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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.