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In high hurdles
ells
top
U.
e
Climber track's Doug Sells has
gone to the head of the class
nationally once again, but not in
his accustomed shot-put venue.
America's top-ranked 11th-
grader in the event after winning
his second straight state 3-A title
last spring and then boosting his
all4ime Climber record to 62-9t/2
over the summer, Sells took over
the nation's school-boy lead last
weekend in the 50-meter high
hurdles.
Fie did so in a huge indoor
meet in Eugene, home of the
same University of Oregon track
power to which he has pledged
his Pac-10 services starting next
fhll.
IN FACT, BEFORE he stood
the field on its ear with a winning
7.04.-second sprint in the event,
Doug was introduced to the crowd
there in historic Hayward Field
as a U of O star of the future.
So buoyed, the Climber senior
proceeded to take first place in
the high-school division's shotput
competition as well, topping out
at 56-6.
Yes, that's well shy of his best,
but there's a good reason. Concen-
trating on the hurdles the past off
season after stunning the local
track world with a school-record
14.68 in the 110-meter highs for
third in last spring's state show-
down, Doug has essentially quit
training for the weight event alto-
gether.
WHAT'S MORE, in the inter-
est of maximizing his already
sprint-worthy speed (11.2 best in
the 100 meters), he's dropped ful-
ly 15 pounds from his 6-2 frame,
from 205 last spring to 190
pomds.
"And he may get even lighter,"
advises his dad, Shelton track
historian and shotput coach John
"Sells.
As for Doug's 7.04 clocking in
Saturday's 50-meter race, it's cur-
rently the fastest this year by any
high-school boy in the nation.
AND HOW GOOD is that?
Well, says his dad, one of the
nation's premier young hurdlers,
a kid who went 13.71 under fully
automatic timing (or about 13.4
hand-timed) to win the California
state title last spring, wound up
with a 50-meter best of 6.89 last
year, and that was after essen-
tially a full season of getting in
shape.
In other words, says the elder
Sells, on his current pace Doug
should annihilate his own Climb-
er record in the ll0-meter hur-
dles this coming season and be a
leading candidate to cop state
bragging rights in the event as
well.
OH, YES: HE'LL be gunning
for his third straight shotput title
too, even though he expects to
devote virtually no training time
to it this spring
His winning 56-6 on Saturday,
by the way, would have been
enough to give him the 3-A crown
as well last year, when he copped
his second title by way of a 58-7.,
toss that left all pretenders to
his throne more than two feet in
arrears.
Doug's preseason isn't over, by
the way. Coming up in February
are three more national-calibre
meets. February 13 he'll meet the
very best high-school hurdlers in
the country in the Holiday Inn
Classic in Reno. The next week-
end will find him in the biggest
prep track assemblage in the na-
tion, the annual Simplot Games
in Idaho. And then February 27
he'll compete in a big meet in
Houston, Texas.
]1_@ __
THURSDAY LADIES TRIO 1/7/99
Women's Hi Game: Connie Greenfield, 216.
Women's Hi Series: Peg Robert=on, 485.
Standings: Hunter 3-1, Mikes 3-1, Holi-
day 2-2, Jon 2-2, Tozlers 1-3, Spare 1-3.
Spare 1, Sam West 386; Mikes 3, Bev
Cross 482; Hunter 3, Peg Robert=on 485;
Toziers 1, Joyce Bortoluzi 457; Holiday 2,
Norms Ztmmerman 403; Jon 2, Cora Simp-
son 425.
'Read my eyes...
NO BRUISER, HE - thanks to the padding afforded foes' fists in
amount similar to that swaddling his face - Shelton 20-year-old Shane
Sullivan peers out with fight face intact last week before taking the
ring during a nightly training session with his fellow pugilists-in-the-
making out of the new Shelton Boxing Club. Part of the community's
S.O.C.K. (Save Our County Kids) program that boasts nightly open-gym
sessions in the Armory across from Safeway, the club currently has ten
"young fighters-in-training, at least one of whom - our 206-pound friend
Shane - looks to make his amateur debut in the ring Saturday at the
High Tides Tavern in Port Orchard. S.O.C.K. rec director and boxing
coach Barney Stewart reminds that new, er, blood is welcome. Give
him a call at 427-2155 or 427-3469.
