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SPORTS JOURNAL
imbers run out of miracles
beater
naught as
lose in OT
PATCH
Climber hoop boys came
a stutter step of their first
tournament berth in 30 years
off seemingly certain
with an eye-popping se-
in the last four seconds
- a sequence that
have won both game and
berth outright if the perfect
that culminated it had
launched from behind the
line - they wound up
back on the cold-shooting
that had cost them their
and lost in overtime
count to the Trojans of
know, everything worked
Pretty well there," says Climb-
Mark Jensen, going back
senior Curtis Trend-
Unforgettable buzzer beater.
about as good a look as
'I'm sure in
hindsight he
wishes it was
a three.'
get, probably - found our
and everything.
y it just didn't
out in the overtime."
II)EED, AND THEN it was
of the same, really, for the
eagle-eyed Highclimb-
Who'd forged a near-double-
lead in the first half only to
cold after that, hit-
Just seven of 31 shots after
including 1-11 from
range.
we didn't shoot it real
says Jensen. "And I don't
a combination of the
- cuz we've been sick for
- weeks, you know, basically,
different people - or, you
just emotional energy that
early.
I thought we looked a
'fatigued late in the game.
know, we got a lot of
I mean, Curtis had two
jump hooks that he shot
and the big share of 'em
gone down. And they laid on
Ira and fell off. And we got a
pretty good open looks at
that didn't go down.
IT'S LIKE I told the
after the game: 'It's one of
deals when, at that level,
little things end up cos-
ballgames, one way or the
WHICH WENT
winner-to-state denny-
With 16 victories - or two
than the now 14-10 Climbers
ed by six-four senior T.J.
who made all 12 of his
in the fourth quarter
OVertime and finished with a
31 points.
a very good player," says
"He's averaged about 17 a
I'Ie's got nice range and he's
good perimeter shooter. And
a couple o' defensive
on him that got him open
usually with guys that
it well, once they get goin'
to slow 'em back down.
was really in a rhythm.
good shooters get in a
it's really tough t' get 'era
t rhythm, you know - un-
or somethin' sets in.
he laughs -"the basket
and bigger..."
WAS BIGGER, of
than season scoring leader
16-foot bacon-saver there
end of regulation. Jensen
the three-plus ticks of
leading up to it:
ran a little bit of a screen
'," says Coach. "With
SCreen-the-screener play,
You screen for a guy and
guy screens for the guy
screening, we fig-
be looking at
turn to page 23.)
TAPPED IN THE TIME OUT just preceding (top), all-league senior Curtis
Trondsen responds with his buzzer beater to send the game into overtime
Friday night in the Climbers' state playoff bid in Tacoma. Alas, after mobbing
their all-league senior in the wake of his clutch shot (near), Shelton's boys
let their first state tournament berth in 30 years slip through their hands by
way of ice-cold shooting in the extra period. From left, near, are Alex Olson
(22), Corey Golob, Will Trondsen, Brandon Moore (23), Brett Riley, Curtis and
Trevor Peterson. Listening as coaches Mark Jensen (stripe-shirted) and Paul
Feenan plot strategy, above, are (standing, from left) Curtis, Levi Sutton,
Charlie Vernon, Riley and Moore along with (seated) Will Trondsen, Olson,
Golob and Derek Ranney.
Climber hoop reunion rescheduled
Climber hoopdom's fourth unannounced if they so desire, their respective listings as 427-
annual Old-Timers' Basketball
Reunion has been rescheduled
for March 23 due to conflicts
with last Friday's district playoff
games.
Participants may just show up
say organizers, but if they're able
to give advance notice of their in-
tention to play it wouldn't hurt.
"Either contact me or Terry.
Gregg," says veteran co-facili-
tator Oz Johnston, identifying
3902 and 426-6648.
Admission is $5 per person
or $15 per family, and proceeds
benefit the nonprofit Citizens for
Shelton Schools organization.
Girls exit
with similar
2nd-half fizzle
An untimely ankle sprain and
an all-too-familiar third-quarter
refrain combined to end the sea-
son two wins short of state for the
Climber hoop girls Friday.
Enumclaw overcame a double-
digit deficit to oust them 59-47.
What happened?
"Well-l-ll, ya know, we had
a great first half," says veteran
coach John Wallwork. "You know,
we were up nine, ten points some-
times. And then they made a little
run to go into halfime. They hit
a buzzer beater, a three-pointer.
And so we went into halftime up
six, just playin' great basketball.
"And, granted, you know, they
weren't shootin' the ball real well
first half. But part of it was our
defense. We really got after it. Our
two-three zone kinda got at 'em,
and they settled for a lot of deep
threes that they didn't make.
"ANYWAY, WE GO into half up
six, feelin' good. And then the third
quarter hit us. And, you know, I
don't know if you noticed, but this
year we've had some problems in
the third quarter. We've tried a lot
o' things to remedy that. But we
just did not have a third quarter
that we needed to have against a
good team in the playoffs."
The upshot? Shelton got out-
scored 18-5 - especially glaring in
the wake of its all-cylinders-firing
first half.
