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SPORTS JOURNAL SATURDAY'S POWERLIFT INVITE gives way to the usual visceral assortment. Getting checked out in the wake of a successful bench press in the nearmost scene is Climber veteran Casey Chamberlin. That's teammate Chelsie Uffelman bearing up good-naturedly as a fellow lifter helps her squeeze into her muscle shirt, top left, and at the upper right is Climber Jared Fraisure giving his all at the squat-lift station while briefly injury-sidelined teammate Matt Tuttle provides spotter's assistance behind him. Muscles flex anew The local muscle community gathered anew in the Minidome Saturday as Climberville hosted its annual Shelton Powerlift Invi- tational. Lifters from seven high schools vied in three disciplines - the squat lift, the bench press and the deadlift. Shelton's hosts wound up with one individual champ and five runners-up. Mounting the top step of the award stand was junior Mattie Sobotka. Earning second- place points for Shelton were se- nior veteran Casey Chamberlin, Texas transfer Nikki Robinson, sophomore Sarah Brownstein and juniors Kyle Burbridge and Jacob Nikolaisen. Meet director Lorna Martinson, the Climbers' powerlift coach and weightlifting teacher, credited Shelton's many volunteers for an- other invitational well run. SHELTON POWERLIFT INVITATIONAL (squat/bench/deadllft-total) GIRLS 97 pounds - Hilary Gouchnour (Monte- sane) 110/70/150-330. 105 pounds - no entrants. 114 pounds - Jamie Dierick (Montesano) 190/100/245-535; Ali Ohashi (Montesano) (Please turn to page 28.) EVENTUAL RIYNNER-UP Nikki Robinson of the Climbers strains to bench her second attempt in Saturday's Shelton Powerlift Invitational. Dave Austin, Mike Johnson, Don Brown: Three make all of Fame Former Highclimbers Dave Austin, Mike Johnson and Don Brown have been voted into the Shelton-Mason County Sports Hall of Fame. Unanimous selections all, they are due to be inducted formally at a special ceremony following the June 2 Forest Festival Parade. The late Austin and Johnson will be posthumous inductees while Brown, still a Shelton resident, is expected to be on hand in person. Austin, who was nominated by brother and fellow Climber all-state athlete Dan Brown, led Shelton's 1955 football team to the first undefeated season in school history and was voted no less than the premier quarterback in all of Washington prepdom that year. He graduated from SHS in 1956 .with top-ten academic credentials, a theretofore unprecedented nine varsity letters in three sports (foot- ball, basketball and baseball) and a football scholarship at the Uni- versity of Washington, where he was cocaptain of the Husky fresh team his first season and backup quarterback on the varsity squad his sophomore year. That Husky team eventually went on to win two Rose Bowls, by the way, but it was without the Highclimber grad - Austin hav- ing opted to retire from the sport in the interest of concentrating on his master's degree in metallurgi- cal engineering. The degree served him well in the business world, where he rose in the ranks over a long and cel- ebrated career at Boeing. A de- voted husband and father as well, Austin nonetheless found time to be a master counselor of DeMolay and later a president of his local Rotary club and maintain a handi- cap between 9 and 11 in his other great sporting love, golf. Sandy Ekse, a fellow Mill Creek Rotarian and one of the many friends and associates who spoke at his memorial service when Dave died recently, had this to say in a letter to the Hall of Fame Board last fall: "In 2000 Dave received the Paul Harris Fellowship Award, and this is the highest award bestowed upon a Rotarian. One must be a good leader, active in their corn- (Please turn to page 28.) Mike Johnson Don Brown After comeback win: Fastgals can't sustain magic The girls of Climber softball staged a late-inning rally to beat league frontrunner Lakes last week but then couldn't parlay it into a winning streak as confi- dence plateaued with the advent of spring break.. "In tennis you call it the 'big high,' " says veteran coach Val James, characterizing her Climb- ers' collective mood following their 6-3 come-from-behind victory over visiting Lakes. "But then you have the letdown. And that's what we're experiencing now." Indeed, as spring break com- menced here last Friday afternoon the Climbers took on a second straight league contender, Yelm, and wound up on the short end of a 3-2 count despite playing near error-free ball. "Still, it was deft- nitely a good game," said Coach James. "I'm not going to complain about that kind of loss ever, But we just didn't seem to play with any real consistency." Then came Monday's debacle - an l 1-run shutout thrashing at the hands of a third straight title contender, now-league-lead- ing Capital. And, to make matters worse, the host Cougs' Jefferson Field stomping grounds were an uncharacteristic disaster, with patches of sand wreaking havoc in the infield. "The kids were like little chick- ens out there, peckin' around," said Coach. "It was just a mess." The Climbers' record dipped to 3-7 going into Tuesday's meeting with Timberline there. Results of that contest will be in next week's Journal. Lakes 000 102 O - 3/617 Shelton 000 204 X - 6/8/0 Climber pitching - Carissa Krumpols sev- en innings, six hits, five strikeouts and one walk. Climber batting - Courtney Johnson two hits and two runs scored, Paige Barrett a single and two runs scored, CarrieAnne AI- legri a two-run single, Carissa Krumpols an rbi single, Annie Johnson an rbi single, Tara Grant two singles and a run scored and Ali Lund a single. Yslm 201 000 O - 31611 Shelton 200 000 0 - 2/6/2 (Please turn to page 27.) Thursday, April 5, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 