GRANGE 12/28/98
Men's Hi Game and Series: Ray Brammer,
254 and 588.
Women's Hi Game: Gladys Kemp, 178.
Women's Hi Series: Dorothy Moore, 477.
Standings: Lock 7.5-.5, Harstine 7-1,
Pioneer 6-2, Grange 4.5-3.5, Agate 4-4, Ye
1.5-6.5, Skokomish 1-7, Matlock .5-7.5.
Grange 3.5, Lester White 549; Matlock
.5, Nellie Rossmater 366; Skokomish 0, Walt
Owens 446; Lock 4, Dorothy Moore 477;
Agate 1, George Lambardt 496; Pioneer 3,
Joe Ingham 444; Harsttne 3, Ray Brammer
588; Ye 1, Ray Marriot 507.
SENIORS 12/30/98
Men's Hi Game and Series: Dennie Ross,
PAPPY VOSS CLASSIC
LEAGUE 1/9/99
Men's Hi Game: Arden Merriman and RIcky
Myers, 270.
Men's Hi Series: Arden Merdman, 708.
Women's Hi Game and Series: Francine
Schaffert, 208 and 570.
Splits: Clyde Landsaw 2-5-7, Jim Montalto
3-10.
Standings: Jon 64.5-40.5, Mason 64.5-
40.5, Cushman 60.5-44.5, Jade 56.5-48.5,
Huntington 48-57, R&S 47-58, Spare 46.5-
58.5, Central 32.5-72.5.
R&S 10, Ralph Mclsaac 643; Cushman
5, Joe Jewell 704, Mason 12, Ray Doyle
621; Spare 3, John Bunting 613; Central 7,
Roy West 561; Huntington 8, Don Barnes
554; Jon 9.5, Ricky Myers 644; Jade 6.5, Ar-
den Merdman 708.
State champs
222 and 608.
Women's Hi Game and Series: Bobble
Lewis, 195 and 532.
Standings: Cushman 9-3, Northcllff 9-3,
Hi 9-3, Lumbermens 8-4, Nitas 7-5, Lee 7-5,
Athletic 6-6, Timber 6-6, Mafia 6-6, VFW 5-
7, This 5-7, Lock 3-9, Bombers 3-9, Gate-
way 1-11.
Lee 3, Lou Rodgers 505; This 1, AVIs
Ross 429; Nitas 2, Lester White 515; VFW
2, Ed Stansell 452; Timber 3, Dennis Ross
602; Athletic 1, Dot Rudeen 437; Cushman
4, Bobble Lewis 532; Lock 0, Fay Brewer
557; Bombers 3, Rick Guerin 491; Gateway
1, Dick Rex 521; Northcliff 4, George Lom-
bardy 481; Mafia 0, Gayle Wentz 496; Hi 1,
Lloyd Viney 510; Lumbermens 3, John Som-
ers 516,
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Page 18 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, January 28, 1999
MASON COUNTY'S REIGNING UAmeriean Cup" state soccer champs,
the U-17 Huskies, yield to paparazzi in anticipation of their recent
awards banquet here in Shelton. Some of the lads have been team-
mates some seven years, dating back to the inaugural squad coached
by Highclimber head coach Brian Fairbrother. This year's South
Mason Youth Soccer Club assemblage ascended the state age-group
throne last December in Pasco, where they capped their four-game
march with a thrilling 3-2 win in double overtime over the Vancouver
Cheetahs in the championship showdown. Scoring all three goals in
the donnybrook was Tyler Johnson, son of fourth-year head coach
Mike Johnson. From left in front in the lads' commemorative pose,
above, are Nathaniel Shoemaker, Matt Jagnow, Tyler Johnson, Eric
Whitney, Ryan Gonzales, Ross Fairbrother, Aaron Anderson and Levi
Mease. In back are coach Mike Johnson, Sam Shoemaker, Mark Kamin,
Les Freitbs, goalie Dan Berner, Justin Herman, Scott Munch and coach
Carl Jagl.
Just the school bus...
Hoop boys' grit
didn't go southl
The Climber varsity hoop boys
won back-to-back barnburners
over top-ranked foes from the
south the past week, strengthen-
ing their bid for a return trip to
district.
