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SPORTS JOURNAL
VARIOUS reaction of starting sophomore Robert Moliga (left, top and near), the
battle mighty Lakes Friday night at Harry Lang Stadium in Lakewood. That's
'State Player of the Year' pick Kavario Middleton - all 6-6 and 255 pounds
- drawing a disputed Climber pass-interference call in the upper inset; team-
and fellow Division One recruit Dominick Davis snaking in on a 10-yard TD run in
next photo down; season.ended Climber junior Kevifl Eichhorn (11) hobbling in on
to a hero's welcome at the game's outset, and a visibly groggy Climber running
Burbridge exiting at halftime just seconds after being nearly knocked out by
in the back of the head. Finished for the day? Not on your life: The all-league
led a second-half resurgence that saw the Climbers outscore their hosts 14-7, and
finished with a rushing total of 258 yards - second most in Climber history. Coach
Hinkle was quick to give some of the credit to the O line, boasting Adam Arellano,
Schlauderaff, Ryan Fernandez, Isaac Garfias, Jacob Nicolaisen, Jacob Hanes, Matt
and Chad Cook, along with lead-blocking fullback Luke Deakins.
t knee injury I ever saw'
same point in time at full charge
in the process of trying to block
a Renton punt, and apparently
Kevin had caught Adam's helmet
squarely in the thigh.
"And when I looked down and
saw his leg I got a real sick feel-
ing," recalls Rehwaldt. He shakes
his head. "Freakin' knee cap was
over here," he says, pointing to the
side of his leg.
"They put it back before it got
too swollen - under no anesthe-
sia. Now, tell me that wasn't-" He
shakes his head again in lieu of
finishing.
PAINFUL INDEED, the in-
jury also appeared to be serious
to the extreme. The fear was that
in the process of fracturing the fe-
mur the impact had wreaked such
physical havoc on the surround-
ing tendons and ligaments as well
that even time might not bring full
recovery.
"His morn called me about 4
a.m. and said the doctor said it
was bad," says Rehwaldt, who'd
bondedwith young Eichhorn from
the start and says he thinks of
him as "like my own kid." Surgery
(Please turn to page 22.)
The leg fracture suffered by
linebacker Kevin Eich-
in Renton the Friday before
was more than just season-
says one of his biggest
assistant coach Eric "Gray
ddt.
"It was the worst knee injury I
saw," says the former WSU
who had to quit the game
tccount of injury.
he didn't see the impact it-
says Rehwaldt. All he knew
was young Eichhorn and
defensive back Adam Spurl-
had ,,meh,, , arrived at the
Despite Kyle's huge night
Lakes blue,chippers
win shootout 41,21
By STEVE PATCH
Climber football weathered the
state's top-ranked team Friday
night with bragging room to spare
despite losing the game 21-41.
The mighty Lancers of Lakes
High School lived up to their bill-
ing and then some with a score-at-
will tour de force on offense, but
they wound up looking a good deal
less invincible on the defensive
side of the ball.
Indeed, with all-league senior
Kyle Burbridge shaking off bell-
ringers that would have sidelined
lesser mortals and winding up with
a second-best-in-Climber-history
258 rushing yards, Shelton's boys
out-first-downed their ballyhooed
hosts 22-19 and amassed fully 451
yards of offense -just 26 short of
'They made
us look silly
a t ti mes.'
the Lancers' total.
AND HOW, YOU might ask,
does a team boasting an almost
unheard-of seven Division One
college recruits - as does Lakes
- manage to come off so incredibly
Jekyll-&-Hydish?
"Well," says Climber coach Matt
Hinkle, "I thought offensively our
game plan was real solid. And I
thought the kids executed very
well. We've been really pleased
with the offensive line. Their prog-
ress the last three weeks has been
really good.
"Kyle ran the ball well. And
we were consistent on the pass-
es, catching 'em when they were
there.
"We can obviously work on
everything still, but the only dis-
couraging component of the offense
was we had penalties at times that
took us out of drives."
