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Kick
gi.rls
win
home
opener
The Climber varsity soccer
girls made a triumphant home
debut Thursday, busting loose for
three unanswered goals in the
second half to down Chehalis 4-1.
On the heels of a 2-3 nonleague
setback at the hands of host
North Thurston two days earlier,
the win saw the Climbers score in
the 24th minute (senior Stepha-
nie Neurer, assist junior Brooke
Sande) and look to be dominating
only to let the Bearcats back in on
a deiensive breakdown a minute
before the half.
"I think thtigue was setting in
a little bit," says veteran head
coach Brian Fairbrother, whose
Climbers had wilted in blistering
heat two nights earlier after
jumping out to a 2-nil lead.
THIS TIME, though, they re-
grouped and tallied three unan-
swered goals in a 12-minute span
starting in the 60th minute. Se-
nior all-leaguer Lauren Whiting
started the scoring run with a
shot so hard it went through the
goalie's hands, and then she
scored again off a Sande assist be-
fore all-league classmate Aubrey
Metzger drilled the fourth Climb-
er goal, this one off a double
assist by Whiting and junior re-
serve Erin Haertel.
Fairbrother had praise for the
performance of several of his
defenders, as well, naming sopho-
more Katrina Hale, senior Elena
Smith and junior Marie Clarke
out in ron a€l' upstart ninth-
Kradcr Stacy Ozga in goal.
OZGA, AS IT happens, joined
our friend Metzger in the spot-
light four days later, when the
Climbers sprinted out to a 4-nil
lead against host Black Hills be-
fore subbing their way to a 4-2
win.
"Stacy had an incredible game
in goal," says Fairbrother, who
also singled out junior midfielder
Amber Langon and the aforemen-
tioned Haertel, both among the
reserves that saw extended play-
ing time on account of the cake-
walk nature of the match.
And Aubrey? Why, she merely
scored twice - first in the third
minute and then in the 30th, af-
ter Neurer's tally off an assist by
sophomore Whitney Graham in
the 30th minute. Graham closed
the scoring with a goal in the
47th minute, assist Whiting.
AS FOR THE Thurston loss, it
saw the Climbers leading'2-nil
until the 39th minute, when the
effects of the blistering sun finally
took their toll, says Coach.
Metzger had scored in the 18th
minute and in the 23rd minute as
well - both times off assists by
the equally prolific Whiting.
The Climbers resume action
this evening - the jayvee (5 p.m.)
and varsity (7 p.m.) contingents
against Aberdeen and the C-
squad girls (4:30) versus Olym-
pia.
TO THE ILLUMINATION of homefield spirits and Seventies hairstyles
alike, the Shelton Highclimbers escort junior running back Zach
Sheetz (46) on another big gainer Friday night before a packed parti-
san crowd. The 5-11, 190.pound Sheetz galloped for 152 yards on 22 car-
ries as the hosts romped 28-0. Pulling out to block for young Zach is
senior Jason Patterson. No. 41 is fellow all-leaguer Nick Cron-quist,
who matched Shcetz' scoring production with a pair of TDs on the
night. No. 58 at right is Climber sophomore Brett Kilmer.
Huff'n'Puff
records fall
Climber cross-country's long-
standing Huff & Puff Way course
records tumbled in both the boys'
and girls' divisions last week.
Senior Dale Fox did the honors
in the former, meeting last week's
team-trial challenge over the 1.4-
mile course in a record 7:14. The
old mark, shared by late-Eighties'
Climbers Matt Hinck and Rob
Burns, was 7:19.
In the distaff race, meanwhile,
junior Jamie Coughlin blazed
through last week's trial in 9:02
to break Climbe grad Heather
Morgan's 9:04 girls' standard,
also set in the Eighties. Morgan
went on the make small-college
all-American.
Page 20 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, September 16, 1999
D0000eClimbers 28, B remerton 0
grld c
Climber football's season debut
turned into a cakewalk Friday
as Shelton's hosts pounded non-
league Bremerton 28-zip after a
sluggish start.
