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decided
to
go
for
a
run.
I ' I didn't say that. It was Jennifer
My first thought: How on earth would I keep up with
" " "' .i Ford, with whom I shared a five-mile ~~ her?
'. ". - . • ' '. " ': training run on June 6 around Island Lake ~~ After high school, Ford had accepted a full athletic
in Shelton. ~ 'i~ i~ scholarship to the University of North Florida, an NCAA
It's been 14 years and several thousand ~ ~.~Division II institution in Jacksonville.
miles since I last saw Ford. ~~ Her running career there went quite well. Ford earned
In 1998, she was wrapping up a phe- ~ All-America status five times and won three national
nomenal prep cross country and track ca- *" championships at 5,000 meters.
PACES&PLACES
recent study suggests something physical therapy care. You'll find reer for Gov. Thomas Johnson High School By KEVIN Ford, 32, still holds the university's school records in
more. When researchers had ten us conveniently located at 2300
healthy young men ride station- Kati Ct., Ste. B. New patients
ary bikes for 45 minutes, it was are welcome. Same day appoint-
found that they burned an aver- ments are available and most in-
age of approximately 500 calo- surance plans are accepted.
ries. When the men's metabolic
rate was then measured (using ES. In the study mentioned
oxygen consumption as an indi- above, the young men pedaled
fast enough to use 70 percent of
cator), they burned an average
their maximum oxygen intake.
in Frederick, Md. At 19, I was barely three SPRADLIN the indoor and outdoor 3K and
years into my career as a journalist. 16 minutes and 37.15 seconds.
So, as it happened, we bumped into
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5K, the latter in a time of
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By EMILY HANSON "-We had some Shelton two doubleheaders. The first team began the season a little
en~iZy~_~;~uson, cou~ty~corn boys who wanted to play so two games were against an later than others, Solano said
.......... I contacted Paul Drinkards 18-19-year-old team and the he had to scramble at the last
and Brian Adams in Olympia Colt-Palominos lost both minute to get a schedule for
With no Timbers baseball and we were able to come up games. .~ the team.
teams this summer, the Ma- with 11 guys for a team," So- '%Ve're mostly 15-17 so %Ve're hoping to go into
son County Youth Baseball lano said. we're playing older guys," So- the third week in July," he
Association has created a The team has players lano said. %Ve held our own, said. "It's pretty much open
new team for older teens, from both Shelton and Olym- though. We have some im-as far as scheduling games.
The Colt-Palomino team pia and many of them have provement to make." The more the better."
serves teens 15-19 years old never played together before The second doubleheaderThe Colt-Palominos are
and is coached by Jorge Solano. they joined this team. games were against a team scheduled to play a doublehead-
"We're still looking for"For putting a team to- made up of players who've er against the Maltby Stallions
our 12th man," Solano said. gether with kids from two been playing together for a at 1 p.m. on Sunday at Mason
'~¢¢e're playing with 11 guys different cities and at least few years, Solano said.County Recreation Area.
fight now." three different high schools, "These games were a lot"The boys wanted to play,
Solano said he and otherthey're on a quick learning closer," he said. "They're im- so we played," Solano said.
coaches were hoping there'd curve as far as playing to- proving, we're just trying to %Ve've had a good time so far.
be a Timbers baseball pro- gether," Solano said. figure out where the boys fit Hopefully, this'll be some-
gram this summer but when Though the team doesn't in. We have pitching squared thing that continues to grow
it didn't start up, he formed have a full lineup yet, the away, though." whether it be Timbers or the
the Colt-Palomino team. boys have already playedSince the Colt-PalominoColt-Palomino team."
It was fun climbing high with SHS, soaring with Owls
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Over this school year, I know Ralph Kinne broke is. Hopefully in the years to come, I'll
the teams at Shelton High ~ the yards in a single get the chance to talk to more High-
School and Mary M. Knight ~ game school recordclimbers who've moved on to the pro-
weren't always the most successful, was definitely a fessional sporting world.
but I definitely have some favorite memorable game. State wrestling was a major high-
memories from each season. Winter light of the winter season. Despite
'Fall With the cold the fact that none ofttie Highclimb~,~
My all time favorite memory from weather rolling into ers w6n in'theiic divisions, th~/~ill - -
last fall was being with the Knight town and teams mov-worked hard and kept level heads.
Owls football team on its journey to By EMILY ing into the gym, aI really enjoyed watching those ath-
the first playoffs the team had ever HANSON new season of ups letes perform at such a high-stress
gone to. Watching a football team and downs started tournament while remaining calm
accomplish so much when everyone for the Owls and and collected.
thought nothing of them at the be- Highclimbers. Spring
ginning of the season was exciting. I The Owls found success on the This spring, pretty much all of my
think those Owls are definitely going basketball courts. My favorite games favorite sports moments are any mo-
to be at the top of some team's hit were when my sister and I drove out to ment during which rain wasn't falling
lists next fall. Oakville to watch the boys' basketball down on me.
Despite the low records of the SHS team get revenge for a recent loss to Aside from the near-constant
fall teams there were some high mo- the Acorns. Though the girls' team lost downpour at the beginning of the
ments there as well. that night, the game was one of the spring season, I definitely enjoyed
The first came when I saw the most competitive ones I've ever seen watching the Shelton track and field
Lady Highclimbers soccer team de- and it was pretty hard to keep from athletes achieve so much.
feat Timberline, my alma mater, cheering along with the Owls' fans. I liked learning about golf, which
Though I still find myself wanting A great memory for Shelton this I've never had the opportunity to
to cheer on those Blazers when I winter was definitely being there report on before. Not being a golfer
see them playing any sport, getting when the girls' basketball team won myself, it was a little confusing at
to tease the Timberline coach after its first game in two years. Seeing the beginning of the season, but my
the game for losing to Shelton was a those Lady Highclimbers jumping coaches helped me to learn more
blast, off the bench and cheering on their about the sport and now I look for-
I don't think I'll soon forget how teammates on the court in the team's ward to it for next spring.
much fun I had at the Highclimbers' 42-38 victory over North Mason was Being there when the Climbers
football game at Black Hills. When I touching and I hope to get to see won their first baseball game of the
got to the game, Black Hills was win- more moments like that for the girls season was definitely exciting, es-
ning, but shortly after my arrival, this upcoming winter, pecially since it was the first warm
the Highclimbers ran in a pretty long Another great moment from this game I went to this spring.
touchdown and suddenly I was run- winter was getting to sit down with I know there were more favorite
ning down the sideline with a grin former Highclimber Caleb Schlau-moments for me during each season,
on my face, jumping over the 10-yard deraff, now a lineman for the New but these are the ones that stuck out
markers in my haste to catch up with York Jets. Talking to Schlauderaff at the top of my head. I'll try to keep
those Climbers. was nothing like I thought talking to a list of them next year in order to
Watching Shelton defeat Stadium a professional football player would share more.
was an unexpected surprise last fall. be like. He is definitely not the ste- I also want to take this time to
Both of my parents graduated from reotypical lineman. I don't know how thank everyone who supported these
Stadium and for years I've heard linemen got the reputation for being athletes this year and encourage
how great their sports teams were. slow moving and slow thinking, but more people in the community to do
Last fall, when Shelton won and that definitely isn't who Schlauderaff so next year.
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