AS FOR LAKES' offense,
which boasts 6-6, 255-pound tight
end (and the state's projected top
player) Kavario Middleton and
projected all-state quarterback
Calvin Schmidtke and five oth-
ers already getting major-college
courtship, it was the real deal,
says Hinkle.
"We had a real hard time
matchin' up with 'era defensively,"
says the Climbers' 14th-year head
coach. "We made some adjust-
ments at halftime that seemed t'
slow 'em down a little bit, but they
were extremely fast in four or five
positions offensively.
"And their quarterback caused
us a lot of problems because of his
elusiveness. Very quick. And the
premise of that offense is to spread
you out horizontally and then find
creases. And they did a good job of
it. And when you compound that
with a quarterback that runs as
well as he did, it causes you all
kinds of problems."
TO THEIR CREDIT, says
Hinkle, his Climbers never hung
their heads.
"I thought against the run we
played fairly well defensively," he
says. "Other than the quarterback
scramblin', we stopped their run
game. We didn't stop their pass
uarterbacktheir scram-
or
game
bling, and th really hurt us.
"You know, I think when the
weather goes south a little bit it'll
(Please turn to page 23.)
_The Yardstick
SHELTON 21, LAKES 41
SCORING
Shelton 0 7 7 7-21
Lakes 21 13 7 0-41
HOW THEY SCORED
Lakes - Calvin Schmidtke 69-
yard run (Tony Thomas kick).
Lakes - Korey'e Dixon 53-yard
pass from Calvin Schmidtke (kick
failed).
Lakes - Dominick Davis three-
yard run (two-point pass from Calvin
Schmidtke to Kavario Middleton).
Shelton - Jacob Hanes two-yard
run (Austin Case kick).
Lakes - Tony Thomas 55-yard
pass from Calvin Schmidtke (Spen-
cer Rodriguez kick).
Lakes - Dominick Davis 10-yard
run (kick failed).
Shelton - Matt Tuttle three-yard
pass from Jacob Hicks (Austin Case
kick).
Lakes - Tony Thomas 13-yard
pass from Calvin Schmidtke (Spen-
cer Rodriguez kick).
Shelton - Brandon Burns 13-yard
run (Austin Case kick).
RUSHING
Shelton - Kyle Burbridge 28 car-
ries for 258 yards, Brandon Burns
eight for 37 and a TD, Luke Desk-
ins six for 25, Jacob Hicks two for 23,
Jacob Hanes two for five and a TD
and C.D. Hinkle one for no gain.
Lakes - Calvin Schmidtke eight
carries for 118 yards and a touch-
down, Teddy Cotton four for 31,
Dominick Davis 10 for 29 and two
TDs, Korey'e Dixon one for 18 and
Tony Thomas one for eight.
PASSING
Shelton - Jacob Hicks eight com-
pletions in 20 attempts for 101 yards
and a touchdown with two intercep-
tions and C.D. Hinkie one for one for
two yards with no interceptions.
Lakes - Calvin Schmidtke 13
completions in 20 attempts for 273
yards and three touchdowns with no
interceptions.
RECEMNG
Shelton - Derrick Johnson five
catches for 52 yards, Matt Tuttle two
for 34 and a touchdown, Kyle Bur-
bridge one for 15 and Zeth Brock one
for two.
Lakes - Jermaine Kearse five
catches for 77 yards, Korey'e Dixon
three for 84 and a touchdown, Tony
Thomas three for 77 and two touch-
downs. Brandon Jimenez one for 27
and Watson Togiailua one for eight.
CLIMBER DEFENSE
Jacob Hanes - made five primary
tackles.
Matt Tuttle - made four primary
tackles and assisted on one other.
Adam Spurling- made four prima-
ry tackles and assisted on two others.
Chad Chapman - made three
primary tackles and assisted on a
fourth.
Stephen Carnahan - made one pri-
mary tackle and assisted on a second.
Derrick Johnson - made two pri-
mary tackles.
Zack Ball - made two primary
tackles.
Cameron Wagner - made one pri-
mary tackle.
