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SPORTS JOURNAL
Hometown hammer thrower 2nd at Nat'Is
SHELTON'S RAHN REDMAN and the '06 scene about to be twice renewed here.
rag' renewal's set
PATCH
cars by the hundreds.
from the bug-eyed era.
beneath their tires.
Redman and friends have
all on the docket and much,
more as well when their
successful drag-racing re-
of last summer resumes for
Sanderson Field.
are July 6-8 and 13-15,
| Redman, head of the Shelton
Association that suc-
resurrected Sanderson's
drag strip last year
40 years of forced retire-
AND FELLOW
founding officer Reid Myers
at The Journal last week
readers up to date.
6th will be kind of a lo-
ng for locals to come out
said Redman. "It's a
Friday.' That way if
wants to go to the store
get some groceries and come
and say, 'Honey, I'll be back,'
out to the drag strip for
and run the el' family
He grinned.
five dollars to get in the
you have to buy a tech
tech card is a process
them on the insurance.
then we take the vehicle in
We do a full safety inspection
da-da da-da dah. And then
You go."
AND Sunday of
weekend, Redman con-
would feature the "nostal-
"Or the clutch would explode and
take their legs off right here." He
gestures mid-pantleg. "Or if the
engine would explode the flames
came backwards, and it could en-
gulf you in flame and burn you to
death."
"THAT'S WHY YOU would see
those old dragster drivers wearin'
the face masks with the bug-eyed
glasses and stuff," put in Myers,
"- so they didn't get burned up or
'If you were
lucky enough that
it didn't take your
legs off, it would
tear the frame in
two- and then you
would be in a
- what's called a 'can.' And it has a
titanium front plate and has a ti-
tanium shield, and everything sits
inside of it.
"So when it explodes it just goes
'ting-ting-ting-ting-ting.'"
BUT BACK TO the upcom-
ing Sanderson renewal: It'll fea-
ture plenty of new stuff off the
track, too. Unlike a year ago, for
instance, when the association
got unexpectedly turned down on
its request to use the nearby fair-
grounds bleacher sections, there
will be seating for "between four
and five hundred people," to quote
Redman.
"We're bustin' our humpee here
to trfn get this bleacher thing re-
solved," he said.
One of the bleacher sets they've
managed to acquire, he added,
comes from the 4H camp out at
Dayton's Panhandle Lake. "They
had bleachers back in there for
about 250 that were just stuffed
in the woods and overgrown with
like last year: pre-1972
he said. "We have a 12-car
in what they call 'Nos-
That's the old
-style, front-engine drag-
see."
dragsters have the en-
the driver, added Red-
with good reason.
they sat over the rear
that," said the long-time
referring to the driv-
orientation, "the
would explode and cut
off." He grinned ruefully.
All.American
times three
Shelton's Nick Owens wrapped
up his collegiate track career with
a bang last week, finishing second
in the hammer throw in the NCAA
Division I national finals in Sacra-
mento and thus earning his third
successive collegiate All-American
distinction.
The 6-3, 270-pound '03 Climber
grad and North
Carolina senior
broke his own
school record by
some two feet
with a 233-7 toss
on his third of
six attempts Fri-
day in Hornet
Stadium on the
campus of Sacra-
mento State.
At the time, it
was the second-
best mark in the
entire nation this
year and put him
in first place in
Friday's competi-
tion. But then an
old friend and ri-
val from his days
as aHighclimber,
Auburn's Jake NC senior
Dunkleberger,
responded with a huge PR of 235-9
on his fifth attempt, and it wound
up withstanding the final round of
upset bids to seize the throne.
WITH HIS RUNNER-UP per-
formance, Nick gave the UNC Tar
Heels eight points in the team scor-
ing, helping them to sixth overall,
their highest placement since fin-
ishing fourth in 1996.
This is the Climber grafts third
time as a collegiate All-American.
He earned that distinction by way
of matching third-place perfor-
mances at nationals as a Tar Heel
sophomore and junior.
Moreover, in high school Nick
Soccer camp
sign-up time
Sign-ups are being taken now
for the Junior Climber Soccer
Academy June 25-28 at the South
Mason Soccer Park.
