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Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023 — Shelton-Mason County Journal — Page 19 " Sports "Mom ...M.WW_W.M..~MW ,_, . .. North Mason High School sophomore guard Adrianne Tupolo drives to the basket during a nonconférence girls basketball Clash with Mason County Cup rival Shelton on Friday at Bulldog Gym in Belfair. Below, Tupolo directs the offense. More photos on pages 20-21. Journal photo by Justin Johnson Adrianne Tupolo’s 32 leads BulldOgs past’short—handed Highclimbers , I By Justin Johnson justin@masoncountycom Tanza Tupolo quietly crossed the key and deftly planted her feet on the 3—point line. A few. feet away, Adrianne Tupolo I took a quick cut to the left into the open space her older sister just creat— ed, raised from the floor and unleashed a triple that rattled home. A smile. A fistbump. Energy crackled across the floor. The mundane became magical. “My sisters in the game is some- thing else. We have ‘a connection,” said Adrianne, whose twin sister Adrian- na is also a starter forthe Bulldogs. “We’ve been with each other since we were little and we’ve been playing bas- ketball since we werelittle. We just have that connection. We hype each other up.” The 3-pointer was the first of seven Adrianne hit on the way to a career- high 32 points Friday night as the. North Mason High School girls basket— ball team rolled up a 52-25 win over short-handed Mason County Cup rival Shelton at Bulldog Gym in Belfair. “Iw'as just confident today. It was just It was great,” Adrianne said. “Our whole team was hype even before the game and we just started knock- ing down 33. One of our players who is usually not in, she got a banker and she’s in the books now. It felt great.” That player, freshman guard Avery Barnes, drew a raucous celebration with three minutes to go in the fourth quarter when she hit a frozen bank shot from the left elbow. , ' It was that kind of night for the Bulldogs. , p , “I’m a special ed teacher hereat the high school, and that’s onething that I try to instill in the girls is that en- ergy is contagious, positive energy, negative energy,” North Mason coach Alex Fitzhugh said. “I talk to them about positive energy and motiva~ tion every single day. I harp on them adamantly about that. That’s just a little bit of what I bring as a coach, because no matter what the team is, energy is contagious. If you’re positive and you’re hyping each other up and you’re, youknow, saying good things to each other, good things fall in line.” Good things have been falling in »-line for the Bulldogs all season. After Friday’s win, North Mason is 7-4 overall (4-4 Olympic League) and sits fourth among 2A schools in the league, giving the Bulldogs an inside track for a district tournament berth. “I think the difference, the big dif- ference this year is just experience. Tessa (Grifi‘ey) is our only senior,” Fitzhugh said. “When I say experi- ence, take it lightly. We‘have young girls, but we have a lot of experience because they all played, they started ‘ as freshmen, so they’ve already played a couple years on varsity. ‘I think hav- ing played last year, varsity having its ups and downs, I think that gave them some confidence this year. This year we’ve been a whole new «team. We’re passing more .and keeping our eyes up when we break the press. It’s been awesome. They’re takingin everything that we practice. I love coaching these girls. It’s great.” ‘ Griffey added 10 points for the'Bull- dogs in the win over Shelton, while Adrianna Tupolo chipped in seven. , Raquel Ruiz led Shelton (6-8, 2-5) with 10. “This year, we don’t have a lot . of girls. We don’t have a lot of skill, but we’re still working~ together" as a team,” Adrianne said. “,We’restill building each other up. Honestly, if we make it to districts, just makingit into districts would be amazing because I don’t know how long it’s been since North Mason has been to districts. Just making it to districts would be a good thing for us.”