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Biking's dirt-jumpin' Craze goes fraternal out at Greg's place... liy STEVE PATCH his aren't, and neither is Josh. freckle-faced grin, though, and that rubber-faced way he has of looking a comically demented Howdy Doody, the could easily pass for one. : one of those kids who, not so long ago, red his older buddy Greg on teenagers honest with ya," says his 31-year-old mentor, holding forth last week in the his Arcadia-area home, "I was kinda rby the younger kids, myself- met this group..." all Started last Christ- out of his mind in of a months-long motorcycle unintention- friend Cindy matters into got me a bicycle," he g a grin that 'People think l m crazy, cuz l jump big doubles pass for teenlike iii!i.::i:ii:iii!:iiil ! I hadn't ridden and I collect as 15." , Inclined that because of his and anxious the trans- Californian threw into what soon became passion: - or, in the mountain-biking's g-time craze, dirt rst I didn't think it much fun," has built concourse of berms out there in behind his house. used to twistin' flyin' 90 feet - ng and jump- really shocked to s SUper, super fun." is obvious within g him, by fairly radiates Dude!" sort on the other his aforemen- - tends the soft- helps Sport," says the ad, who goes to School when air at Greg's laid-back, I too? Does it be a bit of a He flashes and part People think I,m Says, "cuz I jump and I collect taran- crazy cuz I do that," he says. "But I'm not..." Accompanying Josh and Greg this particular afternoon are three other regulars of the Wall backyard brigade - '99 HIGHFALUTIN' JOSH RICHARDS leads Wall through the course the other day out at Greg's place. at you and stuff. "But with us it's just all about havin' fun and gettin' together with your friends." And what makes his follow- ing so different? Greg answers without hesitation. SHS grad Josh "JJ" Jennings, Climber sophomore Marshall [ou know what I've noticed Justesen and CHOICE ninth, about all these kids?" he says. grader Donovan Gasper. "Their parents are involved Though not this time, often with 'am..7 they're joined by others as _._ * * * * well, among them Josh's close friend Luke Tweed. @rUe one of the older gen- "And they're all really good eration steps forward when kids," says Greg, taking a breather after joining them in a series of wild-eyed runs. I really enjoy hangin' around with 'era." SO MANY KIDS today, he says, are like the ones that had him ready to swear off the younger generation altogether, only a short time ago. "No respect," he says. "Just no respect for anything or any- body. And that's no good. That's just no good..." The problem exists even in bike-riding circles, concedes Greg. "There are a lot o' kids that have a lot o' bad attitudes," he says. "And they pick on each other a lot, If you don't jump with the right technique and stuff, you know, people laugh "We don't really have many people says. "And I let me. And people gawd! Won t it an almost in- Le laugh, totally friendliness and if a bee comes UW 9 "I'll just let it you swing at get its outta gonna So you just let You, do what it and it'll leave." think I'm Grog r volunteers are solicited to try Greg's latest creation, as it happens. Pretty much identical to the other roughly six-foot-high jumps except for its gargan- tuan horizontal dimensions, the two-mound "double," as it's called, boasts a gap of nearly 17 feet. "That thing's nice," intonN Josh, pedaling up beside you there in the shadow of the boast. (]Please turn to page £,.) POSE atop one of the jumps. From left: Josh "JJ" Jennings, Josh Richards, Greg Wall, Marshall Justesen and Donovan Gasper. p 9 That s Greg s girlfriend, 91 SHS grad and fellow motoerosser Cindy Battles, in the background. IX-country: Dale, Jamie & Co. romp Senior state veteran Dale Fox ran away to the individual throne Saturday as the Climbers joined teams from all over Southwest Washington in the annual Capital Invite at Capital High School. Fitter than ever already after a summer of running camps and 50- and 60-mile weeks, Fox was largely unpushed and still came within 14 seconds of ely grad Mike Van Deusen's all-time