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Derail co-leaders in 52-50 OT thriller I Climbe They had to go into overtime to do it, but the league-leading Shelton Highclinlbers escaped victorious from the Grizzly den Tuesday. The long-awaited battle of division leaders, both 9-1 going into the game, ended 52-50. Climber junior Mike Ashley skied for four clutch rebounds and scored two points in overtime and teammates Stan Bourgault and Bruce Dorcy converted pressure-packed freethrows to ice it after one of tile more evenly played - if less than artistic - BHL contests this year. The game started on a stutter step and really never did loosen up completely. In the first quarter alone, the usually fast-break.e fficient Grizzlies turned the ball over four times on traveling violations. And the Climbers, for their part, seemed to be auditioning for a part in a wax museum. Credit two flexible defensive wi,n in Hoquiam ttoquiam came back to tie it at 45, largely on the strength of sharpshooting guard Keith Anderson's two 25-foot jumpers - the second one tying the game with a minute to go -- and the clock was set at three minutes for overtime. Junior forward-center Mike Ashley, pressed into action only three games back after a disciplinary suspension cost him the first half of the season, swatted the opening tipoff down to teammate Dorcy, and 6-5 Grizzly Brian Sundquist nearly tore the 5-10 guard's arm off trying to get the ball. Bruce hit both ends of the one-and-one and Shelton was up 47-45. Following a missed lay-in by Hoquiam and a charging-foul turnover by the Climber, Grizzly Sundquist got free inside for a curl-in at 1:55 and it was all tied up. Twenty seconds later Ashley powered inside on an outstanding individual effort and units, sure • but the plain and simple truth is, as Climber Coach Terry .Gregg put it after the game, "It was no masterpiece for either team." Actually, in spite of the lack of movement on both sides, the play was not sloppy. Neither was the difference in statistics appreciable. Shelton shot 20-50 from the floor to Hoquiam's 19-48. The Climbers turned the ball over 13 times, the Grizzlies 16. Each team grabbed 11 rebounds in the first half and 14 in the second. Shelton hit 12-17 freethrows and Hoquiam 12-18. The Climbers amassed four assists to the hosts' five. And the conflict was as nip-and-tuck as the stats would indicate. Hoquiam's biggest lead, manufactured late in a very sluggish first quarter, was four points, at 6-2. Shelton's biggest margin, with 3:36 remaining in regulation time, was five points, at 42-37. Surprising Tumwater falls under poised SHS rally The Shelton Highclimbers ignored the third-quarter blahs last Friday, reversed what could have been a good excuse for collapsing under pressure and powered away to a 63-52 BHL victory over visiting Tumwater. Outscored 11-0 over one stretch of the third period, when their nine-point halftime lead fizzled and momentarily disappeared, the Climbers parlayed outstanding composure and a slight height advantage to regain a healthy margin and preserve it for their ninth league victory against just one defeat. The T-Birds, led by 6-3 forwards Jim Brittain and Jeff Nunn and 6-5 center Frank TOurney here this Saturday Groundwater, moved ahead 14-11 in the early goings of the second period and appeared to be a lot stronger than their 2-7 record might have indicated. But Shelton called upon its increasingly balanced attack and steadily pulled into the lead, and at the half the defending champs were up 30-21. A Climber technical for touching the rim on a T-Bird shot early in the third period touched off an ll-point explosion by the visitors. Five points came quickly, with the three-point play resulting from the technical and then a long banker by Brittain on the ensuing in-bounds play all coming before the Climbers so much as saw the ball again. • l.mitin$ ,th hosts.t.o us, t ofie' shot on 'bffbnse where earlier Shelton had managed'two and even three, the T-Birds finally drew even, at 32, with 3:39 left in the period. But then Shelton juniors Les Smith and Mike Ashley, demonstrating more and more confidence and effectiveness as Coach Terry Gregg has increased their Playing time, canned two and one hoop, respectively; guard Bruce Dorcy hit a pair of long casts and ignited a couple of deft buckets inside on assists to junior Todd Young, and suddenly the Climbers' lead was back to double figures. Coach Gregg was particularly pleased again with the steady play of senior guard Stan Bourgault, whose leadership and calm demeanor against a fierce T-Bird press keyed the Climbers' Success. The hosts committed only seven turnovers all game, exceedingly few in any game but especially so in one where the opposition employed a full-court press almost from the opening tipoff. Balanced scoring, too, was apparent, as Young led with 13 