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New logo combines two players'contest entries designs By EMILY HANSON emily@masonco~mty,com The Mason County Youth Baseball Associa- tion (MCYBA) season began March 5 and some teams still need sponsors. "Businesses should sponsor a team to sup- port the community," MCYBA communications director Amber Frye said. There are four different levels of sponsorship a business or individual can choose. The least expensive is the copper option for $100. Sponsors can give $350 for the bronze op- tion, $600 for the silver option or $1,000 for the • Court~yof Bri ...... Lepe gold option. The Mason County Youth Baseball The copper option lists the sponsor nameAssociation has a new logo this season. on the website as a "Friend of the Park" with Designed by Payton Goos, 11, Shelton, all other copper sponsors until the following and Bailee Breshears, 13, Olympia, the spring, logo uses two baseball bats to form the The bronze option puts the sponsor's name M and a baseball for the C. Howard on the team jersey in one age division, the spon- sor's logo or information advertised on the of- Legget Art in Union took similar ficial MCYBA website and gives the sponsor a designs submitted by Payton and Bailee wooden plaque for their generosity, and combined them to form this logo. The silver option gives the sponsor the same benefits as the bronze option with the added at the MCYBAconcession stand. The gold spon- option to have the MCYBA produce an "official sors are also advertised on the official MCYBA sponsor" one color 4-feet-by-4-feet vinyl banner website and receive a wooden plaque. for the team which will display the sponsor's To sponsor a team, businesses or individuals name, phone number or website, can call Josh Eveland at 490-2178. Finally, the gold option puts the sponsor's Sponsors can also fill out the PDF form rmme on the team jerseys for two age divisions, found on the MCYBA website and mail it to: gives them the option to request MCYBA pro- Mason County Youth Baseball Association, PO duce an "official sponsor" 4-feet-by-8-feet vinyl Box 1774, Shelton, WA 98584. banner and to advertise the sponsor on a sign The sponsorship form is available on the MCYBA's website -- http://mcyba.clubspaces. com/Default_css.aspx. Children play in seven age groups with the MCYBA. Children 6 and younger play in the Shetland division while 7- and 8-year-olds play in the Mustang division. Children who are 9 and 10 play in the Mus- tang division while children 11 and 12 play in the Bronco division: The Pony division is for teens 13 and 14 while the Colt division is for teens 15 and 16. Finally, the Palomino division is for teens be- tween 17 and 19. There are currently 31 teams listed on the MCYBA website. This season, the MCYBA decided to have a logo contest among the players in the associa- tion to produce a unifying logo that can be used for years to come. "We are proud to introduce MCYBA's new logo and even prouder that two of our local youths were able to take credit for the de- sign," fundraising director Brianna Lepe said. "We had several wonderful entries and after much debate, we chose two designs that were so similar in concept that we made it one design." The new logo was designed by Shelton resi- dent Payton Goos, 11, and Olympia resident Bailee Breshears, 13. It uses baseball bats to form the M and a baseball for the C to stand for Mason County. "We would also like to give a special thanks to Howard Legget Art in Union for his time spent making these two kids' designs our offi- cial new logo," Lepe said. March weather Madness has begun "arch Madness has officially be- gun and I'm not talking about the NCAA tournament, which also began this week. No, what I'm talk- ing about is the wacky weather Mason County has experienced in the last seven days. Let's break this down: on Thursday, March 8, the weather was sunny and warm -- at least 60 degrees if I'm remember- ing correctly. It appeared that spring was coming early. And then the weekend came, with cold wind and driving rain. On Satur- day, I stood outside with the Shelton and North Mason baseball teams in the rain, shivering right alongside them. Then I got.soaked in the down- pour with the Shelton boys' rugby 15s team and its fans. Fast forward to Mon- day, March 12, when all outdoor sporting events except for soccer were can- celed due to the downpour of rain. Great, I thought, know- ing this was going to make my sports section more difficult. Then I woke up to an unpleasant surprise on Tuesday: The ground was covered in probably two inches of snow. This, of course, led to the re- scheduled games from Monday being scheduled further mR out into the future and sud- denly I was short one arti- cle for the section. By EMILY Not HANSON only did Tuesday have snow, but it also had hail, pouring rain and momen- tary glimpses of the sun. March Madness, in- deed. I remember being a child and singing that old song: "Rain, rain, go away, come again anoth- er day." And I've got to say, now that song's been in my head this week, as I keep an eye on the window, hoping the rain and snow will go away, with the snow not to be seen again until, at least, next winter. Although, I'd prefer if there was never snow. This is western Wash- ington, though, so all bets are off when it comes to weather and outdoor sports. Keeping that in mind, be sure to check the Shel- ton and North Mason websites for game cancel- lations when the weather gets horrible. Also, I hope everybody will think sunny thoughts with me so spring will finally arrive in Mason County and we can all declare: "Game on." Courtesy of Chris Nesmith Quincie Ball, left, and Britney Young, back right, attempt to get the ball after tackling a Rainier Highlander player during the Shelton girls' rugby 15s game on Sunday, March 4. Shelton girls' rugby 15s to play at OBJH on Sunday By EMILY HANSON The Lady Savages, Sheltons girls' rugby 15s team, racked up another win last weekend. ling am On Sunday, March 11, the Lady Savages won 52-5 over the Chuckanuts of Bellingham. "The girls were really quick on the ball-handling," for- wards coach Kasey Robbins said. "At the point of contact, though, they needed to be more unified." This was the second big season win for the Lady Savages. The team is set play next at 1 p.m. on Sunday, March 18, at home against Budd Bay at Oakland Bay Junior High. "The girls are just' going to have to be very physical while moving fast," Robbins said. 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