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GIRLS
sweeps doubl
matches for first
win of 2Oll
By DEAN SIEMON
The North Mason High
School girls tennis team
earned their first win of
the 2011 season in Port
Townsend, defeating the
dual schooled tennis team
of Port Townsend and Chi-
macum High Schools, 5-2.
While North Mason lost
two of three singles match-
es, the Lady Bulldogs had
a clean sweep of the four
doubles matches.
In the first doubles
match, North Mason's
Katrina Martin and Lexi
Zevnick defeated Mary It-
tody and Adrianna Gore
from Port Townsend-Chi-
macum in straight sets, 6-3
and 6-2.
Emma Urdahl and
Heather Jacobsen defeated
Leah Runnel and fan Warn-
ing-Enriquez in the second
doubles match 6-3 and 6-1.
In the number three
doubles, Jennifer Hicks
and Emily Satran defeated
Veronica Willet and Sienna
Medley in sets of 6-3 and
6-1.
"Our one, two and three
[doubles] did what we ex-
pected - they played well,"
said North Mason head
coach Clifford Harris.
But Harris was im-
pressed with the number
four doubles team, North
Mason's Kristy Riker and
Bree Abplanalp, who de-
feated Brooke Bainbridge
and Vy Nguyen in straight
7-5 sets.
Harris said Abplanalp is
one of the four or five fresh-
men that could have po-
tential to play varsity this
season.
"We have abou't 14 girls
that could play varsity so
we'll rotate some girls,"
Harris said.
The North Mason coach
said he has already decided
to switch Abplanalp and
Hicks between doubles and
singles action.
In the singles match-
es, Hanna Phillips won
the number three match
against Abbi Robacker, 6-2
and 6-3.
North Mason's Tiffany
Nelson was close to a win
after winning the first set
against Tina Dietz 6-4 be-
fore losing the second and
third sets 6-2 and 7-5 re-
spectively.
"[Nelson] could have won
it just as easily as she lost
it," Harris said.
North Mason's sched-
uled match at Olympic
High School on Thursday
was rained out with no
makeup date announced as
of tb.e Journal's press dead-
line.
March 25 at Port
Townsend High Scool in
Port Townsend
North Mason 5, Port
Townsend/Chimacum 2
Singles - Stankus
(PT/C) def. Orchard 6-2,
6-1; Dietz (PT/C) def. Nel-
son 4-6, 6-2, 7-5; Phillips
(NM) def. Robacker 6-2, 6-3
Doubles - Martin/
Zevnick (NM) def. Ittody/
Gore 6-3, 6-2; Urdahl/Ja-
cobsen (NM) def. Runnel/
Warning-Enriquez 6-3,
6-1; Hicks/Satran (NM)
def. WilleffMedlay 6-3, 6-1;
" Rieker/Abplanalp (NM) def.
Bainbridge/Nguyen 7-5, 7-5
Journal photo by Dean Siemon
North Mason High School's Miguel Francisco attempts to receive a pass during Saturday's
nonleague game at home against Port Angeles High School.
Build s unable to cute
nd half chan
in 1-0 loss
By DEAN SIEMON
A goal from Port Angeles High
School's Anthony Brandon in the
14th minute gave the Roughriders
the 1-0 nonleague win at North Ma-
son High School on Saturday.
The Bulldogs (1-4-0) gave up the
early goal to the Roughriders (3-2-
1) after attempting to clear the ball
out of the defensive zone.
But Brandon intercepted the ball
and scored on a •bending kick into
the net past North Mason's Joel
Ferguson.
"It was a good kick," said North
Mason head coach Matt Friesen.
North Mason held strong in the
second half, playing just as physical
as Port Angeles while allowing only
two shots on goal. -
Friesen said it was good to see
the Bulldogs dominate the second
half possesion, but was disappoint-
ed North Mason could not convert
on the number second half chances.
"We just needed to make more
opportunities," Friesen said. ~When
you dominate the ball, you need to
score."