For boys and girls ages 5-12,
the four-day program features a
morning session from 9 to 11 for
those 5 to 8 years old and an af-
ternoon session from noon to 2 for
9- through 12-year-olds.
Cost is $50 per player.
Instruction once again is pro-
vided by Climber girls' soccer
coach Brett Bartlett and several
of his varsity mainstays.
Each player receives a Junior
Climber Soccer Academy T-shirt.
Shin guards are required protec-
tive gear for the program.
capsule runnin' blackberries," said Redman, grin-Adult
ning and shaking his head. "I
down the track mean, literally."
Tacoman Walt Austin, the leg- j
at a hundred and endary drag-race maven and Shel- S 0 C C e r
ton Association benefactor, has
seventv: purchased another set of bleach-
ers - smaller ones accommodat- Shelton Parks and Recreation
smoked out."
"Safety-wise it's a huge differ-
ence," said Redman.
"Ninety-nine percent safety,"
rejoined Myers.
"A lot of times in the old days,"
said Redman, "when the clutch
exploded, all this metal sawed the
car in half. So if you were lucky
enough that it didn't take your
legs off, it would tear the frame in
two - and then you would be in a
capsule runnin' down the track at
a hundred and seventy and-"
TOTALLY AT the mercy of
fate?
"Yeah," said Redman - and up
popped that apologetic little grin
again.
"Back then," he resumed, "they
had cast iron, and they were lucky
if they had aluminum. Nowdays,
when the clutch explodes, ev-
erything's encased in titanium
ing about 30 posteriors apiece
- and those will be set up at vari-
ous places down the quartermile
track, said Redman.
'%Ye have eight of those com-
ing," he said.
TRUE ENOUGH, admitted
Redman, last year's bleacherless-
ness was kind of ironic, given the
fact that the fairground's sets were
literally in plain sight through the
high-octane fog.
"But if you had a pickup truck
you could sit on the tailgate," he
said.
"It was inconvenient, but im-
provising made the weekend," re-
minded Myers. "That's what drag
racing started out as. You know?
"Drag racing started out as guys
taking an engine, a transmission,
wheels and tires - and either tak-
ing an old Model A or Model T or
(Please turn to page 24.)
in conjunction with Shelton Youth
Soccer Club is forming an adult
coed soccer league for the sum-
mer.
The league is a six-a-side coed
recreational league for participants
18 years old and over. League play
will begin June 26 at the South
Mason County Soccer Park.
Registration is now being ac-
cepted for teams and individuals.
The team fee is $120, the individu-
al $25. Fees must be paid by 5 p.m.
June 15 at the Shelton Civic Cen-
ter, 525 West Cota Street.
League format, rules and dates
of play are being formulated, re-
ports veteran city rec director
Mark Ziegler.
Interested? Call the rec of-
fice at 432-5194 or go on-line at
mziegler@ci.Shelton.wa.us for
more information.
Nick Owens
became only the third prep All-
American in Highclimber history,
and only one other such standout
- now Arkansas Razorback Alex
McCleary- has come down the
Climber pike since.
AMONG THOSE ON hand to
witness big Nick's collegiate swan
song Friday, by the way, was his
Climber coach
and long-time
mentor, John
Sells. It was the
first time Coach
Sells has been
able to be there
in person since
Nick became a
collegian.
"He threw very
well, and the
competition was
outstanding,"
reports Sells,
adding that the
occasion was a
reunion in more
ways than one
inasmuch as sev-
eral of their old
high-school cro-
nies were com-
peting, including
eventual fifth-
place finisher Adam Midles of
USC via Capital High School and
eighth-place finisher Nate Rolfe of
Georgia via Inglemoor.
AS FOR NICK, who'll be join-
ing Alex and twin brother Andy
McClary at U.S. Nationals next
week as he continues to build to-
ward a bid for the 2008 U.S. Olym-
pic team, the exClimber star has
his work cut out away from the
hammer ring as well, as it hap-
pens.
