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SPORTS JOURNAL RACERS LINE UP to have a go at Sheltofl's resurrected drag strip last weekend at the airport. The entry list boasted fully 260 cars - includ- ing this 1,100-horsepower dragster from Idaho piloted by Katie Nelson, who's just 19 and has been drag-racing since she was 8. Sleeveless at near right is Shelton's own Corey Zamzow, who copped runner-up hon- ors in Saturday's featured event. Corey and Katie's families go way back in the sport and are good friends, as are many of the sport's regulars, says Corey's mom, Shelton Drag Strip Association founding member Peggy Zamzow. [derbrook Golf derbrook's ladies yielded the LoWing the past week: , 30th annual First Mates Tourney f net of the fie d - Colleen Ambauen & =i bert, 57. V&gross of the field - Robin McCly- Carol West. i division - Annette eydel & Annette I, Gerry Lou Haselwood & Nancy 'tied at 62 with Kristy Whitcher & Re- '1 anielson, Asue Barnes & Linda Stol- at 64 with Shirley Muhich & Carol ux, Shelley O'Connell & Joan Cadhey ) lie Oleole & Pat Vidic 66, Geri Davis L  Hermanson tied at 67 with Debbie Doris Pannette and Linda Rudolph ,_ Lombardini, Connie Beyers & Katie i, Libbie Seale& Suellen Hamm 70, .on & Barby Simmons 74 and Diane . (i Julia Morgenstern 76.  Cathy Morrow & Karen Dobson 64, Watters & Alice Chapman tied at 65 n,rley Fansler & Jan McClure and Dee & Kay Wise, Ginny Chitwood & Jean ed at 66 with Renee Youngs & Diane .'QSon, Glades Hill & Joni Chenaur tied _ .With Katie Stull & Paula Gallagher and iUelr;k&e / ; n Srmla eDo::: C; Son 71 Diane Sowinski & Trish Benda 1 Jan lulqueeny & Linda Williams 77. third division - Cynthia Tibbetts &Tamera • 1160 _ , Shirley Mitchell & Elaine Close 61 With Lisa Larson & Heidi Calhoun, . Puetz & Donna Taylor 64, Dusty Blair MCAvinew 65, Karen Bastion & Sherry : tied at 67 with Charlotte Ockerman & :Jrnand and Mary Lou Wicken & Bil- 1;, Olympia Brehm & Carolyn Gill tied With Pat Rollings & Lana Allen, Lynn Dr & Judy Graves tied at 70 with LeAnn | & Jean Scruggs, Ruth Beck & Cheryl r72, Molly Robbers & Sue Swanson 75 my Kettel & Nancy Schoessler 77. i nu.58 rth division - Liz Davis & Linda Mc- , Delores Barrett & Mickey Morgan L':u;'nne Close & Leslie Robertshaw- l'tp.60, Leona Klein & Lois Rogers 61, |USan & Karen Mack tied at 62 with ,1 ICConnell & Shirley Swenson, Linda nn ' Marilyn Keller 63, Bonnie Peters . n "larnmack 64 Charleen Wallitner &  I urtis 65, Marge Heagy & Janice Dol- lar, led at 67 with Karan Logan & Sharon ,, E)ianne Brown & Laverna O'Neil 68 L,  " knay & Cathy Bader 69 and Sharon ""1 P & Judi Hobbs 70. July 12,Two-Lady Best Bell The 18-holers - Sharon Dufresne & Mary Genasci tied at 64 with Colleen Ambauen & Anne Gilbert, Dusty Blair & Renee Youngs 65, Cathy Bader & Pat Johnson 66. The nine-holers - Jean Kremer & Vi Sibley tied at 25 with Suzanne Krewson & Jeanne Nelson, Carol Kelley & Pam Kurpius 26. Bayshore Bayshore's ladies yielded the following the past couple weeks: July 3, Gross & Net First division - Coralie Watters low gross (93) and Alice Chapman low net (72). Second division - Billie Elms low gross (no total given) and Deb Rechnitz low net (69). Nine-holers - Charleen Wallitner low gross (55) and Lois Poe low net (33.5). Fewest putts- Charleen Wallitner among the nine-holers and no one among the 18-holers. Birdie -Toni Stevens (3rd hole). Chip-in - Mary Lou Wicken (15th hole). July 10, Gross First division - Eeva Kissick 84, Coralie Watters 91. Second division - Billie Elms and Penny Greaves tied at 105. Nine-holers - Pat Oltman 56, Debi Rechnitz 58. Fewest putts - Eeva Kissick 28 among the 18-holers and Lois Poe and Kaye Knud- sen tied with 15 among the nine-holers. Birdies - Coralie Watters (4th hole) and Toni Stevens (9th). Chip-ins - Lois Poe (6th hole) and Eeva Kissick (18th). Cushman Lake Cushman's women waged medal-play competition July 11. The results: First division - Judy Burke tow gross; net: Cheryl Ulrich first and Jerene Smart second. Second division - Marsha Woodburn low gross; net: Diane Foster first and Bobble Maker second. Third division - Vickie World low gross; net: Gloria Carlson first and Bettie Sheep second. Chip-ins - Vickie World (6th hole), Jerene Smart (9th) and Bobble Maker (9th). Note: The club participated in "Rally for the Cure" again, reports Mary Kelleigh. Limerick Lake Limerick's lady 18-holers waged low-net competition July 11. The results: First division - Ann Johnson 67, Rita Lipinski 71. 