They won a battle of nerves
here Thursday against 5-2
Camas, getting a tie-breaking
three-pointer from star guard
Aaron Brown and a clinching free
throw from fill-in starter Brent
Armstrong in the final minute to
eke out a 59-56 nod.
And then Tuesday night in
Centralia they staked the 6-1
Tigers to a six-point lead through
the first half of play before roar-
ing back behind stout defense and
6-1 junior Brown's continued hot
shooting to win 48-43 and im-
prove to 9-5 overall and 5-3 in
league.
AFTER STRUGGLING peri-
odically during the first third of
the season, all-leaguer Brown has
found his stride and more of late.
Against Camas he went five for
six from the floor in the decisive
fourth, canning both of his threes,
and finished with a game-high 23
points. And then Tuesday in Cen-
tralia he got even hotter, going a
perfect four for four from two-
point range and hitting four of
eight from three and finishing
with 20 points to go along with a
team-high five steals.
"And I really liked the way
Armstrong played against Cam-
as," put in Climber head coach
Mark Jensen, noting that 6-3
Brent drew the start in the one-
game absence of ailing junior
Owen Bacon.
"HE HIT A couple of 15-foot-
ers and a couple-three layups
early, you know, so he got in a
pretty good flow, and then he end-
ed up hittin' that big free throw
at the end. He had six or seven
rebounds, too. So he just had a
real solid ballgame.
"He really stepped up big for
US."
Jensen said he liked what he
saw of his kids' composure Thurs-
day - or at least apart from a
brief stint there in the fourth.
'%Ve were up about 13, I think,
with just under four minutes to
go, and we sorta let 'em back in it.
We had about four turnovers in
the last three or four minutes.
"But up until then we only had
seven or eight. So we did a good
job o' takin' care of the ball. And
we did a pretty good job defen-
sively, too, for the majority of the
game. We had stretches where we
played very well."
VARSITY
Camas 19 25 38 56
ShaRon 14 26 38 59
Camas- Whiting 16, Pyper 2, Blausuf 1,
Devaney 17, Glenning 6, Cobb, Brody 12,
Dance team
sale on tap
The Shelton High School dance
team's booster club advises it will
hold a garage sale a week from
Saturday to help the girls pay for
their upcoming state competition.
The February 6 sale will be
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the PUD
3 Auditorium downtown.
With fully 27 families donating
items, booster club members
promise lots of stuff, including
clothes, exercise equipment, toys
and even a western saddle.
State is scheduled for the
weekend of March 19 in Yakima.
Climber Andy
at PV Summit
Climber junior Andy Dunn
joined a field of promising prep
pole-vaulters last weekend in
Reno, Nevada.
A perennial United States
Track and Field affair known as
the Pole Vault Summit, it saw the
Climber track veteran clear 12-6,
equaling his personal record and
standing him 54th out of the 260
high-schoolers involved in the
competition.
The Summit also included a
two-day pole-vaulting clinic.
Hart 2.
FG- 18-43 (7-18 three-pointers); FT-
13-19.
Shelton - Brian Bradley 5, Aaron Brown
23, Brent Armstrong 15, Jim Richardson 12,
James Aries 2, Chris Gray, Jason Patterson
2, Chris Spikes.
FG - 24-57 (6-14 three-pointers); FT - 5-
10.
ShaRon 9 18 34 48
Centralla 10 24 33 43
Shelton - Brian Bradley 5, Aaron Brown
20, Jim Richardson 11, James Aries 2,
Brent Armstrong 2, Owen Bacon 3, Chris
Gray 5, Jason Patterson, Chris Spikes.
FG - 18-36 (6-14 three-pointers); FT - 6-
14; rebounds - Brown 3, Richardson 3,
Gray 3, Bradley 2, Aries 1, Armstrong 1, Ba-
con 1; assists - Brown 2, Aries 2, Gray 2;
steals - Brown 5, Richardson 2, Bacon 1,
Gray 1; turnovers- 17.
Centralia - Kyle Donahue 9, Ben Hahn
4, Jason Stumm 21, Sam Agnew 3, Calvin
Armstrong 5, Joe Peterson, Steve Harrell,
T.J. Henderson 1, Adam Ratkie.
