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00OKids They did it ag[ain!000000
h e r e ...... ,
from
Latvia
Shelton will play host to age-
group soccer's "Latvian Games"
this weekend.
Featuring two teams of 13- and
14-year-olds from Riga, Latvia,
the athletic/cultural extravaganza
will kick off Saturday at Shelton
Middle School.
Action will continue there the
following day if enough teams
sign up, say organizers.
To offer assistance or hospi-
tality, contact Ron Merrin by
phone at 426-0730 or by e-mail
at rmerrin@westsound.com or
Mike Jansevics at 426-8272
(work) or 426-2071 (home).
Beeler
blazin'
anew
The senior season of Division
One collegiate fastpitch all-Amer-
ican Shannon Beeler of Shelton is
off to a characteristically furious
start this month.
Already the University of Min-
nesota's all-time home-run and
RBI leader for single season and
career alike, the 1995 Shelton
High School grad led the 18th-
ranked Golden Gophers in virtu-
ally every major offensive cate-
gory as the nonconference portion
of the season neared its end early
this week.
She led the 20-5 Gophers in
rbi (28), doubles (eight), slugging
percentage (.770), total bases (57)
and runs scored (22), was second
in average (.378) and home runs
(seven, two behind newcomer
Jordanne Nygren's total but five
more than anyone else on the
team) and had struck out just
four times, fewest among regu-
lars.
WITH FULLY 38 regular-
season games still to be played,
the former high-school all-Ameri-
can and Junior Olympic cham-
pion was being compared to the
greatest players in Big Ten and
NCAA history.
Her three home runs in a six-
game tournament in Texas a little
over a week ago pulled her to
within one home run of the all-
time Big Ten record of 38, held by
Monies Armendarez of Indiana,
and into the Number 15 spot on
the all-time NCAA list.
Moreover, her 209 career runs
batted in find her tenth on the
same prestigious list, and at her
current pace she is expected to
finish in the top five by season's
end,
In her fourth year as the
team's starting shortstop, more-
over, the Highclimber grad also
leads the team with 58 defensive
assists and has a .925 fielding
average.
BEELER EARNED locally
unprecedented NCAA Division
One first-team all-American hon-
ors last season, when she led the
49-21 Gophers with 74 rbi, 14
homers, four triples, 20 doubles
and a .731 slugging percentage
and was percentage points out of
the team lead with a second-best
.401 batting average.
SPECIAL OLYMPIANS from Shelton High School celebrated
their second straight state-championship ascension beneath appro-
priately radiant skies, too, when they returned as conquering heroes
this week following their three-game sweep last weekend in Cheney.
The Climber hoopsters positively dominated throughout the tourney,
running out to a 22-0 lead in the semifinals before easing up in the sec-
ond half, and they prevailed in the championship showdown by fully
13. Perhaps even more boastworthy, though, say their coaches, the
Climbers took it upon themselves to back off intensity-wise when ap-
propriate so their overmatched rivals could avoid humiliation and
have fun too. In front from left are team boosters Amber Belcher and
Shelley Ray. Clockwise starting behind Amber are assistant coach Hil-
ton Malone, player Danny Yerkin, booster Dawn Kinnaman, player era
Mitchell, player Willy Simonsen, booster Becks Gray, player Donnie Ri-
ley, player Jamie Riley, player Jason Ray, player Robbie Fetters and
head coach Mandy Manning. Not pictured are player Adam Kelly and
assistant coach Gar Thornton.
Bayshore
Bayshore's ladies went at it
in "putts competition Tuesday, to
these ends:
First division - Betty Noll first and Elsie
Zshe second.
Second division - Lois Poe first and Ruth
Wotton second.
Third d vision- AI ce Chapman first. JUNIOR DALE FOX, who made it all the way to nation-
Fourth division - Toni Stevens first and
MadonSpencesecond: ale in age-group cross-country over the off season,
...... bnwm his heelR to a ,,group of fellow Climbers during an
Page 20 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, March 18, 1999
Climber track & field:
legen
resumes tonigh
By STEVE PATCH
He's already being called one
of the greatest all-around track
athletes in Washington state his-
tory.
