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+ Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019 - She#on-Mason County Journal - Page A-25 rugs rt for D st ict V win Mary M. Knight senior Kaylee Sowle goes for a layup Feb. 6 against Three Riv- ers Christian in a District IV girls basket- ball game at MMK Gym. Jouma/photo by Justin Johnson By Justin Johnson /. corn Not even an icy start could derail the Owls. The Mary M. Knight girls bas- ketball team scored just six points in the opening quarter of its Dis- trict IV quarterfinal game with on Feb. 6 at MMK Gym. The Owls' defense, however, pitched a first quarter shutout and MMK surged to a 49-27 win, ad- vancing to face Nasalle in the semi- final round. "The Three Rivers~game was def- initely a struggle for not only me, but our entire team," MMK senior guard Kaylee Sowle said. "We had a very slow start and lots of team er- rors, but were able to pull out a win. I have to give it to my teammates for steppingmpmffensively emI gam scheduled for 5 was ice cold. Even if that was pos- p.m. Wednesday at Oakville High sibly the worst I've ever played in our gym, as a team we won and are moving on to the next round, and that's all that matters in the post- season." Despite the early offensive strug- ~1~, ~uwle nmsned with a game- high 15 points, while Mary Koonrad added 11 and Lisa Oppelt scored eight for MMK. The Owls, who improved to 16- 4, were originally scheduled to play Naselle on Feb. 9. but the game was postponed due to the snowstorm that impacted all of Western Wash- ington. It was originally rescheduled for Monday, and then Tuesday, but was again postponed due to in- clement weather. As of the Shelton- Mason County Journal's deadline, School. "The weather has made every- thing extremely difficult and has put immense pressure on us mov- ing forward," Sowle said. "With only an hour of practice on (Feb. 8), no practice all weekend or (Monday), and school already being called for (Tuesday), we're sitting in a very tough spot. "I believe the champion.ship game will still be Thursday. Of course that's where we want to be, but both teams advancing to the championship will be forced to play back-t0-back games, and for us, that means back-to-back games with an hour of practice in the last five days." Mary M. Knight faced Naselle twice previously this year. Q ByJustinJohnson justin@masoncoun com The Shelton High School boys basketball team found itself on the short end of the scoreboard in its District III tournament opener. Despite 20 points from Ty Thompson, the Highclimbers fell 67-49 to Spanaway Lake on Feb. 6 at Spanaway Lake High School. The loss dropped Shelton in the consolation bracket against either Mountain View High School or Lincoln High School. The game is tentative- ly scheduled for 7:45 p.m. to- day at Auburn-Mountain View High School in Auburn, but the matchup is pending the out- come of the Mountain View- Lincoln game. That matchup was originally scheduled for Feb. 8, but was postponed due to the snow storm impacting Western Washington. As of the Shelton-Mason County Journal's deadline, the MV-Lincoln game was sched- uled for 7 p.m. Wednesday night at Lincoln HighSchool. Wee started out with in- '~ e added a 2-1-2 defense tensity and confidence, but to slowdown their main scor- we went 9-for-19 at the line ers and did a great job in the and missed several key free first half In the second half. ~" throws," Shelton coach Der- we were down seven, again rick Pringle said. "In the first -missed layups with turned half, we got within two or had into recovery points for them." the lead, we made several un- Shelton (12-9) fell behind necessary fouls one-on a 20-i4:in-i~he opening quarter 3-pointer- ~nd they made and was outscored in all four every free thro~ t frames. i 360:426-1388 707 SOUTH 1 sT STREET, WWW.SHELTONATHLETICCLUB.COM, SHELTON ATHLETIC CLUB . ! i. . i i. 4=