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N w ExCLIMBER STEVE NORRIS helps a newcomer - in this case, as it happens, his own kid brother Ryan - during a tackling drill at the high school this week. Steve Norris, back from Down Under: Screwball no more Yp^BTEvE PATCH ahee'eding him as always beneath sh , ,'u e Y' hit Wh g Yes, the smile diminishes not one "Yea :ea you ask him. diapl, I Was," says Steve Norris, addin a oOthe ' ,, • 8Crew L ._ mx. I was kmda, um- well, e." oall, is what Coach quoted last is to Matt Hinkle, Climber mentor and the man under rose to first-team all-league dis- at quarterback. to the 5-10v2, 180-pound tanned and conspicuously fit all-state stint in faraway summer and a successful as a collegian - that you never saw that part of his personality. LL, I THINK a lot of people saw Steve Norris that part of me," says the '99 SHS grad, grinning anew. "I mean, I was hanging out with the wrong crowd. I was always gettin' in trouble, like with the police and stuff. You know? And I was just goin' straight down the tube. "And then when I started playin' football and really gettin' into weightliftin' and stuff, it just changed me as a person. I started hangin' out with the right people. It just changed me totally as a person." Changed the way he treated people, too? "No," says Steve. "I've always been a nice guy. I never picked fights or that kind of stuff. I'm not that kind of person. But I'm just more outgoing now. I've just matured a lot." AND ENDURED a lot, too - such as that hundred-yard quagmire Down Under, for instance. But we're getting ahead of 'I was always gettin' in trouble... I was just goin' straight down the tube,,' ourselves. Listen up: Journal: What was this Australia thing all about? Norris: It was like a state all-star team. It was like an invitational team, and the people who paid went. (Also invited, but de- clining, were fellow SHS grads Curtis Steen, Mark Stigall and Mike Resales.) Journal: When did you go? Norris: June 27 to July 9. We went to the airport - Los Angeles - and we had like a five-hour layover. And then we went straight from there to Sydney Airport; we flew 14 hours. And then we took another plane to Brisbane, on the Gold Coast. And then we got our hotels and stuff. And they were real nice hotels. Journal: And it was their winter down there? Norris: Yeah, but it's like winter in Hawaii, kinda. Yeah: high 70s. It was kinda nice out, ya know? Journal: Did you know any of your fellow all-stars before you went down there? Norris: Oh, no. I'd played against Justin Yett, from Tumwater. He went. And I'd played against some of 'em. But other guys I just met there. They were real cool. Every- body got along real well. Journal: Isn't that typical of rival foot- ball players? They seem to drop their "hatred" of each other as soon as the game is over and often actually become good friends. Norris: Yeah. Yeah. I'm that way too. Like, when we're playin' against 'em I don't, like, HATE 'em. I mean, it's just like I'm playin' against 'em and I'm not, like, their friends on the field or anything. But I'm into good sportsmanship. I'll help 'em up and stuff. And, like, when they're outta football, you know, everything's cool. Journal: You mention being teamed with "arch rival" Justin Yett. What was he like? Norris: Oh, I thought he was a pretty nice guy. I didn't think he would be, but he was a nice guy. Journal: Comes across as a tough guy on the field, does he? Norris: Yeah. Yeah. On the football field he's more aggressive, you know, than a lot of the people that we've played against. But he's a good guy, like, off the field. I mean, he's real calm and stuff. He's a pretty funny guy. And I also met, like, a bunch of other people. Like, a lot of the people that went there are gettin', like, rides somewhere. So there were some good athletes there. Journal: And what did you find out about yourself athletically in their midst? Norris: Well, I thought I stacked up