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6 • • - , 6 Shelton-Mason County Journal ! S S rl By EMILY HANSON The Black and Red .Scrimmage at High- climber Field on Friday, Aug. 26 helped pre- pare the Shelton High School football team for its first game this season. "The execution was pretty solid," head coach Matt Hinkle said. "i think they shut it down pretty well on defense, and we had a lot of big plays on offence." The annual event, which features High- c be.. at one end of the:ifield and Shelton Kingsl'youngsters at the other end, gives play-• era and coaches from beth TOMORROW: programs a ~hance to expe- Shelton vs. rience game-like scenarios North before the season actually Thurston, 7 p.m. kicks off. The Highclimbers will play their first game at home on Friday, Sept. 2, against the North Thurston Rams, and Hinkle said the team has a decent idea of what North Thurston will do based on what they did last year. "Fhey've got a good receiver crew, their quarterback looks solid," Hinkle said. "Fhey're expected to be one of the top teams in their league so we've got a challenge coming to usi" Senior quarterback Nic Cove said he's ex- pecting North Thursten to do a lot of tricky plays. "We're ready for it," Cove added. "i have a lot of confidence for my team." Gove, a third-year player who had to take last season off, said he thought the scrim- mages went well but they showed how much improvement the team needs in order to be ready for the season. Journal photo by Emily Hanson "We need to win games and to win we need Shelton junior running back Shelby 8alisburybreaks away from an opposing tackler during the Black and See Highciimbers onpage C-6 Red Scrimmages on Friday, Aug. 26 at Highclimber Field. Back to basicSTor-Mary:M,::Knig ht Owls New head football coach simplifies the playbook By EMILY HANSON gained over the last year will help the team this year." With a new head coach : Junior quarterback Kyle this year, the Mary M. Wflley said he thinks the Knight football team is re- team is looking a lot better turning to fundamentals, this season with Evans as "The team is looking head coach. good," Mike Evans, head ~-Ie and the staffhave re- coach, said. "We're changing ally been helping us out; it's a lot of things up right now. going to be a whole different We have a new athetic di- year," Willey said. "None of rector in John Schultz, who it's the same as last year. coached for around 30 years. We're starting fresh and He's given us a lot of guid- staying simple. We're going ance and we're taking it." to do the little things ca- Evans said the team is tremelywell." focusing on the fundamen- Despite the lhdght Owls tals of football and keeping only winning one game last things simple, season, Evans said he is At the end of their first hopeful the team will do bet- full week of practice, the terthis season. Knight Owls had 14 players "It comes down to per- on the team, but Evans said forming simple tasks excop- he is hoping to get more by tionally well and we're get- the time school starts. Near- ting there with a lot atten- ly everyone on the team tion to detail," he said. played last season and there Willey agreed with his are four returning seniors, coach. "We have a big junior "I think if we all stay class and a lot of upper- motivated, get behind the classmen which is good for program and do what our the program," Evans said. coaches want, we'll be ca- "We're hoping the skills tremely successful," he add- the sophomores last season ed. Journal photo by Emily Hanson Junior quarterback Kyle Willey hands off the ball to a teammate dmrmg practice on 'l m'sday, Aug. 25. ¸¸ :Z Friday; Thursday, Oct. 1:3, home vs. Washington School of the Deaf, 3:30 p:m. : Saturday, Oct, 22- home vs, Wishkahi I p.m, ~ Saturday, 29-at Qutuau I pan. Friday, Nov. 4 ~ at ~e, 7 p.m. . S • • . By EMILY HANSON .... .:coroner seven years ago and the funds for a different cause every "Local people come and help tournament was started afteryear. This year, Jaesun Hora, out. The umpires call the games The seventh annual Martha she was diagnosed with cancera firefighter and EMT, died of for free," Frazier said. "It's not Reed Softball Tournament, held : and wasbeing treated in Seattle. melanoma and a scholarship last weekend in Callanan Park, "Someone started the tourna-fund for a graduating senior was was declared a success by the ment to raise money for Mar-formed in his name. ~ournament organizers, tha's treatment but six or seven "My plan, if we have enough The weekend went well, or, months later, she passed away, money, is to also put in a picnic ;anizer Kelly Frazier said. "It Frazier said. "My wife, Lisa, table in Callanan Park in Jerry ~as very successful. This was son, Mark, and I took over the Liugle's name,, Frazier said. "~e seventh one we've done ~i ~ tQttrnam~tland have kept it go, He:stated:that each year, the ;hey are all to support the com- ing." cause to raise money for has nunity." Since the Fraziers took over been very obvious to him and his Martha Reed was the county= .~ :~ent;~: it has: raised, family. ,i ...... i , ' ~.' i run by one person; it takes all of us to put it on." During the tournament, funds were raised through team fees, a do-over bucket, a "cussing~ fee, a strikeout fee, sponsors and raf- fles. Though totals were not yet available, Frazier said he was sure the event raised close to $3,000. Thursday, Sept. 1,2011 - S for in By EMILY HANSON The North Mason High School football team is ready for the W.F. West Bearcats. "I think the team has been waiting for this game since it ended last year," Jeff Bevers, head coach, said. "I think we were a better team than what we showed in the first half against them last year. The kids have been preparing ever since that game • ended." At 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 3 the Bulldogs SATURDAY: will take North Mason vs. onthe Bearcats W.F. West, in the Em- 3 p.m. erald City Classic at CenturyLink Field in Seattle. "W.F. West is a perennial tep ten team in 2A every year. They're hard-nosed; they av- erage 20-plus kids per class. They play really tough foot- ball and they have a tradition of winning," Severs said. To prepare for the Bearcats, the Bulldogs have been focus- ir~ on fimdamentals. Bevers said the team is working on taking care of the little things. ~r'he game is more mental than anything," Bevers said. "We're just practicing on the things we can take care of. , We're not focusing on anything we have no control over. I think we've come a long way since the start" of last season and I think we~] be able to compete well come next Saturday." Shelton-Mason County Journal -Page C-1