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Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016 - Mason County Journal - Page B-1 Highdimbers still seeking state berths By ALEXANDRIA VALDEZ alexandria@masoncounty com The plan for every sports team is to reach state, and that's the case for the Shelton High School swimming and diving team. But as of Mon- day, no Shelton swimmers or divers had qualified. "Our big goal for league is to qualify more guys for districts and get closer to state with our swims and our relays," coach Chad Youngquist said. "We are not in a position to qualify for state right now and we need to have some serious drops. My big concern is that we get more guys qualified for districts and state." The Highclimbers have sev- eral opportunities in the next two weeks to advance further in the postseason. Tomorrow at 3:30 p.m., the swimmers will compete in the 3A Narrows League Swimming Championship at Mount Taho- ma High School in Tacoma. The West Central District III Swimming Championships will be at 10 a.m. Feb. 12 and noon Feb. 13 at Hazen High School in Renton. The West Central District III Diving Champion- ships are hosted at 10:30 a.m. Feb. 12 at Auburn Pool. see SWIMMING, page B-9 Journal photo by Alexandria Valdez Freshman Sam Womer warms up during practice at Shelton High School. He qualified in two events for the league meet. t Journal photo by Alexandria Valdez After coming off the bench last year, Shelton High School junior point guard Kyle Kimball is one of the Climbers' leaders on the court. He's averaging 9.3 points per game, 5.9 rebounds and 3.4 assists. Shelton junior point guard runs the show for the Highdimbers By ALEXANDRIA VALDEZ alexandria@masoncoun com Every day at lunch as ninth -graders, Tyler Giraldes and Kyle Kimball lined up on opposite teams. It didn't matter that they were friends or what sport they played, they wanted to beat each other. "We'd go at each other," Giraldes said. "I remember I would always fight with him everyday, but we'd always have the same math class and then we would be friends again ... Everything was always com- petitive, but it was great because it kept each other motivated." Kimball's competitive nature and diligent work has catapulted him into a leadership position on the Shelton boys basketball team. On the court, Kimball sees the big picture. This year the 6-foot-2 junior point guard has seamless- ly transitioned from making big catches on the gridiron to sinking shots on the court. "His court vision is phenomenal," coach Derrick Pringle said. "He sees stuff that I don't see. That's one thing about a point guard that I want to teach them, you want to see everything. He doesn't look at the score unless you give it to him; he's looking at everyone else." From an early age, Kimball competed in as many sports as he could. In high school, three domi- nant sports emerged: football, bas- ketball and baseball. As a wide receiver and free safe- ty, Kimball has to see and know what is going on on the field. "That's just the free safety spot," Kimball said. "You have to know where everyofie is. You're the last person to stop any touchdowns, so it's just a big role." Kimball started playing basket- ball in Shelton the second half of his freshman year ai%er transfer- ring from Aberdeen. Last year, he earned a spot on the varsity team. He came off the bench and soaked up information from the upper- classmen. When he returned, Pringle knew he was getting a blue-collar worker. "Some people get upset (when they play bad), but he raises it to another level," Pringle said. "A see COURT, page B-9 By ALEXANDRIA VALDEZ alexandria@masoncounb/ com The growing pains finally paid off for the girls bowling teams in Mason County. Last year, North Mason won only one match dur- ing the season, but this year it notched seven wins. Shelton was winless last year, but this season nabbed five wins. Now the teams will continue play when they compete at 9 a.m. Saturday at the West Central District 3 Tournament at Pacific Lanes Bowling Center in Tacoma. North Mason competed Friday at the Olympic League/Sub Dis- trict Championships at All Star Lanes in Silverdale. The Bulldogs finished second in their league and fifth overall. For only the second time in 10 years, coach Kristy Whitcher is taking a full team to districts. =With North Mason, we don't have a bowling alley, so a lot of them only bowl during their sea- son," Whitcher said. "As I'm pre- paring them through these three months, I try to teach them the mental part of the game. Bowling can be rough on you." The Bulldogs bowled three games of 703, 761 and 750. In- dividual averages were led by Shaniya Brannon with 160, Jessi- ca Colson with 140, Melanie Hall with 148, Haven Hermsen with 144 and Rylie Mullins with 144. Junior Melanie Hall said it was a stressful day. At the start of the season, the team's goal was to make it to districts as a team.- When they found out they all made it, everyone felt relieved, Hall said. This year the team's biggest change has been in its attitude. "Last year we weren't really together," Hall said. =We weren't really together. There was a lot of bickering and fighting. This year we made sure we were going to be a team. We actually grew togeth- er and that helped a lot with the wins." see BOWLING, page B-8