Doug Sells won't be the only
blip on the radar screen, though,
when rivals scope out what
Climber Country has in store for
them this spring.
In fact, with this afternoon's
'You may
never, EVER
see anybody
like him.'
uncommonly early opener upon
them - against arch rival Capital
High School, no less - second-
year Climber head coach Daryl
White waxed optimistic indeed
Tuesday morning about his senior
superstar's supporting case.
And why not? Check 'era out:
juniors Tavita Tausa (53-
plus) and Jason Patterson (47-8)
- the perfect complements to two-
time defending state champ Sells'
62-9/2 preeminence in the shot
put, where Shelton threatens to
wipe out the state's all-time
three-man "relay" record for the
event.
half-mile sensation Jamie
Coughlin, just a sophomore but
already the Climber girls' all-time
recordholder (2:18.7).
fellow state veteran Dale
Fox, the boys' counterpart in
distance-running celebrity and a
legitimate school-record threat in
his own right, with a 3200-meter
best of 9:38.6 topped in the all-
time SHS scheme by only the
nonpareil Taylor brothers' 9:20:34
(Mat) and 9:22.0 (Aaron).
blossoming jump-events star
Andy Dunn, already #18 all-time
on the Climber pole-vault list (13-
0), #27 among long-jumpers (20-
21/2) and #45 in the triple jump
(37-0).
fellow district veteran Steve
Norris, the all-league quarterback
who's chucked his way to #14 on
the Climbers' all-time javelin list
with a 169-7 personal best.
girls' hurdle standouts Kath-
leen Coughlin (16.7 in the 100
intermediates, Number Three on
the all-time SHS list), Rebecca
Speigle (57.0 for eighth on the
300-lows list) and Betsy Endicott
(ninth at 59 seconds) along with a
newcomer Coach says will push
interval session at the high school last week. Dale's
already third on the Climbers' all-time list for 3200
meters.
/
Climber Doug Sells
them all - fresh Kathryn Brezel.
throwing-event girls of
demonstrated mettle, including
Gretchen Stevens, Stephanie
Sewell, Ashley MacWilliam, La-
Vinia Sherman and Melissa De-
derick.
do-everything junior veter-
ans Aubrey Metzger and Willow
Shanahan, with all-timers' cre-
dentials in the 400 meters, long-
and triple-jump events, the pole
vault and more.
fellow district vets Amanda
McClary (long-jump and sprint
standout), Lissa James (sprints),
Mike Resales (sprints), Chris Car-
penter (800/mile) and Chris Nix-
on (pole vault).
WATCH TOO, says Coach
White, the likes of senior man-
mountain (and Western Washing-
ton University offensive line re-
cruit) Curtis Steen in the shot,
6-6 senior all-league hoopster Jim
Richardson in the high jump, fel-
low roundballer Jacob Galloway
in the discus and javelin and
Marcus Rodriguez and Mike Mc-
Gee in the sprints.
"And we've got some really
good freshman athletes coming in
too," says Coach, mentioning Jen-
ny Fox in the discus, Whitney
Graham in the 400, Amy McClary
in the jumps and cross-country
state veteran (and daughter) Eliz-
abeth White in the 3200 among
the girls and pole-vaulter Sam
Owens and distance runner Vic-
tor Carpenter among the boys.
AND THERE'S DOUG, of
course, two-time defending state
shotput champ and school-record-
holder in a positively mind-
boggling trio of disparate events -
the shot (62-9/2, or more than five
feet ahead of the state's number-
two returnee), the high hurdles
(14.6 fully-automatic-timed, sec-
ond fastest among returnees) and
the triple jump (44-3, like his
shotput mark tops in the entire
state).
And wait: There's more. The
last time he tried - as a freshman
- Doug cleared 14-0 in the pole
vault, good for top billing among
all freshmen in the nation at the
time.