Buoyed by 6-2, 175-pound se-
nior Emil Daily's touchdown-
instigating interception runback
to the eight yard line after an
error-plagued first quarter, the
Climbers scored twice before the
half and never looked back as
they outgained the visiting
Knights roughly seven to one in
total yardage.
Junior halfback Zach Sheetz
and senior backfield mate Nick
Cronquist led the way offensively,
Zach rambling for 152 net yards
and scoring on runs of eight and
15 yards and Nick scoring on a
23-yard catch-and-run bedazzler
and amassing 52 rushing yards in
just six carries to go along with
41 yards in receptions.
THE GAME ALSO marked
the quarterbacking debut of
super-soph A.J. Mell, the veteran
punter who earned all-league
first-team honors in that capacity
as an upstart freshman last year.
The 6-2, 177-pound Mell complet-
ed five of nine passes tbr 71 yards
and a TD and also scored one
himself on the ground, keeping
from three yards out early in the
third quarter.
"He played a good game," says
Climber head coach Matt Hinkle.
"It was nice to see him come out
and execute as well as he did for
his first start. We knew he was a
real competitor. We've seen that
ibr years outta him. He should be
a good quarterback for us for
quite a while."
Also meriting kudos on offense,
says Hinkle, were senior wide re-
ceiver Adam Beeler, with a pair of
clutch receptions, and the entire
line, including starters Tavita
Tausa (6-2, 322), Jacob Galloway
(6-6, 194), Jason Patterson (6-3,
287), Ryan Johnsen (5-11, 281)
and John Miller (6-1, 275) and
backups Brandon Devaney (6-0,
191) and Joe Morgan (6-3, 184).
DEFENSIVELY the Climbers
really sparkled, adds Coach,
noting that they held their simi-
larly 4-A guests to under a
hundred yards of total offense
and just three first downs all
night.
Individual standout? No ques-
tion about it, according to Coach.
"Jacob Galloway at tight end," he
says, referring to the senior veter-
an. "Big, tall Jacob had quite a
few hurries, a sack or two, a cou-
ple pass deflections - was all over
the field. And he played with a lot
of passion and desire.
"And of course Emil Daily's big
interception was a real turning
point, when he picked the ball
and was able to ramble. Yeah,
that was a big play for us..."
OVERALL MARKS?
"Well," muses Hinkle, "defen-
sively we played well from whis-
tle to whistle. We stressed turn-
overs and three-and-out series -
you know, where you only allow
Free pizza &
ex-Husky too
Former Husky tight-end coach
Myles Corrigan will be guest
speaker Sunday when the Shel-
ton Presbyterian Church presents
its second annual Tailgate Pizza
Party starting at 10:30 a.m. at
the Shelton Valley Seventh-day
Adventist Church.
The public is welcome and the
pizza is free, advises event pro-
moter Jack Stark, Climber foot-
balrs retired State Hall of Fame
coach.
Corrigan, perhaps best known
to some as the Husky assistant
who suffered a nearly fatal
ruptured aorta during a televised
UW/Stanford game a few years
back, coached for the Huskies for
eight years and then spent four
years as their Director of Football
Operations. He's currently direc-
tor of athletics at Northwest
College, where last year former
Highclimber star Brian Swisher
earned all-league accolades in
basketball.
the offense to have three offensive
plays and they punt it. We consid-
er that a turnover, and the de-
fense did that quite a few times.
So hats off to (defensive coordina-
tor Terry) Dion and his defensive
bunch.
"We still need to improve in all
aspects of the game, though, and
offensively we were a little disap-
pointed - as were our players -
with some of the mental mistakes
that were made.
"But it was a good first win."
TOMORROW night, no longer
in nonleague mode, the Climbers
play host to surprising Black
Hills, the recently promoted (from
2-A to 3-) Lacey school responsi-
ble for the 48-7 humbling of once-
formidable Aberdeen last Friday.
