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Shelton-Mason County Journal Shelton senior Clara Robbins waits to smash down her opponent's lob during her match against Tuesday. Robbins plays with senior Allison Hunter on the No. 1 doubles team. Journal photos by Emily Hanson Olympia on By EMILY HANSON the first time those two have played to- emi[v@n~.asoncounty.com gether." ..................................................... Walker normally plays as No. 1 singles for the Lady Highclimbers but Olympia shut out the Shelton girls' Perry said she needed a break. tennis team in the first match back "As No. 1 singles, you're always play- from spring break, ing the best players so it's tough," he On Tuesday, the Lady Highclimbers said. lost at home to Olympia 6-0. As of press time, the Lady High- "It was really good," said SHS head climbers had not yet played at Timber- tennis coach John Perry. "I was very line yesterday. happy with the girls. We've playedThe team is scheduled to play at 3:30 Olympia before and won only one game." p.m. on Tuesday at home against Mt. Though the Shelton girls did not win Tahoma and at 3:30 p.m. on April 19 at any matches against Olympia, the Lady home against South Kitsap. Highclimbers won a total of 18 games. With the weather constantly affect- "Taylor Muenchow played for the ing whether or not the team plays, Per- first time on varsity and won one of her ry said the Shelton team is still doing games against a top three 4A Narrows well. League singles player," Perry said. "We practice if it's rainy or sunny He said the No. 3 doubles team -- now," he said. "It's warm enough now Serena Ranney and Willow Walker --that we can play with the water balls." played really well. By 'water balls' Perry referred to ten- "It was close in that match, so wenis balls that are so old it doesn't matter pressed them," Perry said. "That was if they are wrecked by rain. 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Schnitzer, a senior at Shel- ~ ton High School, plays short- stop for the Lady High- climbers fastpitch team and Kylie also races Schnitzer motor- cross. "People are surprised because I'm a girlie girl and not a lot of people would think that I get dirty," Schnitzer said. But she has been getting dirty on the fastpitch field for 11 years, the last three as a varsity athlete for SHS. "I started playing t-ball just how every little kid gets started with a sport," she said. "Fastpitch stuck with me." Schnitzer said she's stuck with fastpitch because it's always been her favorite sport. "It's mentally hard and physical," she said. As a fastpitch player, Schnitzer has received mul- tiple awards. She has been given honorable mention for the 4A Narrows All-League teams for two years and for the last two years, she has received the defensive play- er of the year award. Though Schnitzer said fastpitch and motorcross are complete opposites of each other, she said she loves them both. "The first time I was at a track, I was two weeks old," she said. Her father, Del Schnitzer, is a former flat track profes- sional and her older brother, Brenton Schnitzer, 22, is a professional motorcross rider. "I've been racing for four years," Schnitzer said. "Be- fore that, I was always just a fan of my brother's and my dad's." She said it's definitely a dangerous sport but attri- See Athlete on page B-9 il Lady Highclimbers could have field at Shelton High as early as next season By EMILY HANSON maintenance position to continue work on emi~y@m, asoneounty.com the field. ..................................................................................... Weather permitting, we'll be starting soon," Woods said. "We have to start from The Shelton fastpiteh team could havethe ground up and build. That entails eon- a home field on campus as early as next figuring the outfield, leveling it, adding fill season, as needed, placing top soil, replanting the Last summer, two SHS seniors outfield and then working on the infield." worked with mentor Erik Engstrom to SHS head fastpitch coach Kim Goldsby begin building a field on the SHS campus said she is looking forward to having a for the fastpitch team. When the base- home field on campus. The team currently ball dugout and clubhouse Engstrom plays its home games at Mason County was also mentoring burned as the result Recreation Area (MCRA). The Lady High- of arson, the fastpitch field project was climbers practice at MCRA as well as at postponed. Oakland Bay Junior High (OBJH), in the Engstrom was mentoring seniors Pat- SHS gym during rain and also in the aux- rick Fabrizio and Jake Enslow and said iliary gym at OBJH during poor weather. both finished their required number of "It would benefit every team to have hours of work before the project was halt- a facility on campus," Goldsby said. "It ed. brings pride to the players and to the Bob Woods, Shelton School District di- school itself." rector of facilities, said Engstrom was re- cently hired by the district in a temporary See Field on page B-9 Journal photo by Emily Hanson The basic outline of the infield for a fastpitch field at Shelton High School has been framed. This is the view of the field from behind where home plate would be. Shelton-Mason County Journal- Thursday, April 12, 2012 - Page B-7