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'Climbers
ake all-league
by first-team honorees
and Corey Golob,
than five members of the
boys' and girls' basket-
have been accorded
honors by vote of the
Conference head
the grade as honorable
for the girls are junior
Fuller, Paige Bar-
CarrieAnne Allegri.
all-leaguer Trondsen,
Was among the second-team
In the 4A Narrows League
narrowly missed taking
MVP distinction this
a close second in
The 6-4 senior for-
averaged close to 20 points
to lead the Climbers this
1, added nearly seven re-
a contest and registered
of 80-plus and 40-plus
on free-throws and three-
;shots.
honoree Golob, a
guard known through-
league for his three-point
averaged close to 14
and seven boards for the
Climbers this year. He and Curtis
were the Climbers' leaders in both
scoring and rebounding.
Barrett and Fuller, both Nar-
rows League honorable-mention
honorees last year, led the Climber
girls with roughly 12- and ll-point
scoring averages this season, and
point guard Fuller also was their
"all-around" leader, as determined
by a point system that awards the
likes of fouls drawn and thefts
made while subtracting for turn-
overs and the like.
Allegri, meanwhile, averaged
close to 'nine points a game and
also was the team's leading re-
bounder, with nearly six a game.
Girls' coach John Wallwork ad-
mitted he was a bit disappointed
at least one of his honorees didn't
make the second team, because a
strong case for it could be made for
any of the three, he said.
"With a little bit more consis-
tency next year I can see all three
of those girls getting a little bit
higher honors," he said. "But, I
mean, we were happy with the
recognition."
e
boys of Climber swimming
honored their own
awards-banquet
last week.
the "Coaches' Award"
the "most inspirational"
went to senior veteran
Riley, a four-year varsity
valuable" was classmate
Climbers fed,, feted
and fellow four-year man Tyson
Cochran, Shelton's lone state
qualifier this season and the
league breaststroke champion.
"Most improved" was junior
distance specialist Alex Grinenko.
And the team's "First-Year
Award" went to Cole Phelan, who
made it to district as an upstart
ninth-grader.
basketball on tap
basketball will come luminaries - teachers arid law-
this month, enforcement types among them
for Patients" can- - aboard the specially bootied
fund-raiser spon- beasts of burden.
by Shelton's Olympic
School, the, er, donkey- Tickets are $6 in advance and
will start at 7 p.m. Sat- $7 at the door, with children
March 24, in the high getting in for $5.
The kids at the middle school
will be forthcom- have been participating in the
as details are worked out, Pennies for Patients program
Organizers, but the idea is for two years already. It bene-
a quartet of ten-minute fits kids suffering from a cancer
games with various local known as lymphoma.
one win away
page 24.) than this.
We got back defensively I
we had maybe one of our
defensive games - when we
back. Where we
problems was when we
ball it was usually out in
So it became a numbers
so they wound up with a lot
)s?
l." says Jensen. "That and
throws the fourth quar-
know. Cuz I thought they
free throws in the fourth
And part of that was the
late, but part of it was
that..."
as it may, adds the
coach, the Roughriders
and square. "They didn't
ball over," he says, "and
miss lay-ups or free
blAKE STATE's guest list
first time in now 30 years,
the Climbers must
night.
What about Auburn?
played right in front of
at district)," says
they have a nice
got a number of un-
and a couple of very
kids that are scor-
the upper teens. They're
a game, I think. And then
a guard that's about 12
so they like to get up
floor.
record? "Let's see," says
"About 15, 16 wins. Simi-
Maybe not quite as
I don't think they
as many. They finished
in that South Puget
HE'S pulling for
adds Jensen - but
of their hours
you go back
years," he says, "and
not be a nicer group
"I mean, you've got two 4.0 stu-
dents (Curtis and senior classmate
Derek Ranney). You've got a cou-
ple o' kids that are just really nice
people. You've got an ASB presi-
dent (Derek). You've got kids tldat
are real active around school.