well against everybody. I mean, I was the fastest guy on the team, and I was startin' quarter- back. Journal: How fast are you now? Norris: Well, when I was there I ran a 4.43 forty. Journal: And that was tops among all of the all-stars? Norris: Yeah. Journal: What brought you to this place, workout-wise? Norris: Oh, well, when I was a freshman and sophomore I wasn't, uh... Like, I just thought of football, you know, as "Okay, let's go play football." And then I finally got to really love the sport and mature at it, and I started working out really hard. I got in the weightroom, like, constantly my junior year. Journal: Is weightlifting a real key to (Please turn to page 21.) Thanks to rec tourney: ttin $ The community's still-in-the- works batting cage at MCRA got a $2,300 shot in the arm last weekend as local recsters staged the second annual Batting Cage Softball Tournament there at the Johns Prairie multi-use facility. Twelve hometown teams went at it in the three-day affair, and when the dust had settled it was Hoodsport Winery on top by way of a 13-8 championship-game vic- tory over Miles Sand & Gravel, whose theretofore unbeaten men and women had lost to the champs-to-be by a 4-3 count im- mediately previous to their decid- ing clash. Also in the fray were the Fudd- puckers, The Flyers, McDonald's, Manke Tug & Barge, Hood Canal Communications, Sunset Air, Lisa's Hair First, Cameo, Lum- bermen's and a last-minute pick- up team dubbed "Save Our Bacon." TOURNEY MVPs were Hilton Malone and Liezl Thompson of Miles Sand & Gravel. All-stars were Mark Place and Michele Quiggle of the Winery, Brian Huston and Liezl Thomp- son of Miles Sand & Gravel, Mike Fredson and Angela Wheaten of The Flyers, Matt Deemer and Jen Waldrip of Lumbermen's, Scott Probert and Bree Olson of "Save Our Bacon," Brentt Hensley and Sue LeDoux of Manke Tug & Barge, Tim Sheedy and Scotti Crump of Fuddpuckers, Court Gi- beau and Jill Hartline of Lisa's Hair First, Matt Marshall and Anna Ayles of McDonald's, Bill Remington and Jackie Remington of Camco and Sean Schwagler and Stacy Miller of Sunset Air. All-star specifics for the Hood Canal Communications team were not available. Special awards were given to Skip Conklin and Kelly Frazier by virtue of their being the tour- ney's "favorite umps." ACCORDING TO Brentt Hensley, tourney codirector, the event was a resounding success. With the support and involve- ment of many local businesses and volunteers, he said, more than $2,300 was raised to help in the final construction of the bat- ting cage facility there at MCRA and also to help with funding for the Shelton Co-op Preschool. Spe- cial thanks is due to the Fudd- puckers, added Hensley, for their setting up of the dunk-tank at- traction. Kudos too, he said, are due all the volunteers, including the umps who all donated their time free of charge. AS FOR THE batting cage, Mason County Parks director Mike Byrne reports that every effort is being made to have the four-station facility ready to go by the start of next season. Although the $76,000 project still needs close to $10,000, he added, if the community's outpouring of gener- osity continues the goal is "very Nuthn' old about Lew at almost 82 Mason County's octogenarian wonder, Lew Luehrs of Alder- brook, has done it again. The 81-year-old retiree, fea- tured in these pages a year ago for his age-group exploits, won no fewer than seven gold medals in the Puget Sound Senior Games two weekends ago in Lacey. He topped his age division in the pole vault, high jump, discus, javelin, shot put, long jump and softball throw. Lew says he doesn't recall his winning marks in all of them, but he went 4-6 in the vault, 3-8 in the high jump, a PR 56-6 in the discus, 81 feet in the softball throw and a shade over seven feet in the long jump. The long-time competitor thus has qualified for nationals in six events - high jump, long jump, pole vault, javelin, discus and shot - as well as in the