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One-year interim coach plans
to maintain team playbook
By EMILY HANSON
emily@masoncounr~,.eom
Last fall, the Mary M. Knight football
team made school history by reaching the
playoffs.
This year, the Knight Owls are hoping to
repeat that success.
Head coach Mike Evans -- a major piece
of last season's success -- is not overseeing
the program this year.
"Mike took on the job of Mason Cgunty
911 director," interim head coach John
Schultz said. "He won't have time this year.
but by next year, he believes he'll have
time."
Schultz, also the MMK athletic director.
is assisted by Steve Powell, Tyler Thomp-
son. Jacob Iverson. Joel Thompson, Rob
Buchanan and Evans. when his schedule
allows it.
This is Schultz's 32nd year coaching
football. The 2010 season was the last sea-
son in which he coached. That fall, Schultz
finished his 22nd year as the head coach at°
Centralia High School.
Schultz said he has no plans to change
the team from its current offensive eight-
man wing-T system or its system of mul-
tiple defensive fronts.
Both systems were instrumental in the
Knight Owls' 7-2 record and 1B District IV
second place finish.
"Last season, the main triumph was
the team believing in themselves and their
teammates," Schultz said.
He named the team's losses to Kingsway
and Neah Bay as its main defeats.
"The guys are excited about being back
together," Schultz said. "They're playing
hard and it's going to be an exciting year."
Nearly the entire lineup from last fall
has returned, with eight returning seniors,
including quarterback Kyle Willey.
Willey is joined by fellow seniors Mason
Cloud. J.J. Pals. Cory O'Neil, Nick Dierkop,
Cody Thompson. Juan Jimenez and Matt
See Knight Owls on page C-3
Mary M.
Knight
senior
quarterback
Kyle Willey
the
ball back
during
football
practice on
Aug. 23.
Journal photo by
Emily Hanson
Shelton sophomore quarterback Benny Olivias,
Black Scrimmage at Highclimber Stadium.
Shelton Kings quarterback Chuckle
Thompson runs the ball during a
scrimmage.
J6urnal photos by Emily Hanson
No. 21, calls out a play during a scrimmage on Friday at the Red vs.
Shelton faces off against Tumwater at 7
p.m.. tomorrow at Highclimber Stadium
By EMILY HANSON
emily@masoncounty.com
The Shelton Highclimbers and Kings ruled
the field on Friday.
During the annual Red vs. Black Scrim-
mage at Highclimber Stadium, football play-
ers young and old took the chance to show off
their skills.
"It went well," Shelton head coach Matt
Hinkle said. "It was an opportunity for all of
the kids to get some Friday night exposure. It
was fun."
Shelton varsity quarterback senior Jared
Welander said the Highclimbers looked good
during the scrimmages.
"Our offense was doing really good getting
offthe ball and running hard," Welander said.
"They did their jobs perfectly."
The Shelton Kings, the youth football
league, joined the high school teams on the
field for the scrimmages.
Though the scrimmages did not quite last
"Everyone's been
teat committed
and we're looking
forward to a good
season."
"Tumwater has a lot of tradition," Hinkle
said. "They've graduated a lot of kids, but
they've been rock solid for years."
To prepare for Tumwater is difficult, he said.
"They run a wing-T offense, which is tough
to practice against because it's built on misdi-
rection and timing," Hinkie said. "It's difficult
to simulate that in practice."
Welander said the offensive unit has re-
sponded well to the new run offense with play
action system this season.
"Our team's real fit for this offense," he
said.
an hour, all of the Kings and Climbers re-
There
are
four
running
ceived the chance to hit the field and show
backs on the team that We,
off what they've learned during practices the lander said will make the
past two weeks. For more system work Well: seniors
For the Highclimbers, the scrimmage was football DeShon Bell, Thomas Get-
an opportunity to prepare themselves for the photos, tle, Ralph Kinne and Shelby
first game of the season, see pc|ge Salisbury,
At 7 p.m. tomorrow, Shelton faces off With the team adjusting
against Tumwater at Highclimber Stadium. ~ so well to the new system,
'%Ve will be ready for Tumwater," Hinkle he said he thinks the High-
Lady Owls
pick up
from last
season
MMK volleyball
team hopes to
improve on 2011
By EMILY HANSON
emily~_:~nasoncounty.com
The Mary M. Knight
volleyball team has picked
up where it left Off last sea-
son.
"We have only one
freshman and one senior,
so we're real young with
two-thirds of the team be-
ing sophomores," head
coach Kitty Brehmeyer
said. "But we started prac-
tice basically where we left
off last year. I think they're
ready to be challenged."
The Lady Owls finished
6-10 last fall and made it
to the first round of the 1B
District IV playoffs.
"I think our main tri-
umph was that we had a
lot of five-game matches,"
Brehmeyer said. "We held
our own, we just didn't
come out on top."
Now in her 17th year
coaching the Lady Owls,
Brehmeyer is assisted this
year by Tiki Willey. To-
gether, they'll oversee 11
girls,
Senior Ashley Sowle
was named as a player to
watch along with junior
Hannah Frost and sopho-
. more Miranda Sowle.
"All three are real
s~rong," Brehmeyer said.
"We have a pretty even-
ly steady team, which is
great because we'll be ver-
satile."
Ashley Sowle said she
thinks this is going to be a
really great season.
"I'm very optimistic and
honestly very excited," she
said. "I don't think it's a
bad thing that we have so
many younger players. I
think it's good to have a
core that's not older be-
cause we've all been play-
ing together a long time
and we work well togeth-
er."
Brehmeyer said she
thinks the team is ready to
be technically challenged
on the court.
said. climbers will have a more successful record - "We'll: be less reaction'
Though the two teams'have not played this year. I ary and more disciplined,"
each other in several years, Hinkle said the "We've been working hard for this," We- I she said.
Highclimbers won their last meeting with the lander said. "Everyone's been real committed [
T-Birds. . and we,re looking forward to a good season," : :: I:::: ::See Lady Ow!s on page E.3
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