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Cole earns all-state honors 's upstart Shady In game one she stroked two the district's runaway singles and scored twice. In game rs in Mason County two she singled and doubled and Softball League play scored another two runs. have fashioned a In the big rematch with culmination to their first Rainier, Cole smashed a L. bases-loaded triple. In game four, single-A team amidst a 4-7 loss to the second place AA giants assembled in Naturals of Wenatchee, she had weekend, the local another pair of singles. not only responded with In all, Cole won once on tile th place finish in the mound, recorded only a single state AA fastpitch throwing error and nary a but also landed a fielding error in four full games honor, and averaged a solid .500 at the leading her team to the plate. finish by a single-A club But Cole wasn't the team's tourney, Shady Ladies ace only hero. Cole was named to the all-state team. In their 4-3 victory over Key ae Ladies at 12-1 the West, for instance, the Ladies got ?s coleaders and far and a standout performance on the the the cream of tile mound from Aria Greenfield. crop (league coleader Aria went the distance and of Tacoma is not in recorded six strikeouts. same district), opened It was Shady Lady Kay play Friday with a Hartley who scored the winning aabling at the hands of run in that game. She singled to Rainier of Wenatchee. lead off the fifth inning and then at the local gals came back after an error and a sacrifice dramatic fashion, stopping moved her to third, outfielder of Bremerton 4-3 and Robyn Schad drove into a Ssuring themselves a fielder's choice and Hartley came avenging their earlier home. with a 7-6 win in a "1 don't think the fielder with Rainier. made a very good choice," remarked a wry Ladies manager for the irrepressible Cole, Doug Wright. senior-to-be pitched in In the seventh inning, pitcher of the four games, played Greenfield got the opposing big defense at shortstop rest of the time and guns out one, two, three. She in the following struck out the first, got the at bat: second to ground out to Cole at short and popped the third to Jeanee Wright in centerfield. In the Rainier rematch, the victory that thrust the Ladies into the trophy bracket, the hometown gals spotted their AA foes four runs in the first inning :while going down in order themselves. But in the second, Ladies Karen Goldsby, Neva Cain and Vanessa Strutz all got on base and then Cole brought them home with her dramatic triple. Kim Goldsby followed with a passed-ball safety that saw Cole scamper home, and then Schad's long single brought Kim in with hady Ladies bring home double-A trophy came in to run for her and promptly moved to second on Marci Allen's single. Karen Goldsby then produced the equalizer with a single, driving Dickinson home. Neva Cain followed suit with a like safety, but Allen was forced out at third. The local gals were not to be denied, however. The subsequent batter, Vanessa Strutz, laid down a perfect sacrific bunt and Goldsby came home with the team's seventh and go ahead run. In the bottom half of the inning, needing only to shut the door to win, the Ladies came up with a defensive gem to deny Rainier its apparent come-from-behind rally. With one out and a runner at second, Rainier pitcher Donna Regan grounded sharply to shortstop Allen. Marci made the play cleanly, firing to firstbagger Dickinson to register out number two. Meanwhile, the Rainier baserunner at second had broken for third. She had a good lead when shortstop Allen fired to first and was almost to third by the time Dickinson made the putout at first, but Jeanne let fly nonetheless. Her crossfield peg was right on the money and thirdbagger Hartley deftly applied the tag for the game ending out. Against the Wenatchee Naturals Sunday, Shady Ladies again got burned in the early goings. This time the opposition got six runs in the first two innings and the seventh - and final run - in the third. Despite holding the double-A team in check from then on, ..... however, the Ladies couldn't quite muster enough offense of their own. But they came close. In the fourth frame, Schad doubled to score Allen, who's singled to start things off, and then Robyn came home on an error-double by Vanessa Strutz. The fifth frame saw Cole single, move to third on consecutive safeties by Wright and Allen. the go-ahead run. ...... , ..... ..... Kim Goldsby followed with a Rainier added a run in the fifth and another in the sixth to regain the edge, but again Shady Ladies proved equal to the task. Their backs to the wall in the top of the final inning, the Ladies opened with a walk by Kim Goldsby, Jeanne Dickinson popup to the pitcher -who dropped it, allowing Cole to come home with the Ladies' third run. Subsequently, the Naturals overthrew first base, allowing Allen to come in with the team's final tally. The Ladies got a runner as INCREASES HORSEPOWER. 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As for that accomplishment, Manager Wright saw it as a particularly heady one considering the opposition. "We're a single-A team," he said. "Why, we'd never even played an AA team before. And their pitchers were throwing curveballs and all." In addition to lauding the stellar play of Cole, Wright spoke highly of several of his girls. One, of course, was Dickinson, for her overall play and especially her defensive game-winner against Rainier. "Having the presence of mind to make a perfect cross field throw in a pressure situation like that was really something," he said. "And Marci Allen really played a super tournament." Wright also had to mention the play of his wife, Jeanee. She led the team in base thefts, stealing three in game three alone, and rated special consideration by the tournament Alderbrook championships underway Tuesday marked the first round of the Alderbrook Ladies Championship Golf Tournament. Winners after the first round of play were: Jean Andersen, Barbara Bacon, Ina Gustafson, Evelyn Kretschmar, Joyce Pentony, Estie Luehrs, Jeanne O'Leary, Claire Good, Louise Kimzey, Flossie Cady, Phyllis Guenther and Lydia Colo. In the nine-hole group winners of selective holes were: first place, Lil Updike; second place, Dottle Fisher and third place, Marge Goglns. HYDRO RACESr Sunday, Lake Cushman See ad on entertainment page all-state officials for her standout defense and repeated sacrifices. "They wanted to look at our book on Jeanee because they knew she was sacrificing herself time and again tbr the team," said the manager. As for the sacrificial strategy, Wright was blunt. "What else do you do when you're followed in the lineup by a hitter like Cathy Cole?" Team members include Kay "Snapper" Hartley, Kim "Delbert" Goldsby, Karen "Rose Ann" Goldsby, Vanessa "Ness" Strutz, Jeanee "Jaydub" Wright, Robyn "Rawbee" Schad, Marci "M & M" Allen, Scotti "Brat" Seljestad, Robin "Rawbun" Winnie, Pare "Bongoes" Bridges, Jeanne "JD" Dickinson, Cathy "KC," "Hotdog" Cole, Aria Greenfield and Neva "Mamma" Cain. Off-the-field credit must go to manager Doug "Dung" Wright, coach Nick "Snickers" Patterson and helper Ran Cole, Cathy's big brother and the sponsor's son. SHELTON TIMBER RUNNERS JEEP CLUB Gates open 9 a.m. Follow the signs to Dayton, WA SPECTATORS WELCOME For more Information, call Dave Howland, 426.95t t or 426-448t i Get your No matter which end your front-end is on -- or even if your front-end is on both ends -- we'll align it for you. Our all new Hunter alignment machine and our alignment expert, Dennis Graves, are ready to set you straight. 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