Games' golfing venue, where he just so happened to record the seventh hole-in-one of his amazing career just last year. cl achievable." Byrne says most of the neces- sary materials have been ac- quired, so the main focus is on final construction. There's still a need for volunteers experienced in construction and electrical wir- ing to help with final assembly, adds the director, urging volun- teers to call him weekdays at 427- 9670, Extension 725. HERE'S A blow-by-blow ac- count of the tournament action: First-round play Friday night saw the Fuddpuckers beat Miles Sand & Gravel 20- tl, McDonald's beat Manke Tug & Barge 15-4 and Hoodsport Winery beat Hood Ca- nal Communications 13-6. Saturday saw Sunset Air beat Lisa's Hair First 10-5, The Flyers beat Camco 9-5, Save Our Bacon beat Lumberman's 5-2, Miles Sand & Gravel beat Sunset Air 11-1, Save Our Bacon beat McDonald's 13-0, The Fly- ers beat the Fuddpuckers 6-4, Hood Canal Communications beat Lumberman's 8-7, ser Lisa's beat the Winery 10-6, Camco beat Manke 5-2, the Winery beat Miles 10-6, Lisa's beat Manke 6-0, Cameo beat L.umber- men's 3-2, Hood Canal Communications beat Sunset Air 16-12, the Fudds beat Save Our Bacon 11-1, The Flyers beat McDon- ald's 11-1, Miles beat Manke 9-8 in 11 in- nings, McDonald's beat Cameo 10-4, Lure- barmen's beat Hood Canal Communications 8-7 and Lisa's beat Sunset 6-4. Sunday it was Miles over The Flyers 7-4. Save Our Bacon over McDonald's 9-6, the Fuddpuckers over Lumberman's 9.2, Hoodsport Winery over Lisa's 12-2, HC Communications over McDonald's 19-7, The Flyers over Sunset Air 17-8, Lisa's over Manke 4-3, Lumberman's over Camco 6-5, The Flyers over HC Communications 9-8, Miles over Save Our Bacon 19-5, the Win- ery over Fuddpuckers 16-6, Lumbermen's over Lisa's 16-3, The Flyers over Fuddpuck- ere 6-4, Lumberman's over Save Our Bacon 10-2, Miles over the Winery 7-4. The Flyers over Lumbermen's 8-6 (placing them third to Lumbermen's fourth overall), the Winery over The Flyers 7-3, the Winery over Miles Sand & Gravel 4-3 and the Winery over Miles 13-8. i nulll I ) Grid j amboree action on tap The sixth autumn of Climber football's Hinkle Era begins in traditional just-for-show fashion this Saturday when Shelton's grid warriors make their jamboree debuts. Head coach Matt Hinkle and his varsity boys will join a hand- ful of their jayvee counterparts in a 6 p.m. showcase at Olympic Stadium in Silverdale. Earlier that same day, starting at 10 a.m. in Olympia's Ingersoll Stadium, a contingent of Climber jayvees including sophomores will take its mini-quarter bow. Last season Hinkle and his varsity boys went 7-2 and fin- ished in a tie for the Rivers League North championship. They beat state-ranked Olympia along the way and finished with a victory over arch-rival Tumwater. This year, as the lone AAAA school in a brand new triple-A Pac-9 League, they'll go against almost exactly the same lineup of rivals their forebears did for years and years here in the now- defunct Black ttills League. They'll do so with a varsity contingent seven players strong in returning starters, including seniors Nick Cronquist (LB/RB), Johnny Fleshman (WPJDB), Vic Gardenhire (RB/DB), Jason Pat- terson (line), Tavita (aka David) Tausa (line) and Chad Greenfield (WR]DB) and junior Zach Sheetz (RB/LB). Penciled at quarterback: soph- omore A.J. Mell, who as an up- start freshman last year drew first-team all-league distinction as a punter after rooting several over 50 yards and finishing with a 37-yard average. A.J.'s looking very promising at QB, says Coach Hinkle. Assisting Hinkle this year are coaches Bill Brickert, Eric Nico- lai, Terry Dion, Bill Hicks, Charles Farrar and Steve Norris and freshman coaches Chris Lacy and Stu Trusler. Senior leaders Tausa, Patter- son and Cronquist have been ap- pointed team co-captains. Bayshore Bayshore's ladies enjoyed "points" competition Tuesday. The results: First division - Marion Spence first, Rose Quimby