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By EMILY HANSON
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Last summer, the 10U Timber
• team won the Mustang State Sec-
tion Tournament.
This summer, with no Tim-
ber baseball program, the boys
from the 10U team last year,
now ll-year-olds, would have
played in the Mason County
Youth Baseball Association All-
Star League. When parents dis-
covered the original 10U team
would be split into different
teams, they worked with manag-
er Ben Waylett to form the l lU
Shelton Sluggers.
The Shelton Sluggers are near-
ly the same team as last year's
10U Timbers, though there are a
couple of new players this sum-
mer, Waylett said.
With this new team, Waylett
managed the boys to a third-place
finishat the seventh annual Pete
Ross Silverdale Tournament on
Sunday.
The tournament began on Fri-
day when the Shelton Sluggers
defeated the Silverdale Sluggers,
13-5.
Ty Smotherman started the
game on the mound, Austin
Ramsfield came in for the second
inning, Easton Waylett pitched
the next two innings and Miles
Davidson finished the game out
for the Shelton squad.
"They batted excellently in this
game," manager Waylett said.
Max Johnson was the leading
batter, going 3-3 with two singles
and one double.
The Sluggers played two
games on Saturday. In the
team's first gan/e, it lost 7-6 to
Vashon.
"Defense and pitching were
good, but we didn't hit at all,"
Waylett said.
Max pitched three innings
while Easton pitched two in-
nings and Ty pitched the final
inning.
Caeleb Hitsman went 2-3 with
two singles.
The Sluggers bounced back
from the loss to beat the Rene-
gades 8-3.
Ty pitched three innings, Aus-
tin pitched two and Miles pitched
one inning.
Max went 2-3 with a double
and a single.
"They played great," Waylett
said. "This was probably our best
game. This team won the tourna-
ment and we were their only loss."
The victory over the Rene-
gades sent the Sluggers into the
final day of the tournament as the
No. 1 seed.
On Sunday morning, the Slug-
gers lost 6-2 to the Port Angeles
Pirates.
"(Defensively) and pitching,
"Whenever we
hit the baI[o we
can wmno"
we played great but we had one
bad inning and didn't hit," Way-
lett said. "Whenever we hit the
ball, we can win."
Miles started on the mound
and remained for three innings
before Austin came in as relief for
the final three innings.
Casey Badillo-Brown went 2-2
with two singles and two RBI.
The Sluggers won their final
game 10-7 against the Silverdale
Sluggers, securing their third-
place finish.
Max pitched for three innings
while Casey pitched the final
three innings.
Eastop was the lead batter
with a two-run home run and one
single.
"I think they played well.by
not giving up, even though they
could've done better," Way-
lett said. "We allowed the least
amount of runs the whole tour-
nament. That shows the pitching
and defense are there, we just
have to consistently hit."
This was the second tourna-
ment for the Shelton Sluggers
this summer. The team's final
tournament is in Steilacoom.
Vermillion
Continued from page C-1
is available for purchase. The
book is also available through
authorhouse.com, amazon.corn,
google.com and Barnes & Noble.
Vermillion said he did not en-
joy the publishing process.
"It was difficult and time-con-
suming," he said. "The company
outsources a lot of what it does
and most of the people I dealt
with were in the Philippines. It
was hard work,"
Vermillion, who retired from
teaching and coaching to Union
in the early 2000s, coached in
Shelton at Irene S. Reed High
School from 1958 to 1962 as his
second coaching job after gradu-
ating from Gonzaga. In Shel-
ton, he was the head basketball
coach, an assistant track coach
and he taught junior English and
American literature, though in
his second year with the school,
Vermillion stopped teaching ju-
nior English.
In chapter six, Vermillion
writes about his four years in
Shelton, during which his three
youngest children were born.
"Nonetheless, working at Shel-
ton was a positive, elevating ex-
perience," Vermillion wrote on
page 110. "I learned much, and
now that I am back here living
on Hood Canal fifty years later,
it is a pleasure to realize that the
people I coached and had in class
are still my friends. We live in a
real hometown atmosphere with
lots of memories."
Vermillion said that, though
he and his family left Shelton
in 1962 for a coaching job at St.
Martin's College in Lacey, the
city has always been their "home
away from home."
"We always came back here
and we retired here," he said.
"We got involved with the oyster
business as a part-time job, but it
turned out to permanent."
In 2010, Vermillion sold Admi-
ralty Seafood, which had acquired
165 beaches under lease during a
10-year period.
Vermillion said that he is
proud of his memoirs.
"I think it turned out well be-
cause it's getting great reviews,"
he said. "I belong to the Tacoma
Athletic Association where some
individuals have received it well
and the Basketball Old Timers,
where it was also well received."
He said that the most difficult
part of writing his memoirs was
dealing with the publishing com-
pany.
"The writing just flowed for
me," Vermillion said. "I taught
literature, so I've always been in
'story mode.' That was the fun
part, telling stories."
Courtesy of Authorklouse
The cover of Jerry
Vermillion's memoirs,
titled "Jerry's Ledger:
A World Gone By." First
published Jan. 10, the
book is av0ilable through
AuthorHouse, Barnes &
Noble, Amazon and Google.