"You know, it's just a nice group
o' guys. And they treat each other
really well..."
MORE THAN THAT, adds
Coach, they've gone through a lot
of adversity.
"Some of them got thrown to
the wind when we suspended all
of those kids, you know, two years
ago," he says, alluding to their
having to fill the varsity void de-
spite their primarily jayvee-only
experience.
"So they've gone through some
things that a lot of kids haven't had
to go through. They've had to grow
up and do some things maybe ear-
lier than they should have because
of that and stuff, and they've been
thrown into some tough settings.
"And, you know, they've come
together. And they haven't been
super successful. And now they've
had a pretty good year.
"And they have an opportunity
to have a really good year if they
can get one more win..."
Kennedy 12 29 39 55
Shelton 18 31 41 58
Kennedy - Lonzell Hill 2, Trey Watson,
Bobby Gentry 4, Chris Blais 5, Ray Salter,
Marques Moorman 19, Antonio Gonzalez 12,
Matt Swallow 2, Everrette Thompson, Josh
White 11.
Shelton - Charlie Vernon, Alex Olson 9,
Corey Golob 21, Derek Ranney 6, Curtis
Trondsen 14, Levi Sutton 2, Trevor Peterson
4, Will Trondsen 2.
FG - 22-42 (10-18 three-pointers); FT
-8-13.
Shelton 13 24 36 46
Port Angeles 5 20 32 56
Shelton - Charlie Vernon 2, Levi Sutton 1,
Alex Olson 7, Corey Golob 7, Derek Ranney
1, Curtis Trondsen 17, Trevor Peterson 11,
Will Trondsen, Brandon Moore.
Port Angeles - Lane 9, Burke, Smithson
12, Gilchrist, Acheson 14, Knowles, Walker
8, Madison, Fairchild 2, Hansen 11, Kajfasz,
Schumacher.
CLIMBERVILLE'S STATE-BOUND Special Olympians pose this week as their big weekend
draws near. In front from left are Mark Salee, Cameron Osier, Austin Fitchitt, Daniel
"DJ" Jennings and Justin York. Second row: Colton LeGault, Leroy Parker, Jeremiah
Bringham and Rebecca Gorski. Third row: Seth Draves, Nathaniel Jay, Josh Champney,
Scott White and coach Scotti Crump. And in back are coach Gar Thornton, Chris Eklund,
Jared Cochran and Jessie Gallardo. Not pictured is player Mike Geddings and coaches
Jan Clark, Greg Fulling and Nate Sartori.
Double trouble
Special Olympians state-bound with twice the clout
Climber basketball's Special
Olympians are state-bound for the
tenth straight year this weekend
- but with an historic twist.
Indeed, reports veteran head
coach Gar Thornton, for the first
time ever, this year the Climbers'
state qualifiers include two teams
- the so-catled Senior sguad and
the designedly less competitive
"Master" team. Both managed to
earn berths in this past month's
regional donnybrook, so for both of
them it's on to the all-Washington
tournament this weekend.
"It'll be in Wenatchee as usual,"
says one of Thornton's veteran
right hands, tenth-year assistant
coach Scotti Crump. "Saturday
they have all the different corn-
petitions start at different venues
there. They have about 12 schools.
It's crazy there; there's tons of
schools, and really nice ones.
"We have a dance on Saturday
night - with all the kids. And the
Seahawk cheerleaders are there.
The kids like that. It's a two-hour
dance, and the kids stay on the
dance floor the whole time. And
it's really fun."
Coach Crump observes as how,
while it's really rewarding to see
how much the kids learn physi-
cally about the game of basketball,
even more so is the heartwarming
disregard they have for the so-
called traditions of maintaining a
cool or even hostile regard for the
opposition.
"The don't care," she says. "Even
the kids' rivals just grab ya and
hug ya."
Members of the Climbers' Senior
team are Josh Champney, Justin
York, Seth Draves, Chris Eklund,
Scott White, Nathaniel Jay, Jessie
Gallardo and Mike Geddings.