"They've got two or three skill-
frostsl
position kids that are
says Hinkle, who
too much at this
juncture
Aberdeen. "Their
third-year starter
3, 180), is a very
they've got some wide
that are real fast and can
the ball."
Friday's
in Highclimber
hosts expect to be at
having sustained no
injuries in last we
"Well, Ryan Johnsen
bell rung a little bit, f
"but" - he resists
"it was probab,
"He'll be back:
kid..."
Sunny isn't
for football's
In a curious twist on the old
"got up on the wrong side of the
bed" bromide, the Climber grid
jayvees wound up on the wrong
side of the fietd Monday - and
paid for it by way of season-open-
ing defeat.
"I don't want to make excuses,"
says Bill Brickert, the Climbers'
42nd-year assistant coach, "but it
was a very hot day and we had to
stand on the sun side of the field
while they were in the nice cool
shade.
"And by halftime we'd used up
all the gas in our tank."
The upshot: Shelton 12, host
Olympia 32.
"We tied 'em at 12 in the third
quarter, though," says Brickert,
calling it clear evidence that his
predominantly sophomore Climb-
ers indeed were
pre
even-Steven up to
"But then we just kinds
gas..."
The Climbers' TDs
long pass from Reuben
sophomore classmate
McCarty and on a
Matt Bushnell, also a
er. The PAT kick
ter the first tally and a
run went awry aider the
Standouts? -There
many outstanding
boys," says Brickert,
to mention any one
The Climber
coordinator is
Mike Olels calls the
signals and Chuck
linemen and special
The Yardstick
SHELTON 28, BREMERTON 0
SCORING
Bremerton 0 0 0 0 -0
Shelton 0 14 7 7- 28
HOW THEY SCORED
Shelton - Zach Sheetz eight-yard run (Abe Gardner kick).
Shelton - Nick Cronquist 23-yard pass from A.J. Mell (Gardner kick).
Shelton - Mell three-yard run (Gardner kick).
Shelton - Sheetz 15-yard run (Gardner kick),
RUSHING
Bremerton - Spencer Stark ten carries for 14 yards.
Shelton - Zach Sheetz 22 carries for 152 yards, Nick Cronquist
Mell three for 31 and Vic Gardenhire four for 15.
PASSING
Bremerton - Stark four completions in nine attempts for 20 yards Wl(fl 01
ception.
Shelton - A.J. Mell five completions in nine attempts for 71 yards
ception; Reuben Cuzick no completions in two attempts with no
RECEIVING
Bremerton - John Mitchell two catches for eight yards.
Shelton - Nick Cronquist two catches for 41 yards, Adam Beeler two
Emil Daily one for six..
COMPARATIVE STATS
Bremerton Shelton
F'irst downs 3 14
Rushes/yards 21/31 35/250
Passing yards 20 71
Total yards 51 321
Comp/att/int 4/9/1 5/11/1
Fumbles/lost 0/0 3/2
Punts/Avg 7/28 3/43
Penalties/yards 3/35 5/60
CLIMBER DEFENSE
Jacob Galloway - made four tackles (two for a loss of five yards
sack and a hurry and a pass deflection.
Tavlta Tausa - registered four tackles and a quarterback hurry.
Jeremy Horton - made five tackles,
Doug Richert - made five tackles.
Josh Yost - made three tackles and had a sack and a hurry.
Zach Shsetz - made three tackles and had a QB hurry.
Nick Cronqulst - registered a tackle and a QB hurry.
Chris Boslk - made two tackles.
Johnny Fleshman - made two tackles.
Dan Bernsr - made two tackles.
Ernie Cantiberos - recovered a fumble.
Emil Daily - intercepted a pass and made a tackle.
Ryan Johnsen - made a tackle.
Brandon Dahl - made a tackle.
Ryan Norris - made a tackle.
Abe Gardner - made a tackle.
Jason Patterson - made a tackle.
Dan Moors - had a quarterback hurry.
