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LYLE OLING bolsters the Highclimbers' offensive line with
his 180 pounds. Oling, a senior two-year letterman, was
named second team All-League last season at guard and also
played defense.
Intrasquad game Friday night
Experienced lettermen are
filling most of the first string
spots on the 1973 Shelton
football team after a week of
practice. '
Highclimber coaches are up to
their necks with talented
linebackers and running backs,
but not all positions on the team
have as much depth.
Assistant coach Ron Ellis said
he has so much depth at
linebackers that his second string
group could be as good as any
other first string group in the
league. "Our second string
linebackers would start at most
other schools," he said. "We've
got the best crop of linebackers
since i've been here (seven
years)," he said. Ellis points with
pride at Steve Settle, the powerful
senior who will man the middle
linebacker spot for Shelton. "He's
big, strong and fast~ That's what
we want in a middle linebacker.
We think he's as good as any
linebacker in the state," said Ellis.
Also on the Red, or first string
team as of this week were outside
linebackers Tim Allen and Marty
Settle, Marty, though some four
inches shorter and 50 pounds
lighter than his big brother Steve,
is "very quick," said Ellis. The
junior, a track standout, is just
plain fast. Allen, said Ellis, is not
as fast as the Settle brothers, but
he has the skills to play the right
outside iinebacker spot. "His
experience helps him a lot," said
Ellis.
Ellis is impressed with
sophomore Jesse Sharpes, who is
second string or Black team at
this time because of lack of
experience. "He's just
tremendous," said the coach. "He
is faster than Steve Settle (4.8 in
the 40 compared to Settle's 4.9)
and he loves to hit." Sharpes is a
Hood Canal product and weighs
about 179. Ellis calls him one of
the hardest hitters on the team
and expects big things from him
when he gets some experience.
The other two Black linebackers
are Hood Canalite Jeff Pill and
Bob Davis. Pill is the second
biggest man on the team (he's a
sophomore) and runs the 40 in
five seconds flat. Ellis said he is
extremely strong and expects him
to be very good when he gains
experience. Pill is a national shot
and discus champion in his age
class and weighs just over 220
pounds. Davis is built almost
exactly like Marty Settle and Ellis
said he is fast and hits wello Ellis
said Arnold Warnes, a
189-pounder, has experienc and is
pushing this group.
Ellis also coaches centers and
he said the Combers are very
young at that position. "We have
Tim Allen on the Red team, but
behind him we have no real
experience," he said. Allen is
good and experienced and "is one
of the good centers in the
league," according to Ellis.
Defensive backfield coach Bill
Brickert has only one returning
starter from last year's team, but
he is a good one. And the rest of
the Red team has some
experience. The returning starter
is Dan Morgan, who won
All-League honors last year at
cornerback as a junior. Also in the
Red defensive backfield this week
were Tony Molinero, an
extremely fast (4.7 in 40)
halfback who tied for the team's
interception lead with three last
season even though he was second
string; Randy Salisbury, a senior
and one-year letterman who plays
cornerback; and Paul James, a
junior halfback. All those backs
are pushed by two letterman,
cornerback Brad Bearden and
halfback Fred Miller, both
seniors, said Brickert. Other
Black team members are senior
Brad Wilson, halfback, and
sophomore cornerback Mel
Morgan, Dan's brother.
Brickert, also in charge of
tight ends, said there is a close
battle at that position between
senior Dave Bolender, a two-year
letterman, and junior Craig
Jacobsen. Brickert said tight ends
have not caught many passes in
recent years because Shelton
quarterbacks have been short and
the tight ends are usually hidden
somewhere near the line. "With a
taller quarterback this year,
maybe he'll be able to see the
tight end and the tight end will
catch more passes," he said.
That quarterback is Fred
Miller, tagged by offensive back
coach and head coach Jack Stark
as the Red QB• Miller hasn't had a
lot of experience, but Stark likes
his statistics from last year (six
for six and 118 yards). Miller's
leadership has improved, and he is
throwing the ball well, said Stark.
Miller, not as quick as a Ray
Krumpols or .a Neal White
(Shelton's quarterbacks over the
past few years who have run a lot)
likes dropback passing, said Stark.