"Yeah, and we'd hit some big
shots," says Wallwork. "You know,
I think Annie (sophomore guard
Johnson) banked in a three. And,
you know, we had some other
things fall for us that were really
good."
ONE BIG REASON the shots
quit falling in the decisive third,
reminds Coach, is his girls' lead-
ing scorer - all-league junior guard
Paige Barrett, with a dozen points
in the first half- went down early
with a sprained ankle.
"She got slammed and came
down on the ankle I think a little
funny," says Wallwork. "And, you
know, that has partly to do with
the third quarter I think, too - not
just the mental aspect.
"I mean, Paige is our best shoot-
er. And so missin' her: Obviously
that's gonna hurt us a little bit.
Scoring's gonna haffa come from
other places.
"But I was really pleased with
her effort - and with all the girls'.
I know they played hard. And it
was a good position for us to be in,
to kinda know what that's like.
"And so we return a lot of girls
next year, so hopefully that helps
them and inspires them to work
on their game."
The Climbers finished the sea-
son with a 10-13 record. They won
three games in '05-6.
LAST WEEK THEY honored
their own in traditional awards-
banquet fashion.
Recognized for their all-league
honorable mentions by vote of the
conference head coaches were ju-
niors Brynna Fuller, Paige Bar-
rett and CarrieAnne Allegri.
Fuller was also "Most Valu-
able Teammate" and "Ms. Hustle"
as well as recipient of the "Detail
Award," which recognizes overall
excellence on the court.
Allegri was named "Best De-
fender" and Alexan Ehrich, a 5-
6 sophomore forward/post, was
"Most Improved."
VARIOUSLY REFLECTIVE on the Climber bench during the girls' district
nailbiter Fri are verans B _..a Fuller (left) and Brandi Dickinson. For
...... - ..... - . ' the page.
Enumclaw 12 25 43 59
Shelton 16 31 36 47
Enumclaw - Clyde 11, Chenoweth, Case
2, Schipper 2, Ramberg, Clark 7, Sayler 3,
Erin Flockwood 19, Hitch 4, Price 2, Koplitz
8.
FG - 21-46; FT - 8-18.
Shelton - CarrieAnne Allegri 5, Brynna
Fuller 10, Paige Barrett 16, Annie Johnson
10, Marissa Hill, Jen Hoss, Alexan Ehrich 2,
Krystal Lindblad 2, Michelle Davis 2, Brandi
Dickinson, Tara Grant, Kassi Profitt.
FG- 13-42; FT- 15-20.
Thursday, March 8, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 21
SPORTS JOURNAL
imbers run out of miracles
beater
naught as
lose in OT
PATCH
Climber hoop boys came
a stutter step of their first
tournament berth in 30 years
off seemingly certain
with an eye-popping se-
in the last four seconds
- a sequence that
have won both game and
berth outright if the perfect
that culminated it had
launched from behind the
line - they wound up
back on the cold-shooting
that had cost them their
and lost in overtime
count to the Trojans of
know, everything worked
Pretty well there," says Climb-
Mark Jensen, going back
senior Curtis Trend-
Unforgettable buzzer beater.
about as good a look as
'I'm sure in
hindsight he
wishes it was
a three.'
get, probably - found our
and everything.
y it just didn't
out in the overtime."
II)EED, AND THEN it was
of the same, really, for the
eagle-eyed Highclimb-
Who'd forged a near-double-
lead in the first half only to
cold after that, hit-
Just seven of 31 shots after
including 1-11 from
range.
we didn't shoot it real
says Jensen. "And I don't
a combination of the
- cuz we've been sick for
- weeks, you know, basically,
different people - or, you
just emotional energy that
early.
I thought we looked a
'fatigued late in the game.
know, we got a lot of
I mean, Curtis had two
jump hooks that he shot
and the big share of 'em
gone down. And they laid on
Ira and fell off. And we got a
pretty good open looks at
that didn't go down.
IT'S LIKE I told the
after the game: 'It's one of
deals when, at that level,
little things end up cos-
ballgames, one way or the
WHICH WENT
winner-to-state denny-
With 16 victories - or two
than the now 14-10 Climbers
ed by six-four senior T.J.
who made all 12 of his
in the fourth quarter
OVertime and finished with a
31 points.
a very good player," says
"He's averaged about 17 a
I'Ie's got nice range and he's
good perimeter shooter. And
a couple o' defensive
on him that got him open
usually with guys that
it well, once they get goin'
to slow 'em back down.
was really in a rhythm.
good shooters get in a
it's really tough t' get 'era
t rhythm, you know - un-
or somethin' sets in.
he laughs -"the basket
and bigger..."
WAS BIGGER, of
than season scoring leader
16-foot bacon-saver there
end of regulation. Jensen
the three-plus ticks of
leading up to it:
ran a little bit of a screen
'," says Coach. "With
SCreen-the-screener play,
You screen for a guy and
guy screens for the guy
screening, we fig-
be looking at
turn to page 23.)