Their Master team counter-
parts include Jared Cochran, Dan-
iel Jennings, Cameron Osier, Le-
roy Parker, Jeremiah Bringham,
Mark Sallee, Rebecca Gorski, Aus-
tin Fitchitt and Colton LeGault.
Coaches include Thornton and
Crump along with fellow veterans
Jan Clark, Nate Sartori and Greg
Fulling.
CLIMBER GUARD Jim Corey (12) goes up for two of his team-high 20 points as Shelton
pins the first league loss of the season on Central Kitsap, 74-66, in the old Shelton
Gymnasium in February 1970. Shelton beat the defending state AA champs in its last
home game of the season despite the 32 points of unstoppable Cougar center Dan Stout
(41). The Climbers faced a fateful playoff game with John F. Kennedy the next week.
Other identifiable Climbers from that 14-6 squad are Mike Sparks (34), Bob Turner
(20), who had 17 beans in this game, Randy Lewis (22) and Rusty Corey at the far right.
Starting center Brad Jones was resting on the bench from battling Stout.
'70 cagers finally get some revenge
(Continued from page 24.)
foul. The deficit grew to nine points
in a frustrating few minutes.
Jim Corey's 24 points and
Sparks' 21 led Shelton.
Gregg, who coached the Climb-
ers from 1969 to 1985 and won
a state championship as well as
a second and a seventh, always
wondered how the '69-'70 team's
fortunes would have played out
if it hadn't run into Kennedy that
night. Playoffs depend so much on
matchups, he said.
Jim Corey and Kevin Dorcy still
live in Shelton. Turner, now liv-
ing in Utah, laughed when he was
told by The Journal about the win
last week. "We finally got some
revenge," he said. "It took half my
life - 37 years!"
Always a Climber, the 54-year-
old was proud of the '06-'07 ver-
sion of the basketball team. "I'd
buy those guys a Dairy Queen ice
cream cone if I was up there," he
said.
Thursday, March 1, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 25
'Climbers
ake all-league
by first-team honorees
and Corey Golob,
than five members of the
boys' and girls' basket-
have been accorded
honors by vote of the
Conference head
the grade as honorable
for the girls are junior
Fuller, Paige Bar-
CarrieAnne Allegri.
all-leaguer Trondsen,
Was among the second-team
In the 4A Narrows League
narrowly missed taking
MVP distinction this
a close second in
The 6-4 senior for-
averaged close to 20 points
to lead the Climbers this
1, added nearly seven re-
a contest and registered
of 80-plus and 40-plus
on free-throws and three-
;shots.
honoree Golob, a
guard known through-
league for his three-point
averaged close to 14
and seven boards for the
Climbers this year. He and Curtis
were the Climbers' leaders in both
scoring and rebounding.
Barrett and Fuller, both Nar-
rows League honorable-mention
honorees last year, led the Climber
girls with roughly 12- and ll-point
scoring averages this season, and
point guard Fuller also was their
"all-around" leader, as determined
by a point system that awards the
likes of fouls drawn and thefts
made while subtracting for turn-
overs and the like.
Allegri, meanwhile, averaged
close to 'nine points a game and
also was the team's leading re-
bounder, with nearly six a game.
Girls' coach John Wallwork ad-
mitted he was a bit disappointed
at least one of his honorees didn't
make the second team, because a
strong case for it could be made for
any of the three, he said.
"With a little bit more consis-
tency next year I can see all three
of those girls getting a little bit
higher honors," he said. "But, I
mean, we were happy with the
recognition."
e
boys of Climber swimming
honored their own
awards-banquet
last week.
the "Coaches' Award"
the "most inspirational"
went to senior veteran
Riley, a four-year varsity
valuable" was classmate
Climbers fed,, feted
and fellow four-year man Tyson
Cochran, Shelton's lone state
qualifier this season and the
league breaststroke champion.
"Most improved" was junior
distance specialist Alex Grinenko.