FG - 14-39 (0-10 three-pointers); FT -
15-23.
JUNIOR VARSITY
Camas 8 13 151
Shelton 14 29 4,1!
Camas - Schmid 4, Gibson
Breck, Rider, Jamison 8, Miles,
Sundquist, Wilder 2, Brown 1.
FG - 7-32 (2-7 three-pointers);
8-13.
Shelton- Brian Corey 12,
6, Jacob Geist 4, Josh Remmen 13,
Galloway 10, John Richardson 6,
Ryan Gonzales, Aaron Dorcy 5.
FG - 26-58 (3-10 three-pointers); FI,
5-10.
Shelton 18 31 36
Centralla 16 27 39
Shelton - Dustin Tobey 3,
Shawn Brady 10, Jacob Geist 11,
Richardson 7, Jacob Galloway 3, Josh
men, Tali Ena 2.
FG - 19-35 (1-6 three-pointers); FT
3-8.
Centralia - Andy Goodwill 8, Tyler
kins 11, Micah Mollerstuen 16, Justin
7, Alex Alderson 2, Gabs Ash, Erick
Cyle Bennett 8, Jesse Elam 2.
FG - 20-40 (2-5 three-pointers);
12-20.
Steen all-sta
Climber senior Curtis Steen
has been selected to represent the
Rivers League in the 1999 state
all-star football game.
The 6-4, 280-pound first-team
all-leaguer headed a list of eight
nominees chosen by the coaches
the state selection committee.
Steen will play either
or defensive tackle in the
set for June 25 in Everett.
The Climber star
considering three colleges:
of the respective Rivers League tral, Western and Easter t
schools. He was then picked by sities. ,,
Gals' comebackl
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gers were 10-2 overall going into
the game, the Climbers battled
back from 11 points down in the
fourth quarter and actually had
the lead going into the final half
minute.
But the visitors canned a
three-pointer with ten seconds to
go to retake the lead for good -
the Climbers failing on a despera-
tion shot of their own as time ran
out.
Junior Liz de Weal Malefyt
and sophomore Stephanie Davis
combined for 43 points to lead the
hosts. Juniors Willow Shanahan
and Ingrid Rains added 18 in tan-
dem to the Climber total.
Davis shot 4-7 from three-point
range and 3-7 from two-point
range and also made 3-4 free
throws.
It was her second sizzling per-
formance in four nights, by the
way. Friday the lissome guard
knocked down a game-high 22
as the Climbers blew past over-
matched Camas 52-39.
Monday's loss dropped Shelton
to 8-6 overall and 3-5 in league.
Centrslla 19 33 56 70
Shelton 18 33 45 69
Contrails - Schllt 8, Stezaker 4, Givens
11, Agnew 10, N. McKInney 13, S. McKIn-
ney 10, Shafer 9, Wilcox 5.
FG - 25-62; FT - 12-25.
Shelton - Willow Shanahan 10, LIz de
Waal Malefyt 22, Stephanle Davis 21, Ingdd
Rains 8, Ina Chol 6, Stephanie Beck,
Brooke Jackson 2.
FG - 23-48; FT - 18-27; rebounds - de
Weal Malefyt 11, Rains 7, Shanahan 6, Chol
5, Beck 2, Davis 1, Jackson 1; steals - de
Waal Malefyt 5, Rains 5, Davis 4, Shanahan
4, Jackson 2, Choi 2, Beck 2; assists - Sha-
nahan 6, Davis 4, Choi 3, Jackson 3, Rains
3, de Weal Malefyt 2, Rains 2; shot blocks -
de Waal Malefyt 2, Beck 2, Chol 1, Rains 1;
turnovers - 22.
ShaRon 16 26 39 52
Csmss 4 12 24 39
Shelton - Willow Shanahan 4, LIz de
Waaa Malefyt 6, Stephanie Davis 22, Brooke
Jackson 8, Stephanle Beck 4, Mellssa De-
derlck, Ina Choi 8.
FG - 23-67 (3.13 three.pointers); FT -
3.6.
Camas - Rltter 2, Allen 7, White 2, Lang-
pointers); FT- 17-26.
ELEVATIN' IN
fearless fashion
three-point land is
er sophomore Ste
Davis, who went on
point rampagb for
varsity girls the past
games.
