lbs. Early (H) decis. Glenn
Lockwood (S), 6-4.
140 lbs. Dana Thompson (S)
decis. Hatch (H), 6-2.
147 lbs. Mary Willson (S) decis.
Daly (HL 12-4o
156 lbs. Bowman (H) decls.
Rick Ruddell (S), 10-4.
167 DuBois (H) pinned Kurt
Grubb (S), :51 third round.
177 lbs.. Shrauger (H) pinned
Bob Ruddell (S), :57 third round.
193 lbs. Carter (H) pinned Gary
Settle (S), :36 second round.
Heavyweight Pellegrinl (H) won
by forfeit.
The Shelton junior varsity beat
Hoquiam's second string, 36-8,
in a match marked by many
pins and forfeits. The Climbers
got four pins, two decisions, and
two forfeits to take the match.
This is how the Jayvee matches
went:
105 Ibs. Charles Gay (S) pinned
Martln(H), 1:35 first round.
114 Ibs. Both teams forfeited.
122 Ibs. Curt Stracke (S) decis.
Holderman (H), 12-6.
129 lbs. RAck Tweed (S) decls.
Shmacher (H), 12-0.
135 lbs. Robert Redman (S)
won by forfeit.
140 lbs. Steve Stockwell (S)
pinned Spradlin (H), :48 first
round.
147 lbs. Mark Grubb (S) won
by forfeit.
156 lbs. Don Vanderwal (S)
lnned Cross (H), 1:09 secon
und. ,
167 Ibs. Dave Myer(S) pinned
; Mobray (H), 1:07 first round.
177 Ibs. MacKenzie (H) decis.
Larry Hergert (S), 12-3.
193 Ibs. Both teams forfeited.
Heavyweight Mickelson (H)
beat Lane White (S) by default.
The loss brings Shelton's re-
cord to 1-5 in wins and losses.
They beat Montesano but lost to
Olympia, Tumwater, South Kit-
sap, Central Kitsap, and Ho-
qulam.
Bowling Results
SHELTON JUNIOR
Men's Hi Game: Bill Shuffen.
hauer 211
Men's Hi Series: Dana Thompson
494
Women's Hi Game: Linda Dodge
181
Women's Hi Series: IAnda Dodge
450
Hembroff Agency 3-1, Peter
Scm't 428; Trailblazer's II 1-3,
Curt Peterson 420; Shelton JC's
3-1, Terri Knight 473; Merv's
Tirecap 4-0, Mark Johnson 406;
Joslin Ins. 1-3, Steve Robertson
468; VFW Aux. 1-3, Rick Peck.
ham 389; Trailblazer's I 3-1,
Dana ThoFnpson 494.
Staacllngs: Hembroff Agency
38-18, Shelton JC's 34-22, VFW
Aux. 32-24, Trailblazer's H 29-27,
Joslin Ins. 29-27, Merv's Tirecap
27.29, Trailblazer's I 27-29.
MR AND MI. HANDICap
Men's HI Game: Harold Hillman
201
Men's Hi Series: Eldon Todd 534
Women's Hi Game: Margaret
Bibbee 205
Women's Hi Series: Cleo Hulet
465
Mikes McCulloch Sales 0-4,
Lee Chapman 415; Lannlngs,
Hoodsport Care 1-3, Sue Dllley
406; Ruskin Fisher Assc. 1-3,
Merle IAndgren 438; Eacrett Lum-
ber 3-1, Eldon Todd 534; Dicks
Diggers 4-0, Ed Olson 530; Ever-
green Florist 1-3, John Pearson
497; Tyee Well Drilling 1-3, Del
Stormo 526; J andJ Service 3-1,
John and Cleo Hulet 465; Allyn
Shell 3-1, Harold Hillman 510;
Lake Cushman Sales Co. 3-1,
Harold Bibbee 479,
Standings: Lke Cushman Sales
Co. 481-15, J and J Service
45-19 Mikes McCulloch Sales
33-30, Ruskin Fisher Assc.
31-33, Eacrett Lumber 30-34,
'Allyn Shell 30-34, Tyee Well Drill.
ing 29-35, Dicks Diggers 27-37,
Evergreen Florist 26-38, Lannings,
Hoodspoz:t Cafe 20-44.
MEN'S CITY
Hi Series: Doug Wicken 561
Hi Series: Doug Widken 561
$tandlnp. Hidden Haven 3-0,
40 and 8 3-0, Beckwith's 2-1,
Naults Maxwell 1-2, J and J
Service 0-3, Simmons 0-3.
