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January 12, 1978
 
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Freewhee:ling Climbers power to the fore Tall Timber topples by ten Tile league-leading Shelton ltighclimbers survived a tough encounter with tall timber last Tuesday and showed they can rebound in a lofty crowd. Despite the impressive presence of 6-8 pivotman John Greig in the opposing lineup, the Climbers crashed the boards with authority, romped to a 21.point halftime lead and then survived Greig's one-man offensive circus in tile final minutes to drop visiting Timberline 67-57. Although the Climbers have a rangy lad of their own in 6-7 senior center Brian Martin, the other matchups clearly gave the Blazers tile height advantage. Timberline's front line went 6-5, 6.4 and 6-8, while Shelton's read 6-2, 6-7 and 6-4. Be that as it may, the Climbers used the very thing that might have hurt them - rebounding- to practically run away front the Blazers in the first half. Grabbing down 19 boards to Timberline's nine, the hosts turned the advantage into a 40-19 lead at intermission and it looked for a time there that it would be no contest. "We played very well in the first half," agreed Coach Terry Gregg. "Our passing was very crisp and we were getting some good shooting. But that rebounding edge had to be the biggest factor." Just when the Climbers appeared to be wrapping things up, though, who should begin to make his presence known but big John Greig. Held to just five points in the opening two periods, with Climber Martin doing a fine job ell him with sagging assistance from 6-4 Todd Young and 6-2 Stan Bourgault, Greig began to work himself into the middle a little more in the third period, when Shelton started standing around a bit. Hitting well on perirneter shots, te Blazers dosed to 52.39 with 6:30 remaining in the game, and then suddenly it was all Greig. The 6-8, 195-pounder proceeded to hit his next eight SHS girls now third Shelton's girls' basketball team moved into an undisputed third place in the Black Hills Division Two Monday with a 52-46 victory over winless • Hoquiam in the Minidome. The win gave the Climbers a 4-2 league mark and vaulted them past 3-3 Timberline into third place behind 6-0 Capital and 5-1 Centralia. Leading the way as she has all season was junior guard Cathy Cole, with 35 points. Karen Evankovich, a 5-5 forward, led both teams with 11 rebounds. Rounding out the scoring for Shelton were Julie Sandquist's six points, Vanessa Struz' five and two each by Marci Allen, Evankovich and Tammy Young. In the preceding jayvee game, Shelton lost 30-31 to the Grizzlies. Cole, the league's leading ".scorer and owner of the all-time BHL one-game mark for both sexes (46), hit both inside and out and keyed the Climbers' fast break. shots. Four of them were on offensive rebounds in close. Four were jumpers from 12 to 20 feet out. Before it was over, Greig had scored 16 of his game-high 23 points - and in a span of about six minutes. "He's definitely one of the better centers around," praised Gregg. "But Brian (Martin) did a good job on him." Indeed, despite Greig's impressive offensive flurry, the boards inevitably told the story: Shelton 27, Timberline 18. And leading the way was none other than Shelton's Brian Martin, with nine rebounds to go along with his 11 points. Leading the Climbers offensively was senior Bourgault, who served notice perhaps that his recent shooting hesitancy is a thing of the past. The 6-2 veteran hit 9-14 - most of them from long range and over the flailing hands of some big Blazers - and finished with 18 points. Junior Jim O'Dell added 12 points, Martin had 11, Young 10, Les Smith six, Bruce Dorcy four, Gary Orr four and Dave Danielson two. Grant Fox and Jay Swift saw action but did not score. Guards Dorcy and O'Dell earned praise from their coach for their playmaking performances. Each dished out four assists and combined to break up a half dozen Blazer offensive advances. While both teams employed a press at times, the game suffered from relatively few turnovers. Shelton committed only 14, Timberline 16. In the jayvee game, Shelton poured it on from the outset and won going