Kick
girls
win
home
opener
The Climber varsity soccer
girls made a triumphant home
debut Thursday, busting loose for
three unanswered goals in the
second half to down Chehalis 4-1.
On the heels of a 2-3 nonleague
setback at the hands of host
North Thurston two days earlier,
the win saw the Climbers score in
the 24th minute (senior Stepha-
nie Neurer, assist junior Brooke
Sands) and look to be dominating
only to let the Bearcats back in on
a defensive breakdown a minute
before the half.
"I think fatigue was setting in
a little bit," says veteran head
coach Brian Fairbrother, whose
Climbers had wilted in blistering
heat two nights earlier after
jumping out to a 2-nil lead.
THIS TIME, though, they re-
grouped and tallied three unan-
swered goals in a 12-minute span
starting in the 60th minute. Se-
nior all-leaguer Lauren Whiting
started the scoring run with a
shot so hard it went through the
goalie's hands, and then she
scored again off a Sande assist be-
fore all-league classmate Aubrey
Metzger drilled the fourth Climb-
er goal, this one off a double
assist by Whiting and junior re-
serve Erin Haertel.
Fairbrother had praise for the
performance of several of his
defenders, as well, naming sopho-
more Katrina Hale, senior Elena
Smith and junior Marie Clarke
out t on£ snclupstart ninth-
grader Stacy Ozga in goal.
OZGA, AS IT happens, joined
our friend Metzger in the spot-
light four days later, when the
Climbers sprinted out to a 4-nil
lead against host Black Hills be-
fore subbing their way to a 4-2
win.
"Stacy had an incredible game
in goal," says Fairbrother, who
also singled out junior midfielder
Amber Langon and the aforemen-
tioned Haertel, both among the
reserves that saw extended play-
ing time on account of the cake-
walk nature of the match.
And Aubrey? Why, she merely
scored twice - first in the third
minute and then in the 30th, af-
ter Neurer's tally off an assist by
sophomore Whitney Graham in
the 30th minute. Graham closed
the scoring with a goal in the
47th minute, assist Whiting.
AS FOR THE Thurston loss, it
saw the Climbers leading2-nil
until the 39th minute, when the
effects of the blistering sun finally
took their toll, says Coach.
Metzger had scored in the 18th
minute and in the 23rd minute as
well - both times off assists by
the equally prolific Whiting.
The Climbers resume action
this evening - the jayvee (5 p.m.)
and varsity (7 p.m.) contingents
against Aberdeen and the C-
squad girls (4:30) versus Olym-
pia.
TO THE ILLUMINATION of homefield spirits and Seventies hairstyles
alike, the Shelton Highclimbers escort junior running back Zach
Sheetz (46) on another big gainer Friday night before a packed parti-
san crowd. The 5-11, 190.pound Sheetz galloped for 152 yards on 22 car-
ries as the hosts romped 28-0. Pulling out to block for young Zach is
senior Jason Patterson. No. 41 is fellow all-leaguer Nick Cron-quist,
who matched Sheetz' scoring production with a pair of TDs on the
night. No. 58 at right is Climber sophomore Brett Kilmer.
Huffn'Puff
records fall
Climber cross-country's long-
standing Huff & Puff Way course
records tumbled in both the boys'
and girls' divisions last week.
Senior Dale Fox did the honors
in the former, meeting last week's
team-trial challenge over the 1.4-
mile course in a record 7:14. The
old mark, shared by late-Eighties'
Climbers Matt Hinck and Rob
Burns, was 7:19.
In the distaff race, meanwhile,
junior Jamie Coughlin blazed
through last week's trial in 9:02
to break Climbeg grad Heather
Morgan's 9:04 girls' standard,
also set in the Eighties. Morgan
went on the make small-college
all-American.
Page 20 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, September 16, 1999
,DClim eberSfe:008, Bnrem sert°ni o frosts[
grid cakewall00[
Climber football's season debut
turned into a cakewalk Friday
as Shelton's hosts pounded non-
league Bremerton 28-zip after a
sluggish start.