In high hurdles
ells
top
U.
e
Climber track's Doug Sells has
gone to the head of the class
nationally once again, but not in
his accustomed shot-put venue.
America's top-ranked 11th-
grader in the event after winning
his second straight state 3-A title
last spring and then boosting his
all4ime Climber record to 62-9t/2
over the summer, Sells took over
the nation's school-boy lead last
weekend in the 50-meter high
hurdles.
Fie did so in a huge indoor
meet in Eugene, home of the
same University of Oregon track
power to which he has pledged
his Pac-10 services starting next
fhll.
IN FACT, BEFORE he stood
the field on its ear with a winning
7.04.-second sprint in the event,
Doug was introduced to the crowd
there in historic Hayward Field
as a U of O star of the future.
So buoyed, the Climber senior
proceeded to take first place in
the high-school division's shotput
competition as well, topping out
at 56-6.
Yes, that's well shy of his best,
but there's a good reason. Concen-
trating on the hurdles the past off
season after stunning the local
track world with a school-record
14.68 in the 110-meter highs for
third in last spring's state show-
down, Doug has essentially quit
training for the weight event alto-
gether.
WHAT'S MORE, in the inter-
est of maximizing his already
sprint-worthy speed (11.2 best in
the 100 meters), he's dropped ful-
ly 15 pounds from his 6-2 frame,
from 205 last spring to 190
pomds.
"And he may get even lighter,"
advises his dad, Shelton track
historian and shotput coach John
"Sells.
As for Doug's 7.04 clocking in
Saturday's 50-meter race, it's cur-
rently the fastest this year by any
high-school boy in the nation.
AND HOW GOOD is that?
Well, says his dad, one of the
nation's premier young hurdlers,
a kid who went 13.71 under fully
automatic timing (or about 13.4
hand-timed) to win the California
state title last spring, wound up
with a 50-meter best of 6.89 last
year, and that was after essen-
tially a full season of getting in
shape.
In other words, says the elder
Sells, on his current pace Doug
should annihilate his own Climb-
er record in the ll0-meter hur-
dles this coming season and be a
leading candidate to cop state
bragging rights in the event as
well.
OH, YES: HE'LL be gunning
for his third straight shotput title
too, even though he expects to
devote virtually no training time
to it this spring
His winning 56-6 on Saturday,
by the way, would have been
enough to give him the 3-A crown
as well last year, when he copped
his second title by way of a 58-7.,
toss that left all pretenders to
his throne more than two feet in
arrears.
Doug's preseason isn't over, by
the way. Coming up in February
are three more national-calibre
meets. February 13 he'll meet the
very best high-school hurdlers in
the country in the Holiday Inn
Classic in Reno. The next week-
end will find him in the biggest
prep track assemblage in the na-
tion, the annual Simplot Games
in Idaho. And then February 27
he'll compete in a big meet in
Houston, Texas.
]1_@ __
THURSDAY LADIES TRIO 1/7/99
Women's Hi Game: Connie Greenfield, 216.
Women's Hi Series: Peg Robert=on, 485.
Standings: Hunter 3-1, Mikes 3-1, Holi-
day 2-2, Jon 2-2, Tozlers 1-3, Spare 1-3.
Spare 1, Sam West 386; Mikes 3, Bev
Cross 482; Hunter 3, Peg Robert=on 485;
Toziers 1, Joyce Bortoluzi 457; Holiday 2,
Norms Ztmmerman 403; Jon 2, Cora Simp-
son 425.
'Read my eyes...
NO BRUISER, HE - thanks to the padding afforded foes' fists in
amount similar to that swaddling his face - Shelton 20-year-old Shane
Sullivan peers out with fight face intact last week before taking the
ring during a nightly training session with his fellow pugilists-in-the-
making out of the new Shelton Boxing Club. Part of the community's
S.O.C.K. (Save Our County Kids) program that boasts nightly open-gym
sessions in the Armory across from Safeway, the club currently has ten
"young fighters-in-training, at least one of whom - our 206-pound friend
Shane - looks to make his amateur debut in the ring Saturday at the
High Tides Tavern in Port Orchard. S.O.C.K. rec director and boxing
coach Barney Stewart reminds that new, er, blood is welcome. Give
him a call at 427-2155 or 427-3469.
