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Shelton-Mason County Journal Shelton fastpitch prepares for league • Poor weather, gives team more time By EMILY HANSON ernuy,g:rnasoneounty.com With poor weather can- celing two of the Shelton fastpitch team's preseason games this week, the Lady Highclimbers have more time to prepare for league play. "With the games be- ing canceled, that gives us extra time to do what we need to do with our drills and get prepared for our games," senior Kylie Schnitzer said. Since the team Is so young this year, it has a lot more work to do than in previ- ous years, she said. Kylie " T h e Sehnitzer more time we have, the bet- ter," Schnitzer added. The Lady Highelimbers are-setto begin play in the 4A Narrows League at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, March 21, at Bellarmine. Bellarmine has an ex- perienced pitcher in the circle, Schnitzer said. "Our batting is crucial for that game because they have a very good pitcher,'! she said. She said the team needs to be on its "A" game and to help with that, it has worked on skills development. "We've broken down our skills from our feet to our heads so we're prepared for it," Schnitzer said. Prior to the first league game, the team is sched- uled to play at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, March 16, at Tim- berline. At practice on Tuesday, March 13, head coach Kim Goldsby said she thought the team's first game would be the Bellarmine game, anticipating poor weather and bad field con- ditions for the rest of this week. "We need to play a tight defense or we'll be in trouble," senior Jordanne Krumpols said. Shelton senior David Gorman gets North Mason freshman Daniel Burggraaf out at Highclimbers' game at NMHS on Saturday, March 10. By EMILY HANSON emily@masoneottnty,com Shelton senior Forest Puterbaugh pitches against the Bulldogs. Puterbaugh pitched four innings for the Highclimbers, throwing 46 strikes and striking out four batters. The first game of the season was a loss for the Shelton baseball team. On Saturday, March 10, North Ma- son outhit the Highclimbers for a 4-1 victory. "The game wasn't as good as it could've been," senior David Gorman said. "It was the first game and it was nonleague and everybody knew that so we didn't show up to play. The other ~eam came pre- pared and took advantage of us." Gorman and senior Dylan Helser led the Highclimbers in hitting. Both were 1-3 and junior Jared Haynes scored one RBI. Senior Patrick Fabrizio started the game on the mound for the Highclimbers for one inning. In the second inning, se- nior Forest Puterbaugh took over pitch- ing until the final inning, when Gorman took the mound. Puterbaugh threw 46 strikes, 25 balls, three hits and struck out four bat- ters. The Bulldogs scored two runs -- one earned -- on Puterbaugh. Fabrizio threw 13 strikes, 11 balls and two hits, and struck out one batter. The Bulldogs scored two runs on Fab- rizio. Gorman threw 11 strikes, two balls and no hits, and struck out two batters. "It was an eye-opening game because Journal onoto by Emil~ Hanson first base during the ~it showed us what we need to work on," Gor- man said. At the start of the team's first full week of scheduled games, poor weather affected SATURDAY: the schedule. North Mason. 4 The team's game Shelton .......... 1 against Yelm on Mon- day, March 12. was TOMORROW: rained out and re- Shelton vs. scheduled to Tuesday, Bellarmine, March 13, and was 7 p.m. then rescheduled to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, March 20, As of press time. the Highclimbers' game at Bellarmine on Wednesday, March 14, had not yet been played. This will be the team's first league game in the 4A Narrows League. The team is set to play at 4 p.m. on Friday, March 16, at home against Bel- larmine. "Assuming we play, I think we can do very well against Bellarmine," Gorman said. "Now that we've all woken up to the season, we could easily take one of the two games from Bellarmine." Head coach Erik Engstrom said the team (0-1) will have a lot of practice this week, predicting the weather would can- cel all games this week. Regardless of when the Highclimbers play next, Engstrom said theteam will Jou/nal photo by Emdy rlansor One week before the Mason County Jamboree, the Shelton High School track was spruced up with the lines and numbers repainted. All three Mason County high schools plan to compete. By EMILY HANSON what they have to do to set themselves pete at the team level. ernily@~msoncounty.com up for success," Bevers said. "They'll do well individually," he Sells said he expects the Highclimb- added. ers and the Bulldogs to compete well Bevers said he was not sure if the For the first time this school year, against each other. Bulldogs were ready for the meet yet. teams from all three Mason CountyAlthough SHS is a 4A school and "We've got a lot of young kids." he high schools will be at one sporting NMHS is a 2A school. Sells said the said. "The good news is it's a jamboree event. At 3:30 p.m. on Friday, March 16,number of athletes on the two teams is with only three schools so it shouldn't the first Mason County Jamboree will fairly close, be too crowded." take place at Shelton High School. "North Mason has a really good Brehmeyer said she tells the Owls track team for being their size," he said. not to think about how much bigger "This is the first Mason County jam- "It's going to be a good competition be- opposing schools may be. She said boree ever held," Shelton head track tween North Mason and Shelton." that since all of the athletes are in coach Doug Sells said. "It'll be nice since The Mary M. Knight track team - high school, the Owls should focus we never get to see the other schools now up to 17 athletes -- will also be in on doing their best and challenging through the season because we're all attendance at the meet. themselves. different divisions." "I have no idea how we'll do but it'll "This meet will be good to see what North Mason head track coach Jeffbe interesting ~o see how we compare we have," Sells said. "It'll be fun and Bevers said he thinks the Bulldogs will against a 4A and 2A school," MMK laid back." use the jamboree as a starting place for head track coach Kitty Brehmeyer said. In preparation for the meet, the SHS the season. Sells said that since MMK, which is track, which is about sxx years old, was "I think our kids will do well in their a 1B school, has such a small team, it repainted on Thursday, March 8, so the own right to go out and perform and do would be difficult for the Owls to corn- lanes and numbers are clearer. 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