00Coed softball_______00 ][]LTON PARKS & REC 07 SUMMER SOFTBALL /ar-season standings ASCADE LEAGUE Ureshot Trucking Flyers I &B Shockers Blackstar Carnco °re Meat Serv,ce °Snsaria OLYMPIC LEAGUE CaStle & Coleman VFW Wheels for Brad Iddpuckers ,sy B's laron's Garden Center Ood Fellas .Is.a's Home Daycare Ohn L. Scott Silver Bullets WON LOST 8 1 7 2 5 4 4 5 2 7 1 8 7 2 5 2 4 2 5 4 4 4 2 5 2 5 2 5 1 3 Second division - Mary Lou Trautmann 66, Lesley Robertshaw-Mosley 70. Third division - Barbara Villa 70 and Jean- nine Jacob and Pat Wass tied at 79. Low net of the day - Mary Lou Trautmann's 66. The club's nine-hole ladies, meanwhile, yielded the following: July 9,Team Two Beat Balls First- Mary Lou Trautmann, Barb Dennis, Marilyn Feist & Judy Hansen. Second - Sharon Hadsall, Joyce Rey- nolds & Adele Scott tied with Iris Zieman, Robbi Alberts& Kerry Torkelson. Chip-in - Barb Villa. July 13, Substitute Par for the Worst Hole First division - Ann Wooten tied at 32 with Adele Scott, Diane Pollard 33. Second division - Barb Villa 27, Pad Zulfer tied at 33 with Clara Robinson and Barb Eb- erhardt 35. -Ya, POSING FOR POSTERITY last week after registering career hole-in-one #3 is golf standout Colleen Ambauen. The 20-year Alderbrook member aced the par-three 16th hole as she and her teammate copped low-net honors Thursday in the club's 30th annual First Mates Tournament. The 140- yard shot with her 5-wood won her a trip to Hawaii for two courtesy of hole-in-one sponsor Drew MacEwen of Falcon Financial Inc. Cheerleading tryouts set Age-group cheerleadins non- profit Shelton All Star Cheer or- ganization has announced it will have open tryouts all summer. Eligible are all kids ages 4-18. Tumbling classes are available as well. The young cheerleaders' meet- ing place is at 2921 Northview Circle, behind Shelton's Oil Can Henry's. Parents need to be at the meet- ing to sign release waivers at the beginning of each class, remind organizers. If you have questions or would like to volunteer your services, call Dee Dee Hannah, 360-239-7251. Race veterans & Port give thumbs up D n-g Sequel passes the test By STEVE PATCH The second weekend of the sec- ond season of the second life of Shelton's resurrected drag strip passed muster with bragging room to spare last weekend. A year after its unprecedented return from a 40-year hiatus, the Sanderson Field quarter mile drew 260 race cars, down signifi- cantly from the prior weekend's less competitive affair there but boastworthy all the same. "Yeah, that's quite a few," says Shelton's Peggy Zamzow, a founding member of the Shelton Drag Strip Association and part of a long-time family affair in the sport. "We didn't have quite as many entries, but it worked out well be- cause that way we weren't over- whelmed and were able to pull off a really good event." THE RACERS seemed to con- cur. "This is a great track," enthused veteran driver Andrea Pennington - otherwise known to sports fans 'If you're scared you really have no business being there: hereabouts as former Highclimber Andrea Drebis. Seconding that sentiment were several other regulars on the Northwest scene, including Peg- gy's son Corey Zamzow, Shelton's former Bremerton Raceway high- school champion, who piloted his '66 Chevelle Malibu station wagon to a 13.4-second pass Saturday to cop second place in the "Hot Rod Olsen Cash Bash" event honoring the late Rod Olsen of Shelten. Corey wasn't the only local fa- vorite to make an appearance, by the way. Fellow Bremerton cham- pion Leeland King, for instance, brought the 170-mph Kawasaki aboard which he's been dominat- ing the motorcycle division for years, and he did the same Satur- day, taking