And, though he hardly ever
practices the event, he has
thrown the discus 165-8, or just
two inches shy of the all-time
Climber record a fells by the
name of Des Koch set way back in
1950 - shortly before he became
the United States' bronze medal-
winner in the Olympic Games.
LITTLE WONDER, then, that
legendary track power Oregon
has given Doug full-ride induce-
ment to compete in the Pac-10
starting next fall - snatching him
away from virtually every other
major collegiate track program in
the nation.
"Doug is without a doubt the
best high-school track athlete I've
ever seen," Coach White puts it
flatly, drawing from
years of experience,
a coach.
"And I have no
ing he's the best track
the state of Washington'
FULLY 18
than he weighed at
spring, when his
14.68 in the hurdles
place and vaulted hira
of the all-time Climber
2, 190-pound Sells is
now, says Coach.
In fact, he says,
reasonable to think
run a sub-14 clockingf.
enough to rank among tb
state history.
And where does this l
in the shotput -
pounds last spring he wss
a reed among anvils?
Why, out past the
just the other in
matter of fact,
"He's just a vet:
athlete," says White,
head in awe. "I
get a Doug Sells one
coaching career,
"Or you may never,
anybody like him..."
TEAM POTEN'
Doug at the fore?
ever it's worth,
"Washington Track
lication, the state's le
prognosticator,
take the state title
Olympia second.
"But you can't take
for granted," he sayS,
that even the likes of a
can fall prey to the
luck when it's a
tion.
And the distaff
team this year
good dual-meet team
our depth," says
some individuals
pretty well in the big
don't think we're there
think we can call
big-meet team yet."
Tonight's
with always-tough
to start at 4:15 in
Stadium.
Rec s
Shelton Parks and
is taking reg
upcoming ooed 4
league season.
The $75 re
accepted until 5 P'
April 2.
The eight-week se
April 13 in the
School Gym.
For more inform
rec department
9731.
00OKids They did it ag[ain!000000
h e r e ...... ,
from
Latvia
Shelton will play host to age-
group soccer's "Latvian Games"
this weekend.
Featuring two teams of 13- and
14-year-olds from Riga, Latvia,
the athletic/cultural extravaganza
will kick off Saturday at Shelton
Middle School.
Action will continue there the
following day if enough teams
sign up, say organizers.
To offer assistance or hospi-
tality, contact Ron Merrin by
phone at 426-0730 or by e-mail
at rmerrin@westsound.com or
Mike Jansevics at 426-8272
(work) or 426-2071 (home).
Beeler
blazin'
anew
The senior season of Division
One collegiate fastpitch all-Amer-
ican Shannon Beeler of Shelton is
off to a characteristically furious
start this month.
Already the University of Min-
nesota's all-time home-run and
RBI leader for single season and
career alike, the 1995 Shelton
High School grad led the 18th-
ranked Golden Gophers in virtu-
ally every major offensive cate-
gory as the nonconference portion
of the season neared its end early
this week.
She led the 20-5 Gophers in
rbi (28), doubles (eight), slugging
percentage (.770), total bases (57)
and runs scored (22), was second
in average (.378) and home runs
(seven, two behind newcomer
Jordanne Nygren's total but five
more than anyone else on the
team) and had struck out just
four times, fewest among regu-
lars.
WITH FULLY 38 regular-
season games still to be played,
the former high-school all-Ameri-
can and Junior Olympic cham-
pion was being compared to the
greatest players in Big Ten and
NCAA history.
Her three home runs in a six-
game tournament in Texas a little
over a week ago pulled her to
within one home run of the all-
time Big Ten record of 38, held by
Monies Armendarez of Indiana,
and into the Number 15 spot on
the all-time NCAA list.
Moreover, her 209 career runs
batted in find her tenth on the
same prestigious list, and at her
current pace she is expected to
finish in the top five by season's
end,
In her fourth year as the
team's starting shortstop, more-
over, the Highclimber grad also
leads the team with 58 defensive
assists and has a .925 fielding
average.