second. Second division - Lola Norton first, Alice Chapman second. Third division - Charleen Wallttner first, Barb Rogerson second. Fourth division - Ruth Wotton first, Ar- lene Van Way second. Nine-holers - Chloe Scoles first, Bobbye Childs second. Birdie - Pat Oltman. Chip-ins - Betty Nell, Marian Hembroff and Pat Oltman. Limerick Lake Limerick's ladies waged their club-championship competi- tion August 18, 24 and 25. Cor- inne Nunn emerged victorious, posting a low-gross 263. The win- ners: Gross - Corinne Nunn 263, Rita Liptnski 269, Ruby Jackson 280, Barb Eberhardt 306, Joyce Karch 314, Marian Nolan 317, Pat Wass 332. Net - Joan Sowers 206, Mary Lou Wick- en 207, Connie Newell 212, Marie Bierward 213, Ann /ooten 214, Martha Fairbanks 223. August 25 saw the ladies go at it in "better nine" fashion at half handicap. The results: First division - Corinne Nunn 33, Ann Wooten 34, Rita Ltpinski 35. Second division - Joyce Karch 32, Barb Eberhardt 34, Delores King tied at 35.5 with Connie Newell. Third division - Joan Sowers 30.5, Mar- Jan Nolan 33.5, Martha Fairbanks 36, Pat Wass 36.5. Fourth division - Katie Combes and Lau- rie Armstrong tied at 38. Birdies -Joyce Karch (10th hole), Barb Eberhardt (t0th), Rita Lipinski (10th) and Corinne Nunn (13th). Chip-ins - Martha Fairbanks (Tth hole) and Mary Lou Wicken (gth). Low net of the day - 65, by Barb Eber- hardt. Run-A-Then on tap for tomorrow The Climber cross-country run- ners will put on a show for the community tomorrow night in hopes of putting a little cash in their kitty. A fund-raising "Run-A-Then," as coach Sheryal Balding calls it, the event will start at 8:30 in Highclimber Stadium and feature pledge-per-lap running fi)r two straight hours. Some of her athletes have com- bined into teams to challenge each other, advises Coach. Last week the Climbers spent two days at a team retreat at Long Beach. "We did some team building and had a great workout on the beach," reports Balding. Th Se 2, 1999 Shelton-Mason Cou Journal Pa(le 19 N w ExCLIMBER STEVE NORRIS helps a newcomer - in this case, as it happens, his own kid brother Ryan - during a tackling drill at the high school this week. Steve Norris, back from Down Under: Screwball no more Yp^BTEvE PATCH ahee'eding him as always beneath sh , ,'u e Y' hit Wh g Yes, the smile diminishes not one "Yea :ea you ask him. diapl, I Was," says Steve Norris, addin a oOthe ' ,, • 8Crew L ._ mx. I was kmda, um- well, e." oall, is what Coach quoted last is to Matt Hinkle, Climber mentor and the man under rose to first-team all-league dis- at quarterback. to the 5-10v2, 180-pound tanned and conspicuously fit all-state stint in faraway summer and a successful as a collegian - that you never saw that part of his personality. LL, I THINK a lot of people saw Steve Norris that part of me," says the '99 SHS grad, grinning anew. "I mean, I was hanging out with the wrong crowd. I was always gettin' in trouble, like with the police and stuff. You know? And I was just goin' straight down the tube. "And then when I started playin' football and really gettin' into weightliftin' and stuff, it just changed me as a person. I started hangin' out with the right people. It just changed me totally as a person." Changed the way he treated people, too? "No," says Steve. "I've always been a nice guy. I never picked fights or that kind of stuff. I'm not that kind of person. But I'm just more outgoing now. I've just matured a lot." AND ENDURED a lot, too - such as that hundred-yard quagmire Down Under, for instance. But we're getting ahead of 'I was always gettin' in trouble... I was just goin' straight down the tube,,' ourselves. Listen up: Journal: What was this Australia thing all about? Norris: It was like a state all-star team. It was like an invitational team, and the people who paid went. (Also invited, but de- clining, were fellow SHS grads Curtis Steen, Mark Stigall and Mike Resales.) Journal: When did you go? Norris: June 27 to July 