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March 5, 1970     Shelton Mason County Journal
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BLAZER GRAPPLER Ray Wiltman puts the finishing touches on a perfect season in this scene from last Saturday's South Sound Junior High Tournament in which he copped first. Wiltman, who had gone undefeated during the regular season, pinned his opponent in the 176-pound class for one of the Blazers' two firsts. Itm Ti Brad Stites and Ray Wiltman, two Blazer grapplers who went undefeated during the regular season, took firsts in their weight classes last Friday and Saturday in the South Sound District Wrestling Tournament. Stites, who went 10-0 in the regular season and was 13-0 by the end of the tournament, won his first two matches by decisions, after his number one seeding gave him a bye in the first round. In the championship match with Paul Edwards of Nisqually, he got the takedown, and after he was reversed once, proceeded to gain the 85 pound crown at junior high district. StiLes won the final 6-2. Wiltman was also undefeated in the regular season, and finished his championship match with a pin. He had won his first match, and that put him into the championship match, since there were only four grapplers entered in his class. However, two matches were all it took for him to prove himself the district champ of the 176 pound class. Stites was not beaten in his entire ninth grade year, and retired from junior high wrestling on top. Wiltman is just an eighth grader, with another year to tear BRAD STITES, 85-pound Blazer, tries to get out of a rough situation in Saturday's championship match at the South Sound District Tournament for junior highs. Stites went on to win the match, 6-2, and end his season with a 13-0 win-loss record. He was one of two wrestlers from Shelton Junior High to get first place in the tourney. JACK FROST SLIPS A HALF NELSON on his opponent in action from last weekend's South Sound Junior High Tournament. The Blazer went on to win the match 10-1 and take third place for Shelton in the 106-pound t:lass. the league apart. Four other Blazers finished in the top four. At 99 pounds, Mark Lewis took third. Lewis was unbeaten in the regular season, and came into the tourney one of the favorites to win the 99 pound title. He lost his first match on Friday night, and had to battle his way through the losers' bracket. He wrestled five matches in all, winning the final match by a 7-0 margin for third. Jack Frost nabbed third in the 106 pound class by winning three of four matches. Frost won his first match on Friday, but lost his second and won two more in the losers' bracket to finish in the third spot. He had two undefeated wrestlers ahead of him who finished first and second. The Blazers' 106 pounder won his third place match in the finals handily, 10-1. At 127 pounds, the Blazers got a fourth place finish from Randy Howard. Howard lost his first match, advanced to the finals by winning his next two, but lost in the bid for third place. The heavyweight division also yielded a fourth place winner. Gino Ream won his first match, lost his second, got a place in the finals by winning again, but lost his last match. Frost and Ream will be back with Wiltman next year to have another try, while Howard and Lewis are both freshmen. The tourney was set up on the double elimination basis. Unlike many other double elimination tournaments, you must lose two matches personally; nothing depends on how the person you lost to does. Here is a recap of how the Blazers did individually: 78 - Brooks Farrell won his first, then lost two. 85 - Brad Stites won all three matches and took first place. 92 - Kelly Probst lost his first, won his second, but lost his third. 99 - Mark Lewis lost his first match, but won four more to take place. 106 - Jack Frost won his first, lost second, then won two to take third place. 113 - Mark Larson won his first, lost second, won third, but lost fourth. 120 - Gene Rank did exactly as Larson. 120 - Steve Fox won his first two, but lost two in a row. 127 - Randy Howard lost his first, won two more, and then lost his last match for fourth place. 134 - Randy Stevens won his first, lost second, won third, and lost fourth. 141 - Rick Miklethun won two matches with byes, but lost two that he wrestled in. 148 - Lonnie Austin won his first match by forfeit and then lost two. 155 - Scott Remsberg lost his first, won two, and then lost his fourth. 176 - Ray Wiltman won both of his matches, the second good for first place. Unl. - Gino Ream won his first, lost second, won third, and lost his fourth. Coaches Jon Day and Gene Crater of the Blazers had an excellent 8-2 season, having only one league loss. The loss was to the top finisher in the league, Washington of Olympia. Shelton ended up in the number two spot. NINETY-NINE POUNDER Mark Lewis works on his opponent in the match he went on to win for third place in the South Sound Tournament in Olympia last Saturday. Lewis was undefeated in the regular season, and suffered only one loss in the tourney. Page 10 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, March 5, 1970 4264118 By CHARLES GAY Shelton had a field night against the winless North Kitsap Vikings in Poulsbo last Friday, with everyone on the team scoring, and bombed the hosts 89-61 in their best offensive evening of the season. The Climbers had two 26 point quarters, and dominated the entire contest from its origin. They held an 18-8 first quarter ..... lead, and were on top 44-26 at~,. the half. Mike Sparks had a tremendous game from the foul line, and a fair scoring night, although he