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By CHARLES GAY
Head coach Jack Stark of the
Shelton Highclimbets doesn't beat
around the bush when he t:dks to
his football players about goals.
"Last year our goal was to
make the state playoffs," tie told
his troops at their first team
meeting of the 1974 season on
Monday. "'We attained that goal.
This year our goal is to win thc
state AA championship."
if you think that's funny,
take a look at the man's past
seasons. They're comical, tle's
lost "all of five games in four years.
In 1970: an 8-2 record, a tie for
the league crown. In 1971, an 8-1
record, second place in league. In
1972: a 9-1 record {7-0 in league),
first place in league. In 1973: a
9-O record, first place in league,
and a %6 loss to Central Kitsap in
the state playoffs.
Stark thinks he's going to
ha~e a good team this year. We're
n~ arguing with hinl~ And we
don't envy the teams that stand
between him aztd his goal.
You already know what
happened to tile nine that stood
in the way last season. Shelton
outscored them 221 to 74.
Shelton outrushed them 1899
yards to 57t. Those figures speak
for both the offense attd defense.
Shelton stole 21 etlemy passes.
Climber defenders caught more of
Timbe[line's passes than
Timberline did when they
intercepted five and Timberline
completed three of 26.
Shelton reached the
2,O00-yard mark in rushing during
its loss to Central Kitsap.
Stark lost an awful lot of
talent off that team, including the
leading rusher and highest scorer
in modern ttighclimber history,
but he doesn't stay up nights
thinking about the folks that are
gone. He stays up nights thinking
about the talent he's got.
Returning to the Climber
camp this week for practice were
six two-year lettermen and I1
more one-year feltwinners.
Forty-seven youngsters signed up
on the first day. There were 15
juniors and seniors who weigh
180 pounds or more. Seven of
those tip the scales at 200 or
more. Four of those who return
are starters from last year.
One of the reasons you'll see
Stark smiling this week is Marty
Settle, a kid we could write reams
about. Marry is a 5'7¾",
152-pound scatback who may be
the most exciting runner to ever
play in this town. Stick a football
in his hands and the opposing
coaches reach for the aspirin.
The senior two-year letterman
gained 559 yards in 99 carries last
season for a healthy 5.6 average.
tie scored eight touchdowns and
two two-point conversions for 52
points. A gifted receiver, he
caught six passes for 123 yards
(20.5 average), tie also played
defense, and made 45 tackles
from his outside linebacker's
position.
Marty is fast. He's run the 100
in 10.2, the 40 in 4.8. Teams that
let him around the corner never
see him again. Six times last year
he scored on plays of over 45
yards. He scooted for 51-yard and
66-yard touchdowns against
North Thurston, proof that
lightning strikes twice in the same
place, lie picked up a fumble and
ran 47 yards against East
Bremerton to break that game
open. He scored Shelton's only
touchdown against Franklin
Pierce on a 47-yard counterplay.
Who knows if he's ever heard of a
sustained drive.
ttis sensational open field
running makes him a touchdown
threat on punts, too. So
dangerous were he and Dan
Morgan last year that some teams
punted short instead of letting the
two get their hands on the ball.
When he was in ninth grade,
Marty scored five tds in one game,
on 45-yard and 60-yard punt
returns and runs of 20, 20 and 60
yards.
Number 31 won All-Black
Hills League honors last season at
h.,dfback. Seeing him run is worth
the price of admission.
Pa ul James, a 6' 1 ",
177-pound two-year letterman
who was All-League at defensive
halfback, also returns. James
made 38 tackles last season and
stole five enemy passes. He
intercepted two passes and
recovered a fumble against East
! can't possibly thank personally all of
the people who helped make the Mason
County Fair successful.
Your efforts were a great help and
deeply appreciated.
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Page 10 - Shelton.Mason County Journal - Thursday, August 22,
COACH JACK STARK greeted 47 prospects Wednesday morning when
football turnouts started in Shelton. The Climbers have 17 lettermen back
from the team which won the Black Hills League title in 1973. Here, linemen
go through a drill as assistant coach Mike Sims (left) looks on.
Bremerton to stop three Knight
drives.
James also packed the ball 29
times for 111 yards (3.7 average)
from his halfback position, which
he shared with Settle. He scored
two touchdowns and caught one
pass for 49 yards.
The coaches are going to
move the youngster to
quarterback on offense this
season. He saw limited action at
qb last year as a junior.
Dave Herrick, a 5'8½",
171-pound guard, is one reason
the Climbers gained 2,004 yards
on the ground last year. The
senior two-year letterman is the
only starter back on the offensive
line. Although he was used almost
exclusively on offense last year,
he is listed as a tackle on defense,
too.
Craig Jacobson, a 6'3",
175-pound senior, is another of
the Climbers' two-year lettermma.
Jacobson plays at end both ways
and was used as a placekicker last
season, when he booted 11
conversions and also scored on a
two-pointer to total 13 points.
Delbert Miller, also an end
both ways, returns with two
letters. He's a 6'i", 182-pounder
who shared kicking chores with
Jacobson. He kicked four extra
points and got in lots of playing
time on the defensive line.
