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4A Narrows League
Team
Gig Harbor
South Kitsap
Olympia
Stadium
Central Kitsap
Bellarmine Prep
Shelton
Mount Tahoma
League
5-1
5-1
4-1
2-1
3-2
1-5
1-5
0-6
Overall
5-1
5-1
5-3
3-1
3-3
1-6
1-6
0-6
1A/2A/3A Olympic League
Team League Overall
Kingston 3-0 3-2
North Kitsap 3-1 4-2
Olympic 2-1 2-1
North Mason 3-2 2-3
Port Angeles 3-2 3-2
Sequim 2-2 3-2
Klahowya 1-2 1-3
Bremerton 1-3 1-4
Port Townsend 0-5 0-6
4A Narrows League
Team League Overall
Bellarmine Prep 3-0 4-1
South Kitsap 3-0 3-1
Stadium 2-0 2-2
Olympia 2-1 4-1
Central Kitsap 1-2 1-4
Gig Harbor 0-2 2-4
Mount Tahoma 0-2 1-2
Shelton 0-3 1-4
1A/2AJ3A Olympic League
Team
Port Angeles
Sequim
Klahowya
~Bremerton
Olympic
North Mason
Kingston
North Kitsap
Port Townsend
League Overall
4-0 4-0
2-0 3-0
2-1 2-2
,22 ...... 3-3
2-2 • ' 3-2
1-2 1-3
1-2 2-2
1-3 2-3
0-3 0-3
Boys Soccer
4A Narrows League
Team
Bellarmine Prep
Central Kitsap
Gig Harbor
Stadium
South Kitsap
Shelton
Mount Tahoma
Olympia
League
5-0-0
3-0-1
3-1-0
3-1-0
2-2-1
1-3-0
0-4-0
0-5-0
Overall
6-0-0
5-0-1
3-1-0
4-1-0
4-2-1
1-3-1
2-4-0
0-5-0
1A/2A/3A Olympic League
Team League Overall
Kingston 1-0-1 4-1-2
Bremerten 1-0-0 3-3-1
North Kitsap 1-0-0 4-1-0
Olympic 1-0-0 2-5-0
Port Angeles 0-0-1 5-2-1
North Mason 1-2-0 1-4-0
Klahowya 0-i,0 0-2-0
Port Townsend 0-1-0 0-4-1
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By DEAN SIEMON their goals set at the begin-
ning of the year - setting
Shelton High School's pow- brand new goals for the Shel-
erlifting team has scheduled ton Invitational.
their Shelton Invitational "I hadagoalof300 [pounds]
meet for April 16 at the SHS on bench," said senior Bran-
Minidome. don Blueback. "My goals now
The team is returning are to get 500 [pounds] on
from a meet on March 26 at deadlift and squat."
Lincoln High School in Taco- Juniors Forrest Van Dam
ma, when a few Highclimbers and Blake Fraser, two of the
earned top-three finishes, high school's powerlifters,
But many of the lifters have been organizing the
said that it isn't always about event for their senior project.
competing with each other~Pretty much I have to get
that drew them to the sport, all the judges, spotters, T-
"Instead of beating each shirt designers, all that are
other up, we're encouraging going to be here," Van Dam
each other," said junior Rog- said.
er Villesca. "In powerlifting, "I've been working on all
you're trying to achieve your the medals, working on mak-
goals." ing cooler ones while keeping
"I think it's pretty awe-them the same," Fraser said.
some the fact that everybody While Fraser has been out
supports each other," said so- due to a torn ACL in his knee,
nior David Mullins. he has been lifting, focusing
The environment has on his upper body, with the
brought in some of the High- rest of his team at practice to
climbers from the weightlift- give support.
ing class in the school's phys- "I try to be some moral
ical education program, support," Fraser said.
"When I took my begin- Entering her fifth season
ning weightlifting course, as Shelton High School's
the environment that Mrs.powerliftingteam coach, Lor-
[Lorna] Martinson had made na Martinson said the team
it fun to be in here everyday," is excited for this year's Shel-
said junior Robert Crawford. ton Inviational and for the
"It's a very good experience to rest of the year.
go to these meets and it gets "This group is a very dedi-
you pumped up." cated group of students ad
With support from not only it's really evident to me that
their teammates but "oppo- they love this sport," Martin-
nents," many have reachedson said.
Journal photo by Dean Siemon
Shelton High School senior Brandon Blueback
attempts a squat lift during a weightlifting class
at the school's gym. Blueback is a member of the
Shelton powerlifting team.
Annual martial arts tournament continues in May
By DEAN SIEMON .... eas of martial arts for years," Bunko said. the Mason County Sheriffs department
"When you get together and fight tooth while training with law enforcement in
A martial arts tradition is scheduled to
continue on Saturday, May 7 at the Shel- and nail, you're still friends." Seattle.
ton High School Minidome. The tournament will also serve as a After training in the Seattle area in ai-
The 32nd annual Shelton All Butoku- tribute to Grand Master Soke Hill from kido, jiu jitsu and wrestling, Bunko was
kantournament is set to have up to 16 di£- Bremerton, who is celebrating his 50th requested to return to the Shelten Bu-
year in karate, tokukan gym by the original director, Dan
ferent fighting classes, ranging from age The Butokukan system has several lo- Gunter, just before his passing.
to belt color - from the four-year old white
belt to the veteran black belt. cations, including seven Puget Sound lo- The gym has continued to be involved
"We will have about 100 participants," cations (one in Shelton) and five gyms in with the community since then, just as
Canada. Gunter had been with the local law on-
said Brian Bunko, director of the Butokn-
kan system. The gym has produced 21 black belts, forcement, 4-H clubs and martial arts.
Bunko won a first place trophy at the a statistic which Bunko said the gym is "We are non-profit," Bunko said. "we all
age 12, when he competed in the first Shel- proud of. donate our time. The money we pay goes
ton Butokukan tournament in 1979.He said the average time spent work- into the school and back to the students."
But Bunko said that the Shelton Bu- ing towards a black belt in the Butokukan The money the school donates back to
tokukan tournament is different from oth- system takes anywhere from five to eight the students also helps fund demonstra-
er tournaments in the Pacific Northwest. years, tions and the annual butokukan tourna-
When asked what makes Butokukan "It's so in-depth and you're not just pay- mont.
special, Bunko said it was "brotherhood." ing for a belt," Bunko said. "we're very community based," Bunko
"You're competing with people The Shelton native has also worked for said.
you've trained with in different ar-
In the March 17 issue of the Jour-
nal, the photo of the Shelton High
School baseball game against Olym-
pia High School was incorrectly cit-
ed as Curtis Wuestner. The player
shown in the photo was Forest Put-
erbaugh.
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