9. We went to the airport - Los Angeles - and we had like a five-hour layover. And then we went straight from there to Sydney Airport; we flew 14 hours. And then we took another plane to Brisbane, on the Gold Coast. And then we got our hotels and stuff. And they were real nice hotels. Journal: And it was their winter down there? Norris: Yeah, but it's like winter in Hawaii, kinda. Yeah: high 70s. It was kinda nice out, ya know? Journal: Did you know any of your fellow all-stars before you went down there? Norris: Oh, no. I'd played against Justin Yett, from Tumwater. He went. And I'd played against some of 'em. But other guys I just met there. They were real cool. Every- body got along real well. Journal: Isn't that typical of rival foot- ball players? They seem to drop their "hatred" of each other as soon as the game is over and often actually become good friends. Norris: Yeah. Yeah. I'm that way too. Like, when we're playin' against 'em I don't, like, HATE 'em. I mean, it's just like I'm playin' against 'em and I'm not, like, their friends on the field or anything. But I'm into good sportsmanship. I'll help 'em up and stuff. And, like, when they're outta football, you know, everything's cool. Journal: You mention being teamed with "arch rival" Justin Yett. What was he like? Norris: Oh, I thought he was a pretty nice guy. I didn't think he would be, but he was a nice guy. Journal: Comes across as a tough guy on the field, does he? Norris: Yeah. Yeah. On the football field he's more aggressive, you know, than a lot of the people that we've played against. But he's a good guy, like, off the field. I mean, he's real calm and stuff. He's a pretty funny guy. And I also met, like, a bunch of other people. Like, a lot of the people that went there are gettin', like, rides somewhere. So there were some good athletes there. Journal: And what did you find out about yourself athletically in their midst? Norris: Well, I thought I stacked up well against everybody. I mean, I was the fastest guy on the team, and I was startin' quarter- back. Journal: How fast are you now? Norris: Well, when I was there I ran a 4.43 forty. Journal: And that was tops among all of the all-stars? Norris: Yeah. Journal: What brought you to this place, workout-wise? Norris: Oh, well, when I was a freshman and sophomore I wasn't, uh... Like, I just thought of football, you know, as "Okay, let's go play football." And then I finally got to really love the sport and mature at it, and I started working out really hard. I got in the weightroom, like, constantly my junior year. Journal: Is weightlifting a real key to (Please turn to page 21.) Thanks to rec tourney: ttin $ The community's still-in-the- works batting cage at MCRA got a $2,300 shot in the arm last weekend as local recsters staged the second annual Batting Cage Softball Tournament there at the Johns Prairie multi-use facility. Twelve hometown teams went at it in the three-day affair, and when the dust had settled it was Hoodsport Winery on top by way of a 13-8 championship-game vic- tory over Miles Sand & Gravel, whose theretofore unbeaten men and women had lost to the champs-to-be by a 4-3 count im- mediately previous to their decid- ing clash. Also in the fray were the Fudd- puckers, The Flyers, McDonald's, Manke Tug & Barge, Hood Canal Communications, Sunset Air, Lisa's Hair First, Cameo, Lum- bermen's and a last-minute pick- up team dubbed "Save Our Bacon." TOURNEY MVPs were Hilton Malone and Liezl Thompson of Miles Sand & Gravel. All-stars were Mark Place and Michele Quiggle of the Winery, Brian Huston and Liezl Thomp- son of Miles Sand & Gravel, Mike Fredson and Angela Wheaten of The Flyers, Matt Deemer and Jen Waldrip of Lumbermen's, Scott Probert and Bree Olson of "Save Our Bacon," Brentt Hensley and Sue LeDoux of Manke Tug & Barge, Tim Sheedy and Scotti Crump of Fuddpuckers, Court Gi- beau and Jill Hartline of Lisa's Hair First, Matt Marshall and Anna Ayles of McDonald's, Bill