GRANGE 12/28/98
Men's Hi Game and Series: Ray Brammer,
254 and 588.
Women's Hi Game: Gladys Kemp, 178.
Women's Hi Series: Dorothy Moore, 477.
Standings: Lock 7.5-.5, Harstine 7-1,
Pioneer 6-2, Grange 4.5-3.5, Agate 4-4, Ye
1.5-6.5, Skokomish 1-7, Matlock .5-7.5.
Grange 3.5, Lester White 549; Matlock
.5, Nellie Rossmater 366; Skokomish 0, Walt
Owens 446; Lock 4, Dorothy Moore 477;
Agate 1, George Lambardt 496; Pioneer 3,
Joe Ingham 444; Harsttne 3, Ray Brammer
588; Ye 1, Ray Marriot 507.
SENIORS 12/30/98
Men's Hi Game and Series: Dennie Ross,
PAPPY VOSS CLASSIC
LEAGUE 1/9/99
Men's Hi Game: Arden Merriman and RIcky
Myers, 270.
Men's Hi Series: Arden Merdman, 708.
Women's Hi Game and Series: Francine
Schaffert, 208 and 570.
Splits: Clyde Landsaw 2-5-7, Jim Montalto
3-10.
Standings: Jon 64.5-40.5, Mason 64.5-
40.5, Cushman 60.5-44.5, Jade 56.5-48.5,
Huntington 48-57, R&S 47-58, Spare 46.5-
58.5, Central 32.5-72.5.
R&S 10, Ralph Mclsaac 643; Cushman
5, Joe Jewell 704, Mason 12, Ray Doyle
621; Spare 3, John Bunting 613; Central 7,
Roy West 561; Huntington 8, Don Barnes
554; Jon 9.5, Ricky Myers 644; Jade 6.5, Ar-
den Merdman 708.
State champs
222 and 608.
Women's Hi Game and Series: Bobble
Lewis, 195 and 532.
Standings: Cushman 9-3, Northcllff 9-3,
Hi 9-3, Lumbermens 8-4, Nitas 7-5, Lee 7-5,
Athletic 6-6, Timber 6-6, Mafia 6-6, VFW 5-
7, This 5-7, Lock 3-9, Bombers 3-9, Gate-
way 1-11.
Lee 3, Lou Rodgers 505; This 1, AVIs
Ross 429; Nitas 2, Lester White 515; VFW
2, Ed Stansell 452; Timber 3, Dennis Ross
602; Athletic 1, Dot Rudeen 437; Cushman
4, Bobble Lewis 532; Lock 0, Fay Brewer
557; Bombers 3, Rick Guerin 491; Gateway
1, Dick Rex 521; Northcliff 4, George Lom-
bardy 481; Mafia 0, Gayle Wentz 496; Hi 1,
Lloyd Viney 510; Lumbermens 3, John Som-
ers 516,
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Page 18 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, January 28, 1999
MASON COUNTY'S REIGNING UAmeriean Cup" state soccer champs,
the U-17 Huskies, yield to paparazzi in anticipation of their recent
awards banquet here in Shelton. Some of the lads have been team-
mates some seven years, dating back to the inaugural squad coached
by Highclimber head coach Brian Fairbrother. This year's South
Mason Youth Soccer Club assemblage ascended the state age-group
throne last December in Pasco, where they capped their four-game
march with a thrilling 3-2 win in double overtime over the Vancouver
Cheetahs in the championship showdown. Scoring all three goals in
the donnybrook was Tyler Johnson, son of fourth-year head coach
Mike Johnson. From left in front in the lads' commemorative pose,
above, are Nathaniel Shoemaker, Matt Jagnow, Tyler Johnson, Eric
Whitney, Ryan Gonzales, Ross Fairbrother, Aaron Anderson and Levi
Mease. In back are coach Mike Johnson, Sam Shoemaker, Mark Kamin,
Les Freitbs, goalie Dan Berner, Justin Herman, Scott Munch and coach
Carl Jagl.
Just the school bus...
Hoop boys' grit
didn't go southl
The Climber varsity hoop boys
won back-to-back barnburners
over top-ranked foes from the
south the past week, strengthen-
ing their bid for a return trip to
district.
