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Page B-6 -Shelton-Mason County Journal- Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017
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Colton Harmon, left, wrestles Kingston's Dalton Tellinghuisen at last week's double dual.
game plan is to mentally break his opponent.
Journal photo by Alexandra Smith
Harmon says he is physical in his wrestling style, but that his
continued from page B- 1 biggest thing was that I felt so for the love of the sport and As the season draws to a coach uses is he asks us, 'How
weak compared to what I wastheir teammates, close, these three boys will hard do you think every other
season, and I could see that normally feeling," Peterson"The biggest motivation continue to train in hopes of kid is working right now to go
all of my muscle mass was said. to keep wrestling is to give earning a spot in the stateto state and to beat you? You
cut down too much. The whole Even though all these dif- back to the community and to tournament Feb. 17 and 18 at have to outwork them right
time I was cutting weight, ferent aspects of wrestling can my coach and family and winthe Tacoma Dome. now, so you can outwork them
I felt so bogged down and be tough to balance, all the that state title this year," said Best said by Peterson, "Theon the mat later when you see
slow and unhealthy. But theguys agree that they wrestle Ramirez. biggest motivation that my them.'"
continued from page B-1 about all that Mason County has to was 0-10 at the time. County that I have never covered be-
offer. I played multiple sports in high fore, and I look forward to learning
I ~do want to meet the people with As a learning experience, I wouldschool, and even went on to play soccer more about the terminology and strat-
whom I will be working with, so I hope love any suggestions of what you may in college, egy of these sports.
if you see me at a game, you don't want to see in the sports section. Obvi- It was always about being proud Most importantly, I hope to meet
hesitate to come and introduce your- ously, I don't know a lot of people here, of the school I represented and the and highlight the amazing student-
self to me. so please email me with any recom- place I came from. I hope to capture athletes here in Mason County who
I am learning so much here in mendations of interesting stories, that spirit in all of the stories I write, dedicate so much of their time to the
Washington, and sometimes I feel like For me, high school sports createbecause I see that same pride at the high school sports community here.
I am lost everywhere I go. The most an important community in any small schools I visit. I'm not sure that my "go Dawgs"
important thing to me is that I love town. While I have been covering college will ever change to "go Huskies," but I
my job, and the coaches, players, par- The town I grew up in was similarsports the past four years, I think that can't wait to embrace all that this area
ents, etc., have welcomed me into their to Mason County in their philosophy being able to write about high school has to offer.
teams to learn, grow and celebrate on sports -- they are important, sports is going to help me grow and
with them. My Friday nights in the fall werelearn new aspects of sports writing. • Reporter Alexandra Smith can be
I look forward to spending more always spent at a football game, even There are many sports that are reached at alexandra@masoncounty.
time in the community and learning though our high school football team played here in high schools in Mason com.
is every
continued from page B-2 the sun will already be behind CLASSES FROM A game of patience and knowing I like his enthusiasm about
me. It is past noon, MASTER your spots, being outdoors. Sure, he's mm
FOG-ETABOUT IT There is no comparison of After spending some time Another wonderful thing he tivated by a chance at another
I step down to the beach my experience to George's for- conversing, I am getting a says is, "Being up at dawn is great photo, but I think that
where George took his photo, tunate morning back there in sense of what makes George 'bonus time' in the world."attitude can serve anyone,
and for 10 minutes I sit on a March of 2013. such a good photographer. Greeting the dawn is a gifteven if you step outside on
log, nervously. I head back to my car. WhatSome skills are learned we give ourselves. Whether frosty mornings for no other
Blue sky opens way above was I expecting to prove? techniques. But other aspects or not you encounter a world- reason than to watch the day
me. I can even see a trail from A few days earlier, my feetof George's are personalityclass sunrise, you do well to begin.
a jet gone by. But the ground cracked through some shelf traits, or attitudes that guide walk in the world at the first Why can't every day be the
fog is still so dense I cannot ice, which you get on the beach how he goes about exploringrays of dawn. very best yet?
see 20 feet beyond the shore- on cold mornings. It's a crys- his art and photography. Does George have a favor-
line. A line of ducks seems to talline skin on puddles or over These aspects might be ite photo? A clear Top 10? • Mark Woytowich is a writer,
float in space, coming in and springs at the waters edge.good to emulate. For instance, Surprisingly, he doesn't photographer and video pro-
out of the haze, no horizon to And dammit if George he equates taking a good pho- rate his own photos. He says ducer who lives in Potlatch. He
pin them against, doesn't have a great shot of to to hunting wild game; it is he tries to make each new can be reached at Woytowich
If light comes to the view, that, too. every bit a "stalking" sport, a shot "the very best yet." design.com.