The sixth two-year letterman
is Lawrence Wilbur, a 5'7",
203-pound offensive guard and
defensive tackle. He made five
tackles last year.
Mark Tuson, the Climbers'
6'33/4'', 183-pound headhunter,
returns with one letter under his
belt. He's a senior• "Tus,"
(pronounced Toose) was one of
the Climbers' most amazing
success stories last season.
He was an untested defensive
end at the beginning of the season
and wasn't starting. He developed
so fast that he soon ousted the
starting man from the end spot
and became• one of the terrors of
the league.
Tus made 45 tackles, picked
up a fumble and ran 51 yards for
a td against Camas, and won
All-League honors at defensive
end. His ability to reach
quarterbacks who are passing is
uncanny. There'll be some sacks
with this kid in the lineup.
Fraternal
bowl meet
There will be a meeting of the
Fraternal Bowling League at the
Timber Bowl on Monday, August
26 at 7:30 p.m.
Drawing for opening night
competition will take place at the
meeting. League starts September
9 at 6:45 p.m.
THE WORLD'S
MOST
Tus is in the running for the
Climbers' tight end spot, too. He's
got size, speed and big, sticky
hands.
Settle, Herrick, James and
Tuson are the starters back from
last year.
One other senior one-year
letterman is back. George Jarvis, a
5'8", 161-pound quarterback and
defensive halfback, has gained
experience at both positions.
The rest of the seniors turning
out are Allen Barrom, a 6'0",
200-pound center and defensive
tackle; Barry Wickett, a 5'10",
162-pound halfback and defensive
halfback; Gary Nelson, a 6'2",
163-pounder new to the Climber
program; and Mike Clarey,
another newcomer at 5'10" and
205.
Nine juniors return to the
squad with one letter. The largest
of them is Jeff Pill, the 6'0",
230-pound Hood Canalite who is
expected to step into the fullback
spot vacated by Steve Settle.
Settle graduated last year after
setting career rushing and scoring
records for the school.
Pill gained 115 yards in 24
tries (4.7 average) backing up
Settle last season and also made
11 tackles from his linebacker
spot. A very powerful runner, Pill
has no reservations about running
over people. He ran the 40 in five
fiat last year.
Jesse Sharpes, a 5'10",
182-pound one-year letterman
who plays halfback and
linebacker, is just plain one tough
cookie. The coaches say he loves
to hit, and that comes in handy
when you're playing football.
He's another Hood Canal product
and he's strong and fast.
Sam Martin, still another
beefy Hood Canal kid, goes
6'2½", 195 pounds• He's a
one-year letterman who is the
younger brother of former
Highclimber All-League
linebacker Bob Martin. Sam
weighs as much now as Bob did
when he was a senior.
Martin got in enough playing
time last season to make a tackle
and intercept a pass. He'll be a
linebacker on defense, a tackle on
offense•
Terry Dion is a hefty halfback
and defensive end at 6'4" and 200
pounds. He earned his letter last
year as a sophomore when he
packed the ball nine times for 34
yards and a 3.7 average. He also
caught a pass for 17 yards and
made two tackles on defense. This
is what former assistant coach
Paul Johansson said last year after
the Elma junior varsity game in
which Tuson and Dion played
defensive ends: "Lima passed just
about every down. Between the
two of them (the ends) they must
have sacked the quarterback at
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Mel Morgan, 5'9½", 157, has
a letter. He carried just five times
last season for seven yards as a
halfback, but he also played a lot
of defense at cornerback, where
he made five tackles.
Another junior letterman is
Wayne Devaney, a 5'11",
171-pound guard and defensive
end. He'll be a contender for a
guard spot, as will Matt Wilson, a
husky 5'10", 182-pounder who
also plays linebacker.
Shelton has two junior
lettermen at tackle. Burly Andy
Whitener (6'0", 205) and Jay
Zamzow (6'Y', 180) each have
experience.
Junior non-lettermen out for
the team are: Tracy Ridout, a
5'10", 175-pound guard and
cornerback; Tom Myer, a 5'7",
162-pound center and defensive
tackle; Jim Kieburtz, a 6'0",
160-pound end and defensive end;
Jim Huston, a 6'2", 198-pound
tackle and defensive tackle; Dave
Trail, a 6'0", 202-pound
newcomer to the Shelton
program; Louis Zoren, a 5'10",
153-pound end and defensive
halfback; Mark Jaros, a 6'0",
168-pound guard and defensive
tackle; Rick Wood, a 6'0",
167-pound newcomer; Jeff
McGee, a 6'0", 174-pound
quarterback and defensive
halfback; John Vernon, a 5'11",
148-pound newcomer; Joe Schab,
a 5'9", 139-pound split end who
earned his letter at Evergreen
High School last season; and Dan
Cochran, a 6'0", 154-pound
newcomer.