Remington and Jackie Remington of Camco and Sean Schwagler and Stacy Miller of Sunset Air. All-star specifics for the Hood Canal Communications team were not available. Special awards were given to Skip Conklin and Kelly Frazier by virtue of their being the tour- ney's "favorite umps." ACCORDING TO Brentt Hensley, tourney codirector, the event was a resounding success. With the support and involve- ment of many local businesses and volunteers, he said, more than $2,300 was raised to help in the final construction of the bat- ting cage facility there at MCRA and also to help with funding for the Shelton Co-op Preschool. Spe- cial thanks is due to the Fudd- puckers, added Hensley, for their setting up of the dunk-tank at- traction. Kudos too, he said, are due all the volunteers, including the umps who all donated their time free of charge. AS FOR THE batting cage, Mason County Parks director Mike Byrne reports that every effort is being made to have the four-station facility ready to go by the start of next season. Although the $76,000 project still needs close to $10,000, he added, if the community's outpouring of gener- osity continues the goal is "very Nuthn' old about Lew at almost 82 Mason County's octogenarian wonder, Lew Luehrs of Alder- brook, has done it again. The 81-year-old retiree, fea- tured in these pages a year ago for his age-group exploits, won no fewer than seven gold medals in the Puget Sound Senior Games two weekends ago in Lacey. He topped his age division in the pole vault, high jump, discus, javelin, shot put, long jump and softball throw. Lew says he doesn't recall his winning marks in all of them, but he went 4-6 in the vault, 3-8 in the high jump, a PR 56-6 in the discus, 81 feet in the softball throw and a shade over seven feet in the long jump. The long-time competitor thus has qualified for nationals in six events - high jump, long jump, pole vault, javelin, discus and shot - as well as in the Games' golfing venue, where he just so happened to record the seventh hole-in-one of his amazing career just last year. cl achievable." Byrne says most of the neces- sary materials have been ac- quired, so the main focus is on final construction. There's still a need for volunteers experienced in construction and electrical wir- ing to help with final assembly, adds the director, urging volun- teers to call him weekdays at 427- 9670, Extension 725. HERE'S A blow-by-blow ac- count of the tournament action: First-round play Friday night saw the Fuddpuckers beat Miles Sand & Gravel 20- tl, McDonald's beat Manke Tug & Barge 15-4 and Hoodsport Winery beat Hood Ca- nal Communications 13-6. Saturday saw Sunset Air beat Lisa's Hair First 10-5, The Flyers beat Camco 9-5, Save Our Bacon beat Lumberman's 5-2, Miles Sand & Gravel beat Sunset Air 11-1, Save Our Bacon beat McDonald's 13-0, The Fly- ers beat the Fuddpuckers 6-4, Hood Canal Communications beat Lumberman's 8-7, ser Lisa's beat the Winery 10-6, Camco beat Manke 5-2, the Winery beat Miles 10-6, Lisa's beat Manke 6-0, Cameo beat L.umber- men's 3-2, Hood Canal Communications beat Sunset Air 16-12, the Fudds beat Save Our Bacon 11-1, The Flyers beat McDon- ald's 11-1, Miles beat Manke 9-8 in 11 in- nings, McDonald's beat Cameo 10-4, Lure- barmen's beat Hood Canal Communications 8-7 and Lisa's beat Sunset 6-4. Sunday it was Miles over The Flyers 7-4. Save Our Bacon over McDonald's 9-6, the Fuddpuckers over Lumberman's 9.2, Hoodsport Winery over Lisa's 12-2, HC Communications over McDonald's 19-7, The Flyers over Sunset Air 17-8, Lisa's over Manke 4-3, Lumberman's over Camco 6-5, The Flyers over HC Communications 9-8, Miles over Save Our Bacon 19-5, the Win- ery over Fuddpuckers 16-6, Lumbermen's over Lisa's 16-3, The Flyers over Fuddpuck- ere 6-4, Lumberman's over Save Our Bacon 10-2, Miles over the Winery 7-4. The Flyers over Lumbermen's 8-6 (placing them third to Lumbermen's fourth overall), the Winery over The Flyers 7-3, the Winery over