THE H IOHCL[RS' ,.lke Sparks rises
above the crowd to fire ofa two-pointer in
this ,ti0n shot fro m last Saturday's game
at Port Townsend which Shelton won.
Climbers Clobber Redskins 77-48
By CHAJtLES GAY
• A strong Shelton Highclimber
team ran up a ten point first
half lead and then coasted to an
easy win last Saturday night on
Port Townsend's maples, 77-48.
The Climbers cut down the
number of points scored by the
Redskins in their first meeting
this season by eight while scor-
ing exactly the same amount
themselves.
The victory set Shelton on a
winning streak, as they beat
West Bremerton Friday night in
overtime. They are now 5..3 in
wins and losses. (There is yet
another game to be played this
week at O'Dea)
Jim Corey was the high scorer
for the Climbers. He got eight
field goals and two foul shots for
eighteen points.
The only place the home team
outscored the Climbers was at
the foul llne where they hit 16
of 23 while Shelton put in 11 of
18.
Climber scorers were: Carey
18, Close 14, Tuson 12, Daniels
10, Schmidt 9, Sparks 8, Austin
3, Adams 2, Lewis 1.
Scorers for Port Townsend
were: Rondeau 11, Smith 8, San-
dvig 5, Wilde 5, Aumock 4, Gast-
field 4, Minish 4, Prill 3, Peter-
son 2, Thompson 2.
Tom Parker's jump shot from
in front of the basket With three
seconds to go in the game put
the Highclimber junior varsity
in front of the Port Townsend
secd team by one point and
kept them there to win, 47-46.
Earlier in the fourth quarter,
Parker sank one of two foul shots
to pull the Climbers within one
point, 46-45.
After leading in the first half,
the Climbers lost their edge by
the end of the third quarter. Port
Townsend oly made four of 20
foul shots while Shelton hit five
of eight. Had the home team hit
a better percentage of their foul
shots, the contest could have
been a runaway.
Those who scored for the win-
ners were: Lewis 16, Brnsford 6,
Olsen 6, Connolly 5, Dorcy 4,
Johnson 4, Parker 3, Zehe 3.
Shelton Nips West
71 70 In Overtime
• Baskets by Bill Daniels and
Ed Adams in overtime put the
Shelton Highclimbers past the
visiting West Bremerton team,
71-70 Friday night.
Daniels also got a free throw
that proved to be the difference.
West came from behind to tie
the score at the end of regulation
time. Shelton led by six, seven
and oe at the end of the other
three respective quarters.
Oddly enough, the Climbers
only outscored the visitors
in one period, the first, but they
held onto the lead with that six
point edge.
Blazer Five
Twists Tail
Of Bulldogs
• Holding onto a five point
quarter lead, the Shelton
High Blazers went on to
Washington Bulldogs from
pia in Shelton Gym
49-38.
The Blazers led at
27-23 and were ahead by
points at the close of the
period.
Washington's Metcalf
game's high scorer with 20
as he accounted for more
half of the visitors' final
Shelton's Bill Bacon led
scorers with 16. Rich
lowed him with 14 points,
ing eight of nine free
The home team hit 19
free throws and 15 of 33 ,
goals. Blazer coach
said Jeff Okano played
lent floor game as well as a
defensive game.
Those who scored for the |
ers were: Bacon 16, Wlker
Fredson 9, Johnson 6,
Okano 2.
Bowling
FRIDAY NITE SLOW
Men's Hi Game: Lionel
232
Men's Hi Series: Lionel
603
Women's Hi Game: Verna
anson 209
Women's Hi Series: Verna
anson 569
Triplicate games: Helene
man 124-124-124.
Standings: Slow Pokes
L and V 13964, Upstarts
U-Name-It 15710, The
Pair 13489, The Duds 13476,
SIMPSON WOMEN'S
Hi Game: Joan Sowers 233
Hi Series: Joan Sowers 583
Purchasing 2-2, Allene
447; Lumber 2-2, Joan
583; IBP 0-4, Mary L0o
478; Loggers 4-0, Cleo Hul.et
Research 0-4, Bobble
461; Olympic 4-0, Virginia
463; Engineering 0-4,
Chapman 379; Accounting
Jane White 507.