points, Smith' added ten, Dorcy and Ashley nine, Bourgault and Jim O'Dell eight, and Brian Martin six. Gary Orr saw limited action and did not score. For Tumwater, it was Groundwater with 16 leading the way, while Kyle Shaner and Brittain added 12 each and Nunn seven. The hosts shot .462 from the floor on 24-52 while Tumwater countered with 21-54, or .389. The Climbers converted 15-22 from the freethrow line as opposed to the T-Birds' 10-14. --Pool--- The Minidome pool will be closed to public swimming between 1 and 3 p.m. Saturday during the Climbers' hosting of the Black Hills subdistrict swim meet there. The evening swimming session will be held as scheduled, however. CLIMBER SPIRIT WEEK royalty poses after selection Friday by vote of the SHS student body. They are, clockwise from upper left, senior Cathy Ruddell, senior Spirit Week Queen JoAnn Krogh, freshman Holly Danielson, senior Kathi Rogerson, junior Vicki White and sophomore Kelly Byrne. The event, which culminated in last Friday's coronation, was the first of what is expected to become an annual affair at the high school. Mason County's annual Junior Basketball Tournament will be held this Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. in Shelton High's Minidome. Local teams competing in the tournament will be grade-school league champ Mt. View, Evergreen, Bordeaux and Hood Canal. Olympia teams featured will include the Washington Bulldogs and Pioneer of Oly, last year's champ. Admission is free and there will be a concession stand. Trophies will be awarded immediately following the championship game. Page 18 - Shelton-Mas0n County Journal - Thursday, February 9, 1978 made it 49-47. Hoquiam's Anderson, deadly all night, finally missed .one of his patented bombs, and Ashley tied up Griz'zly Doug Clay on the rebound. Again in the jump-ball circle, where he has been nigh on unbeatable, Ashley tipped to teammate Stan Bourgault and the Climbers had an opportunity to run out the clock with a two-point lead. But with just 45 seconds left, Bourgault committed himself inside and had to force up an awkward shot. It bounced on the rim and came out to Hoquiam's Clay. Back on offense, the Grizzlies set up guard Anderson for one of his long jumpers. Keith cast off - and missed. Brad Pocklington came down with an offensive board and got fouled by Climber Todd Young, whereupon the veteran Grizzly hit one of his two freethrows. When the second one bounced high off the rim, who should be there to vacuum it in but Shelton's Ashley. But the excitement wasn't over by a long shot. The Grizzlies promptly sent Climber Bourgault to the freethrow line with a one-and-one opportunity. A mis, with 26 seconds still showing, would give the hosts the chance they needed. Stan's first shot bounced three times on the rim - and dropped through. His second touched nothing but the bottom of the net. Ten seconds later, Hoquiam's Clay shoved back an offensive rebound to make it a one-point deficit again, and then with 11 seconds to go the Grizzlies again fouled Bourgauit. This time Stan's shot, the would-be killing blow as far as Hoquiam was concerned, was short off the rim. Grizzly Clay had positioning and what appeared to be sole possession of the rebound, but somehow Climber Ashley managed to get his hands on it too and forced a jump ball. , . Again Ashley got the tip to Dorcy, and again the hosts did the only thing they could with time running out. Bruce hit the first end of the one-and-one and, though he missed the second, it was all over. Grizzly Sundquist got off an awkward five-footer with two seconds left, but it dribbled off the rim and into the arms of -- you guessed it - Ashley. For Shelton, it was unqestionably the sweetest victory of the year. Always tough at home, Hoquiam was a bona fide league power this year and, as a relieved Coach Gregg of the Climbers put it in the postgame locker room, "It's always nice to beat 'era here." For Ashley, the game represented perhaps a return to form after his long absence. Mike hauled down a game-high 12 rebounds - ten of them in the second half- and scored 11 points on 5-1 i from the field. "He's beginning to get into his game," agreed Gregg. The coach was also pleased with the continued fine play of guard Bourgault, who led both teams with 15 points. The 6-2 senior was almost singlehandedly responsible for Shelton's staying in the game in the third period, when Stan hit four of four shots and controlled what little tempo there was in the game, and overall he made 5-11 shots and grabbed four rebounds. "Stan played another good floor game," said Gregg. "He played very confidently out there, and in the third quarter particularly that was really what kept us together." Climber forward Young had an active second period, with ten points in the eight-minute stretch, and finished with 12 on the night. 