record on the 2.23-mile course, clocking in at 12:19. Number Two fc)r the Climbers, claiming the chute at the 13:08 mark - and thus earning top- sophomore distinction in the meet - was veteran Victor Carpenter. CLIMBER 800-meter record- holder Jamie Coughlin, now a junior, topped that class battle among the girls. She came in at 15:23. Fastest of the distaff run- ners there was Tumwater senior Angela Burgett, at 15:05 - still well off the course record of 14:16 set by since-graduated Anna Blue of Capital. "The Shelton team looked very impressive," reports Climber head coach Sheryal Balding. "We were the only team to win three of the eight races. Victor had a goal to beat the sophomore boys' record and missed it by only 24 seconds." TO THE APPARENT enthrallment of teammate Tifani Keith on the hosts' sideline, Climber senior Liz de Waal Malefyt unloads a winner Tuesday in the Minidome dur- ing Shelton's four-game win over Centralia. Behind Liz are varsity teammates Lissa James (left) and Saori Hat- tori. Spike girls run up (Other Climbers in field: Ben White 13:50 for 25th, Rick Goln 13:52 for 29th, Ksvln Balding 14:45 for 63rd, Spencer Burnfleld 15:16 for 78th and Tyler Thombrus 16:15 for 111th.) Girls' top tan Angels Burgett (Tumwater) 15:05, Jamie Coughlin (Shelton) 15:23, Tylar Stephsnson (Black Hills) 15:41, Julia Kluh (Capital) 15:43, Melissa Hoglund (Stadium) 15:48, Sarah Etze (Capitat) 16:15, Rashseda Gar- rett (Olympia), Dania Swosinski (Black Hills) 16:19, Shelby Moore (Capital) 16:22, Amy Smith (Aberdeen) 16:23. (Other Climbers in the field: Liz White 16:32 for 14th and Katie Dunn 17:45 for 28th.) The Climber varsity volleyball girls launched their season with a pair of nonleague victories the past week. Friday they beat Peninsula there in three straight, 15-7, 15-5 and 15-8, as Liz de Waal Malefyt and Willow Shanahan shared honors in the hitting department with seven kills each, Ashley MacWilliam was 10-11 with four aces at the service line, Rachel Beck and Saori Hattori had ten assists apiece and Lissa James led with five digs. At home Tuesday night they rebounded from a first-game loss to beat Centralia 13-15, 15-7, 15- 7 and 17-15. Conspicuous numbers in that affair include senior James' 30-32 serving (with six aces); classmate MacWilliam's 20-21 (with one ace); senior de Waal Malefyt's 17 kills and the 11-, 11- and 9-kill complement by teammates Sha- nahan, MacWilliam and James; ,lames' 24 digs, along with 15 by Kadie Hunter, 14 by Shanahan and 13 by de Waal Malefyt, and the matching 22-assist perfor- mance of Beck and Hattori. The Climber jayvees, mean- while, beat Peninsula and Cen- tralia alike behind what coach Steve Morgan called fine serving by Leah Beck and Tiffany Moul- ton, good passing by Erin Bolender and effective net play by Brittany Cahoon and Erika Espino. The C-squad Climbers won as well, getting what coach Leta Baysinger characterized as praiseworthy performances from Donna Avery, Jessica Boothe, Shauna Enger and Leann Gunter. Tonight the Climbers take on Tumwater there and Saturday they travel to North Thurston for a varsity-only tournament. Golfers' Ayers goes 3-under The Climber golf boys got a blistering 33 from senior state veteran Warren Ayers last Thurs- day and kicked off their 1999 sea- son with a 190-210 win over North Thurston at Capital City Golf Course in Olympia. John Strader 45, Eddie Smith 48 and Ricky Ray 59. Jayvee - Shelton won 219-243 behind Jake Pogreba's 40, Eddie Haigh's 42, Josh Whitener's 43, Eric Eagle's 47, Curtis Snyd- er's 47 and Mike Davies' 51. (Dustin Dough- ty of North Thurston took medalist honors, posting a 39) Avers finished a whopping sev- en strokes ahead of the Rams' top performer and four ahead of se- nior classmate and fellow SHS veteran Chris Lang, like Ayers and senior Owen Bacon instru- mental in the Climbers' locally unprecedented rise to third place at district last year. Veteran Sean Burleson, just a sophomore, followed with a 38 as Shelton wound up with three players posting scores better than Thurston's #1. SHELTON over N, THURSTON 190-210 Shelton - Warren Ayers 33, Chris Lang 37, Sean Burleson 38, Will Harris 