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Shelton-Mason County Journal Lady Owls unable to hold onto the ball in Spokan By DEAN SIEMON which was Mary M. Knight's highest scoring frame with six It was-a rough two games for the Mary M. Knight High points. Freshman Hannah Frost School girls basketball teamalso contributed four points, in the WIAA 1B state tourna- ment on Thursday and Friday while Ashley Kiliz hit her lone at the Spokane Memorial Are-field goal in the first quarter. Eighth-grader Melody Snyder na in Spokane. went one for two from the foul The Lady Owls (11-14) were unable to generate offense line for the lone fourth quar- against Sunnyside Christian ter Mary M. Knight point with seven seconds left in the game. School (19-3) in a 73-11 loss on Sunnyside Christian had Thursday. Mary M. Knight was held three other major runs in the to only two points per each of game, including a 15-0 run the first two quarters as the from the end of the first to the Knight led 47-4 at halftime,middle of the second and a 20- . The Lady Owls only shot run that concluded in the mid- five out of 14 from the field, dle of the third quarter. The low shooting attempts The Knights ended the were a result of the 39 turn- game on an 11-1 run in the overs in the game, 30 of which fourth quarter. came in the first half. Cook said that the young "They're definitely a chal- Lady Owls entered the Spo- kane Memorial Arena in awe lenge," said Linda Cook, Mary M. Knight junior center. "Itof the crowds, banners and bands. was a good experience for us." "In the beginning, we were Sunnyside Christian amazed because we were so went on an 18-0 run in the first quarter, led by Analisa young," Cook said. VanOostrum's three 3-point Despite the score, Cook said field goals. VanOostrum would Mary M. Knight kept going re- lead the Knights in scoring gardless how large the margin was between Sunnyside Chris- with 19 points, tian and the Lady Owls. The Lady Owls were led by "We just kept going," she freshman Carlie Adsero's four points in the third quarter, See Lady Owls on page C-6 File photos by Dean Siemon Above, Mary M. Knight High School junior Emily Johnson will be one of two Lady Owls re- turning for a senior season after the team's 0-2 stint in the 2011 WIAA 1B State Girls Basket- ball tournament in Spokane• Right, Mary M. Knight freshman Hannah Frost was one of two Lady Owls with four points in a 73-11 loss to Sunnyside Christian in the first round of the state tournament on Friday. NMFASTPITCH $HSBASEBALL 1; By DEAN SIEMON players, was an assistant One shouldn't expect coach for Shelton last sea- Erik Engstrom, first yearson and coached the Shelton Timbers American Shelton High School base- Legion baseball club for the ball head coach, to be a very vocal coach during the 2011 last few years. season. Many of the Highclimb- "This program always ers have played under Eng- strom with the Timbers and has been and always will be some have said the first about the kids," Engstromweek of practice is just like said. The Shelton coach, other practices. known as "General" by the"We're taking it serious like we always do," said ju- nior Curtis Wuestner. "But we're also having fun." "He definitely kind of creates an even balance be- tween having fun and being serious and knowing you've got something done at prac- tice," said junior Colton Twiddy. The Highclimbers fin- ished with a 6-12 record overall and 5-10 in the 4A Narrows League with a sea- son ending loss in the first round of the league tourna- ment to Bellarmine Prepa- ratory School, 4-0. But the Highclimbers have their sights set on a run to the state tourna- ment. "A lot of us have been around since our freshman year, so this is it," Twiddy said. "Next year.., we aren't really looking forward to next year." Shelton's pitching ro- tation will include senior See Climbers on page C-5 Journal photo by Dean Siemon Shelton High School junior Colton Twiddy warms up in the early parts of a Friday practice in Shelton. Exp ctations unchanged und r new head ch By DEAN SIEMON There are big shoes to fill at North Ma- son High School fastpitch softball's head coaching position - Molleigh Fusare is ex- cited for the opportunity. "I definetly have big shoes to fill com- ing in after Coach Paula [Grande], but I'm looking forward to filling those shoes," Fusare said. "I have been apart of many successful softball programs. I like coming in with high standards." Those high standards come from the Lady Bulldogs' 21-3 overall record, scor- ing 190 runs during the season that ended after a run in the 2A state tourna- ment. North Mason won the Olympic League championship with a 15-1 record, only al- lowing 11 runs during the league sched- ule. Despite losing pitcher Emily Ander- son to graduation, Fusare is not scared of the fact that North Mason's lone starting pitcher from last season is gone. "We're not setting our sights low," Fu- sare said. "We're looking for another con- ference championship and another trip to state." With Anderson gone, the pitching role is wide open for the Lady Bulldogs. Fu- sare is keeping her eyes on sophomore Kimberly Bolin, as well as seniors Tristan Stromberg and Amanda Johnson• "We have a few girls vying for the starting position and we hope to have more than one person in that role," Fu- sare said. "If one girl isn't on that day, we want to have a strong second and third pitcher." Thursday, March 10, 201 Journa Dean Siemon Molleigh Fusare, North Mason High School's new fastpitch head coach, holds high expectations leading up to the season opener at Peninsula High School on March 14. The first year North Mason head coach said that there are younger players look- ing to either enter varsity roles or main- tain their current roles, incluidng sopho- more Jordyn Stromberg. "She'll be an asset for us in the out- field," Fusare said. The lone team to defeat North Ma- son in Olympic League play was Sequim High School (19-4, 15-1 Olympic League) in a 4-3 decision in May 2010. See Expectations on page C-6 1 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page C-1