25 SPORTS JOURNAL SATURDAY'S POWERLIFT INVITE gives way to the usual visceral assortment. Getting checked out in the wake of a successful bench press in the nearmost scene is Climber veteran Casey Chamberlin. That's teammate Chelsie Uffelman bearing up good-naturedly as a fellow lifter helps her squeeze into her muscle shirt, top left, and at the upper right is Climber Jared Fraisure giving his all at the squat-lift station while briefly injury-sidelined teammate Matt Tuttle provides spotter's assistance behind him. Muscles flex anew The local muscle community gathered anew in the Minidome Saturday as Climberville hosted its annual Shelton Powerlift Invi- tational. Lifters from seven high schools vied in three disciplines - the squat lift, the bench press and the deadlift. Shelton's hosts wound up with one individual champ and five runners-up. Mounting the top step of the award stand was junior Mattie Sobotka. Earning second- place points for Shelton were se- nior veteran Casey Chamberlin, Texas transfer Nikki Robinson, sophomore Sarah Brownstein and juniors Kyle Burbridge and Jacob Nikolaisen. Meet director Lorna Martinson, the Climbers' powerlift coach and weightlifting teacher, credited Shelton's many volunteers for an- other invitational well run. SHELTON POWERLIFT INVITATIONAL (squat/bench/deadllft-total) GIRLS 97 pounds - Hilary Gouchnour (Monte- sane) 110/70/150-330. 105 pounds - no entrants. 114 pounds - Jamie Dierick (Montesano) 190/100/245-535; Ali Ohashi (Montesano) (Please turn to page 28.) EVENTUAL RIYNNER-UP Nikki Robinson of the Climbers strains to bench her second attempt in Saturday's Shelton Powerlift Invitational. Dave Austin, Mike Johnson, Don Brown: Three make all of Fame Former Highclimbers Dave Austin, Mike Johnson and Don Brown have been voted into the Shelton-Mason County Sports Hall of Fame. Unanimous selections all, they are due to be inducted formally at a special ceremony following the June 2 Forest Festival Parade. The late Austin and Johnson will be posthumous inductees while Brown, still a Shelton resident, is expected to be on hand in person. Austin, who was nominated by brother and fellow Climber all-state athlete Dan Brown, led Shelton's 1955 football team to the first undefeated season in school history and was voted no less than the premier quarterback in all of Washington prepdom that year. He graduated from SHS in 1956 .with top-ten academic credentials, a theretofore unprecedented nine varsity letters in three sports (foot- ball, basketball and baseball) and a football scholarship at the Uni- versity of Washington, where he was cocaptain of the Husky fresh team his first season and backup quarterback on the varsity squad his sophomore year. That Husky team eventually went on to win two Rose Bowls, by the way, but it was without the Highclimber grad - Austin hav- ing opted to retire from the sport in the interest of concentrating on his master's degree in metallurgi- cal engineering. The degree served him well in the business world, where he rose in the ranks over a long and cel- ebrated career at Boeing. A de- voted husband and father as well, Austin nonetheless found time to be a master counselor of DeMolay and later a president of his local Rotary club and maintain a handi- cap between 9 and 11 in his other great sporting love, golf. Sandy Ekse, a fellow Mill Creek Rotarian and one of the many friends and associates who spoke at his memorial service when Dave died recently, had this to say in a letter to the Hall of Fame Board last fall: "In 2000 Dave received the Paul Harris Fellowship Award, and this is the highest award bestowed upon a Rotarian. One must be a good leader, active in their corn- (Please turn to page 28.) Mike Johnson Don Brown After comeback win: Fastgals can't sustain magic The girls of Climber softball staged a late-inning rally to beat league frontrunner Lakes last week but then couldn't parlay it into a winning streak as confi- dence plateaued with the advent of spring break.. "In tennis you call it the 'big high,' " says veteran coach Val James, characterizing her Climb- ers' collective mood following their 6-3 come-from-behind victory over visiting Lakes. "But then you have the letdown. And that's what we're experiencing now." Indeed, as spring break com- menced here last Friday afternoon the Climbers took on a second straight league contender, Yelm, and wound up on the short end of a 3-2 count despite playing near error-free ball. "Still, it was deft- nitely a good game," said Coach James. "I'm not going to complain about that kind of loss ever, But we just didn't seem to play with any real consistency." Then came Monday's debacle - an l 1-run shutout thrashing at the hands of a third straight title contender, now-league-lead- ing Capital. And, to make matters worse, the host Cougs' Jefferson Field stomping grounds were an uncharacteristic disaster, with patches of sand wreaking havoc in the infield. "The kids were like little chick- ens out there, peckin' around," said Coach. "It was just a mess." The Climbers' record dipped to 3-7 going into Tuesday's meeting with Timberline there. Results of that contest will be in next week's Journal. Lakes 000 102 O - 3/617 Shelton 000 204 X - 6/8/0 Climber pitching - Carissa Krumpols sev- en innings, six hits, five strikeouts and one walk. Climber batting - Courtney Johnson two hits and two runs scored, Paige Barrett a single and two runs scored, CarrieAnne AI- legri a two-run single, Carissa Krumpols an rbi single, Annie Johnson an rbi single, Tara Grant two singles and a run scored and Ali Lund a single. Yslm 201 000 O - 31611 Shelton 200 000 0 - 2/6/2 (Please turn to page 27.) Thursday, April 5, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 25