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Shelton-Mason County Journal
By EMILY HANSON
emily@masoncounty.com
Despite rainy weather. 49
local children competed in the
Hershey Track and Field meet
two weeks ago.
On June 7. the top two finish-
ers of each event advanced to the
next level of competition.
"Publicity and organiza-
tion went weIl," Shelton Parks
and Recreation Director Mark
Ziegler said. "Plenty of volun-
teers were on hand to assist with
the meet."
Ziegler said he thought the
weather might have kept some
of the participants from showing
up.
The next tier of the Hershey
Track and Field meet is the
Washington State Meet at 9 a.m.
on June 30 at Mt. Tahoma High
School in Tacoma.
See Hershey results on page C-4
Shelton
wrestler
headed to
nationals
Dennis seeks
JOU/nal ono~o D, Emily Hanson
Ben Solano pitches for the Mason County Youth Baseball Association Colt-Palomino team during a game against
Maltby on Sunday at Mason County Recreation Area.
Team has doubleheader
at MCRA Sunday
By EMILY HANSON
emily@masoncounty.com
The Mason County Youth Baseball Asso-
ciation Colt-Palomino team lost four games
last weekend.
On Saturday, the Colt-Palominos (0-8), a
team for players ages 15-19, lost both games
of a doubleheader to a team out of Lacey.
"The Lacey team was an older group of
boys, with the youngest being 17," assistant
coach Paul Drinkard said. "Our youngest
players are 14. All things considered, we
played really well on Saturday."
Drinkard said the Lacey team expected
to throw a no-hitter against the Colt-Palo-
minos in the first game, but Jake Beck had
two hits toward the end of the game. These
two hits compelled the team to move Beck
to the lead-off spot for its games the next
day.
"We were really impressed with how the
Colt-Palominos played," Drinkard said. "In
the second game, we were ahead for the first
four innings.'"
With players from Shelton, Northwest
Chri stian and Capital high schools, the team
is made up of boys who started playing to-
gether three weeks ago.
"These guys haven't played together so
they have a different process to work with,"
Drinkard said. "It's a learning process for
US."
On Sunday at Mason County Recreation
Area (MCRAL the Colt-Palominos lost 9-2
and 14-4 to Maltby.
"Maltby had one big inning in each game
that crushed us." Drinkard said. "Otherwise,
we held our own."
He said he and the other coaches were im-
pressed with the boys' ability to stay in the
games, despite the score.
"The teams we're playing against have
been together for about a month and a half
more than we have been." Drinkard said.
The Colt-Palominos are scheduled to play
a doubleheader against Mount Lake Terrace
at 1 p.m. on Sunday at MCRA.
sponsors
By EMILY HANSON
emilv@masoncounty corn
Recent Shelton gradu-
ate Johnathen Dennis could
have taken the spring off af-
ter wrestling season ended
in February.
At Mat Classic XXIV,
which ended on Feb. 18 at
the Tacoma Dome, Dennis
took fourth
place in
the 4A
division
at 182
pounds.
This was
an accom-
plishment
a lot of
wrestlers
Johnathen w o u 1 d
Dennis have been
happy to
end their
high school career with.
Dennis aimed higher,
however.
On May 12, Dennis' hard
work paid off when he won
the state freestyle wres-
tling championship at 182
pounds in Centralia.
Though Dennis took
fourth at Mat Classic, he
earned it the old-fashioned
way.
"I was working really
hard," he said. "Also, I was
injured at state tin Febru-
ary)."
With his freestyle cham-
pionship, Dennis earned a
place on Team Washington
and will be attending the
USA Wrestling National
Dual Meet Tournament
Sunday through July 1 in
Oklahoma City.
Throughout the rest of
late winter and into early
spring, Dennis competed m
freestyle wrestling, driving
himself to tournaments in
the area and paying the en-
trance fees.
"It takes a lot of hard
work," Dennis said. "People
usually slack off after sea-
son so I focused on my car-
dio and conditioning."
When asked if be was
excited to go to the tourna-
ment, Dennis grinned and
said: "Oh, yeah."
In an effort to find spon-
sors to help with the cost of
attending the tournament,
Dennis wrote a letter which
states:
"This is a dual meet
tournament where each
state sends its absolute
best wrestlers to compete
at each weight. Winners of
Bayshore Golf Course offer
By EMILY HANSON
emily@masoncounty.com
With a freshwater creek on one
side and Oakland Bay on the other.
Bayshore Golf Course provides lo-
cal golfers with distinct, challenges.
"We're the only course in Wash-
mgton state that I know of where
you can hit a ball into the salt wa-
ter, not that you'd want to," owner
and PGA head professional Brian
Davis said. "The land of the course
is umque. We have a freshwater
creek and the salt water bay. On a
sunny day, it's very scenic."
The course has nine holes on
49 acres for a par 36. For golfers
playing 18 holes, par is 72.
With five other course options
in Mason County, Davis said he
thinks golfers choose Bayshore for
the how different the course is.
"1 like to think we're the best
nine-hole course in the county,"
he said. "We're a little unique. We
have nine holes but one has two
greens. It's also an easy course to
follow and easy for beginners to
play but it's still a test for experi-
enced golfers."
Davis said his favorite hole on
the course is No. 4, which is along
the Oakland Bay shoreline.
"(Hole No. 4) looks right on the
water and on a nice day with a
high tide, it's gorgeous," he said.
Bayshore Golf Course officially
opened in 1948. Davis, along with
three associates, purchased the
course in January 2001. Davis,
PGA professional Scott Alexan-
der, PGA professional Daryl Ma-
theny and Kevin Sargent bought
the course because they felt it was
a good investment.
"Membership was struggling
at that time and buying the
course worked out for both par-
ties," Davis said. "I've been a PGA
pro for close to 30 years and I've
always dreamed of owning my
own course."
Davis said business went well
for the first few years of ownership
but when the economy soured.
things got more difficult.
"It has been a challenging time
for the golf industry," he said.
"It started off well. but when the
economy tanked, any business
that dealt with discretionary
funds took a big hit."
To help offset the economy,
Bayshore ran a membership deal
nic views
last winter.
"It added 400 members," Davis
said. "It was a marketing deal and
we now have a lot of traffic and it's
helping."
Bayshore offers lessons to new
golfers and is also the home course
for the Shelton girls' golf team.
"We used to be home for both
the boys and girls when one was
in the fall." Davis said. "Then they
moved both to the spring and I
couldn't quite handle both teams.
I chose to keep the girls' team be-
cause I have a good relationship
with (head coach) Lorna ,Martin-
son) and my daughter was a junior
or senior on the team at the time."
Davis said he thinks Alder-
brook Golf Course, where the
this tournament often go
on to wrestle in college and
then compete for gold in the
Olympics. It is my dream
to be the best and the rea-
son that I train tirelessly
throughout the year."
To qualify for Team
Washington, Dennis said
wrestlers had to finish in ei-
ther first or second place at
the state freestyle tourna-
ment.
Dennis has been compet-
ing in freestyle for the past
two years and said the dif-
ference between freestyle
wrestling and high school
wrestling is in the rtiles and
the pace.
"In freestyle, you throw
your opponent down as hard
as you can," Dennis said.
"It's a lot quicker pace and
that's why they wrestle it in
the Olympics."
Dennis said he plans to
e
See Bayshore on page C-3 See Dennis on page C,3
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