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Shelton-Mason County Journal 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 • ..... ~ ............ 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