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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.