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Kassidy Whitener, with the Shelton girls' rugby March 4, in the team's first league match. 15s team, runs toward players from the Rainier Courtesy photo by Chris Nesmith Highlanders while playing offense on Sunday, I • ! Boys 15s to play at Oakland, Bay Junior High on Saturday By EMILY HANSON ernily@1masoT~county.com In its first league match of the rugby 15s season, the Shelton girls' team defeated the Rainier Highlanders 84-0. 'iThe first 10 minutes of the game were good because we played our preseason games against the best teams in the U.S.," head coach Chris Nesmith said. "The game kind of fell apart when the girls realized this team wasn't as good as those teams." Nesmith said that he refocused the team during half- time and they came back out in the second half to play like they normally do. "The score wasn't higher because it was important to cycle all of our players," Nesmith said. "Eve~one got equal playing time so we actually capped the score a bit." The Shelton girls' rugby 15s team plays in a general Washington state league. Most of the teams it plays are from multiple cities instead of one, such as the Shelton team.' The Rainier Highlanders were from Puyallup, Sumner, Look in my bi-weekly section called Thh h one of our most popular special sections and h included with your Shelton-Mason County JournaL 1 Year - $37 in Mason County • $51 in-state • $61 out-of-state. Get yours today by calling (360) 426-4412 Page C-6 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, March 8, 2012 Bonny Lake and White River. "The Shelton girls took a rookie squad out to grow on their knowledge of the game," Nesmith said. "The downside of a game like this is that it can lead to bad habits so we had to refocus the team." Nesmith said that since the Shelton team is comprised of athletes from one city, teams from larger areas look at the girls and say, "it's just Shelton" when they Walk out onto the field. "The part that feels the best is when our girls walk out onto the field with their heads high even when they hear 'it's just Shelton'," Nesmith said. "Shelton is known as one of the best teams so it's fun when we play a team that doesn't know that yet." The Shelton girls' rugby sevens team is so well-known, in fact, that it is the only American team that has been in- vited to a Canadian Tournament on April 21 at Shawnigan Lake School in British Columbia. The Shelton girls' rugby 15s first home game is set for 1 p.m. on Sunday, March 18, at Oakland Bay Junior High against Olympia. The boys' team is set to play at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 10, at Oakland Bay Junior High against the Prairie Mustangs. Next meet at Columbia High on March 24 in White Salmon By EMILY HANSON fourth place with 20 points. emily@masoncounty,com "i was really proud of ..................... ---- ........... these guys," coach Lorna Martinson said. "All these The Shelton powerlifting lifters competed very well team took third place at the and are looking forward to West Valley High School the next meet." meet on Saturday, March 3, Robert Crawford, Jayden in Yakima. Micas, Roger Villesca and The Highclimbers fin- Ralph Kinne all qualified for ished with 37 points behind the state championship with Montesano in first with 51 their weightlifting totals. and Omak in second with The team is set to compete 40 points. Shelton finished at Columbia High School on ahead of West Valley in Saturday, March24.