'Dorcy added eight, Jim O'Dell four and Les Smith two. Gary Orr played a nonscoring role. For Hoquiam, Clay led with 12 points and eight .rebounds. Sundquist added 11 and six boards while Anderson contributed ten points. With only five games remaining before district, Shelton has a commanding two-game lead over the rest of the pack and is a shoo-in. Next action is this Friday against the winless Tornadoes in Yelm. Tipoff is 8 p.m. CLIMBER MIKE ASHLEY battles under the boards in Friday's win over Tumwater. The 6-4 junior scored nine points in that game and then cal back to can 11 and grab a game-high 12 rebounds to lead h league-leaders: 'ta 52-50 overtime win in Hoquiam Tuesday night. No. of Tumwater is Jim Brittain. Climbers trip T-Bird contenders SHS gal cagers near playoff ber Timberline were Strutz' two The Climbers played 2-12 in the Minidome. points and one by Ann Brooks. Yelm Wednesday. A victory The Climber jayvees lost Others seeing action but not there would have assured a narrowly and widely the past scoring were Youhg, Sandquist, playoff berth. However, the week, edged by Capital 37.31 Kelly Byme, Karen Evankovich, results of that game were not and clobbered by Timberline Standley and Shannon Byrne. available at press time. Next 56-27. Timberline's Lynn Monday they host 13-1 Centralia Pat Eichinger led the way Vermillion, the league's and then it's on to district at with 13 points in the first game number-two scorer with an TumwaterFebruary 17. average of 17 points per game, Regionals will be held right was hounded by Cole all night here in Shelton February 24-25. and held to 13. Game one will tip off at 7 p.m. Sophs power and 12 in the Kelly Byrne hit for two, Sharleen four, and Diana and seven. Kathy against the Cougar Coleman two againS The Highclimber girls' basketball team this week took a gigantic step toward clinching its first-ever district playoff berth, downing Timberline there 45-41 Monday night. The Climbers, now 8-6 and one full game ahead of Timberline in the battle for Division Two's third playoff spot, were led once again by the stellar guard combo of Cathy Cole and Marci Allen. Junior Cole, the league's runaway scoring leader at better than 27 points a game, equalled her average Monday, while sophomore Allen scored a 41  season-high 15 points and .vr tWO more directed the flow with precision. The victory came on the heels of last Thursday's 49-41 loss to Division Two runner-up (12-2) Capital, in which the Climbers roared back with 26 second-half points after trailing 31-15 at the half but couldn't quite close the gap. In that game, Cole hit 25 points, Allen eight and Julie Sandquist, Donna Standley, Vanessa Strutz and Tammy Young two each. Cole had 17 of her game-high 25 points in Shelton's torrid second-half outburst. Complementing Cole and Allen in the big victory at The Highclimber sophomores cemented their hold on first place in the Black Hills this past week by pasting Tumwater 41.34 and Hoquiam 68-46. Now 11-2 overall- 10-1 against AA opponents _ the Climbers used a balanced attack and continued strong rebounding to get by both Black Hills foes without ever really being in danger. In the Tumwater contest Friday, Tad Smith led the way with 13 points. Rusty Gigstead added nine, Brad Hargens seven, Jeff Likes four, John Weber, Aaron Roberts and Phil Franklin two and Jon Thomason and Jeff Raymond one each. An eight-rebound, five-steal and 16-point performance by Franklin paced the Climbers in Tuesday's game in Hoquiam. Gigstead added 11 points and eight rebounds and Hargens seven points, six rebounds and five steals. Smith canned nine points, Roberts eight, Likes six, Weber and Greg Cole four each and Dan Vorse three. Against the Grizzlies, Shelton turned the ball over 26 times but countered with a total of 22 assists. Knight Owls fall to Adna Adna stars Bob Ayers and Wes Owl forward Jay Rothrock Floyd were simply too much for scorgd 15 points to complement the hosts, who shot only .387 game-leader Mak's effort, while from the floor on 29-75 as Jeff Armstrong added ten, SOPHOMORE RUSTY GIGSTEAD of shot in heavy T-Bird traffic last week during tenth-graders' tenth win against just Tuesday the Climber sophs added win victim Hoquiam's sophs. Gigstead scored nin Tumwater and had ]1 points and eight the Grizzlies. Martin Crabtree eight, Dan Cook ux and Tim Diggle three. Butch Car? played a nonscoring role for the hosts. In the jayvee game, Adna won 67-35. The MMK Owls got 25 points from senior center Hans Mak last Friday but came up on the short end of an 80.67 contest with visiting league opponent Adna. The loss dropped the Owls to 2-6 in league play and for all intents and purposes eliminated them from the playoff picture. The combined 43 points of compare d to Adna's .485 (33-68). The victors shot miserably from the freethrow line, converting 14-26, but the Owls managed only 9-15 themselves.