He's getting married on a North
Carolina beach in September - to
former Tar Heels high-jumper
Jenny Harazim.
"It's going to be awesome," Nick
was quoted as saying in the wake
of Friday's school-record toss. And
he flashed a huge and what's be-
come a well worn smile, witnesses
are said to have added.
Limerick
Lake Limerick's 18-hole ladies
yielded the following in low-net
competition June 6:
First division - Joyce Reynolds and @ayle
Wilcox tied at 72, Marsh Berry 76.
Second division-Mary Lou Trautmann 71
and Ann Wooten and Iris Zieman tied at 73.
Third division - Barb Villa 73, Lesley Rob-
ertshaw-Mosley 75 and Barb Eberhardt 78.
Chip-ins - Barb Eberhardt (8th hole),
Joyce Reynolds (14th) and Gayla Wilcox
(18th).
Low net of the day- Mary Lou Trautmann,
71.
Alderbrook
Alderbrook's ladies yielded the
following the past week:
June 5, Blind Holes
First division- Rebecca Danielson low
gross (43); net: Renae Youngs 35.5, Shirley
Swenson 36.
Second division - Pat Johnson low gross
(52), net: Anne Gilbert 32, Linda McMullin
35.
Nine-holers - net: Babe Silvey 13.5, Lana
Clausen 14.
June 7, SelecUve Nine
First division - Asue Barnes low gross
(34); net: Pat Johnson 24 and Kendra Warner
and Shirley Swanson tied at 29.
Second division - Lavema O'Nail low
gross (40); net: Leona Klein 23.5 and Sharon
Darling and Janice Lapinski tied at 25.
Nine-holers - net: Lana Clausen 35.
Grid Kings'
sign-up time
Pre-registration for the Shel-
ton Kings' 2007 age-group football
season has been set for June 23
and July 14 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
in the Shelton Library.
Eligible are all kids 7 through
14 years of age, and they'll need to
display birth-certificate copies and
pay their registration fees at the
time of sign-up.
Those fees are $85 for kids 7-12
years old and $100 for those 13-
14.
Thursday, June 14, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 21
SPORTS JOURNAL
Hometown hammer thrower 2nd at Nat'Is
SHELTON'S RAHN REDMAN and the '06 scene about to be twice renewed here.
rag' renewal's set
PATCH
cars by the hundreds.
from the bug-eyed era.
beneath their tires.
Redman and friends have
all on the docket and much,
more as well when their
successful drag-racing re-
of last summer resumes for
Sanderson Field.
are July 6-8 and 13-15,
| Redman, head of the Shelton
Association that suc-
resurrected Sanderson's
drag strip last year
40 years of forced retire-
AND FELLOW
founding officer Reid Myers
at The Journal last week
readers up to date.
6th will be kind of a lo-
ng for locals to come out
said Redman. "It's a
Friday.' That way if
wants to go to the store
get some groceries and come
and say, 'Honey, I'll be back,'
out to the drag strip for
and run the el' family
He grinned.
five dollars to get in the
you have to buy a tech
tech card is a process
them on the insurance.
then we take the vehicle in
We do a full safety inspection
da-da da-da dah. And then
You go."
AND Sunday of
weekend, Redman con-
would feature the "nostal-
"Or the clutch would explode and
take their legs off right here." He
gestures mid-pantleg. "Or if the
engine would explode the flames
came backwards, and it could en-
gulf you in flame and burn you to
death."
"THAT'S WHY YOU would see
those old dragster drivers wearin'
the face masks with the bug-eyed
glasses and stuff," put in Myers,
"- so they didn't get burned up or
'If you were
lucky enough that
it didn't take your
legs off, it would
tear the frame in
two- and then you
would be in a
- what's called a 'can.' And it has a
titanium front plate and has a ti-
tanium shield, and everything sits
inside of it.
"So when it explodes it just goes
'ting-ting-ting-ting-ting.'"
BUT BACK TO the upcom-
ing Sanderson renewal: It'll fea-
ture plenty of new stuff off the
track, too. Unlike a year ago, for
instance, when the association
got unexpectedly turned down on
its request to use the nearby fair-
grounds bleacher sections, there
will be seating for "between four
and five hundred people," to quote
Redman.