played just a little over two quarters. The senior forward was nine for nine from the charity line and added four more buckets to lead the Climbers with a 17 point total. Shelton had an outstanding game altogether at the line, also. Four players hit 100 percent, two more missed just one shot. Sparks made ten first quarter tallies to get Shelton off to the rout. Senior center Brad Jones added four points. Senior Randy Lewis and junior Bob Turner scored six in the second quarter to lead all of the Climbers' pointmakers, although five others scored and Shelton had 26 points altogether. It was the last league game of the year, and the last regular season game for the Climbers. Shelton finished just one game out of the league's top spot as a result of South Kitsap's upset of the top team, Central Kitsap. Coach Terry Gregg finished the season 14-5, and the Olympic League, 11-3. Gregg sent in several reserves, starting in the second quarter, to see how they worked with the team. The results were good, and Shelton outscored North 19-16 in the third quarter to post an even bigger 63-42 lead at its end. Turner had the most points for the visitors, with five. North had its best scoring binge in the fourth quarter when their big gun, sophomore Larry Reynolds, got ten of his game-leading 23 points. But it was also one of Shelton's big quarters, and the Climbers were playing with their substitutes. Shelton's subs gave no ground as the Viks tried to make a game of it. Junior center Bruce Cole put a shot up as the final buzzer sounded for two of his nine points that were good for the third highest on the team; he is a sub. Mike Bac, a junior guard, had six points in the final stanza. Sparks led the team at the line and on the field with his 17 points. He had four of four free throws in both the first and second quarters. Turner was second in line with 13 points. He was three for three from the line. Cole and Lewis each had nine points, Cole hitting five of six free ones. Brad Jones, Jim Corey, and Mike Bac all had eight points. Bac was two for two in the third and fourth quarters from the line, giving him a perfect four of four. Corey was also hot, hitting four of five. Kevin Dorcy made six points, including two of two free tosses. Rusty Corey and Rich Walker had four each, Tom Brigham two, and Larry OUi one. Four of the Climbers finished with 1 O0 percent marks from the free throw line and they shot a sizzling 29 of 35 totalled. North could convert on only 23 of their 32 attempts. Coupled with the fact that Shelton made 30 field goals to the Vikings' 19, it is easy to see how North lost it. This week marked the end of Olympic League action, with the Central Kitsap Cougars claiming the title for the second year in a row. Last year they went on to become the state AA champions. South Kitsap will be the league's representative to the AAA tournament, finishing ahead of the other two triple A schools in the league, West Bremerton and port Angeles. The Wolves of Port Orchard relied on two upsets to put them into the playoof spot. First, they beat Central Kitsap, and second, East Bremerton pulled a minor upset over West. The two schools were tied for the AAA crown going into the last game. The only other game in the eight-team league was Bainbridge's romp over seventh place Port Angeles. Here are the final standings in the Olympic League: LE JACKETS & PANTS * * BIG SAVINGS * * I [ 223 COTA ST. ~/ : : i¸ ii! ~i Recording four wins and two losses in the second half of the season, Shelton Junior High's Blazers finished second in their league's hoop chase. ii~! ' ~ i/ i ~)~!!ii!~ HIGHCLIMBER CENTER Brad Jones puts up a Friday night's game with North Kitsap in Poulsbo Climbers won to end their season with a 14-5 Bac (31) is in the background. Coach Jack Marquett's men finished in a tie for second with Hoquiam, just a game back of the leader, Jefferson of Olympia. A very close game was played Jim Kimmerly Wins Trip To Swimming Meet Jim Kimmerly emerged from the district meet in Olympia last week the only Shelton Highclimber aquaman to qualify for the state meet at the University of Washington this Friday and Saturday. Kimmerly qualified for the 50 meter freestyle race with a time of 25 seconds fiat. He had that time in the preliminaries. Even though he had the fifth fastest time of the six finalists, he finished sixth in the championship race, largely due to the fact that he had been in four other races that day. The highest point total on the Climber team belonged to Jim at the end of the season. He had accumulated 64 while his first year team was posting a 1-5-1 record. Prospects look good, however, for next year's team, as coach Doug Hanna will lose just two seniors. Kimmerly will be one of the many juniors and sophomores returning. This year's representative to state for Shelton also swam in the 400 meter medley relay at district which placed tenth at district. The other members of that team were Dave Lund, Dave Laney, and Mike Larson. The only other event that the Climbers placed in was the 200 meter medley relay where Jim Dickinson, Jim Densley, Jim Rogerson, and Phil Krogh got eleventh. Every Friday Afternoon is 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the TIMBER BOWL 426-8452 633 S. i st with Jefferson. A turnovers late in the the loss that kept the of a first place Olympia Junior High 39-37 to push competitors for the the way. Hopkins beat the when Shelton game of the season. behind 15 -0 at quarter, but were back to within six Hopkins put it away for Bracketed around losses were Centralia, 45-31 ; Miller, 45-44; and 43-35. 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