first place in the Cash Bash. UNDOUBTEDLY THE big- gest draw of the entire weekend, though, was the perennial nation- al championship contender out of the stable of Shelton's own John- son boys, owner Mike and driver Brandon.. Their top-fuel monster got every- one's attention on its three exhibi- tion passes Saturday. And little wonder: It boasts eight thousand horsepower and routinely hits 270 mph in roughly five seconds. Brandon shut down early on two of the passes and had a little tire-spin trouble on the third, but he still managed a 5.875-second pass at 226.58 mph, far and away the briskest of the weekend and second only on the track's record- board to a near-270-mph pass of a year ago. SCARY.FAST? "It's one thing to have respect for the danger," says Shelton's own Ross Gallagher, the county com- missioner who built and raced a dragster for years in an earlier in- carnation. He grins. "But if you're scared you really have no business being there." And would he jump at the chance, despite his long retire- ment from the sport, if someone with a four-'second, 330-mph mon- ster were to offer him a try at the wheel? The commissioner grins anew. "I don't think so," he admits, sounding halfway rueful. "With those, your reaction time has to be so fast..." He shrugs - and a hint of the high-octane excitement of old appears in his eyes. "Maybe if I had seven or eight practice runs first..." IN ANY EVENT, gate re- ceipts and outstanding bills won't be squared with each other for a (Please turn to page 22.) IDAHO SPEED QUEEN Katie Nelson, 19, dons her helmet Sat- urday for another 170-mph run. LEELAND KING, Shelton's own drag-bike royalty, ac- commodates the paparazzi. COOLIN' IT before his second- place run in Saturday's Cash Bash is Shelton's Corey Zamzow. BETRAYING NO NERVES before another run in her VW Bug Saturday is exClimber Andrea (Drebis) Pennington. MOTHER-&-SON STAFFERS Jiselle DuChene and Chad Sad- lier reflect the mood that pre- vailed during the busy weekend. Thursday, July 19, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 21 SPORTS JOURNAL RACERS LINE UP to have a go at Sheltofl's resurrected drag strip last weekend at the airport. The entry list boasted fully 260 cars - includ- ing this 1,100-horsepower dragster from Idaho piloted by Katie Nelson, who's just 19 and has been drag-racing since she was 8. Sleeveless at near right is Shelton's own Corey Zamzow, who copped runner-up hon- ors in Saturday's featured event. Corey and Katie's families go way back in the sport and are good friends, as are many of the sport's regulars, says Corey's mom, Shelton Drag Strip Association founding member Peggy Zamzow. [derbrook Golf derbrook's ladies yielded the LoWing the past week: , 30th annual First Mates Tourney f net of the fie d - Colleen Ambauen & =i bert, 57. V&gross of the field - Robin McCly- Carol West. i division - Annette eydel & Annette I, Gerry Lou Haselwood & Nancy 'tied at 62 with Kristy Whitcher & Re- '1 anielson, Asue Barnes & Linda Stol- at 64 with Shirley Muhich & Carol ux, Shelley O'Connell & Joan Cadhey ) lie Oleole & Pat Vidic 66, Geri Davis L  Hermanson tied at 67 with Debbie Doris Pannette and Linda Rudolph ,_ Lombardini, Connie Beyers & Katie i, Libbie Seale& Suellen Hamm 70, .on & Barby Simmons 74 and Diane . (i Julia Morgenstern 76.  Cathy Morrow & Karen Dobson 64, Watters & Alice Chapman tied at 65 n,rley Fansler & Jan McClure and Dee & Kay Wise, Ginny Chitwood & Jean ed at 66 with Renee Youngs & Diane .'QSon, Glades Hill & Joni Chenaur tied _ .With Katie Stull & Paula Gallagher and iUelr;k&e / ; n Srmla eDo::: C; Son 71 Diane Sowinski & Trish Benda 1 Jan lulqueeny & Linda Williams 77. third division - Cynthia Tibbetts & Tamera• 1160 _ , Shirley Mitchell & Elaine Close 61 With Lisa Larson & Heidi Calhoun, . Puetz & Donna Taylor 64, Dusty Blair MCAvinew 65, Karen Bastion & Sherry : tied at 67 with Charlotte Ockerman & :Jrnand and Mary Lou Wicken & Bil- 1;, Olympia Brehm & Carolyn Gill tied With Pat Rollings & Lana Allen, Lynn Dr & Judy Graves tied at 70 with LeAnn | & Jean Scruggs, Ruth Beck & Cheryl r72, Molly Robbers & Sue Swanson 75 my Kettel & Nancy Schoessler 77. i nu.58 rth division - Liz Davis & Linda Mc- , Delores Barrett & Mickey Morgan L':u;'nne Close & Leslie Robertshaw- l'tp.60, Leona Klein & Lois Rogers 61, |USan & Karen Mack tied at 62 with ,1 ICConnell & Shirley Swenson, Linda nn ' Marilyn Keller 63, Bonnie Peters . n "larnmack 64 Charleen Wallitner &  I urtis 65, Marge Heagy & Janice Dol- lar, led at 67 with Karan Logan & Sharon ,, E)ianne Brown & Laverna O'Neil 68 L,  " knay & Cathy Bader 69 and Sharon ""1 P & Judi Hobbs 70. July 12,Two-Lady Best Bell The 18-holers - Sharon Dufresne & Mary Genasci tied at 64 with Colleen Ambauen & Anne Gilbert, Dusty Blair & Renee Youngs 65, Cathy Bader & Pat Johnson 66. The nine-holers - Jean Kremer & Vi Sibley tied at 25 with Suzanne Krewson & Jeanne Nelson, Carol Kelley & Pam Kurpius 26. Bayshore Bayshore's ladies yielded the following the past couple weeks: July 3, Gross & Net First division - Coralie Watters low gross (93) and Alice Chapman low net (72). Second division - Billie Elms low gross (no total given) and Deb Rechnitz low net (69). Nine-holers - Charleen Wallitner low gross (55) and Lois Poe low net (33.5). Fewest putts- Charleen Wallitner among the nine-holers and no one among the 18-holers. Birdie -Toni Stevens (3rd hole). Chip-in - Mary Lou Wicken (15th hole). July 10, Gross First division - Eeva Kissick 84, Coralie Watters 91. Second division - Billie Elms and Penny Greaves tied at 105. Nine-holers - Pat Oltman 56, Debi Rechnitz 58. Fewest putts - Eeva Kissick 28 among the 18-holers and Lois Poe and Kaye Knud- sen tied with 15 among the nine-holers. Birdies - Coralie Watters (4th hole) and Toni Stevens (9th). Chip-ins - Lois Poe (6th hole) and Eeva Kissick (18th). Cushman Lake Cushman's women waged medal-play competition July 11. The results: First division - Judy Burke tow gross; net: Cheryl Ulrich first and Jerene Smart second. Second division - Marsha Woodburn low gross; net: Diane Foster first and Bobble Maker second. Third division - Vickie World low gross; net: Gloria Carlson first and Bettie Sheep second. Chip-ins - Vickie World (6th hole), Jerene Smart (9th) and Bobble Maker (9th). Note: The club participated in "Rally for the Cure" again, reports Mary Kelleigh. Limerick Lake Limerick's lady 18-holers waged low-net competition July 11. The results: First division - Ann Johnson 67, Rita Lipinski 71. 00Coed softball_______00 ][]LTON PARKS & REC 07 SUMMER SOFTBALL /ar-season standings ASCADE LEAGUE Ureshot Trucking Flyers I &B Shockers Blackstar Carnco °re Meat Serv,ce °Snsaria OLYMPIC LEAGUE CaStle & Coleman VFW Wheels for Brad Iddpuckers ,sy B's laron's Garden Center Ood Fellas .Is.a's Home Daycare Ohn L. Scott Silver Bullets WON LOST 8 1 7 2 5 4 4 5 2 7 1 8 7 2 5 2 4 2 5 4 4 4 2 5 2 5 2 5 1 3 Second division - Mary Lou Trautmann 66, Lesley Robertshaw-Mosley 70. Third division - Barbara Villa 70 and Jean- nine Jacob and Pat Wass tied at 79. Low net of the day - Mary Lou Trautmann's 66. The club's nine-hole ladies, meanwhile, yielded the following: July 9,Team Two Beat Balls First- Mary Lou Trautmann, Barb Dennis, Marilyn Feist & Judy Hansen. Second - Sharon Hadsall, Joyce Rey- nolds & Adele Scott tied with Iris Zieman, Robbi Alberts& Kerry Torkelson. Chip-in - Barb Villa. July 13, Substitute Par for the Worst Hole First division - Ann Wooten tied at 32 with Adele Scott, Diane Pollard 33. Second division - Barb Villa 27, Pad Zulfer tied at 33 with Clara Robinson and Barb Eb- erhardt 35. -Ya, POSING FOR POSTERITY last week after registering career hole-in-one #3 is golf standout Colleen Ambauen. The 20-year Alderbrook member aced the par-three 16th hole as she and her teammate copped low-net honors Thursday in the club's 30th annual First Mates Tournament. The 140- yard shot with her 5-wood won her a trip to Hawaii for two courtesy of hole-in-one sponsor Drew MacEwen of Falcon Financial Inc. Cheerleading tryouts set Age-group cheerleadins non- profit Shelton All Star Cheer or- ganization has announced it will have open tryouts all