The head coach doesn't mind at
all and is going to let Miller do
what he does best. Not that Miller
can't run with the ball, said
Stark• He can. Miller is the tallest
quarterback (the only one six feet
or over) since Bud Tuson five
years ago His team mates
nicknamed the youngster Freddy
Sixmiller last year because he is
part Indian and wears number 6.
Stark said other quarterbacks are
junior George Jarvis and
sophomore Curt Buck.
He said the competition in the
backfield is very keen and several
talented running backs are trying
for starting jobs. Fullback Steve
Settle, who was All-League last
year, would be difficult to oust
from his post. He averaged 6.1
yards per carry last year. At one
halfback is Dan Morgan, who
gained 480 yards last ye~r and
caught four passes for 91 more
yards. The first string flanker
position is a battle between Marty
Settle and Paul James. Behind the
running backs are Jesse Sharpes,
Jeff Pill, Bob Davis and Randy
SENIOR LEN CRUME carries his 200 pounds with
authority. The 6'1" two-year feltwinner plays tackle for
Shelton.
IT HURTS when this guy runs over you. The 6'0", QUARTERBACK FRED MILLER is the man with the most
210-pound youn ter is Highclimber senior Steve Settle, who experience at that position in the Highclimber camp. The
ain l 539 last season and was named All-League at fullback. 6'0", 167-pound senior threw only six times last season, but
He averaged 6,1 yards per carry, completed all six for 118 yards and a touchdown.
Page 18 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, August 30, 1973
SHELTON HAS 197 pounds of center in senior Tim Allen, a
one-year letterman who also played defense last season.
Salisbury. The team is
overflowing with running backs
and those four who are playing
second fiddle at Shelton would
start at most other schools in the
league, said Stark. Tony Molinero
is the Red split end, said Stark.
He averaged just under 27 yards
per catch in four catches last year
and he had two touchdowns.
Mike Sims, who is in charge of
defensive tackles and offensive
guards, said, "We've got Lyle
Oling returning from last year and
we feel he's going to be the best
guard in the league. He's quick
and he's in good shape." Oling
was second team All-League last
season as a junior and is well built
at 5'8" and 180. Sims said he's
found a player for the other guard
position which was left vacant by
graduation. The player is Dave
tterrick, a junior who "'has come
along well," according to Sims.
He was with the jayvee program
last year and has the tools to step
into a starting job, said Sims.
Both guards are quicl, and pull
well, which should help the
Climbers' outside running game,
said the coach. He said the team is
actually short on guards and he is
in the process of finding players
to fill second string spots. As far
are defensive tackles, Sims said
"spar" Lyle Oling and "stump"
Roland Start are currently leading
the pack. Both are veterans. The
Climbers biggest man, Fred Gold,
also plays defensive tackle. He is
in the Black unit and Dave
Herrick and Lawrence Wilbur are
contesting for the other Black
tackle spot.
Paul J ohansso.n,
tackle and defensive
said his players are
very well. Like
positions, lettermen
top spots. Johansson
two-year lettermen
and Len Crume at
tackles. Starr is
(175 pounds) but
opponents to death
flawless techni,
coaches. He was
tackle last year,
itself. Fred Gold is
team behind
Johansson said there
inexperience
lettermen. He said
members have be~
program for three
their assignments
Naturally, they
advantage.
Len Crume
Bolender are the
defensive ends. The
pounds short of
400 pounds at
Johansson said
mobile players, even
are big He
responsible for the
are involved in some
and stunts in the lir~
ends this week
Miller and Craig
juniors with a
experience
Fans will get theit t
the Highclimbers in
Friday night, August
annual Red-Black
game, which will statl
Highclimber Stadium. '
HIGHCLIMBER 1973 FOOTBALL
Friday, September 7 East Bremerton
Friday, September 14 Franklin Pierce
Friday, September 21 North Thurston
Friday, September 28 Timberline
Friday, October 5 Elma
Friday, October 12 Centralia
Friday, October 19 Camas
Friday, October 26 Chehalis
Friday, November 2 Tumwater
Friday, November 9 Sumner
ROLAND STARR lived up to his name in 1!
All-League honors at tackle as a junior. One of e
lettermen returning to Shelton's squad this year,
the way for Highclimber backs.
SHELTON OPPONENTS don't want to let th
the corner.., they may never see him a,
halfback Marty Settle, who has run a 10.2