And the team's "First-Year
Award" went to Cole Phelan, who
made it to district as an upstart
ninth-grader.
basketball on tap
basketball will come luminaries - teachers arid law-
this month, enforcement types among them
for Patients" can- - aboard the specially bootied
fund-raiser spon- beasts of burden.
by Shelton's Olympic
School, the, er, donkey- Tickets are $6 in advance and
will start at 7 p.m. Sat- $7 at the door, with children
March 24, in the high getting in for $5.
The kids at the middle school
will be forthcom- have been participating in the
as details are worked out, Pennies for Patients program
Organizers, but the idea is for two years already. It bene-
a quartet of ten-minute fits kids suffering from a cancer
games with various local known as lymphoma.
one win away
page 24.) than this.
We got back defensively I
we had maybe one of our
defensive games - when we
back. Where we
problems was when we
ball it was usually out in
So it became a numbers
so they wound up with a lot
)s?
l." says Jensen. "That and
throws the fourth quar-
know. Cuz I thought they
free throws in the fourth
And part of that was the
late, but part of it was
that..."
as it may, adds the
coach, the Roughriders
and square. "They didn't
ball over," he says, "and
miss lay-ups or free
blAKE STATE's guest list
first time in now 30 years,
the Climbers must
night.
What about Auburn?
played right in front of
at district)," says
they have a nice
got a number of un-
and a couple of very
kids that are scor-
the upper teens. They're
a game, I think. And then
a guard that's about 12
so they like to get up
floor.
record? "Let's see," says
"About 15, 16 wins. Simi-
Maybe not quite as
I don't think they
as many. They finished
in that South Puget
HE'S pulling for
adds Jensen - but
of their hours
you go back
years," he says, "and
not be a nicer group
"I mean, you've got two 4.0 stu-
dents (Curtis and senior classmate
Derek Ranney). You've got a cou-
ple o' kids that are just really nice
people. You've got an ASB presi-
dent (Derek). You've got kids tldat
are real active around school.
"You know, it's just a nice group
o' guys. And they treat each other
really well..."
MORE THAN THAT, adds
Coach, they've gone through a lot
of adversity.
"Some of them got thrown to
the wind when we suspended all
of those kids, you know, two years
ago," he says, alluding to their
having to fill the varsity void de-
spite their primarily jayvee-only
experience.
"So they've gone through some
things that a lot of kids haven't had
to go through. They've had to grow
up and do some things maybe ear-
lier than they should have because
of that and stuff, and they've been
thrown into some tough settings.
"And, you know, they've come
together. And they haven't been
super successful. And now they've
had a pretty good year.
"And they have an opportunity
to have a really good year if they
can get one more win..."
Kennedy 12 29 39 55
Shelton 18 31 41 58
Kennedy - Lonzell Hill 2, Trey Watson,
Bobby Gentry 4, Chris Blais 5, Ray Salter,
Marques Moorman 19, Antonio Gonzalez 12,
Matt Swallow 2, Everrette Thompson, Josh
White 11.
Shelton - Charlie Vernon, Alex Olson 9,
Corey Golob 21, Derek Ranney 6, Curtis
Trondsen 14, Levi Sutton 2, Trevor Peterson
4, Will Trondsen 2.
FG - 22-42 (10-18 three-pointers); FT
-8-13.
Shelton 13 24 36 46
Port Angeles 5 20 32 56
Shelton - Charlie Vernon 2, Levi Sutton 1,
Alex Olson 7, Corey Golob 7, Derek Ranney
1, Curtis Trondsen 17, Trevor Peterson 11,
Will Trondsen, Brandon Moore.
Port Angeles - Lane 9, Burke, Smithson
12, Gilchrist, Acheson 14, Knowles, Walker
8, Madison, Fairchild 2, Hansen 11, Kajfasz,
Schumacher.
