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By EMILY HANSON was on fire at 6 a.m. I heard the news and
wanted to cry but it didn't really hit until I
One week after arson destroyed their woke up and got out here."
senior project, three Shelton boys were op- Twiddy said he and Strand were both
timistic about the rebuilding of the mulit- staying at a friend's house when his phone
use sports facility above one of the high woke him up.
school baseball dugouts. "I woke up to a text that our clubhouse
"I feel disappointed inside but I feel like burned down fairly early in the morning
it's an opportunity for us to do something and I woke up Joe and we came out here."
great for the community and that we can Strand said he didn't believe Twiddy at
show the person or people who did this first but knew he didn't want to find out
that it doesn't bother us as much as they from another source, so they drove out to
think it will," Forrest Puterbaugh said. the school together.
Colton Twiddy said he is also disap- "The windows were down and about half-
pointed, way through town,
"I think it's unfor- $~ °about had{way we could smell it,"
tunate but I know ~ ~* *~ $ he added. "That
good things can come through town we smell will never go
from it," he added. "I away. It was dec-
think we've all been Could smelM ito..tbat asting."
able to move on and When Strand
we're gearing up to smell never and Twiddy arrived
do it again. It's not at the clubhouse
that I've gotten over ~Jv~ av~ay~~ [@ was at about 7:30 a.m.,
it - it still hurts to they said it was still
look at - but General ~ &~ ~~evas÷~n'o" smoldering. Puter-
[Erik Engstrom] told baugh arrived at 9
us to hold on to it as a.m., by which time
long as we need to the fire was out.
and then move on." "I knew it was
Joe Strand said they are all anxious to gone the minute I smelled it so I was brac-
get started on rebuilding the facility. He ~ng for the worst but I thought some of it
said they don't know when they can start would still be there," Strand said.
work again but he thinks they can soon. "There was no way to prepare yourself to
On Sunday, Sept. 4, the three boys woke see it," Twiddy added.
up to unpleasant news regarding their Despite the devasting loss; the boys
nearly completed, 2,400-square-foot facil- each said they are looking forward to re-
ity, which they each spent approximately building.
300 hours building: the facility was on fire. "Initially, we were going over changes
"I was at my grandpa's house," Purer- we might make but I believe because of
baugh said. "My mom works at Fred Mey~ insurance policies, we'll stay about the
er and she called me and said our dugout same."
Journal photo by Emily Hanson
Forrest Puterbaugh, Joe Strand and Colton Twiddy stand in front of
their destroyedsenior project, a multi-use sports facility above one of
the Shelton High School dugouts. The nearly completed 2,400-square-
foot facility burned down on Sunday, Sept. 4.
The boys Said they believe their hours
spent building the original facility will
make rebuilding go even faster.
"We have 2,400 square feet of experience
building that we didn't have when we first
started," Twiddy said.
Puterbaugh said that a building is a
building and it can burn down, but that
• won't take away the memories the boys
have from constructing it.
"I feel it was more than a senior project
after the effort we put in," Strand said.
"It was a bonding experience for us
to figure out who we are and to work to-
gether," Puterbaugh added, "Through the
experience, we each made two more broth-
ers,"
The boys all stated that they appreci-
ate the support the community has shown
them already.
SHSFOOTBALL
Knight Owls,taste,
victory over Acorns
The Shelton Highclimbers gather in the end zone cheering in celebration after their 31-28 last
second victory over Black Hills on Friday, Sept. 9.
By EMILY HANSON
The Highclimbers
seemed headed toward over-
time when they were tied at
28 with Black Hills on Fri-
day, Sept. 9 with less than
ten seconds remaining on
the clock.
Then
FRIDAY:
Shelton ........ 31
Black Hills .. 28
TOMORROW:
Shelton vs.
Central Kitsap
7 p.m.
Junior Shelby
Salisbury
set up for
a field goal
that sailed
between
the posts
with 1.9
seconds
left, win-
ning the
game 31-
28.
"Salis-
bury has
spent a
lot of time
working on his kicking abil-
ity," head coach Matt Hin-
kle said. "We had complete
confidence in his ability and
we were happy to put him in
a situation to reap the fruits
of his labor."
Hinkle said the team
started Friday night's game
off well by putting up a
touchdown by senior wide
receiver Dylan Helser. The
Highclimbers headed into
the locker room at the half
down 20-7.
"There weren't any huge
adjustments to make," Hin-
kle said. "The kids just came
Out in the second-half shore
focused and controlled on
offensive and especially on
defense. They did a good job
controlling things."
In the third quarter, ju-
nior running back Ralph
Kinne and junior quarter-
back Jared Welander each
scored touchdowns with
Salisbury sending in the
FATs. The Shelton defense
prevented Black Hills from
scoring in the third quarter.
With roughly four min-
utes left to play, Black
Hills scored a touchdown
and a two-point conversion,
taking a 28-21 lead. The
Highclimbers were not dis-
couraged from their goal,
however, and on the follow-
ing kick-off, Kinne ran in a
touchdown. Salisbury's PAT
tied the score.
Kinne said his kick-offre-
turn TD felt amazing.
"The coaches said 'Ral-
phie, we're counting on
you to bring it back' and I
saw the hole and went," he
said. "It happened so fast, I
couldn't believe it."
Kinne said the team
worked well together, were
committed to each other,working hard. We're excited
had hope and faith in each about that."
other and counted on each This Friday, Sept. 16, the
other throughout the game. Highclimbers begin play in
" "We had the same type of the Narrows League with
game last year," he added, their home game against
"It was anyone's game and Central Kitsapi
we didn't get down when
they were up 20-7."
Hinkle said he was hap-
py with the victory and how
the kids came back.
,'It was a testimony to
their wherewithal and
drive," he added. "Getting
the program back to where
it was is kind of a brick by
brick deal and the kids are
"In the last few years,
Central Kitsap has been a
top tier team and I'm ex-
pecting them to continue to
be."
Hinkle said he thinks the
defense needs to work on
reading misdirection plays
and the offense needs to
See Shelton on page C-4
Journal photo by Emily Hanson
Mary M' Knight junior tight end Matt
Oien rushes past Oakville High School
linemen on his way to the end zone dur-
ing the Knight Owls first game of the
season on Friday, Sept. 9.
Saturday's and carried themselves.
It was a good experi-
game at Easton ence,"
Junior quarterback
canceled Kyle Willey said he
thought the game went
By EMILY HANSON really well.
"Everyone did what
The Mary M. Knight they needed to do and
Owls got a taste of vie- ° did their jobs quite
tory over the Oakvillewell,, Willey said. "The
Acorns on Friday, Sept. little things really made
9 54-0.
In the Owls' first it:happen."
He added that the
game of the season, an Owls are sympathetic
injury to an opposing toward the Acorns.
player halted the game "We've been in this
for 15 to 20 minutes
but play still ended af- situation several times
ter just an hour, as the and we really feel for
the guy who broke his
Owls received a: mercy leg and we hope he gets
rule victory.
"The boys played better," Willey said.
Evans said that the
great,e:: Mike Evans, injury to anAcorn's leg
head coach, said. "I occurred when an Owl
couldn't be more proud
of the way they played
• ..... ~ ............ See Owls on.page C-4
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