The fishing adventures in
chapter 11 are Vermillion's favor-
ite stories to tell, he said.
"It was very exciting with a I
lot of,close calls on the ocean," he I
said. There, were a lot of adrena-
line
rushes.
Liezl Carlsen
bats for Not This
Time during
the team's
game against
Hood Canal
Communications
on July 12 at
Mason County
Recreation
Area in the
Cascade League
adult softball
program.
Journal photo by
Elnily Hallson
Shelton Athletic Club
dishes Steph's first .loss
Castle & Coleman remain undefeated
By EMILY HANSON
In the ninth week of the
adult softball season, one
previously undefeated team
received its first loss.
On July 12, Shelton Ath-
letic Club (5-3), with a score
of 13-7, was the first Cas-
cade League team to defeat
Steph's Espresso (6-1).
Steph's remained in first
in the league while the ath-
letic club is now tied with A
24/7 Bail Bonds (5-3) for sec-
ond place.
The bail bonds team de-
feated fifth-place Hood Ca-
nal Communications (4-5)
10-4. Fourth-place Cameo
(4-3) defeated Shelton Ath-
letic Club, though no score
was reported.
Not This Time remained
winless in seventh place
while Lucky Dog Casino (2-
5) stayed in sixth place after
a victory over Hood Canal
Communications, 12-7.
The Cascade League
teams play their final regu-
lar season games at 6:15
p.m. and 7:15 p.m. tonight
at Callanan Park and Ma-
son County Recreation
Area.
In the Olympic League,
" Castle & Coleman continue
to dominate the league with
a 9-0 record after a 13-1 vic-
tory over RE/MAX (0-9) on
July 9 and a 22-8 victory
over Joey B's (1-9).
Sage Bookstore (7-3) held
on to second place with a 17-
14 victory over fifth-place
Joey B's and a victory over
the fourth-place Fuddpuck-
ers (5-4), though no score
was reported.
Team Griffey (6-3) re-
mains in third place with a
20-5 victory over RE/MAX.
The Olympic League
teams played their final
regular season games last
Disc Golf
Continued from page C-1
space constraints, it's a hard-
er sport to follow. People are
definitely welcome to attend."
Rothrock said there will
be a tournament central
with at least one vendor and
tournament staff on hand to
answer questions. From this
central location, a few of the
holes are visible and it's pos-
sible to watch the players in
action.
Rothrock said the MCD-
GA has received donations
and sponsorships from many
businesses in Shelton and
Mason County to not only
build the course but to sup-
port this tournament.
"As an association, we are
really grateful and thankful
for the support we've gotten,"
he said.
Rothrock said the Disc
Golf Course Review has rated
the Shelton Springs Disc Golf
Course as the No. 1 public
course in Washington state.
Golf
Continued from page C-2
Frazier
Third Division: low gross,
Judy Keiffer; 1st low net,
Georgia Pedersen; 2nd low
net, Charlotte Gijie
Closest to the pin: Linda
Michaelis, No. 4; Vickie
World, No. 6; Charlotte
Ockeman, No. 13; Betsy
Sharp, No. 15
Chip-ins: Charlotte Ocker-
man; Mickie Ham
Birdies: Georgia Pedersen;
Diann Muller
Golf club winner: Linda Mi-
chaelis
Lake Limerick Ladies'
Golf .
July 9 -- Fairway Shots
Only
Flight 1: 1, Robbi Alberts,
14; 2, Joyce Reynolds, 16; 3,
Ann Wooten, 18
Flight 2:1 (tie), Rosie Bow-
cutt, Marie Bierward and
Sharon Corrigan,18; 2,
Sharon Hadsall, 22
Pars: Robbi Alberts, No.
1, No. 4, No. 6, No. 7; Ann
Wooten, No. 6; MaryLou
Trautmann, No. 4
Chip-ins: Robbi Alberts,
No. 6
Birdies: MaryLou Traut-
mann, No. 5
Low net of the day: Robbi
Alberts, 26
Low putts: Robbi Alberts,
12
July 11 -- Flag day Compe-
tition
18-holers: 1, Kerry Torkel-
son; 2, Gayle Wilcox; 3, Les-
ley Robertshaw-Mosley
9-holers: 1 (tie), Bonnie
Morrow, Sharon Corrigan
and Sharon Hadsall
Chip-ins: Diane Pollard,
No. 12; MaryLou Traut-
mann, No. 13; Gayle Wil-
cox, No. 4
Birdies: Gayle Wilcox, No. 4
Low net of the day: 18-hole,
Kerry Torkelson, 67; 9-hole
(tie), Sharon Hadsall, Sha-
ron Corrigan and Bonnie
Morrow, 36
July 13 -- Criers
Flight 1: 1, Rosie Bowcutt;
2, Jeannine Jacobs; 3, Pat
Wass; 4, Ann Johnson
Pars: Jeannine Jacobs, No.
10; Ann Johnson, No. 14
Chip-ins: Jeannine Jacobs,
No. 14
Low net of the day: Ann
Johnson
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