"We're bustin' our humpee here
to trfn get this bleacher thing re-
solved," he said.
One of the bleacher sets they've
managed to acquire, he added,
comes from the 4H camp out at
Dayton's Panhandle Lake. "They
had bleachers back in there for
about 250 that were just stuffed
in the woods and overgrown with
like last year: pre-1972
he said. "We have a 12-car
in what they call 'Nos-
That's the old
-style, front-engine drag-
see."
dragsters have the en-
the driver, added Red-
with good reason.
they sat over the rear
that," said the long-time
referring to the driv-
orientation, "the
would explode and cut
off." He grinned ruefully.
All.American
times three
Shelton's Nick Owens wrapped
up his collegiate track career with
a bang last week, finishing second
in the hammer throw in the NCAA
Division I national finals in Sacra-
mento and thus earning his third
successive collegiate All-American
distinction.
The 6-3, 270-pound '03 Climber
grad and North
Carolina senior
broke his own
school record by
some two feet
with a 233-7 toss
on his third of
six attempts Fri-
day in Hornet
Stadium on the
campus of Sacra-
mento State.
At the time, it
was the second-
best mark in the
entire nation this
year and put him
in first place in
Friday's competi-
tion. But then an
old friend and ri-
val from his days
as aHighclimber,
Auburn's Jake NC senior
Dunkleberger,
responded with a huge PR of 235-9
on his fifth attempt, and it wound
up withstanding the final round of
upset bids to seize the throne.
WITH HIS RUNNER-UP per-
formance, Nick gave the UNC Tar
Heels eight points in the team scor-
ing, helping them to sixth overall,
their highest placement since fin-
ishing fourth in 1996.
This is the Climber grafts third
time as a collegiate All-American.
He earned that distinction by way
of matching third-place perfor-
mances at nationals as a Tar Heel
sophomore and junior.
Moreover, in high school Nick
Soccer camp
sign-up time
Sign-ups are being taken now
for the Junior Climber Soccer
Academy June 25-28 at the South
Mason Soccer Park.
For boys and girls ages 5-12,
the four-day program features a
morning session from 9 to 11 for
those 5 to 8 years old and an af-
ternoon session from noon to 2 for
9- through 12-year-olds.
Cost is $50 per player.
Instruction once again is pro-
vided by Climber girls' soccer
coach Brett Bartlett and several
of his varsity mainstays.
Each player receives a Junior
Climber Soccer Academy T-shirt.
Shin guards are required protec-
tive gear for the program.
capsule runnin' blackberries," said Redman, grin-Adult
ning and shaking his head. "I
down the track mean, literally."
Tacoman Walt Austin, the leg- j
at a hundred and endary drag-race maven and Shel- S 0 C C e r
ton Association benefactor, has
seventv: purchased another set of bleach-
ers - smaller ones accommodat- Shelton Parks and Recreation
smoked out."
"Safety-wise it's a huge differ-
ence," said Redman.
"Ninety-nine percent safety,"
rejoined Myers.
"A lot of times in the old days,"
said Redman, "when the clutch
exploded, all this metal sawed the
car in half. So if you were lucky
enough that it didn't take your
legs off, it would tear the frame in
two - and then you would be in a
capsule runnin' down the track at
a hundred and seventy and-"
TOTALLY AT the mercy of
fate?
"Yeah," said Redman - and up
popped that apologetic little grin
again.
"Back then," he resumed, "they
had cast iron, and they were lucky
if they had aluminum. Nowdays,
when the clutch explodes, ev-
erything's encased in titanium
ing about 30 posteriors apiece
- and those will be set up at vari-
ous places down the quartermile
track, said Redman.
'%Ye have eight of those com-
ing," he said.
TRUE ENOUGH, admitted
Redman, last year's bleacherless-
ness was kind of ironic, given the
fact that the fairground's sets were
literally in plain sight through the
high-octane fog.
"But if you had a pickup truck
you could sit on the tailgate," he
said.
