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Mary M. Knight senior Emily Johnson hustles upcourt during the Lady Owls' home game against North River on Sat ~rday.
Journal photo by Emily Narlson
By EMILY HANSON
The Mary M. Knight girls' basketball
team defeated two opponents at home last
week.
On Friday, the Lady Owls defeated FRI]
Oakville 40-35. Mary:
"Our defensive pressure finally wore Nort:
them out in the fourth quarter and we final-
ly made some timely shots to take the lead TOI~
midway through the fourth," said Lance Mar)
Valley, MMK head coach. "Miranda Sowle vs. T
hit six of eight free throws in the fourth to 6 p.n
seal the victory and had six rebounds and
two assists."
Sowle led the Lady Owls with nine points "V
while eighth-grader Jaycee Valley also staye
scored nine points along with grabbing six do."
rebounds and three steals. Freshman Lau- A
ren Dierkop and sophomore Hannah Frost field
both scored six points for the Lady Owls. A
Frost snatched seven rebounds, five steals ye
and handed out two assists while Dierkop Jan.
had six rebounds and two steals, p.m.
"The girls did a good job of boxing out," p.m.
Valley said. Tah~
As a team, the Lady Owls made 14 of 56 "(
field goals and hit 11 of 22 free throws.
On Saturday, the Lady Owls defeated
North River 44-11.
"The girls came out ag-
gressive and under con-
trol to jump out to a 15
point lead at the, end of
the first quarter, Valley
said. The reserves got to
play a lot this game and
)AY: they really work hard. It
¢[Knoht-.44 was a game to work oil
l River. 11 different things and dif:
ferent lineups."
:ORROW: Dierkop led the Lady
M. Knight Owls with 10 points, six
tholah, rebounds and three steaks
while Frost scored eight
points and Sowle put up
six.
Te did very well," Sowle said. "W~,
d concentrated on what we needed to
a team, the Lady Owls made 20 of 65
goals and hit three of six free throws.
s of press time, the Lady Owls had not.
flayed at South Bend on Wednesday,
18. The team is set to play next at 6
on Friday, Jan. 20 at Wishkah and at 6
on Saturday, Jan. 21 at home against
4ah.
)ur plan is to play our best defense and
our heads focused on the game ahead
instead of on the games after that,"
said.
North
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Mary M. Knight freshman Lauren Dierkop charges to the hoop during
the Lady Owls' home game against North River on Saturday.
• [] •
By EMILY HANSON ~~ rebounds and two steals.
emily@masoncounty.com ~ The Highclimbers shot eight of 25 from
the field for a 32 percent shooting rate and
The Shelton boys' basketball team couldn't keep up with made two-of-three from the free throw
Bellarmine and Olympia last week. line.
On January 11, the Highclimbers lost at Bellarmine 72-16. "When shots don't go m. everything
"Bellarmine shot it really well," said Mark Jensen. SHS sort of mushrooms: the other team starts
head coach. "They shot nine for nine in the first quarter and FR1DAY: pressing, the kids get frustrated; it's
we were one tbr nine so Bellarmine set the tone for the game. Olympia ...... 54 ,tough," Jensen said. "Plus, Bellarmine
We were in pretty bad shape right offthe bat." Shelton ........ 21 and Olympia are the two best teams in the
Senior forward Patrick Fabrizio led the Highclimbers league."
with eight points while senior forward Thomas Cook led in TOMORROW: With these two games, the Highclimb-
rebounds with seven and senior guard Kasey Thompson led Shelton vs. ers ended the first half of their season and
in steals with two. South Kitsap,will begin the team rotation again this
Shelton shot five of 24 from the field for a 20.8 percent 7 p.m. week.
shooting rate. As of press time, the Highclimbers had
On Friday, the Highc]imbers lost at Olympia 54-21. not yet played at Central Kitsap on Wednesday.
"We just didn't shoot it very well but we executed well," The team is set to play next at 7 p.m. on Friday, at home
Jensen said. "You can't shoot such a low percent and win; it against South Kitsap.
doesn't mix." "We haven't had a lot of success so hopefully we'll do a
Freshman forward Sean Gorman led the Highclimbers better job in the second half of the season," Jensen said.
with eight points while sophomore guard Colton Hubble "Hopefully, we can shoot it better because that tends to help
scored six and ]~ompson put up five. Hubble also had five the defensive end and the ~ffensive side."
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