Buoyed by 6-2, 175-pound se-
nior Emil Daily's touchdown-
instigating interception runback
to the eight yard line after an
error-plagued first quarter, the
Climbers scored twice before the
half and never looked back as
they outgained the visiting
Knights roughly seven to one in
total yardage.
Junior halfback Zach Sheetz
and senior backfield mate Nick
Cronquist led the way offensively,
Zach rambling for 152 net yards
and scoring on runs of eight and
15 yards and Nick scoring on a
23-yard catch-and-run bedazzler
and amassing 52 rushing yards in
just six carries to go along with
41 yards in receptions.
THE GAME ALSO marked
the quarterbacking debut of
super-soph A.J. Mell, the veteran
punter who earned all-league
first-team honors in that capacity
as an upstart freshman last year.
The 6-2, 177-pound Mell complet-
ed five of nine passes for 71 yards
and a TD and also scored one
himself on the ground, keeping
from three yards out early in the
third quarter.
"He played a good game," says
Climber head coach Matt Hinkle.
"It was nice to see him come out
and execute as well as he did for
his first start. We knew he was a
real competitor. We've seen that
for years outta him. He should be
a good quarterback for us for
quite a while."
Also meriting kudos on offense,
says Hinkle, were senior wide re-
ceiver Adam Beeler, with a pair of
clutch receptions, and the entire
line, including starters Tavita
Tausa (6-2, 322), Jacob Galloway
(6-6, 194), Jason Patterson (6-3,
287), Ryan Johnsen (5-11, 281)
and John Miller (6-1, 275) and
backups Brandon Devaney (6-0,
191) and Joe Morgan (6-3, 184).
DEFENSIVELY the Climbers
really sparkled, adds Coach,
noting that they held their simi-
larly 4-A guests to under a
hundred yards of total offense
and just three first downs all
night.
Individual standout? No ques-
tion about it, according to Coach.
"Jacob Galloway at tight end," he
says, referring to the senior veter-
an. "Big, tall Jacob had quite a
few hurries, a sack or two, a cou-
ple pass deflections - was all over
the field. And he played with a lot
of passion and desire.
"And of course Emil Daily's big
interception was a real turning
point, when he picked the ball
and was able to ramble. Yeah,
that was a big play for us..."
OVERALL MARKS?
"Well," muses Hinkle, "defen-
sively we played well from whis-
tle to whistle. We stressed turn-
overs and three-and-out series -
you know, where you only allow
Free pizza &
ex-Husky too
Former Husky tight-end coach
Myles Corrigan will be guest
speaker Sunday when the Shel-
ton Presbyterian Church presents
its second annual Tailgate Pizza
Party starting at 10:30 a.m. at
the Shelton Valley Seventh-day
Adventist Church.
The public is welcome and the
pizza is free, advises event pro-
moter Jack Stark, Climber foot-
ball's retired State Hall of Fame
coach.
Corrigan, perhaps best known
to some as the Husky assistant
who suffered a nearly fatal
ruptured aorta during a televised
UW/Stanford game a few years
back, coached for the Huskies for
eight years and then spent four
years as their Director of Football
Operations. He's currently direc-
tor of athletics at Northwest
College, where last year former
Highclimber star Brian Swisher
earned all-league accolades in
basketball.
the offense to have three offensive
plays and they punt it. We consid-
er that a turnover, and the de-
fense did that quite a few times.
So hats off to (defensive coordina-
tor Terry) Dion and his defensive
bunch.
"We still need to improve in all
aspects of the game, though, and
offensively we were a little disap-
pointed - as were our players -
with some of the mental mistakes
that were made.
"But it was a good first win."
TOMORROW night, no longer
in nonleague mode, the Climbers
play host to surprising Black
Hills, the recently promoted (from
2-A to 3-) Lacey school responsi-
ble for the 48-7 humbling of once-
formidable Aberdeen last Friday.