They won a battle of nerves
here Thursday against 5-2
Camas, getting a tie-breaking
three-pointer from star guard
Aaron Brown and a clinching free
throw from fill-in starter Brent
Armstrong in the final minute to
eke out a 59-56 nod.
And then Tuesday night in
Centralia they staked the 6-1
Tigers to a six-point lead through
the first half of play before roar-
ing back behind stout defense and
6-1 junior Brown's continued hot
shooting to win 48-43 and im-
prove to 9-5 overall and 5-3 in
league.
AFTER STRUGGLING peri-
odically during the first third of
the season, all-leaguer Brown has
found his stride and more of late.
Against Camas he went five for
six from the floor in the decisive
fourth, canning both of his threes,
and finished with a game-high 23
points. And then Tuesday in Cen-
tralia he got even hotter, going a
perfect four for four from two-
point range and hitting four of
eight from three and finishing
with 20 points to go along with a
team-high five steals.
"And I really liked the way
Armstrong played against Cam-
as," put in Climber head coach
Mark Jensen, noting that 6-3
Brent drew the start in the one-
game absence of ailing junior
Owen Bacon.
"HE HIT A couple of 15-foot-
ers and a couple-three layups
early, you know, so he got in a
pretty good flow, and then he end-
ed up hittin' that big free throw
at the end. He had six or seven
rebounds, too. So he just had a
real solid ballgame.
"He really stepped up big for
US."
Jensen said he liked what he
saw of his kids' composure Thurs-
day - or at least apart from a
brief stint there in the fourth.
'%Ve were up about 13, I think,
with just under four minutes to
go, and we sorta let 'em back in it.
We had about four turnovers in
the last three or four minutes.
"But up until then we only had
seven or eight. So we did a good
job o' takin' care of the ball. And
we did a pretty good job defen-
sively, too, for the majority of the
game. We had stretches where we
played very well."
VARSITY
Camas 19 25 38 56
ShaRon 14 26 38 59
Camas- Whiting 16, Pyper 2, Blausuf 1,
Devaney 17, Glenning 6, Cobb, Brody 12,
Dance team
sale on tap
The Shelton High School dance
team's booster club advises it will
hold a garage sale a week from
Saturday to help the girls pay for
their upcoming state competition.
The February 6 sale will be
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the PUD
3 Auditorium downtown.
With fully 27 families donating
items, booster club members
promise lots of stuff, including
clothes, exercise equipment, toys
and even a western saddle.
State is scheduled for the
weekend of March 19 in Yakima.
Climber Andy
at PV Summit
Climber junior Andy Dunn
joined a field of promising prep
pole-vaulters last weekend in
Reno, Nevada.
A perennial United States
Track and Field affair known as
the Pole Vault Summit, it saw the
Climber track veteran clear 12-6,
equaling his personal record and
standing him 54th out of the 260
high-schoolers involved in the
competition.
The Summit also included a
two-day pole-vaulting clinic.
Hart 2.
FG- 18-43 (7-18 three-pointers); FT-
13-19.
Shelton - Brian Bradley 5, Aaron Brown
23, Brent Armstrong 15, Jim Richardson 12,
James Aries 2, Chris Gray, Jason Patterson
2, Chris Spikes.
FG - 24-57 (6-14 three-pointers); FT - 5-
10.
ShaRon 9 18 34 48
Centralla 10 24 33 43
Shelton - Brian Bradley 5, Aaron Brown
20, Jim Richardson 11, James Aries 2,
Brent Armstrong 2, Owen Bacon 3, Chris
Gray 5, Jason Patterson, Chris Spikes.
FG - 18-36 (6-14 three-pointers); FT - 6-
14; rebounds - Brown 3, Richardson 3,
Gray 3, Bradley 2, Aries 1, Armstrong 1, Ba-
con 1; assists - Brown 2, Aries 2, Gray 2;
steals - Brown 5, Richardson 2, Bacon 1,
Gray 1; turnovers- 17.
Centralia - Kyle Donahue 9, Ben Hahn
4, Jason Stumm 21, Sam Agnew 3, Calvin
Armstrong 5, Joe Peterson, Steve Harrell,
T.J. Henderson 1, Adam Ratkie.