41, Jo- nathan Segai 41, Owen Bacon 42. North Thurston - Johnathan McCaslin 40, Adam Williams 43, Matt Johnson 43, Hall of Fame meets Sunday The Shelton-Mason County Sports Hall of Fame board will meet Sunday at 6:30 p.m. in the Mason County Historical Society Museum downtown. Main topic of the September 19 gathering will be restructuring of the board, with possible replace- ment of current board members who are no longer active. It is imperative that any cur- rent board member wishing to re- main active on the board attend the meeting or contact Chuck Ro- bertson at 426-8620 or Duane Wilson at 426-1782. Thursday, September 16, 1999 - Shelton-Mason County Journal- Page 21 CAPITAL INVITE (2.23 miles) Boys' top ten Dale Fox (Shelton) 12:19, Jesse Stevlck (Olympia) 12.33, Bryan Blssell (Stadium) 12:39, Scott MIchle (Capital) 12:42, Caleb Botellho (Camas) 12:45, Jon Mange (Wilson), Jsssy Rankin (Camas) 13:02, Jake Haag (Black Hills) 13:07, Victor Carpenter (Shelton) 13:08, Garrett Weham (Capital) 13:21). OTHER SHELTON runners and their grade-level places: Liz White, 15:23 for fifth among sophomore girls; Ben White, 13:49 for tenth among senior boys; Katie Dunn, 17:44 for fourth among frosh girls; Rick Goin, 13:51 for eighth among sophomore boys; Kevin Balding, 14:45 for 15th among sophomore boys; Tyler Thornbrue, 16:14 for 34th among sophomore boys; Spencer Burnfield, 15:16 for eighth among fresh boys. The day's age-group winners, besides the Climbers' aforemen- tioned Fox, Carpenter and Cough- lin, included frosh winners Kevm Flya of Caress (14:31) and Kristie McLain of Tumwater (16:55), sophomore girls' winner Julie Kluh of Capital (15:43), junior boys' winner Caleb Boteilho of Camas (12:45) and senior girls' winner Angela Burgett of Turn- water (15:05). sults. Even the young kids who are out for the first time clocked very good times. Returners Rick Goin (sophomore), Victor Car- penter and Kevin Balding (sophomore) each took over a minute off their times from last year." "AS COACHES, Mike (vet-big numbers in win eran sidekick Mike Fox) and I were very pleased with the re- Biking's dirt-jumpin' Craze goes fraternal out at Greg's place... liy STEVE PATCH his aren't, and neither is Josh. freckle-faced grin, though, and that rubber-faced way he has of looking a comically demented Howdy Doody, the could easily pass for one. : one of those kids who, not so long ago, red his older buddy Greg on teenagers honest with ya," says his 31-year-old mentor, holding forth last week in the his Arcadia-area home, "I was kinda rby the younger kids, myself- met this group..." all Started last Christ- out of his mind in of a months-long motorcycle unintention- friend Cindy matters into got me a bicycle," he g a grin that 'People think l m crazy, cuz l jump big doubles pass for teenlike iii!i.::i:ii:iii!:iiil ! I hadn't ridden and I collect as 15." , Inclined that because of his and anxious the trans- Californian threw into what soon became passion: - or, in the mountain-biking's g-time craze, dirt rst I didn't think it much fun," has built concourse of berms out there in behind his house. used to twistin' flyin' 90 feet - ng and jump- really shocked to s SUper, super fun." is obvious within g him, by fairly radiates Dude!" sort on the other his aforemen- - tends the soft- helps Sport," says the ad, who goes to School when air at Greg's laid-back, I too? Does it be a bit of a He flashes and part People think I,m Says, "cuz I jump and I collect taran- crazy cuz I do that," he says. "But I'm not..." Accompanying Josh and Greg this particular afternoon are three other regulars of the Wall backyard brigade - '99 HIGHFALUTIN' JOSH RICHARDS leads Wall through the course the other day out at Greg's place. at you and stuff. "But with us it's just all about havin' fun and gettin' together with your friends." And what makes his follow- ing so different? Greg answers without hesitation. SHS grad Josh "JJ" Jennings, Climber sophomore Marshall [ou know what I've noticed Justesen and CHOICE ninth, about all these kids?" he says. grader Donovan Gasper. "Their parents are involved Though not this time, often with 'am..7 they're