away, 81-54. High-point man for the Climbers was Gary Orr, with 16. Scan Byrne and Terry Brown chipped in ten apiece, Grant Fox and Pat Rhodes eight each, Kerry Kenning seven, Les Smith and Lane JackstadV six ,,ach, and Casey Ellison and J@ Swift five each. Swift, Rhodes and Kenning led the hosts' strong board game, each hauling down seven rebounds. The Climber sophomores remained unbeaten in six outings this season as they got past the Timberline sophs 65-52. The week before, incidentally, they'd prevailed 65-45. Coach Brian Brickert credited guards Jeff Likes and Jon Thomason with turning the game around in favor of the hosts in the first half, as Shelton spurted to a 34-19 lead. Brad Hargens led with 14 points while John Weber and Tad Smith added 12 each, Phil Franklin 10 points and six rebounds, Rusty Gigstead seven points, Likes six, Aaron Roberts three and Thomason one. Greg Cole played but did not score. The victory gave Shelton a 6-0 record in sophomore play. Next action for the Climbers is tomorrow night versus the Capital Cougars in Olympia. The Coug varsity currently is 2-1. Against Timberline, incidentally, Capital won by only five points, while Shelton's margin was 10. Definition of radical A radical is a man with both feet firmly planted in the air. Franklin D. Roosevelt THE BASIC FAMILY INVESTMENT. (Growth Bonds pay a high rate of return. And they're guaranteed in writing.) THE GROWTH BANK Puget Sound National Bank 0 LES SMITH, Climber lunior, flies in for two last Friday as Shelton seals visiting Yelm's fate in the late goings of the Black Hills League game. Watching at right foreground is teammate Pat Rhodes. Hoop Shoot champs to be determined The Elks Hoop Shoot annual competition, underway in the county's grade schools the past few weeks, ,.moves to the Minidome this Saturday when first-round champs compete for the chance to advance to district. The competition, under the direction of perennial coordinator Jim Sutherland of Shelton, is scheduled to start at ! p.m. Last year Mason County champs Bryl Gregg, Beth Bennett and Tina Heath won their district competitions as well and Tina went on to place first in her age-group division at state. nuuu Bowling Results ill (Editor's note: Severe and unexpected space limitations have necessitated our Pool to be closed The Minidome pool will be closed for public swimming Saturday morning due to the conflict with AAA swim meet action. I withholding tile rest of the greater portion of the bowling this week. All of it, plus next week's fare, will appear in the next issue.) SUNDAY NITE MIXED 1-8-78 Men's Hi Game: Mike Short 201 Men's Hi Series: Sam Diggle 479 Women's Hi Game: Betty Lawton 161 Women's Hi Series: Jean Diggle 428 Standings: DQ 3-1, Loggers Inn 3-1, Town 1-3, Four ]-3. Town 1, Jean Diggle 428; Loggers Inn 3, Mike Short 441; DQ 3, Bey Halverson 414; Four 1, Sam Diggle 479. TAYLOR TOWNE ARCO Mike Robeson Ted Huey LET TAYLOR TOWNE ARCO PUT YOUR CAR IN SHAPE FOR '781 Includes: $15" e Lube Job • Oil 8, Filter Change • Anti-freeze Check • Battery Serviced • Goodyear Tires • AC Delco Parts Open Weekdays 7 to 7; Weekends 9 to 8 426.3904 I -- I I Page 20 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, January 12, 1978 Kids' wrestling program to feature video taping Shelton's Kids' Wrestling grade, tile program again will Program will launch'its second concentrate on fundamentals but season this Saturday at 10 a.m. this.time will have the added in the Minidome. attraction of video tape. For all interested wrestlers "This year the kids will be and would-be wrestlers between able to see tllemselves wrestling," five years of age and fourth said coordinator Dick Wentz, SItS coach. The program will be headed AAU meet here by Shelton minister Dennis Tyas, formerly a prep wrestler at The Shelton Sharks will host Central Kitsap. It is planned to an AAU swim meet at the continue at least through Minidome this Saturday, and February, and envisioned for this Coach Doug Hanna expects summer is participation in a perhaps 300 swimmers will be on clinic in Tacoma plus local hand. tournament action. The meet, featuringage-group An estimated 50 kids competition for both sexes, is set