TAPPED IN THE TIME OUT just preceding (top), all-league senior Curtis
Trondsen responds with his buzzer beater to send the game into overtime
Friday night in the Climbers' state playoff bid in Tacoma. Alas, after mobbing
their all-league senior in the wake of his clutch shot (near), Shelton's boys
let their first state tournament berth in 30 years slip through their hands by
way of ice-cold shooting in the extra period. From left, near, are Alex Olson
(22), Corey Golob, Will Trondsen, Brandon Moore (23), Brett Riley, Curtis and
Trevor Peterson. Listening as coaches Mark Jensen (stripe-shirted) and Paul
Feenan plot strategy, above, are (standing, from left) Curtis, Levi Sutton,
Charlie Vernon, Riley and Moore along with (seated) Will Trondsen, Olson,
Golob and Derek Ranney.
Climber hoop reunion rescheduled
Climber hoopdom's fourth unannounced if they so desire, their respective listings as 427-
annual Old-Timers' Basketball
Reunion has been rescheduled
for March 23 due to conflicts
with last Friday's district playoff
games.
Participants may just show up
say organizers, but if they're able
to give advance notice of their in-
tention to play it wouldn't hurt.
"Either contact me or Terry.
Gregg," says veteran co-facili-
tator Oz Johnston, identifying
3902 and 426-6648.
Admission is $5 per person
or $15 per family, and proceeds
benefit the nonprofit Citizens for
Shelton Schools organization.
Girls exit
with similar
2nd-half fizzle
An untimely ankle sprain and
an all-too-familiar third-quarter
refrain combined to end the sea-
son two wins short of state for the
Climber hoop girls Friday.
Enumclaw overcame a double-
digit deficit to oust them 59-47.
What happened?
"Well-l-ll, ya know, we had
a great first half," says veteran
coach John Wallwork. "You know,
we were up nine, ten points some-
times. And then they made a little
run to go into halfime. They hit
a buzzer beater, a three-pointer.
And so we went into halftime up
six, just playin' great basketball.
"And, granted, you know, they
weren't shootin' the ball real well
first half. But part of it was our
defense. We really got after it. Our
two-three zone kinda got at 'em,
and they settled for a lot of deep
threes that they didn't make.
"ANYWAY, WE GO into half up
six, feelin' good. And then the third
quarter hit us. And, you know, I
don't know if you noticed, but this
year we've had some problems in
the third quarter. We've tried a lot
o' things to remedy that. But we
just did not have a third quarter
that we needed to have against a
good team in the playoffs."
The upshot? Shelton got out-
scored 18-5 - especially glaring in
the wake of its all-cylinders-firing
first half.
"Yeah, and we'd hit some big
shots," says Wallwork. "You know,
I think Annie (sophomore guard
Johnson) banked in a three. And,
you know, we had some other
things fall for us that were really
good."
ONE BIG REASON the shots
quit falling in the decisive third,
reminds Coach, is his girls' lead-
ing scorer - all-league junior guard
Paige Barrett, with a dozen points
in the first half- went down early
with a sprained ankle.
"She got slammed and came
down on the ankle I think a little
funny," says Wallwork. "And, you
know, that has partly to do with
the third quarter I think, too - not
just the mental aspect.
"I mean, Paige is our best shoot-
er. And so missin' her: Obviously
that's gonna hurt us a little bit.
Scoring's gonna haffa come from
other places.
"But I was really pleased with
her effort - and with all the girls'.
I know they played hard. And it
was a good position for us to be in,
to kinda know what that's like.
"And so we return a lot of girls
next year, so hopefully that helps
them and inspires them to work
on their game."
The Climbers finished the sea-
son with a 10-13 record. They won
three games in '05-6.
LAST WEEK THEY honored
their own in traditional awards-
banquet fashion.
Recognized for their all-league
honorable mentions by vote of the
conference head coaches were ju-
niors Brynna Fuller, Paige Bar-
rett and CarrieAnne Allegri.
Fuller was also "Most Valu-
able Teammate" and "Ms. Hustle"
as well as recipient of the "Detail
Award," which recognizes overall
excellence on the court.
Allegri was named "Best De-
fender" and Alexan Ehrich, a 5-
6 sophomore forward/post, was
"Most Improved."
VARIOUSLY REFLECTIVE on the Climber bench during the girls' district
nailbiter Fri are verans B _..a Fuller (left) and Brandi Dickinson. For
...... - ..... - . ' the page.
Enumclaw 12 25 43 59
Shelton 16 31 36 47
Enumclaw - Clyde 11, Chenoweth, Case
2, Schipper 2, Ramberg, Clark 7, Sayler 3,
Erin Flockwood 19, Hitch 4, Price 2, Koplitz
8.
FG - 21-46; FT - 8-18.
Shelton - CarrieAnne Allegri 5, Brynna
Fuller 10, Paige Barrett 16, Annie Johnson
10, Marissa Hill, Jen Hoss, Alexan Ehrich 2,
Krystal Lindblad 2, Michelle Davis 2, Brandi
Dickinson, Tara Grant, Kassi Profitt.
FG- 13-42; FT- 15-20.
Thursday, March 8, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 21