Here are the sophomores:
Mike Papal, 5'11", 151; Mike
Simmons, 5'8", 170; Sam Wright,
5'8", 140; Larry Frahman, 5'8",
184; Dan Fitchitt, 6'4", 178;
• ' " ' ve
Doug Kingery, 5 8 , 144, Ste
Hallberg, 5'7", 148; Mark Trail,
, " ' 1 "
5 8 , 156; Roger Ayers, 5 8~A ,
140; Chris McGee, 6'1", 154;
'" "ck
John Clayton, 5 10 , 140; RI
Magee, 6'2" 160; Tim
Wittenberg, 5'7",'140; and Greg
Hunter, 5'5", 122.
The Climbers are preparing
for a September 6 opener with
East Bremerton in Highclimber
Stadium. League play starts
September 20 at North Thurston.
Turnouts started Wednesday
morning. The intrasquad game is
scheduled for next Friday night,
August 30.
THESE LINEMEN were getting their necks in tone Wednesday
the first grid turnout in Shelton. Coaches are Harlen Buitenveld
Mike Sims.
T h e t e a m s o f R a y Second division: 1. l.x)u and Third division: 1,
Reames-Marian Reames and Bud Estie Luehrs, 123½; 2. Tex and Patter lngram, 127;2
McGuire-Marie Alexander won Evalyn Stifling, 124½; 3. Tie Loretta George,
the first division of the fourth between Bill Hughes-Francineand MirianMcCord,
annual Skippers & Mates Mixed Hughes and Rod Dotson-Ann and Bobbe Davidson,
Crew Golf Tournament played Dotson, 126; 5. Hunter and Tie between Phil
last weekend at the Alderbrook Deenie Dickinson, 128½; 6. Matt Gerhing and Lon
Golf and Yacht Club. and Teda Davis, 129½, 7. DonDavis, 132; 7. Bob
Sixty-three teams from over and Duffy DeFrang, 130;8. Kerm Ellison, 132½; 8. Jack
30 golf clubs in the area entered and Barbara Bacon, 130½; 9. Tie Worden, 134; 9. DaVe
the competition. It was a nifty between Don Lorentz-VirginiaHagerty, 135½.
tournament for Francine Hughes, Lorentz and BillCady-Flossie Tournament
who aced the 16th hole. Cady, 131. Stirling and assistant.
Here are the full results of the K e r m B a c o n
tourney: hard-working foil
First division: 1. Tie between Housewives committees. Flossie
Ray Reames-Marian Reames and leogue meets as chairwoman of
Bud McGuire-Marie Alexander, and used a
126½; 3. Tie between Paul The Tuesday Housewives the Saturday
Wallace-ttelen Wallace and Lou Bowling League will have an Alderbrook Inn.
Gray-Thelma Gray, 129; 5. Heinie organizational meeting August 27 Johnson provided
and Dottle Hilderman, 130; 6. at l2:3OatTimberBowl, days of the toU
Howard and Jean Anderson, Anyone interested in bowling Slettedahl donated
130½; 7. Tie between Bill in the league is invited to come to and the
Lenhart-Twilla Lenhart and Ken the meeting to sign up. More
presented golf
Broughton-Billie Broughton, 131; information can be had by contestant.
9. Tie between Jerry Reid-Nancy contacting Louise Bittle at
Reid and Grant Overby-Madalyn 898-2852 or Linda Ells at
Overby, 133. 426-1539.
A lap prize
Saturday to the
and Tex Stifling,
lngram, and
Wallace. The
went to LOu and
Bill and Francine
Jack and Ha
Firearms safety classes are
scheduled for August 26, 27 and
28 in the Nimrod tiall at the
corner of Dearborn and Summit
Drive in Shelton.
Hunters under the age of 18
must have completed the classes
and passed the written test at the
end before they can get their
hunting licenses. The class is
taught by Tom Ogden and lasts
from 7-9 p.m. each night. Those
who want to get their licenses
must attend ",dl six hours of class.
The youngsters should show up
early on the first night to register.
The horse race
followed the regular
Don and DuffY
Dungeness Golf
won that event. RaY~
Reames of
second; Bud
and Marie
Desert, California,
Women's Commercial _ -. -...._ _ _. _. o z. -. -. o.-
You Should Know
City t.eagues
I
organ,ze Tuesday t
The organization meeting of
t
the Women s Commercial Bowling
League will be held at 7:30 p.m.
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at the Timber Bowl August 27.0 It
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Bowling will start Tuesday
night, September 3, at 9 p.m.
New bowlers are welcome.
The Women's City Bowling
League will hold an organizational
meeting Tuesday, August 27 at
Shelton Recreation at 6:30 p.m.
Anyone interested in bowling
in the league, which meets on
Tuesdays, is invited to come to
the meeting.
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WAYNE CLARY GOES PRO
The New York Giants organization sna
fine young Shelton baseball player this week
signing of Wayne Clary to the pro ranks.
Clary is a graouate of Shelton High and w
letters there in baseball as well as
basketball. He has played several positions.
diamond this season including third, shortStq
second base.
Clary is expected to get his feet wet in
ranks next spring when he joins the Giants'
Idaho, team in the Class C Pioneer League.
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