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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