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Shelton-Mason County Journal me Submitted by Chris Nesmith The Shelton Rugby Girls' Sevens won the Washington State Rugby Sevens Champions on Saturday, July 30. In the front is Crystal 'For- rest' Tinnerstet. In the middle row, left to right are: Ivanna Lopez-Bell, Kelsi Stockert, Katie Chapman and Tiffany Candler and in the back row (l-r) are: Mari Givens, co-captain Quincie Ball, co-captain Diandra Nault, Nicole Brown- field and coach Christopher Nesmith. By EMILY HANSON next tournament, but thefornia. Summer Sevens, going un- squad responded by sweep- Shelton then entered thedefeated in qualifying play. The Shelton Rugby Girls'hag all of its contests in its second qualifying tourna- The Shelton girls played Sevens won the Washington second tournament, ment in Seattle, winning all the championship match State Rugby Sevens Chain- So many members of the of its matches b~ margins of against Prairie Crush from pionship on Saturday, July team being on the All-Star 42-0, 39-0 and 30-0. Yelm. Shelton put up eight 30. team helped improve the In the third qualifier, tries (five points each) and In its first year playing team's attitude, the coach Beaverton, Ore. -- the top successfnlly made five of its Rugby Sevens, the girls said. ranked team -- and Rugbyconversions (two points) and were only scored on in two "The girls knew they Sevens champions out of Or- completely locked out Yelm, games, both by an Oregonwere good for Shelton and egon, entered the running in keeping them scoreless. team, and ended the season they knew they were a good a match against the Shelton Shelton High School 2009 with a record of 7-0-1 and a Washington team, but this girls. Shelton won its first alumni Josh Duchene, on point marginof219-19, tournament changed the match 30-1~, being scored summer break from Cen- "This is our second yearteam attitude," Nesmith on for the first time in the tral Washington University, for girls' rugby ever," coach said. "This tournament series. In the second match joined the team as the co- Chris Nesmith said. changed the attitude from of the day, Shelton ended coach this summer. The team missed its first 'we're Shelton, we're okay' up tying 0-0 with no scores Having recently trav- tournament of the season, to 'we're Shelton, we're awe- posted. Tied with Beaverton eled with CWU to the Col- which began in June, be-some."~ to win the series qualifier, lege Rugby Championship cause eight of the teams' The team missed its Shelton won the tiebreaking last June with the smallest players were representing first qualifying tournament match, defeating Beaverton college in the entire tour- Washington on the All-Star while the All-Star team handily with a 30-5 victory, nament and the only rep- team. Missing the tourna- played against Rugby Or-On July 30, the Shelton resentation from the Pa- ment put the team at theegon, Rugby North Califor- girls entered the 2011 Sub- bottom of its bracket for its nia and Rugby South Cali- way Washington Games -- See Rugby on page C-3 Logan Roadman only Shelton winner By EMILY HANSON Shelton's Logan Roadman walked toward the cage.to the sound of his name being chanted from all sides by the excited crowd, He didn't disappoint them. In less than two rounds of his bout during the Big Town Beat Down outdoor cage fight event on Saturday, Aug. 6, at the Mason County Fairgrounds, Roadman defeated his oppo- nent, Thomas Pierce, in the main event fight. "I think my fight went really well," Roadman said. "I did what ! intended to do in the first round and then changed my strategy and won in the second round." Roadman's original strategy was not to stand against Pierce because he had heard Pierce was a kickboxer. Between the first and second round, Roadman was told Pierce was good at jujitsu, so he changed his fighting strategy to match that. "My strategy was to pick him up and drop him on his head, but the mat was so slippery I couldn't plant my feet," Road- man said. "When I realized that, I decided to knock him down or out. What won my fight was using the guillotine submis- sion [against Pierce] and he tapped out." .This was the second fight Roadman, a 2008 Shelton High School graduate, had ever fought in. He said he bad about one week's notice before his first fight, which he lost, and that he'd been training for about two and a half months for this fight. Roadman, a former SHS wrestler who was league champi- on his junior year, said mixed martial arts (MMA) has become his hobby. "I have a strong background in wrestling and you can't re- ally go pro with that unless you go in the Olympics, so MMA is a good transition," Roadman said. Though Roadman will be training in the near future, he does not have another fight scheduled yet, his coach, Rex Love, said. There were a few other Shelton fighters at the Beat Down, which was a first for Mason County. Justin Whitley fought in the fourth bout of the evening, but his fight wasn't what he expected it to be. "Justin's opponent dropped out an hour before the fights be- gan," said Josh Johnson, one of the owners of the Shelton~th- letic Club, and an event sponsor. "Brian Anderson, an MMA trainer, was there to watch the fights and he volunteered to do an exhibition kickbo~dng fight against Justin. Everybody knew Justin was going to fight and he didn't want to let anyone down, so he took it, knowing he was going to be an underdog." Sonya Nelson, the only woman from Shelton to take part in the Big Town Beat Down, fiercly waits for her opponent, Heather Wilson, to get near her in the cage so she could throw a punch. Though her match went three whole rounds, Nelson wasn't able to pull out a win. Photos by Emily Hanson Shelton's Justin Whitley gets a kick in against his opponent, Brian Anderson, during his fight at the Big Town Beat Down. Whitley's original opponent dropped out of the fight one hour before the event began on Saturday, Aug. 6, so Anderson, a mixed martial arts trainer, volunteered to do an exhibition, kickboxing fight against Whitley. Whitley was knocked down in the second round of his fight -- the first match of his career. "I do mostly body building, not training for fighting," he said. "I have a lot of buddies that are into MMA and it's a fast- growing sport and it's where the money is." Whitley said that during the fight, he was thinking about getting a powershot in. "I prepared for a guy who didn't know what he was doing, not an instructor," Whitley said. ~The fight went exactly how I was expecting to go, but I put on a show, though." Whitley,s next event won't be on the mat. Instead, it will be on stage at at a bodybuilding event -- the Northwest Champi- onships Bodybuilding -- in November. Another Shelton fighter was Senya Nelson, who was!one of only two women who participated in the event. Nelson went three rounds against Heather Wilson and lost in a split decision. "I haven't been training because doing this fight w~ kind of impulsive," Ne.lson said. "I wasn't thinking about an ddng during the fight. It was difficult to think the way I was su' p- posed to and to followed my coach's instructions." i Although she lost, Nelson said she felt great and she was sure she'd fight again. Johnson said nearly 1,000 people attended the fights. They were expecting approximately 500. "There were no incidents and everybody had a good!time," Johnson said. "One fighter received a concussion, but other than that, tho~.~Y~ ........... ,~ He added that he and the other sponsors are hoping ~o hold this event in Shelton again. He also stated he wanted tolthank the sponsors as well as Tozier's and Gateway Rental four their donations toward the event, t Thursday, "I also want to give a special ~hank you' to Chet Chapman: the man who owned the cage we used," Johnson said. "He was a tremendous help the whole weekend." The final Shelton fighter, James Settle, lost his bout. Logan Roadman was the only Shelton partici- pant at the Big Town Beat Down outdoor cage fight event to win his fight on Saturday, Aug. 6, at the Mason County Fairgrounds. Roadman (right) is shown here with his coach, Rex Love. August 11,2011 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page C-t