"They've got two or three skill-
position kids that
says Hinkle, who
too much at this
juncture of their
Aberdeen. "Their
third-year starter
3, 180), is a very fine
they've got some wide
that are real fast and ¢
the ball."
Friday's kickoff is
in Highclimber
hosts expect to be at
having sustained no
injuries in last
"Well, Ryan Johnsen
bell rung a little bit,
"but" - he resists a
"it was probabl
"He'll be back:
kid..."
Sunny isn't
for football's
In a curious twist on the old
"got up on the wrong side of the
bed" bromide, the Climber grid
jayvees wound up on the wrong
side of the fietd Monday - and
paid for it by way of season-open-
ing defeat.
"I don't want to make excuses,"
says Bill Brickert, the Climbers'
42nd-year assistant coach, "but it
was a very hot day and we had to
stand on the sun side of the field
while they were in the nice cool
shade.
"And by halffime we'd used up
all the gas in our tank."
The upshot: Shelton 12, host
Olympia 32.
"We tied 'em at 12 in the third
quarter, though," says Brickert,
calling it clear evidence that his
predominantly sophomore Climb-
ers indeed were
predominantl
even-Steven up to
"But then we just kinds
gas..."
The Climbers' TDs
long pass from Reuben
sophomore classmate
McCarty and on a
Matt Bushnell, also
er. The PAT kick was
ter the first tally
run went awry aider
Standouts? -There
many outstanding
boys," says Brickert,
to mention any one
The Climber
coordinator is
Mike Olels calls the
signals and
linemen and special teaS'
The Yardstick
SHELTON 28, BREMERTON 0
SCORING
Bremerton 0 0 0 0 -0
Shelton 0 14 7 7- 28
HOW THEY SCORED
Shelton - Zach Sheetz eight-yard run (Abe Gardner kick).
Shelton - Nick Cronquist 23-yard pass from A.J. MeU (Gardner kick).
Shelton - Mell three-yard run (Gardner kick).
Shelton - Sheetz 15-yard run (Gardner kick).
RUSHING
Bremerton - Spencer Stark ten carries for 14 yards.
Shelton - Zach Sheetz 22 carries for 152 yards, Nick Cronquist
Mell three for 31 and Vic Gardenhire four for 15.
PASSING
Bremerton - Stark four completions in nine attempts for 20 yards wflfl
ception.
Shelton - A.J. Mell five completions in nine attempts for 71 yards
ception; Reuben Cuzick no completions in two attempts with no
RECEIVING
Bremerton - John Mitchell two catches for eight yards.
Shelton - Nick Cronquist two catches for 41 yards, Adam Beeler two
Emil Daily one for six..
COMPARATIVE STATS
Bremerton Shelton
First downs 3 14
Rushes/yards 21/31 35/250
Passing yards 20 71
Total yards 51 321
Comp/att/int 4/9/1 5/11/1
Fumbles/lost 0/0 3/2
Punts/Avg 7/28 3/43
Penalties/yards 3/35 5/60
CLIMBER DEFENSE
Jacob Galloway - made four tackles (two for a loss
sack and a hurry and a pass deflection.
Tavlta Tauae - registered four tackles and a quarterback hurry.
Jeremy Horton - made five tackles.
Ooug Richert - made five tackles.
Josh Yost - made three tackles and had a sack and a hurry.
Zach Shsetz - made three tackles and had a QB hurry.
Nick Cronqulat - registered a tackle and a QB hurry.
Chrls Boelk - made two tackles.
Johnny Fleshman - made two tackles.
Dan Berner - made two tackles.
Ernie Centlberoe - recovered a fumble.
Emil Daily - intercepted a pass and made a tackle.
Ryan Johnsen - made a tackle.
Brandon Dahl - made a tackle.
Ryan Norris - made a tackle.
Abe Gardner - made a tackle.
Jason Patterson - made a tackle.
Dan Moore - had a quarterback hurry.