"It was inconvenient, but im-
provising made the weekend," re-
minded Myers. "That's what drag
racing started out as. You know?
"Drag racing started out as guys
taking an engine, a transmission,
wheels and tires - and either tak-
ing an old Model A or Model T or
(Please turn to page 24.)
in conjunction with Shelton Youth
Soccer Club is forming an adult
coed soccer league for the sum-
mer.
The league is a six-a-side coed
recreational league for participants
18 years old and over. League play
will begin June 26 at the South
Mason County Soccer Park.
Registration is now being ac-
cepted for teams and individuals.
The team fee is $120, the individu-
al $25. Fees must be paid by 5 p.m.
June 15 at the Shelton Civic Cen-
ter, 525 West Cota Street.
League format, rules and dates
of play are being formulated, re-
ports veteran city rec director
Mark Ziegler.
Interested? Call the rec of-
fice at 432-5194 or go on-line at
mziegler@ci.Shelton.wa.us for
more information.
Nick Owens
became only the third prep All-
American in Highclimber history,
and only one other such standout
- now Arkansas Razorback Alex
McCleary- has come down the
Climber pike since.
AMONG THOSE ON hand to
witness big Nick's collegiate swan
song Friday, by the way, was his
Climber coach
and long-time
mentor, John
Sells. It was the
first time Coach
Sells has been
able to be there
in person since
Nick became a
collegian.
"He threw very
well, and the
competition was
outstanding,"
reports Sells,
adding that the
occasion was a
reunion in more
ways than one
inasmuch as sev-
eral of their old
high-school cro-
nies were com-
peting, including
eventual fifth-
place finisher Adam Midles of
USC via Capital High School and
eighth-place finisher Nate Rolfe of
Georgia via Inglemoor.
AS FOR NICK, who'll be join-
ing Alex and twin brother Andy
McClary at U.S. Nationals next
week as he continues to build to-
ward a bid for the 2008 U.S. Olym-
pic team, the exClimber star has
his work cut out away from the
hammer ring as well, as it hap-
pens.
He's getting married on a North
Carolina beach in September - to
former Tar Heels high-jumper
Jenny Harazim.
"It's going to be awesome," Nick
was quoted as saying in the wake
of Friday's school-record toss. And
he flashed a huge and what's be-
come a well worn smile, witnesses
are said to have added.
Limerick
Lake Limerick's 18-hole ladies
yielded the following in low-net
competition June 6:
First division - Joyce Reynolds and @ayle
Wilcox tied at 72, Marsh Berry 76.
Second division-Mary Lou Trautmann 71
and Ann Wooten and Iris Zieman tied at 73.
Third division - Barb Villa 73, Lesley Rob-
ertshaw-Mosley 75 and Barb Eberhardt 78.
Chip-ins - Barb Eberhardt (8th hole),
Joyce Reynolds (14th) and Gayla Wilcox
(18th).
Low net of the day- Mary Lou Trautmann,
71.
Alderbrook
Alderbrook's ladies yielded the
following the past week:
June 5, Blind Holes
First division- Rebecca Danielson low
gross (43); net: Renae Youngs 35.5, Shirley
Swenson 36.
Second division - Pat Johnson low gross
(52), net: Anne Gilbert 32, Linda McMullin
35.
Nine-holers - net: Babe Silvey 13.5, Lana
Clausen 14.
June 7, SelecUve Nine
First division - Asue Barnes low gross
(34); net: Pat Johnson 24 and Kendra Warner
and Shirley Swanson tied at 29.
Second division - Lavema O'Nail low
gross (40); net: Leona Klein 23.5 and Sharon
Darling and Janice Lapinski tied at 25.
Nine-holers - net: Lana Clausen 35.
Grid Kings'
sign-up time
Pre-registration for the Shel-
ton Kings' 2007 age-group football
season has been set for June 23
and July 14 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
in the Shelton Library.
Eligible are all kids 7 through
14 years of age, and they'll need to
display birth-certificate copies and
pay their registration fees at the
time of sign-up.
Those fees are $85 for kids 7-12
years old and $100 for those 13-
14.
Thursday, June 14, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 21