Friesen was pleased with the
performances of Hunter Ralston
and Nick Rasmussen in the center.
"Hunter is hard and phyical and
Nick is just smart and clever de-
fending," Friesen said. "Those two
were great."
Friesen also credited forwards
Miguel Francisco and Sebastian
Gaspar for creating a lot of scoring
opportunities in the second half.
"[Francisco] was a workhorse to-
day," Friesen said. "Sebastian got
hurt early so he came out in the
first half. But he played well tochy."
Friesen said North Mason~lias
gro~vn since their 7-0 loss at Bon-
ney Lake High School on March 17.
The Bulldogs lost 2-1 at Highline
High School and defeated Olympic
High School on March 22, 1-0.
~b'e're all on the same page now,"
Friesen said:
As the Bulldogs prepare for their
official Olympic League schedule in
April, Friesen knows the Bulldogs
are improving, which stems from
the veteran players.
"Our backs and our centerbacks
are so good that it feeds up," Fri-
esen said.
March 26 at North Mason
High School in Belfair
Pt. Angeles 1 0 - 1
N. Mason 0 0 - 0
Scoring summary: '
PA- Brande~ (unassisted), ~'4th ';':'
minute
COM MENTARY
Dean Siemon
The Washington Inter-
scholastic Activities Associ-
ation had a number of topics
in their Winter Coalition on
March 21 in Renton.
Other than the discus-
sions on football playoff
seedings and ways to cut
down expenses while mak-
ing fans happy in the bas-
ketball tournaments, the
addition of sanctioned varsi-
ty sports was also discussed.
The additions of boys and
girls lacrosse is one of the
13 amendments that will be
voted on in April.
This got me to think
about which sports should
be considered sanctioned
WIAA athletics. Lacrosse is
an exciting sport that has
ben gaining popularity in
recent years.
The sport combines traits
of hockey, soccer and foot-
ball into a fast-paced game
that could interest many
high school athletes that
may be bored by some of the
current options.
But while lacrosse is be-
ing discussed, maybe boys
and girls rugby should also
be a consideration.
Shelton, for example, is
one of the areas where there
are high school athletes
participating in sanctioned
games through Rugby USA.
The Shelton Savages
probably wouldn't mind
having some money from
the school's athletic fund to
help travel for games and
buy equipment.
Around the office, wa-
ter polo was brought up.
While the activity is not an
extremely popular event,
there is an opening for high
schools to use their pool in
the spring portion of the
year.
Boys swimming takes
place in the winter while
girls swimming uses the
pool in the fall.
But not all high schools
may have the financial abil-
ity to expand their athletic
offerings.
We know that some
schools don't offer swim-~
ming or even baseball and
softball, depending on the
size of the school.
Regardless of the sports
listed in this column, it real-
ly is not only up to the WIAA
to sanction the sports, but
high school across the state
to decide if they can include
more sports in their pro-
grams.
There are also other
sports that are more of club
activities at most schools -
rowing, rafting, fishing and
water skiing.
All of these sports have
been featured on national
television (granted through
ESPN2 or the Outdoor
Channel).
The Journal's resident
outdoors expert, Kelly Rior-
dan, recommended that ar-
chery should be considered
a varsity sport.
There is no question
about the skill in hitting a
bullseye from 30 yards or
more, but there is a concern
that could eventually lead to
huge debates.
If archery is to be consid-
ered a varsity sport, then
some will argue that trap
shooting with shotguns and
rifles should also be in the
mix.
mentary by any means).
Mason County area
schools could use the local
lakes and the Hood Canal
for these events, but Wash-
ington state does require li-
censing to all of these activi-
ties that could be too costly
for schools to cover all inter-
ested students.
I'm in favor of the WIAA
and high school athletic di-
rectors wanted tO expand
their offerings. But at the
The political disputes of same time, while we are
high school aged children in a financial recession, it
having firearms is an issue might not be the best time
I would prefer not having in for many schools to add cost-
the Sports pages (this is not ly programs in their school
meant to be a political com- district's budget.
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