joined by others as _._ * * * * well, among them Josh's close friend Luke Tweed. @rUe one of the older gen- "And they're all really good eration steps forward when kids," says Greg, taking a breather after joining them in a series of wild-eyed runs. I really enjoy hangin' around with 'era." SO MANY KIDS today, he says, are like the ones that had him ready to swear off the younger generation altogether, only a short time ago. "No respect," he says. "Just no respect for anything or any- body. And that's no good. That's just no good..." The problem exists even in bike-riding circles, concedes Greg. "There are a lot o' kids that have a lot o' bad attitudes," he says. "And they pick on each other a lot, If you don't jump with the right technique and stuff, you know, people laugh "We don't really have many people says. "And I let me. And people gawd! Won t it an almost in- Le laugh, totally friendliness and if a bee comes UW 9 "I'll just let it you swing at get its outta gonna So you just let You, do what it and it'll leave." think I'm Grog r volunteers are solicited to try Greg's latest creation, as it happens. Pretty much identical to the other roughly six-foot-high jumps except for its gargan- tuan horizontal dimensions, the two-mound "double," as it's called, boasts a gap of nearly 17 feet. "That thing's nice," intonN Josh, pedaling up beside you there in the shadow of the boast. (]Please turn to page £,.) POSE atop one of the jumps. From left: Josh "JJ" Jennings, Josh Richards, Greg Wall, Marshall Justesen and Donovan Gasper. p 9 That s Greg s girlfriend, 91 SHS grad and fellow motoerosser Cindy Battles, in the background. IX-country: Dale, Jamie & Co. romp Senior state veteran Dale Fox ran away to the individual throne Saturday as the Climbers joined teams from all over Southwest Washington in the annual Capital Invite at Capital High School. Fitter than ever already after a summer of running camps and 50- and 60-mile weeks, Fox was largely unpushed and still came within 14 seconds of ely grad Mike Van Deusen's all-time record on the 2.23-mile course, clocking in at 12:19. Number Two fc)r the Climbers, claiming the chute at the 13:08 mark - and thus earning top- sophomore distinction in the meet - was veteran Victor Carpenter. CLIMBER 800-meter record- holder Jamie Coughlin, now a junior, topped that class battle among the girls. She came in at 15:23. Fastest of the distaff run- ners there was Tumwater senior Angela Burgett, at 15:05 - still well off the course record of 14:16 set by since-graduated Anna Blue of Capital. "The Shelton team looked very impressive," reports Climber head coach Sheryal Balding. "We were the only team to win three of the eight races. Victor had a goal to beat the sophomore boys' record and missed it by only 24 seconds." TO THE APPARENT enthrallment of teammate Tifani Keith on the hosts' sideline, Climber senior Liz de Waal Malefyt unloads a winner Tuesday in the Minidome dur- ing Shelton's four-game win over Centralia. Behind Liz are varsity teammates Lissa James (left) and Saori Hat- tori. Spike girls run up (Other Climbers in field: Ben White 13:50 for 25th, Rick Goln 13:52 for 29th, Ksvln Balding 14:45 for 63rd, Spencer Burnfleld 15:16 for 78th and Tyler Thombrus 16:15 for 111th.) Girls' top tan Angels Burgett (Tumwater) 15:05, Jamie Coughlin (Shelton) 15:23, Tylar Stephsnson (Black Hills) 15:41, Julia Kluh (Capital) 15:43, Melissa Hoglund (Stadium) 15:48, Sarah Etze (Capitat) 16:15, Rashseda Gar- rett (Olympia), Dania Swosinski (Black Hills) 16:19, Shelby Moore (Capital) 16:22, Amy Smith (Aberdeen) 16:23. (Other Climbers in the field: Liz White 16:32 for 14th and Katie Dunn 17:45 for 28th.) The Climber varsity volleyball girls launched their season with a pair of nonleague victories the past week. Friday they beat Peninsula there in three straight, 15-7, 15-5 and 15-8, as Liz de Waal Malefyt and Willow Shanahan shared honors in the hitting department with seven kills each, Ashley MacWilliam was 10-11 with four aces at the service line, Rachel Beck and Saori Hattori had ten assists apiece and Lissa James led with five digs. At home Tuesday night they