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Shelton junior Thomas Gettle leads off third base during the Highclimbers' home game against Gig Harbor on Monday. Journal photos by Emily Hanson £ d 2 P a P 1 S S P t; II C n n a u t] a P S Shelton senior Curtis Wuestner hurls the ball toward first base for an out. Highclimbers still searching for first win think we climbers N actualty (O-lO) The Shelton baseball have a team notched two more nJaved busyweek losses this week. P~ J ~ p a c k e d On Monday, the High- basebaN! for w i t h TUESDAY: climbers lost at home to make-up C. Kitsap ....... 2 Shelton .......... 1 Gig Harbor 5-2. 0 n ce." games. "The game went very ............................................................................................. A s TODAY: well," said SHS head base- of press ball coach Erik Engstrom. time, the Shelton vs. "The difference was the "It was a good pitching team had Bremerton, four errors we committedmatch up." not yet 4p.m. in the field." Senior David Gorman played at Hitting and pitching threw all seven innings.Gig Harbor yesterday. The statistics for this gameFabrizio hit one double Highclimbers are sched- were not available but with one RBI, bringing in uled to play at 4 p.m. today Engstrom said senior Pat- Stan Gerhold for the lone at home against Bremer- rick Fabrizio pitcheda Shelton run. ton and at 4 p.m. tomorrow "phenomenal" game. "I think we actually at home against Wilson. On Tuesday, the High-played baseball for once,""We're handling this climbers lost atCentral Fabrizio said. "We're start- week pretty well but we're Kitsap 2-1. ing to compete and we'regetting low on pitching," "We actually played working toward our goal of Fabrizio said. "We'll find a pretty well," Fabrizio said. winning our first game." way." P e d h h a a s S E 4 fi t, a C l( a o J d 2 a S 1 £ h C S FLYONTHESIDELINE U Circus tents could be a boon for local high school sports ver since spring sports sea- son began, I've been won- dering about what an appro- priate solution to a fairly aimoying problem could be. The problem is that because of the near-constant rain Shelton and Mason County experience, baseball and fastpitch games and tennis and golf matches keep get- ting canceled and rescheduled. This switch-up in schedules is driving me bonkers and making it difficult to plan out my weeks with which sporting events I'll be able to go to and take tennis courts, actually shines in Mason County, for a solution to this problem. photos at. This is the perfect solution games can be played under theThe tents could even be pur- But I think because circus tents are hugebrillant blue sky but when the chased in the appropriate school I've finally fig- and sturdy. They are designed to rain falls, games don't have to be colors for Shelton and North Ma- ured out what hold crowds and not to collapse canceled or rescheduled, they can son and I bet each school's mascot the solution could because nothing drags the fun at- just be played under tents and on could be included in the design. be. It's going to mosphere of a circus down faster a dry field. Finally, imagine the crowds of sound silly, but than the tent collapsing on top I have no idea how expensive spectators that would gather at give me some of the elephants and causing a these tents may be but I think Mason County sporting events for By EMILY time to explain, stampede, they last for a fairly long time and the novelty of saying to grandchil- HANSON The school With the proper training, can be easily repaired if basic sew- dren someday: "I watched a tennis districts should school district employees will be ing skills are taught. Circus tents match under a circus tent." purchase circusable to erect and take down these would definitely be far less expen- You can laugh at the silliness tents to place over the baseball tents as quickly as the circus sive than building domes over ev- of this idea if you want to, but I and fastpitch fields as well as the crews can so that when the sun ery field, which was my first idea think it's brillant. [ 2 Y , Zumba Toning . Zumba Classes • Sauna/Steam Room, Personal Training • Weight Training, Swimming o Aerobics Classes o Tae Kwon Do Classes Every Saturday at 11:00 a.m. FREE with membership , Kettlebell Classes Now in progress-- See schedule at www, sheltonathleticclub.com • Racquetball • Tanning • Cardio, Massage Just South of Downtown Shelton on Highway 3 Stop in today at 707 South First Street Call 426-1388 or email us; sac@hctc,com Check us out on the web at sheltonathleticclub.com Hours', Mon-Fri 4',30am-9pm, Sat & Sun 7am.3pm b t: C: C C O P £ 1 r a t: t, h n Page B-8 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, April 12, 2012