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.~cPl~eMeth°dist came through with
last Tuesday night in
Ym when they upended
atholics 44-40, to take the
|helton
~., Church League
nlPionship after losing to the
p~olics in the regular season
|With Mike
Fen, Rock"Colonel"
d " Y Nutt, and Louis
Omg a tremendous job on
gr0~l°eards, the Methodists
1~"' ea the game in the early
r ~ate stages.
|. After
the Methodists had
a 12-10 first quarter lead,
Imhr,,t.~ ~atholics came back with a
16.22-~,::..and press to hold a
!' "~,ume edge. '
Lffhe. regular season church
-~ C~mps were still ahea
Fe end of ,h ..... d by
ll¢ Meti,_~,.,:,~ tmra quarter, but
foL .... Poin"UalSts had cut the lead to
It_~.t~ tSand.it was evident that
~Werecontrolling the boards.
two teams t.radedaba~ke:c~
~ after time m th
Imza, the SCore staying close.
L~.V.¢ral vicious fouls were
~ttted in the final quarter,
one it was, as the
'ame back on buckets
"Colonel"
and Nutt, to take
away.
Bransford of the
ended up the game's
man with 17 points.
on the losing
Connolly with eight,
and Paul Wittenberg
each, Pete Kneeland
Jimmy Johnsen with
lerly with one.
Nutt led the victors
Dean added ten
Johnson had
E. Johnson seven, and
CHAMPIONS OF THE 1970 Church League
are the Methodists. Front row left to right
are: Steve Bostrom, Mike Neau, Jim Hays,
and Mike E. Johnson. Back left to right are:
Louis Dean, Mike "Colonel" Johnson, Dan
Bolender, coach John Hays, Scott Larson
and Rocky Nutt.
SECOND PLACE FINISHERS in the
championship Church League finals were the
Catholics. Pictured are Jim McComb (far
left), Chris Pyle (10), Matt Slavich (0), Brad
Bransford (2), Pete Kneeland (8), Paul"
Wittenberg (6), Jim Johnsen (5), Jim
Connolly (7), Steve Dunn (3), Dave Stole
(4), and Jim Kimmerly (61).
got into the
game by defeating
last week.
church league playoff
second and third
contest in a playoff
Winner of which plays
League
Stars
An All-Church League team
has been picked by six of the
league's referees, and compiled by
t Season champs for the the head ref, Randy Lewis.
p. The first and seconds teams
the teams as theythey made up are personal
regular seasonopinions, and were drawn .up for
~tthOdist 4-I
th01ic s-0
i l~ai-- Pal 3-2
n_ ta Lutheran 2-3
1-4
• '~t, O~i~e
Lutheran 0-5.
fun. The six boys who acted as
officials and contributed to
making up the teams were Lewis,
Mike Sparks, Bob Turner, Bruce
Cole, Rich Walker, and Tom
Brigham.
They listed Jim Kimmerly as
the league's top center, from the
Catholics. The two guards were
Jimmy Johnsen of Catholics and
Mike Johnson of the Methodists.
The first team forwards were Joel
Burnett of the Baptists and Jim
Connolly of the Catholics.
Episcopalian John Gray was
named to the center spot on the
second team. Gray's team mate,
Bob Quimby, made one of the
guard spots and Steve Stockwell
of the Baptists was the other
guard. Rocky Nutt of the
champion Methodists and Charles
(;:~v f MI. Olive rounded out the
second team at the forward
positions.
The Catholics, who finished
the regular season with a 5-0
record, dominated the first team
with three players on it. The
champions by playoff of the
league, Methodists, managed a
man on each squad, as did the
Baptists, and the Episcopals
placed two men on the second
team. The Baptists finished fifth
in the six team league and
Episcopal had third place.
Shelton's jayvees ended their
season on a winning note last
Friday night in Poulsbo when
they dumped North Kitsap,
61-48.
Everyone scored for the
Climbers. The balanced attack
yielded 13 pointmakers, five of
which had six or more.
Shelton took control of the
contest in the first period of play
by outscoring the Vikings 17-10.
However, on a series of fouls and
other mistakes, the Climbers blew
Hood Canal
Team Ends
Fine Season
Hood Canal Junior High's
eighth grade won another game
last week to end their season with
nine wins and just a single loss.
The seventh and ninth grades lost
their games and ended up with
losing seasons.
