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Journal photos by Emily Hanson
Shelton senior midfielder Mike Bowman races a Bremerton player to the ball during the Highclimbers' home game on Monday, March 12.
Shelton boys'soccer on the road the rest of this week
Shelton sophomore defender Kevin Loza
prepares to kick the ball upfield.
By EMILY HANSON F~ so for his first time, he did alright and
emi~,,~'m.a~,~count~/.com ~ made some big saves."
............ : ............................. : .................. The Highclimbers (0-1) were set to
begin play in the 4A Narrows League on
The Shelton boys' soccer team lost its first game of the Wednesday, March i4, at Bellarmine,
season earlier this week. As of press time, the game had not yet:
On Monday, March 12, Bremerton outseored Shelton been played.
for a 6-2 victory on Highclimber Field. MONDAY: League play is set to continue for the
"The team was really nervous for the first 15 minutes Bremerton ..... 6 Highclimbms at 7:15 p.m. on Friday,
of the game," head coach Isaiah Herrera said. "That's Shelton .......... 2 March 16, at Stadium.
kind of usual when the majority &your team are sopho- "Bellarmine and Stadium are eas-
mores." TOMORROW: ily in the top five teams in the state,"
After the first i5 minutes, Herrera said the team set- Shelton at Herrera said. "It's going to be tough for
tled down and started showing their ability to play. Stadium, us but we can make them interesting
Midfielders junior Alex Nunez and sophomore Fran- 7:15 p.m. games."
cisco Mendiola-Lopez scored the Highelimber goals. He said the team needs to make ad-
"We had a lot of chances on goal, but these were the justrnents before its next game.
two that went in," Herrera said. "We've got to tweak the defense a little so the guys
He said that senior goalie Blaine McGuire played well don't second-guess each other and then work on finishing
for the Highclimbers. at the goal," Herrera said. "After last night's game, the
"In the goal, Blaine was slipping a lot and he had to guys are really excited for the season and see the poten-
make a lot of adjustments because of how the field was," tial they have. Now that their nerves are out, it's going to
Herrera said. "He didn't play goalie on varsity last year, be an interesting year."
Shelton sophomore midfielder Hector Ituribarra-Bazaldua stops the ball on defense for the Highclimbers.
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