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Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016 - Mason County Journal - Page B-9 Shelton High School junior Kyle Kimball looks for a teammate to pass to during the Jan. 15 game against Capital High School in the Mini-Dome. Kimball scored nine points, had four assists and four rebounds. Journal photo by Alexandria Valdez S continued from page B-1 whole different level. If you're going to beat us, you're going to beat us all the way down. With him, it's not going to happen. He's going to play you until the last second on the clock." So far this season, Kim- ball's stat line is among the best for the Highclimbers. He's averaging 9.3 points per game, has 5.9 rebounds per game and 3.4 assists per game. Kimball has made al- most half of the shots he's taken from the field. From an early age, he liked the action in basketball. "I just liked the up-tempo," Kimball said. "I liked to be moving around at all times. I liked the way we played it." One of his friends and com- petitors from his early days on the court was Giraldes. During football last fall, Giraldes led the team as quarterback and Kimball was his point man during many games. On the court, Giraldes still works to get the ball to Kimball. "Last year as a sophomore he had some senior friends, so he was kind of under them," Giraldes said. "But he was still a leader as a point guard, but you could tell he was a little hesitant as a sophomore with a whole bunch of seniors around him. But this year now he's really stepped up. He knows when to make decisions and knows when he should take over the game." It's clear that Kimball con- trols the floor and is part of what holds the team together. Pringle called him the "glue of the team" and when he gets into foul trouble, it affects the Climbers. As the regular season winds down, Kimball continues to love and thrive in his role. "As point guard, you're run- ning the whole thing," Kim- ball said. =You have to know what's going on. You have to know all the plays and every position. It's kind of stressful, but, I mean, it's fun. I don't let the stress get to me; I just play through it and have fun." at POSTSEASON PREVIEW SHS boys swimming and diving postseason schedule • Today, 4:30 p.m. Narrows League Diving Championship at Foss High School • Friday, 3:30 p.m. Narrows League Swimming Championship at Mount Tahoma High School • Feb. 12-13,10 a.m. and 12 p.m., West Central District 3 Swim- ming Championships at Hazen High School • Feb. 12,10:30 a.m., West Central District 3 Diving Champion- ships at Auburn Pool • Feb. 19-20, WIAA State Swim and Dive Championships at King County Aquatics League qualifiers as of Monday Individuals • Sam Womer, 200-yard freestyle and 500-yard freestyle • Robert Cornwell, diving • Brayden Ordonez, lO0-yard butterfly* and 200-yard indi- vidual medley* • Jacob Combs, 200-yard freestyle, 500-yard freestyle • Mason Vance, lO0-yard backstroke • Damien Pruitt, lO0-yard butterfly • Chris Crowell, lO0-yard freestyle, 50-yard freestyle • Taylor Tone),, lO0-yard breaststroke*, 50-ya rd freestyle • Ryan Youngquist, 200-yard freestyle*, 500-yard freestyle • Jacob Schreiber, 200-yard freestyle, 500-yard freestyle • Zach Netzel, diving* and lO0-yard backstroke • MikeyWillis, diving* • Jon Netzel, diving* and lO0-yard backstroke • Troy Krumpols, diving* • Levi Vance, 50-yard freestyle*, lO0-yard freestyle* • Alec Dodge, lO0-yard butterfly*, lO0-yard backstroke* • Jason Apple, lO0-yard breaststroke • Nick Howard, lO0-yard breaststroke Teams • 200-yard medley relay* • 200-yard freestyle relay* • 400-yard freestyle relay* * Indicates a swimmer willalso compete in that event at the West- Central Oistrict 3 swimming or diving meet. continued from page B- 1 There are 19 High- climbers qualified for the league meet and 10 members qualified for the district meet. Shelton ended its reg- ular season with four 3A Narrows League meet wins. It only lost league matchups to North Thur- ston and Wilson, whom coach Chad Youngquist said have stacked teams. One of the Shelton league qualifiers was freshman Sam Womer, who qualified in the 200- yard freestyle and in the 500-yard freestyle. "It was pretty excit- ing," Womer said. ’I didn't think I was going: to at the beginning of the season. I just kind of im- proved during practices and I didn't expect it." . For senior Levi Vance, this week is his last chance to make it to state. Vance has quali- fied for districts in the 50-yard freestyle and the 100-yard freestyle. He's seconds from qualifying for state in both events. "I think I did alright but I want to do better," Vance said about his performance during the regular season. "I still have some races I want to improve on in the post- season." The divers once again have a strong crop of competitors pushing to- ward the postseason. Jon Netzel, a senior, placed third overall at state last year and looks to return again this year. Netzel, Troy Krumpols and Zach Netzel have all qualified for districts. "It's been going good," coach Rob Phelan said about the diving season. "The next few weeks re- ally dictate what's going to happen the rest of the season. The dual meet season has been good; they got a lot of prac- tice and got to try new 'The next few weeks reai|y dictate what's going to happen the rest of the SeaSOno Rob Phelan, Shelton High School boys diving coach things. Now, they just have to get consistent on them as they get into the championship season." The Climbers swim- ming and diving team continues its postseason run at 4:30 p.m. today with the 3A Narrows League Diving Cham- pionship at Foss High School. KMAII !030- FM !D3.3