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SPORTS
Shelton boys swim tired
By EMILY HANSON
emily@masoncounty.com
Four meets in eight days
took its toll on the Shelton
boys' swim team last week.
"I think we've done too
many meets in too short a
time," co-head coach Chad
Youngquist said. "Four
meets in eight days com-
bined with finals and stress
about the possible pool
closure and I've got tired
guys."
This lack of competitiv e
energy led to fewer best
times than usual Jan. 23
during the team's 134-52
loss at Gig Harbor.
Sophomores Jon Netzel
and Troy Krumpols quali-
fied for the 3A WIAA State
Diving Championship at
a Narrows League l 1-dive
meet Saturday at Lindbergh
High School in Renton.
Freshmen Luke Netzel
and Zach Netzel qualified for
the 3A West Central District
III Diving Championship at
the same 11-dive meet.
"Gig Harbor keeps their
pool really warm, too, so
short races go faster but lon-
ger races are like jogging in
a sauna," Youngquist said.
Still, several Highclimb-
ers earned best times and
a few qualified for the up-
coming 3A Narrows League
Championship.
Sophomore Alex
Brown-Garcia qualified
for league in the 100-yard
freestyle with a personal
record of 59.89 seconds.
He finished the event in
fifth place.
Senior Luke Fiedler took
fourth place in the 100-
yard backstroke at 1:07.12,
fast enough to qualify for
league.
Competing as an ex-
hibition swimmer, junior
Corbett Johnson qualified
for league in the 100-yard
butterfly with a personal
record of 1:15.85.
See SWIMMING on page B-8
Journal photo by Emily Hanson
Mary M. Knight's Matthew Thompson, No. 20, guards Elma's Cody Williams on Friday during the Knight Owls'
home game against the Elma C-team.
Early lead wins it
In other action, Knight
Owls fall to North River
By EMILY HANSON
emily@masoncounty.com
When James Anderson stepped to
the free-throw line Friday, he had one
thought running through his head.
"I was thinking 'I've got to make
these to win,' " the Mary M. Knight
boys' basketball player said.
Although he said he wasn't ner-
vous, he knew the outcome of the
game could very well depend on his
accuracy. The Knight Owls were tied
at 37-37 with the Elma C-team when
Anderson was fouled with about 1
minute left to play.
He hit both shots and the Knight
Owls took a 39-37 lead and held it to
win the game.
"It shouldn't have been that close,
but a win's a win," head coach Joclin
Julmist said.
The Knight Owls started the game
offwith a dominant 16-0 first quarter.
Elma outscored Mary M. Knight 37-
23 the remainder of the game.
"I was frustrated with the letdown,"
Julmist said. "I told them they've got
to have pride and not let down. They
don't constantly play at a high level."
Julmist said the Knight Owls
played well in the first quarter, but
then slowed down.
"We let Elma in the game, they got
some confidence and it was a dogfight
to win it," Julmist said.
Austin Thompson led the team
with eight points, and Anderson and
Brent Boley put up six each. Paul
Werly scored five points and Matthew
Thompson contributed four.
See OWLS on page B-8
Mason Counb
Fly on the Sideline
Journal staff
Super Bowl picks
a no-brainer
ith the Seattle Seahawks
reaching Super Bowl XLVIII,
I figured everyone here at the
Mason County Journal would pick them
to win.
And I was pretty much right.
So, I decided to ask my coworkers to
give me their reasons for choosing the
Hawks to win.
Some of those
reasons were well-
thought out.
Editor Adam Rud-
nick's reasoning was
by far the most logi-
cal.
"Seattle's defense
will be able to counter
anything Peyton Man-
By EMILY ning.and the Broncos
HANSON do on offense," Rud-
nick said. "Marshawn
Lynch should be able
to move the ball for the Seahawks and
Percy Harvin will make a few big plays
to put Seattle over the top."
Rudnick is also by far the most
knowledgeable football fan in the of-
rice.
Dave Pierik, the senior account
executive from the advertising depart-
ment. said he thought :be Seahawk
would win, t,u . ,oua,a a c.toe
game.
"From what I've seen and read,
games at the level of the playoffs and
Super Bowl tend to be won by the stron-
ger defensive team, which works in fa-
vor of the Hawks," Pierik said. "So, even
though the Broncos are favored by two
points, I think in terms of matchups
their air game will work against them
and the Seahawks will make key inter-
ceptions down the stretch just when the
Broncos are getting confident."
He added that he doesn't think Pey-
ton Manning is fast enough to outrun
the Seahawks' defense.
"We are likely to see Manning get
sacked early and often," Pierik said.
"For the morale and business climate
of our region, just getting to the Su-
per Bowl is great and a Seahawks win
would be terrific."
Advertising representative Kathy
Brooks also thought of the economic
climate when making her pick for the
Seahawks.
"Anything that can galvanize our
state makes us all better," Brooks said.
Reporter Gordon Weeks chose the
Seahawks to win and even predicted
the score: 21-10.
"Due to the Seahawks' suffocating
defense," Weeks added.
Although bookkeeper Donna Kin-
naird said she's heard this could be
Mannings final year and that he'll want
to go out a winner, she added that this
is the year of the Seahawks.
"They're the best in the NFL and
I've been a Seahawk fan since day one,"
Kinnaird said. "It has to be my
Seahawks all the way."
Circulation manager Rene6 Chaplin
said she's a Steelers fan but is choosing
the Seahawks for the win and graphics
man Will Adams chose the Seahawks
because: "My heart belongs to the Pa-
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