The eighth grade played North
Mason, and won 32-27 to
continue their winning ways. T.
Molinaro led his Trojans with nine
points, F. Miller had seven,
Bearden and Lindgren had six
each, Bolender three, and Tozier
one.
Scorers for the North Mason
team were Landram seven, Wing
seven, Bixenmann five, Turner
four, Sanders three, and
Vanbuskirk one.
Port Townsend creamed the
ninth grade, 64-24 to hand the
Trojans their seventh loss of the
season against four wins. G. Miller
led Hood Canal in their last game
of the season with 11 points.
Endicott had four, Bourgault
three, and Yates, Johns, and M.
Johnson two each.
Port Townsend had eleven
scorers, six of which had six
points or more.
The Trojans' seventh grade
ended their season on a bad note
by also losing. They dropped last
week's game to North Mason,
34-27, and their record came to
4-7. LaClair scored eight for the
Trojans, D. Miller and Frint had
five each, Grindle and Nelson
made four apiece, and Jarvis
added one. For North Mason,
Aries was hot with 17, Huson had
five, Landram and Harting four
each, and Reece and Baldy two.
gs 61-48
the lead and North was wRmn
33-31 at the half.
Led by Neal White, Mike Bac,
and Rich Walker, Shelton
regrouped and came back to a
50-39 third quarter lead by
getting 17 points to North's eight.
The fourth quarter saw low
scoring by both teams, and the
Climbers were able to coast in to
the 61-48 final score.
Neal White led the Climbers
with 11 points. Mike Bac, Rich
Walker, and Jeff Okano all had
eight. Tom Brigham had six
points, Larry Olli and James
Robinson four each, Mark
Johnson three, Bruce Cole, Tracy
Armstrong, Jeff Thompson, and
Chuck Hamstreet all two, and
Jerry Johnsen one.
The game ended coach Paul
Johanson's season at 9-10. West
Bremerton's Wildcats topped the
league's jayvee teams with a
perfect 20-0 record.
League
Signup Set
13
March 13 will be the first day
that boys can sign up for Mason
County Little League. Signups
will continue on the 14th, 16th,
and 17th.
Registration forms will be
available on Monday, March 9, at
all the local grade schools and
Hood Canal schools. All boys who
wish to participate must be
between the ages of eight and
twelve and must show proof of
their age.
Even though a boy played last
season, he must sign up. He may
not be older than twelve before
August first and must be at least
eight by August first.
Here is the schedule for
signups:
March 13, 7-9 p.m.
March 14, 10-12 a.m.
March 16, 7-8 p.m.
March 17, 7-8 p.m.
The location of the signups will
be Lincoln Gym, on the corner of
Fifth and Cota.
Ted Corey, president of the
Mason County Little League
announced this week that there
will be a general meeting of
managers and coaches of the
Little League on March 10 at
7:00 p.m. at the Colonial House.
IIII I I III III 1 II
BUCK MURPHY won the 200cc race at Hoquiam last
Sunday with this bouncing ride.
Shelton Ri
The Triple T's Motorcycle Club
of ttoquiam sponsored a
motorcycle mote-cross race at the
E I ma Fairgrounds Sunday.
Shelton's Jim Einarsson Jr. won
the 250 c.c. race with the fastest
time of the day, and Buck
Murphy won the 200 c.c. race
with an outstanding ride.
The Shelton Trailblazers are
sponsoring a mote-cross race next
Sunday, March 8, at 12 noon. A
Win
mote-cross race is a motorcycle
race over natural terrain, the
rougher, the better. The riders
accumulate points by the way
they finish in each of three heat
races. The rider with the most
points wins.
Shelton's motorcycle club has
some fine riders, and fans are
encouraged to come to the
fairgrounds Sunday to cheer on
the hometown boys.
/
¢
JIM EINARSSON, JR., holds the trophy he won, along with
the 250cc race, in Sunday's mote-cross race at Hoquiam.
We are proud of your successful regular season an
are rooting for you in the coming playoffs.
d
Rusty Corey Mike Bac
Bob Turner
Larry Olli Rich Walker Bruce Cole
Pat Davidson Dan Hillman
Brad Jones Mike Sparks
Coach Paul Johanson
Randy Lewis Jim Corey
Head Coach Terry Gregg
Kevin Dorcy
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