FG - 14-39 (0-10 three-pointers); FT -
15-23.
JUNIOR VARSITY
Camas 8 13 151
Shelton 14 29 4,1!
Camas - Schmid 4, Gibson
Breck, Rider, Jamison 8, Miles,
Sundquist, Wilder 2, Brown 1.
FG - 7-32 (2-7 three-pointers);
8-13.
Shelton- Brian Corey 12,
6, Jacob Geist 4, Josh Remmen 13,
Galloway 10, John Richardson 6,
Ryan Gonzales, Aaron Dorcy 5.
FG - 26-58 (3-10 three-pointers); FI,
5-10.
Shelton 18 31 36
Centralla 16 27 39
Shelton - Dustin Tobey 3,
Shawn Brady 10, Jacob Geist 11,
Richardson 7, Jacob Galloway 3, Josh
men, Tali Ena 2.
FG - 19-35 (1-6 three-pointers); FT
3-8.
Centralia - Andy Goodwill 8, Tyler
kins 11, Micah Mollerstuen 16, Justin
7, Alex Alderson 2, Gabs Ash, Erick
Cyle Bennett 8, Jesse Elam 2.
FG - 20-40 (2-5 three-pointers);
12-20.
Steen all-sta
Climber senior Curtis Steen
has been selected to represent the
Rivers League in the 1999 state
all-star football game.
The 6-4, 280-pound first-team
all-leaguer headed a list of eight
nominees chosen by the coaches
the state selection committee.
Steen will play either
or defensive tackle in the
set for June 25 in Everett.
The Climber star
considering three colleges:
of the respective Rivers League tral, Western and Easter t
schools. He was then picked by sities. ,,
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gers were 10-2 overall going into
the game, the Climbers battled
back from 11 points down in the
fourth quarter and actually had
the lead going into the final half
minute.
But the visitors canned a
three-pointer with ten seconds to
go to retake the lead for good -
the Climbers failing on a despera-
tion shot of their own as time ran
out.
Junior Liz de Weal Malefyt
and sophomore Stephanie Davis
combined for 43 points to lead the
hosts. Juniors Willow Shanahan
and Ingrid Rains added 18 in tan-
dem to the Climber total.
Davis shot 4-7 from three-point
range and 3-7 from two-point
range and also made 3-4 free
throws.
It was her second sizzling per-
formance in four nights, by the
way. Friday the lissome guard
knocked down a game-high 22
as the Climbers blew past over-
matched Camas 52-39.
Monday's loss dropped Shelton
to 8-6 overall and 3-5 in league.
Centrslla 19 33 56 70
Shelton 18 33 45 69
Contrails - Schllt 8, Stezaker 4, Givens
11, Agnew 10, N. McKInney 13, S. McKIn-
ney 10, Shafer 9, Wilcox 5.
FG - 25-62; FT - 12-25.
Shelton - Willow Shanahan 10, LIz de
Waal Malefyt 22, Stephanle Davis 21, Ingdd
Rains 8, Ina Chol 6, Stephanie Beck,
Brooke Jackson 2.
FG - 23-48; FT - 18-27; rebounds - de
Weal Malefyt 11, Rains 7, Shanahan 6, Chol
5, Beck 2, Davis 1, Jackson 1; steals - de
Waal Malefyt 5, Rains 5, Davis 4, Shanahan
4, Jackson 2, Choi 2, Beck 2; assists - Sha-
nahan 6, Davis 4, Choi 3, Jackson 3, Rains
3, de Weal Malefyt 2, Rains 2; shot blocks -
de Waal Malefyt 2, Beck 2, Chol 1, Rains 1;
turnovers - 22.
ShaRon 16 26 39 52
Csmss 4 12 24 39
Shelton - Willow Shanahan 4, LIz de
Waaa Malefyt 6, Stephanie Davis 22, Brooke
Jackson 8, Stephanle Beck 4, Mellssa De-
derlck, Ina Choi 8.
FG - 23-67 (3.13 three.pointers); FT -
3.6.
Camas - Rltter 2, Allen 7, White 2, Lang-
pointers); FT- 17-26.
ELEVATIN' IN
fearless fashion
three-point land is
er sophomore Ste
Davis, who went on
point rampagb for
varsity girls the past
games.