participated in the program last to start at 9 a.m. year, said Wentz. !SENIOR :ENTER NEWS ABLE TO ALL SENIOR AT NO COST: Assistance, Telephone Ice, Chore Service, itance with Forms, tion& Referral. MONDAY, Jan. 16: Kamilche lunch, noon. Movie Mania meeting, 10 a.m. TUESDAY, Jan. 17: Lunch (Shelton), noon. Program: Health Dept. services for seniors. Fact & Fiction Book Club, 2 P.m. Lunch (Belfa r), noon. Singalong (Belfair), 1 l:00-noon. Weight Watchers, 7:30 p.m. WEDNESDAy, Jan. 18: Shelton, noon lunch. Live music, 11 a.m. Blood pressure, 1:00-2:00. Progressive pinochle, 6:30 P.m. THURSDAY, Jan. 19: Kiwanis luncheon noon. Program follows'. Foosball lessons 2 p m. Lunch, Belfair, noon. FRIDAY, Jan. 20: Lunch (Squaxin Tribal Center), noon Shelton Card Ciub, noon Ladies' Exercse C,ass, " Check the center activity 10 a.m. board for holiday events. TRIPS: I Jan. 19, Bremerton Daily call on demand shopping trip, 9 a.m. transportation -- 426-2568. Space Courtesy of Les Rodgers Owner/Operator nUTII BIPnlB 139 Wallace Blvd. (llneelend Center) Skelton 426-1818 I What ghost of seasons past?! Making periodic checks of the scoreboard last Friday, one might have experienced a sense of deja vu. Familiar as the "nmrgin of comfort" may have seemed, though, Shelton's 74-50 trouncing of hapless Yelm was neither reenactment nor revisitation. In short, the fellas still weren't the Highclin]bers of recent state-championship fame. But if" the caliber of opposition made them look a little like imitators of their own lofty predecessors, Shelton's 1978 Itighclimbers didn't exactly hurt their cause, either. "That was a fine game for us," assured Climber Coach Terry Gregg after the runaway victory, Shelton's second without defeat in league play. "I'm not sure Yelm was actually such a bad team," he added. "The truth is we played probably our best game of the season ." In addition to hitting a crisp .51:5 from the floor (35-68) - even with untested reserves playing much of the final quartet' - and getting balanced scoring right down through the foster, the Climbers enjoyed an overwhelming advantage on the boards (42-23), had a season-high 16 assists and turned over the ball only eight times - again a season record. Point guard Bruce Dorcy had perhaps his best overall performance as a Climber. The 5-10 senior keyed the Climber press, triggering or personally accounting for probably a dozen Yelm turnovers, and passed off for a game-high seven assists. Add to that eight points and heads-up quarterbacking of the Climber offense. "The passing was extremely crisp and our lnovetnent was good," comtnented Gregg. "And I was especially pleased to see that we were beginning to look for each other out there -- really starting to play more as a team." Leading the way on tile boards for the Climbers were junior forward Todd Young, with a game-high 11, and senior center Brian Martin, with eight in less than three play. The 6-7 pivotman fouled just seconds before the the third period, but by services weren't really anyway, as Shelton had run 58-30 lead. Junior Jim O'Dell another typically fine night and ended up. team-leading 12 points same number tallied by leader, deadeye guard Thompson. Shelton's Young 1! Martin 10, Stan nine, Dorcy eight, seven, Grant Fox six, Danielson four, Jay Swift and Pat Rhodes and Les two apiece. If Shelton displayed sloppiness in the game, it committing fouls. The gave Yehn 24 o the charity stripe, but. Tornadoes could convert more than 14. In jayvee action Frida.y, Climbers scored 26 points third period to break relatively tight game and to a 75-43 victory over jayvees. :' Les Smith scored 16 to lead Shelton's attack, Danielson added ten, Jackstadt nine, Swift and Brown eight each, Rhodes i Sean Byrne and Casey five each, Orr four and Fox l Kerry Kenning two each. Shelton's so meanwhile, made it five in without a loss by Timberline's tenth-graders Tad Smith canned 20 poin lead the way on offense Franklin had 12; John Jon TI]omason and Jeff each; Greg Cole and Roberts five apiece; and Hargens and Andy Williams each. Great pleasure It gives me great pleasure to see the stubbornness of incorrigible non-t warmly acclaimed. Albert (On receiving the & Taylor Award,