summer. Eligible are all kids ages 4-18. Tumbling classes are available as well. The young cheerleaders' meet- ing place is at 2921 Northview Circle, behind Shelton's Oil Can Henry's. Parents need to be at the meet- ing to sign release waivers at the beginning of each class, remind organizers. If you have questions or would like to volunteer your services, call Dee Dee Hannah, 360-239-7251. Race veterans & Port give thumbs up D n-g Sequel passes the test By STEVE PATCH The second weekend of the sec- ond season of the second life of Shelton's resurrected drag strip passed muster with bragging room to spare last weekend. A year after its unprecedented return from a 40-year hiatus, the Sanderson Field quarter mile drew 260 race cars, down signifi- cantly from the prior weekend's less competitive affair there but boastworthy all the same. "Yeah, that's quite a few," says Shelton's Peggy Zamzow, a founding member of the Shelton Drag Strip Association and part of a long-time family affair in the sport. "We didn't have quite as many entries, but it worked out well be- cause that way we weren't over- whelmed and were able to pull off a really good event." THE RACERS seemed to con- cur. "This is a great track," enthused veteran driver Andrea Pennington - otherwise known to sports fans 'If you're scared you really have no business being there: hereabouts as former Highclimber Andrea Drebis. Seconding that sentiment were several other regulars on the Northwest scene, including Peg- gy's son Corey Zamzow, Shelton's former Bremerton Raceway high- school champion, who piloted his '66 Chevelle Malibu station wagon to a 13.4-second pass Saturday to cop second place in the "Hot Rod Olsen Cash Bash" event honoring the late Rod Olsen of Shelten. Corey wasn't the only local fa- vorite to make an appearance, by the way. Fellow Bremerton cham- pion Leeland King, for instance, brought the 170-mph Kawasaki aboard which he's been dominat- ing the motorcycle division for years, and he did the same Satur- day, taking first place in the Cash Bash. UNDOUBTEDLY THE big- gest draw of the entire weekend, though, was the perennial nation- al championship contender out of the stable of Shelton's own John- son boys, owner Mike and driver Brandon.. Their top-fuel monster got every- one's attention on its three exhibi- tion passes Saturday. And little wonder: It boasts eight thousand horsepower and routinely hits 270 mph in roughly five seconds. Brandon shut down early on two of the passes and had a little tire-spin trouble on the third, but he still managed a 5.875-second pass at 226.58 mph, far and away the briskest of the weekend and second only on the track's record- board to a near-270-mph pass of a year ago. SCARY.FAST? "It's one thing to have respect for the danger," says Shelton's own Ross Gallagher, the county com- missioner who built and raced a dragster for years in an earlier in- carnation. He grins. "But if you're scared you really have no business being there." And would he jump at the chance, despite his long retire- ment from the sport, if someone with a four-'second, 330-mph mon- ster were to offer him a try at the wheel? The commissioner grins anew. "I don't think so," he admits, sounding halfway rueful. "With those, your reaction time has to be so fast..." He shrugs - and a hint of the high-octane excitement of old appears in his eyes. "Maybe if I had seven or eight practice runs first..." IN ANY EVENT, gate re- ceipts and outstanding bills won't be squared with each other for a (Please turn to page 22.) IDAHO SPEED QUEEN Katie Nelson, 19, dons her helmet Sat- urday for another 170-mph run. LEELAND KING, Shelton's own drag-bike royalty, ac- commodates the paparazzi. COOLIN' IT before his second- place run in Saturday's Cash Bash is Shelton's Corey Zamzow. BETRAYING NO NERVES before another run in her VW Bug Saturday is exClimber Andrea (Drebis) Pennington. MOTHER-&-SON STAFFERS Jiselle DuChene and Chad Sad- lier reflect the mood that pre- vailed during the busy weekend. Thursday, July 19, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 21