Miles Sand & Gravel 4-3 and the Winery over Miles 13-8. i nulll I ) Grid j amboree action on tap The sixth autumn of Climber football's Hinkle Era begins in traditional just-for-show fashion this Saturday when Shelton's grid warriors make their jamboree debuts. Head coach Matt Hinkle and his varsity boys will join a hand- ful of their jayvee counterparts in a 6 p.m. showcase at Olympic Stadium in Silverdale. Earlier that same day, starting at 10 a.m. in Olympia's Ingersoll Stadium, a contingent of Climber jayvees including sophomores will take its mini-quarter bow. Last season Hinkle and his varsity boys went 7-2 and fin- ished in a tie for the Rivers League North championship. They beat state-ranked Olympia along the way and finished with a victory over arch-rival Tumwater. This year, as the lone AAAA school in a brand new triple-A Pac-9 League, they'll go against almost exactly the same lineup of rivals their forebears did for years and years here in the now- defunct Black ttills League. They'll do so with a varsity contingent seven players strong in returning starters, including seniors Nick Cronquist (LB/RB), Johnny Fleshman (WPJDB), Vic Gardenhire (RB/DB), Jason Pat- terson (line), Tavita (aka David) Tausa (line) and Chad Greenfield (WR]DB) and junior Zach Sheetz (RB/LB). Penciled at quarterback: soph- omore A.J. Mell, who as an up- start freshman last year drew first-team all-league distinction as a punter after rooting several over 50 yards and finishing with a 37-yard average. A.J.'s looking very promising at QB, says Coach Hinkle. Assisting Hinkle this year are coaches Bill Brickert, Eric Nico- lai, Terry Dion, Bill Hicks, Charles Farrar and Steve Norris and freshman coaches Chris Lacy and Stu Trusler. Senior leaders Tausa, Patter- son and Cronquist have been ap- pointed team co-captains. Bayshore Bayshore's ladies enjoyed "points" competition Tuesday. The results: First division - Marion Spence first, Rose Quimby second. Second division - Lola Norton first, Alice Chapman second. Third division - Charleen Wallttner first, Barb Rogerson second. Fourth division - Ruth Wotton first, Ar- lene Van Way second. Nine-holers - Chloe Scoles first, Bobbye Childs second. Birdie - Pat Oltman. Chip-ins - Betty Nell, Marian Hembroff and Pat Oltman. Limerick Lake Limerick's ladies waged their club-championship competi- tion August 18, 24 and 25. Cor- inne Nunn emerged victorious, posting a low-gross 263. The win- ners: Gross - Corinne Nunn 263, Rita Liptnski 269, Ruby Jackson 280, Barb Eberhardt 306, Joyce Karch 314, Marian Nolan 317, Pat Wass 332. Net - Joan Sowers 206, Mary Lou Wick- en 207, Connie Newell 212, Marie Bierward 213, Ann /ooten 214, Martha Fairbanks 223. August 25 saw the ladies go at it in "better nine" fashion at half handicap. The results: First division - Corinne Nunn 33, Ann Wooten 34, Rita Ltpinski 35. Second division - Joyce Karch 32, Barb Eberhardt 34, Delores King tied at 35.5 with Connie Newell. Third division - Joan Sowers 30.5, Mar- Jan Nolan 33.5, Martha Fairbanks 36, Pat Wass 36.5. Fourth division - Katie Combes and Lau- rie Armstrong tied at 38. Birdies -Joyce Karch (10th hole), Barb Eberhardt (t0th), Rita Lipinski (10th) and Corinne Nunn (13th). Chip-ins - Martha Fairbanks (Tth hole) and Mary Lou Wicken (gth). Low net of the day - 65, by Barb Eber- hardt. Run-A-Then on tap for tomorrow The Climber cross-country run- ners will put on a show for the community tomorrow night in hopes of putting a little cash in their kitty. A fund-raising "Run-A-Then," as coach Sheryal Balding calls it, the event will start at 8:30 in Highclimber Stadium and feature pledge-per-lap running fi)r two straight hours. Some of her athletes have com- bined into teams to challenge each other, advises Coach. Last week the Climbers spent two days at a team retreat at Long Beach. "We did some team building and had a great workout on the beach," reports Balding. Th Se 2, 1999 Shelton-Mason Cou Journal Pa(le 19