rebounded from a first-game loss to beat Centralia 13-15, 15-7, 15- 7 and 17-15. Conspicuous numbers in that affair include senior James' 30-32 serving (with six aces); classmate MacWilliam's 20-21 (with one ace); senior de Waal Malefyt's 17 kills and the 11-, 11- and 9-kill complement by teammates Sha- nahan, MacWilliam and James; ,lames' 24 digs, along with 15 by Kadie Hunter, 14 by Shanahan and 13 by de Waal Malefyt, and the matching 22-assist perfor- mance of Beck and Hattori. The Climber jayvees, mean- while, beat Peninsula and Cen- tralia alike behind what coach Steve Morgan called fine serving by Leah Beck and Tiffany Moul- ton, good passing by Erin Bolender and effective net play by Brittany Cahoon and Erika Espino. The C-squad Climbers won as well, getting what coach Leta Baysinger characterized as praiseworthy performances from Donna Avery, Jessica Boothe, Shauna Enger and Leann Gunter. Tonight the Climbers take on Tumwater there and Saturday they travel to North Thurston for a varsity-only tournament. Golfers' Ayers goes 3-under The Climber golf boys got a blistering 33 from senior state veteran Warren Ayers last Thurs- day and kicked off their 1999 sea- son with a 190-210 win over North Thurston at Capital City Golf Course in Olympia. John Strader 45, Eddie Smith 48 and Ricky Ray 59. Jayvee - Shelton won 219-243 behind Jake Pogreba's 40, Eddie Haigh's 42, Josh Whitener's 43, Eric Eagle's 47, Curtis Snyd- er's 47 and Mike Davies' 51. (Dustin Dough- ty of North Thurston took medalist honors, posting a 39) Avers finished a whopping sev- en strokes ahead of the Rams' top performer and four ahead of se- nior classmate and fellow SHS veteran Chris Lang, like Ayers and senior Owen Bacon instru- mental in the Climbers' locally unprecedented rise to third place at district last year. Veteran Sean Burleson, just a sophomore, followed with a 38 as Shelton wound up with three players posting scores better than Thurston's #1. SHELTON over N, THURSTON 190-210 Shelton - Warren Ayers 33, Chris Lang 37, Sean Burleson 38, Will Harris 41, Jo- nathan Segai 41, Owen Bacon 42. North Thurston - Johnathan McCaslin 40, Adam Williams 43, Matt Johnson 43, Hall of Fame meets Sunday The Shelton-Mason County Sports Hall of Fame board will meet Sunday at 6:30 p.m. in the Mason County Historical Society Museum downtown. Main topic of the September 19 gathering will be restructuring of the board, with possible replace- ment of current board members who are no longer active. It is imperative that any cur- rent board member wishing to re- main active on the board attend the meeting or contact Chuck Ro- bertson at 426-8620 or Duane Wilson at 426-1782. Thursday, September 16, 1999 - Shelton-Mason County Journal- Page 21 CAPITAL INVITE (2.23 miles) Boys' top ten Dale Fox (Shelton) 12:19, Jesse Stevlck (Olympia) 12.33, Bryan Blssell (Stadium) 12:39, Scott MIchle (Capital) 12:42, Caleb Botellho (Camas) 12:45, Jon Mange (Wilson), Jsssy Rankin (Camas) 13:02, Jake Haag (Black Hills) 13:07, Victor Carpenter (Shelton) 13:08, Garrett Weham (Capital) 13:21). OTHER SHELTON runners and their grade-level places: Liz White, 15:23 for fifth among sophomore girls; Ben White, 13:49 for tenth among senior boys; Katie Dunn, 17:44 for fourth among frosh girls; Rick Goin, 13:51 for eighth among sophomore boys; Kevin Balding, 14:45 for 15th among sophomore boys; Tyler Thornbrue, 16:14 for 34th among sophomore boys; Spencer Burnfield, 15:16 for eighth among fresh boys. The day's age-group winners, besides the Climbers' aforemen- tioned Fox, Carpenter and Cough- lin, included frosh winners Kevm Flya of Caress (14:31) and Kristie McLain of Tumwater (16:55), sophomore girls' winner Julie Kluh of Capital (15:43), junior boys' winner Caleb Boteilho of Camas (12:45) and senior girls' winner Angela Burgett of Turn- water (15:05). sults. Even the young kids who are out for the first time clocked very good times. Returners Rick Goin (sophomore), Victor Car- penter and Kevin Balding (sophomore) each took over a minute off their times from last year." "AS COACHES, Mike (vet-big numbers in win eran sidekick Mike Fox) and I were very pleased with the re-