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Shelton senior forward Patrick
Wednesday, Feb. 8,
Fabrizio drives
toward the hoop during the Highclimbers' final game of the
Journal photo by Emily Hanson
season, at home against Olympia on .
Five Shelton seniors
honored at last game
By EMILY HANSON
emily@masoncounty.com
The lights in the Shelton Mini Dome were mostly off, the
stands were empty, the building was quiet, the scoreboard
had been cleared and the game was over but one Shelton
boys' basketball player was still in his uniform.
On Wednesday, Feb. 8, senior guard Curtis Wuestner
sat on the sideline of the basketball court in l~i's usual game
chair staring at the court.
This was Wuestner's -- and four other Shelton seniors'
-- final basketball game as a Highclimber and he wasn't
ready to leave the court yet. But he didn't want to talk
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In the Highclimbers' final week, they
lost at home to South Kitsap 69-30 on
Monday, Feb. 6, and at home to Olympia
56-35 on Feb. 8 for a final league record of
0-14 and an overall record of 2-18.
Head coach Mark Jensen said he
thought the team played like they have
all season against South Kitsap. FRIDAY:
"I thought we played hard but we just Olympia ...... 56
didn't shoot the ball," Jensen added. "We Shelton... ..... 35
didn't turn it over an enormous number of
times, but we had trouble scoring. For the
most part, I thought we defended pretty well."
Junior guard Dakota Andrews led the Highclimbers
with 12 points, shooting 5-for-9.
In the team's final game against Olympia, Jensen said
early turnovers led to easy baskets for the Bears.
"I thought we defended well and. did a good job of attack-
ing their zone," Jensen added. "I thought the second half we
played fairly well."
Sophomore guard Colton Hubble led the Highclimbers
with 10 points while senior guard Kasey Thompson put up
six: Wuestner and freshman forward Sean Gorman both
scored four.
The Olympia game was the final game for five seniors:
Wuestner, Thompson guard Austin Schirato, forward
Thomas Cook and forward Patrick Fabrizio.
"It could've been better, but I'm happy for all my senior
teammates and the effort they put in this year," Cook said.
"I'd say we worked hard and improved as a team. I feel we
are only lacking a [2011 national college player of the year]
Jimmer Fredette."
Over the season, Wuestner was the highest-scoring se-
nior for the Highclimbers with 100 points over 20 games.
Wuestner passed out 11 assists, snatched eights steals and
grabbed 51 total rebounds.. .......
The next highest-scoring senior was Schirato with 93
over 18 games. Schirato also had 20 assists, 19 steals and
84 total rebounds.
Fabrizio scored 81 points over 20 games with 72 total
rebounds while Thompson scored 53 points over 20 games
with 11 assists, 11 steals and 34 total rebounds.
Finally, Cook scored 46 points over 18 games with six
steals, two blocks and 46 total rebounds.
Jensen said he thought the team dealt with adversity
really well this season.
"They played hard, which is hopefully a good sign for
their futures," he said. "Sticking to it is a really big thing
and something as a coach you hope the kids learn."
He said that with such a wide range of grade levels
among the team (five seniors, one junior, two sophomores
and one freshman) there will be more returning varsity ex-
perience next season.
"You would hope the younger returning kids will build
on what they did this season," Jensen added. "That kind
of depends on what the kids do in the off-season. It sounds
like there's a group of them interested in playing together
this summer."
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