BEELER EARNED locally
unprecedented NCAA Division
One first-team all-American hon-
ors last season, when she led the
49-21 Gophers with 74 rbi, 14
homers, four triples, 20 doubles
and a .731 slugging percentage
and was percentage points out of
the team lead with a second-best
.401 batting average.
SPECIAL OLYMPIANS from Shelton High School celebrated
their second straight state-championship ascension beneath appro-
priately radiant skies, too, when they returned as conquering heroes
this week following their three-game sweep last weekend in Cheney.
The Climber hoopsters positively dominated throughout the tourney,
running out to a 22-0 lead in the semifinals before easing up in the sec-
ond half, and they prevailed in the championship showdown by fully
13. Perhaps even more boastworthy, though, say their coaches, the
Climbers took it upon themselves to back off intensity-wise when ap-
propriate so their overmatched rivals could avoid humiliation and
have fun too. In front from left are team boosters Amber Belcher and
Shelley Ray. Clockwise starting behind Amber are assistant coach Hil-
ton Malone, player Danny Yerkin, booster Dawn Kinnaman, player era
Mitchell, player Willy Simonsen, booster Becks Gray, player Donnie Ri-
ley, player Jamie Riley, player Jason Ray, player Robbie Fetters and
head coach Mandy Manning. Not pictured are player Adam Kelly and
assistant coach Gar Thornton.
Bayshore
Bayshore's ladies went at it
in "putts competition Tuesday, to
these ends:
First division - Betty Noll first and Elsie
Zshe second.
Second division - Lois Poe first and Ruth
Wotton second.
Third d vision- AI ce Chapman first. JUNIOR DALE FOX, who made it all the way to nation-
Fourth division - Toni Stevens first and
MadonSpencesecond: ale in age-group cross-country over the off season,
...... bnwm his heelR to a ,,group of fellow Climbers during an
Page 20 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, March 18, 1999
Climber track & field:
legen
resumes tonigh
By STEVE PATCH
He's already being called one
of the greatest all-around track
athletes in Washington state his-
tory.
Doug Sells won't be the only
blip on the radar screen, though,
when rivals scope out what
Climber Country has in store for
them this spring.
In fact, with this afternoon's
'You may
never, EVER
see anybody
like him.'
uncommonly early opener upon
them - against arch rival Capital
High School, no less - second-
year Climber head coach Daryl
White waxed optimistic indeed
Tuesday morning about his senior
superstar's supporting case.
And why not? Check 'era out:
juniors Tavita Tausa (53-
plus) and Jason Patterson (47-8)
- the perfect complements to two-
time defending state champ Sells'
62-9/2 preeminence in the shot
put, where Shelton threatens to
wipe out the state's all-time
three-man "relay" record for the
event.
half-mile sensation Jamie
Coughlin, just a sophomore but
already the Climber girls' all-time
recordholder (2:18.7).
fellow state veteran Dale
Fox, the boys' counterpart in
distance-running celebrity and a
legitimate school-record threat in
his own right, with a 3200-meter
best of 9:38.6 topped in the all-
time SHS scheme by only the
nonpareil Taylor brothers' 9:20:34
(Mat) and 9:22.0 (Aaron).
blossoming jump-events star
Andy Dunn, already #18 all-time
on the Climber pole-vault list (13-
0), #27 among long-jumpers (20-
21/2) and #45 in the triple jump
(37-0).
fellow district veteran Steve
Norris, the all-league quarterback
who's chucked his way to #14 on
the Climbers' all-time javelin list
with a 169-7 personal best.
girls' hurdle standouts Kath-
leen Coughlin (16.7 in the 100
intermediates, Number Three on
the all-time SHS list), Rebecca
Speigle (57.0 for eighth on the
300-lows list) and Betsy Endicott
(ninth at 59 seconds) along with a
newcomer Coach says will push
interval session at the high school last week. Dale's
already third on the Climbers' all-time list for 3200
meters.