CLIMBERVILLE'S STATE-BOUND Special Olympians pose this week as their big weekend
draws near. In front from left are Mark Salee, Cameron Osier, Austin Fitchitt, Daniel
"DJ" Jennings and Justin York. Second row: Colton LeGault, Leroy Parker, Jeremiah
Bringham and Rebecca Gorski. Third row: Seth Draves, Nathaniel Jay, Josh Champney,
Scott White and coach Scotti Crump. And in back are coach Gar Thornton, Chris Eklund,
Jared Cochran and Jessie Gallardo. Not pictured is player Mike Geddings and coaches
Jan Clark, Greg Fulling and Nate Sartori.
Double trouble
Special Olympians state-bound with twice the clout
Climber basketball's Special
Olympians are state-bound for the
tenth straight year this weekend
- but with an historic twist.
Indeed, reports veteran head
coach Gar Thornton, for the first
time ever, this year the Climbers'
state qualifiers include two teams
- the so-catled Senior sguad and
the designedly less competitive
"Master" team. Both managed to
earn berths in this past month's
regional donnybrook, so for both of
them it's on to the all-Washington
tournament this weekend.
"It'll be in Wenatchee as usual,"
says one of Thornton's veteran
right hands, tenth-year assistant
coach Scotti Crump. "Saturday
they have all the different corn-
petitions start at different venues
there. They have about 12 schools.
It's crazy there; there's tons of
schools, and really nice ones.
"We have a dance on Saturday
night - with all the kids. And the
Seahawk cheerleaders are there.
The kids like that. It's a two-hour
dance, and the kids stay on the
dance floor the whole time. And
it's really fun."
Coach Crump observes as how,
while it's really rewarding to see
how much the kids learn physi-
cally about the game of basketball,
even more so is the heartwarming
disregard they have for the so-
called traditions of maintaining a
cool or even hostile regard for the
opposition.
"The don't care," she says. "Even
the kids' rivals just grab ya and
hug ya."
Members of the Climbers' Senior
team are Josh Champney, Justin
York, Seth Draves, Chris Eklund,
Scott White, Nathaniel Jay, Jessie
Gallardo and Mike Geddings.
Their Master team counter-
parts include Jared Cochran, Dan-
iel Jennings, Cameron Osier, Le-
roy Parker, Jeremiah Bringham,
Mark Sallee, Rebecca Gorski, Aus-
tin Fitchitt and Colton LeGault.
Coaches include Thornton and
Crump along with fellow veterans
Jan Clark, Nate Sartori and Greg
Fulling.
CLIMBER GUARD Jim Corey (12) goes up for two of his team-high 20 points as Shelton
pins the first league loss of the season on Central Kitsap, 74-66, in the old Shelton
Gymnasium in February 1970. Shelton beat the defending state AA champs in its last
home game of the season despite the 32 points of unstoppable Cougar center Dan Stout
(41). The Climbers faced a fateful playoff game with John F. Kennedy the next week.
Other identifiable Climbers from that 14-6 squad are Mike Sparks (34), Bob Turner
(20), who had 17 beans in this game, Randy Lewis (22) and Rusty Corey at the far right.
Starting center Brad Jones was resting on the bench from battling Stout.
'70 cagers finally get some revenge
(Continued from page 24.)
foul. The deficit grew to nine points
in a frustrating few minutes.
Jim Corey's 24 points and
Sparks' 21 led Shelton.
Gregg, who coached the Climb-
ers from 1969 to 1985 and won
a state championship as well as
a second and a seventh, always
wondered how the '69-'70 team's
fortunes would have played out
if it hadn't run into Kennedy that
night. Playoffs depend so much on
matchups, he said.
Jim Corey and Kevin Dorcy still
live in Shelton. Turner, now liv-
ing in Utah, laughed when he was
told by The Journal about the win
last week. "We finally got some
revenge," he said. "It took half my
life - 37 years!"
Always a Climber, the 54-year-
old was proud of the '06-'07 ver-
sion of the basketball team. "I'd
buy those guys a Dairy Queen ice
cream cone if I was up there," he
said.
Thursday, March 1, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 25