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Thursday, May 9, 2019 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page B-1 North Mason High School senior Makinna Skjonsby returns serve May 1 in Belfair against Sequim. Skjonsby won her match 6-3, 6-0. Jouma/photo by Justin JOhnson 5kjonsby aims for league championship, more By Justin Johnson justin@masoncounty com fter four years wearing blue and white, Makinna Skjonsby's high school ten- nis career will end at some point in the next few weeks. The North Mason High School friends," Skjonsby said. "It is real- ly fun cheering for good shots and encouraging my teammates." senior is, however, focused on the Skjonsby went 6-2 at No. 1 sin- task ahead as she heads to the 2A gles for the Bulldogs this year, and Olym~gue tournament for wrapped uEtthe regular season the Bulldogs at No. 1 singles, with a commanding 6-3, 6-0 win "I love having fun playing with over Sequim's top singles player. my close friends. It's been a great The Wolves went 16-0 this season, season because the whole team with seven perfect dual victories. got along so well together, from freshman to senior, we were all see TENNIS, page B-4 THE FAR POST uilding something is never easy. It takes work -- lots of it. As I've mentioned previously, prior to coming here to work for the Shelton-Mason County Journal, l spent seven years doing athletic com- munications work for Weber State University in Utah. During that time, the Wildcats added college soft- ball tothe lineup of sports offered. I had front-row seats to the birth of a new program. [n 2010, two By JUSTIN years after the JOHNSON program was an- nounced, Weber State fielded its fledgling team. The result of that -first year was a 2-48 record, and the second of those wins came in the final game. Everyone has to start somewhere. Under a new coach in 2015, the program's sixth season, Weber State won the Big Sky Conference tourna- ment, riding a late-season seven- game winning streak to a berth in the big dance - the NCAA tournament. In 2016, the Wildcats won the league's regular season title and again won the conference tournament, where they faced Washington in the first round. In 2017 and 2018, and again here in 2019, Weber State won its league's regular season title. All of that from a program that didn't exist 10 years ago. This spring in Mason County, I've had the opportunity to watch not just one but two young high school softball teams grow up. (I'll never get used to calling it fastpitch instead.) The Shelton High School fastpitch team is currently in the midst of a stunning late-season resurgence that see FAR POST, page B-2 By Justin Johnson justin@masoncoun com The temperature lately in Mason Coun- ty has been rising, but it's no match for the scorching heat coming off the diamond at Shelton High School's fastpitch field. Riding the arm of sophomore southpaw pitcher Kamryn Hyland on Monday in Shel- ton, the Highclimbers crushed Capital 15-0 in five innings to move into a tie for fourth place in the South Sound Conference. Hyland faced 22 Cougar batters and struck out 13, including five looking, as the High- climbers won their fifth straight game all of which came in an eight-day span from April 29 to Monday. "Our confidence has been building tremen- dously. Being put in a position of play or go home, we had some pressure put on to us," said Hyland, who was also 3-for-4 with three RBI and three runs scored against the Cou- gars. "That really helped us pull it together and start playing as a team rather than see FASTPITCH, page B-6 The Shelton High School fastpitch team huddles May 3 at Highclimber Fastpitch Field in Shelton after defeating Kings- ton, 18-4, in five innings. Journa/photo by Justin Johnson + +