Standings: Loggers 4-0,
pic 4-0, Accounting 4-0,
2-2, Purchasing 2-2,
0, IBP 0-4, Engineering
SUNDAY MIXED
Men's Hi Game: Jack
Men's Hi Series: Jack
Women's Hi Game : Nina
191
Women's Hi Series: Nina
549
Odd Balz 0-4, G. Wentz
Four Splits 4-0, Russ
Loggers 0-4, Geo Wltcratt
Timber Ducks 4-0, Nina
549; What's Next 3-1, Ira
444; Farmers 1-3, Nancy
501; Force 'era 2-2, Ted
496; Board Busters 2-2,
Stepper 494; Hooters 0-4,
Sytsma 479; Jack Pots 4-0,
Hildebrandt 496.
Standings : Timber Ducks
Jack Pots 4-0, Four Splits
What's Next 3-1, Force 'e
Board Busters 2-2,
Hooters 0-4, Odd Balz 0-4,
gets 0-4.
GRANGE
Men's Hi Game: Don
2O8
Men's Hi Series: Lad
543
Women's Hi Game: Verna
anson 159
Women's Hi Series: Verna i
anson 438
Standings: Harstine 4-0,
3-1, Southside 3-1,
1-3, Shelton Valley 1-3,
0-0.
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and Enjoy
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Call for RNervatimm
Open 12 noon.
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e338. 1st
By DAVE FITZGERALD
The Shelton High Climbers,
well enthused with their win a-
gainst West Bremerton January
4th, might have been a bit 0fver-
confident Tuesday night, when
they met the O'Dea Irish on their
Seattle Court.
Both teams scratched and
scraped, stressing defense more
that offense the first hail
On the opening tip-off, when
the Climbers missed an easy
layup, the Irish gained control
of the ball and scored with an
easy layup. From there on it was
O'Dea all the way. The Climbers
never could penetrate the Irish
defense to grasp the lead.
At the end of the first quarter
the score was 16 to 9 in favor of
O'Dea. The Climbers came back
in the second quarter, which
ended 23 to 19, with O'Dea with
a four point margin.
In the third quarter, the Irish
stomped up an ll-polnt lead but
the Climbers chiseled it down
to 6 at the close of the quarter.
With the scgre at the belnnln
of the fourth quarter 35 - 41, the
Climbers struggled hard but
were handicapped by a lot of
fouls and bad breaks.
With 4:26 left in the game the
Climbers were within 3 points of
the Irish, but then they were
plagued with numerous fouls and
Chris Close went out of the game
with a sprained ankle.
The Irish scored 11 points on
fouls in the fourth quarter, which
was the downfall of the Climbers.
The game ended with O'Dea
squeezing a 6 point lead to end
the game.
Though the Climbers outscored
tim Irish by two field goals, they
couldn't match the 21 to 10 free
throws made by. the Irish.
The final score was 54-60 in
favor of the O'Dea Irish.
Scorers for the High Climbers
are as follows: Jim Corey, 17
Mike Sparks - 13, Adams - 7,
Tuson , 7, Close - 5, Danlels - 3,
Schmidt. 2.
Shelton Jayvees lost to O'Dea
24 to 43.
Shelton hosts East Bremerton
this Friday.
Ends In 60-54 Disaster
the Climbers were trying to stop
a West comeback. The game's
high scorer was Larson of West
with 21.
Jim Corey bucketed 15 points to
get second high honors for Shel-
ton as he scored four in each
of three quarters.
The Climbers were 19 for 27
at the foul line and West got 20
of their 30 attempts. Both teams
had players in foultrouble, and
Frank Schmtdt and Chris Close
fouled out for Shelton.
Here are the ¢limber scorers:
Sparks 17, Corey 15, Adams 10,
Close 9, Schmidt 9, Daniels 8,
Tuson 3.
West polntmakers were: Larson
21, Rask 5, Wortman 9, Woods 8,
Elwick 6, Ormistan 5, Carden 4,
Wlnslow 2.
The Shelton junior varsity got
waxed, 81-47 by the visiting
team. West's 16 point first quarter
lead was built to 39 points by
the end of the thrid quarter and
they rolled to an easy win.
Shelton scorers were : Lewis
13, Connolly 10, Dorey 9, Johnson
9, oni 4, Clary 1, Olsen 1.
Those who scored for the visit-
ors were: Bass 18, Lay 16, Costel-
1o 12, Chrey 8, Buhl 6, Puryea
6, Stark 5, Spencer 4, Jensen 2,
Hdn 2, Richardson 3.
• MINI
AND
Mike Sparks was the high
Shelton Trip To Seattle shots.°nSC°rer for Shelton with 17 pointSsix Hefield,gotg°alssevenand impontfive foul " OPEN
points in the fourth quarter when