/
Climber Doug Sells
them all - fresh Kathryn Brezel.
throwing-event girls of
demonstrated mettle, including
Gretchen Stevens, Stephanie
Sewell, Ashley MacWilliam, La-
Vinia Sherman and Melissa De-
derick.
do-everything junior veter-
ans Aubrey Metzger and Willow
Shanahan, with all-timers' cre-
dentials in the 400 meters, long-
and triple-jump events, the pole
vault and more.
fellow district vets Amanda
McClary (long-jump and sprint
standout), Lissa James (sprints),
Mike Resales (sprints), Chris Car-
penter (800/mile) and Chris Nix-
on (pole vault).
WATCH TOO, says Coach
White, the likes of senior man-
mountain (and Western Washing-
ton University offensive line re-
cruit) Curtis Steen in the shot,
6-6 senior all-league hoopster Jim
Richardson in the high jump, fel-
low roundballer Jacob Galloway
in the discus and javelin and
Marcus Rodriguez and Mike Mc-
Gee in the sprints.
"And we've got some really
good freshman athletes coming in
too," says Coach, mentioning Jen-
ny Fox in the discus, Whitney
Graham in the 400, Amy McClary
in the jumps and cross-country
state veteran (and daughter) Eliz-
abeth White in the 3200 among
the girls and pole-vaulter Sam
Owens and distance runner Vic-
tor Carpenter among the boys.
AND THERE'S DOUG, of
course, two-time defending state
shotput champ and school-record-
holder in a positively mind-
boggling trio of disparate events -
the shot (62-9/2, or more than five
feet ahead of the state's number-
two returnee), the high hurdles
(14.6 fully-automatic-timed, sec-
ond fastest among returnees) and
the triple jump (44-3, like his
shotput mark tops in the entire
state).
And wait: There's more. The
last time he tried - as a freshman
- Doug cleared 14-0 in the pole
vault, good for top billing among
all freshmen in the nation at the
time.
And, though he hardly ever
practices the event, he has
thrown the discus 165-8, or just
two inches shy of the all-time
Climber record a fells by the
name of Des Koch set way back in
1950 - shortly before he became
the United States' bronze medal-
winner in the Olympic Games.
LITTLE WONDER, then, that
legendary track power Oregon
has given Doug full-ride induce-
ment to compete in the Pac-10
starting next fall - snatching him
away from virtually every other
major collegiate track program in
the nation.
"Doug is without a doubt the
best high-school track athlete I've
ever seen," Coach White puts it
flatly, drawing from
years of experience,
a coach.
"And I have no
ing he's the best track
the state of Washington'
FULLY 18
than he weighed at
spring, when his
14.68 in the hurdles
place and vaulted hira
of the all-time Climber
2, 190-pound Sells is
now, says Coach.
In fact, he says,
reasonable to think
run a sub-14 clockingf.
enough to rank among tb
state history.
And where does this l
in the shotput -
pounds last spring he wss
a reed among anvils?
Why, out past the
just the other in
matter of fact,
"He's just a vet:
athlete," says White,
head in awe. "I
get a Doug Sells one
coaching career,
"Or you may never,
anybody like him..."
TEAM POTEN'
Doug at the fore?
ever it's worth,
"Washington Track
lication, the state's le
prognosticator,
take the state title
Olympia second.
"But you can't take
for granted," he sayS,
that even the likes of a
can fall prey to the
luck when it's a
tion.
And the distaff
team this year
good dual-meet team
our depth," says
some individuals
pretty well in the big
don't think we're there
think we can call
big-meet team yet."
Tonight's
with always-tough
to start at 4:15 in
Stadium.
Rec s
Shelton Parks and
is taking reg
upcoming ooed 4
league season.
The $75 re
accepted until 5 P'
April 2.
The eight-week se
April 13 in the
School Gym.
For more inform
rec department
9731.