Api Moliga - made one primary
tackle.
Kyle Burbridge - made one pri-
mary tackle.
Isaac Garfias - made one primary
tackle.
Jared Fralsure - made one pri-
mary tackle.
Jeff Wells - made one primary
tackle.
Niko Pacholke - made one primary
tackle.
Ryan Davis - assisted on a tackle.
PUNTS
Shelten - Matt Tuttle one punt for
30 yards.
Lakes - Dominick Davis one punt
for 38 yards.
KICKOFFS
Shelten - Adam Arellano four
kicks for a 47.8-yard average.
Lakes - Tony Thomas seven kicks
for a 53.1-yard average.
PUNT RETURNS
Shelten - Luke Deakins one for no
gain.
Lakes - Tony Thomas one for no
gain.
KICKOFF RETURNS
Shelten - Chad Chapman three
for 57 yards (long: 37) and Cameron
Wagner four for 21 (long: 21).
Lakes - Korey'e Dixon three for
105 yards (long: 59) and Jermaine
Kearse one for 12.
COMPARATIVE STATS
Shelten Lakes
First Downs 22 19
Rushes/Yards 47/348 24/204
Passing Yards 103 273
Total Offense 451 477
Comp/AttYInt 9/21/2 13/20/0
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 0/0
Punts/Avg 1/30 1/38
Penalties/Yards 12/110 10/67
Thursday, September 20, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 21
SPORTS JOURNAL
VARIOUS reaction of starting sophomore Robert Moliga (left, top and near), the
battle mighty Lakes Friday night at Harry Lang Stadium in Lakewood. That's
'State Player of the Year' pick Kavario Middleton - all 6-6 and 255 pounds
- drawing a disputed Climber pass-interference call in the upper inset; team-
and fellow Division One recruit Dominick Davis snaking in on a 10-yard TD run in
next photo down; season.ended Climber junior Kevifl Eichhorn (11) hobbling in on
to a hero's welcome at the game's outset, and a visibly groggy Climber running
Burbridge exiting at halftime just seconds after being nearly knocked out by
in the back of the head. Finished for the day? Not on your life: The all-league
led a second-half resurgence that saw the Climbers outscore their hosts 14-7, and
finished with a rushing total of 258 yards - second most in Climber history. Coach
Hinkle was quick to give some of the credit to the O line, boasting Adam Arellano,
Schlauderaff, Ryan Fernandez, Isaac Garfias, Jacob Nicolaisen, Jacob Hanes, Matt
and Chad Cook, along with lead-blocking fullback Luke Deakins.
t knee injury I ever saw'
same point in time at full charge
in the process of trying to block
a Renton punt, and apparently
Kevin had caught Adam's helmet
squarely in the thigh.
"And when I looked down and
saw his leg I got a real sick feel-
ing," recalls Rehwaldt. He shakes
his head. "Freakin' knee cap was
over here," he says, pointing to the
side of his leg.
"They put it back before it got
too swollen - under no anesthe-
sia. Now, tell me that wasn't-" He
shakes his head again in lieu of
finishing.
PAINFUL INDEED, the in-
jury also appeared to be serious
to the extreme. The fear was that
in the process of fracturing the fe-
mur the impact had wreaked such
physical havoc on the surround-
ing tendons and ligaments as well
that even time might not bring full
recovery.
"His morn called me about 4
a.m. and said the doctor said it
was bad," says Rehwaldt, who'd
bondedwith young Eichhorn from
the start and says he thinks of
him as "like my own kid." Surgery
(Please turn to page 22.)
The leg fracture suffered by
linebacker Kevin Eich-
in Renton the Friday before
was more than just season-
says one of his biggest
assistant coach Eric "Gray
ddt.
"It was the worst knee injury I
saw," says the former WSU
who had to quit the game
tccount of injury.
he didn't see the impact it-
says Rehwaldt. All he knew
was young Eichhorn and
defensive back Adam Spurl-
had ,,meh,, , arrived at the
Despite Kyle's huge night
Lakes blue,chippers
win shootout 41,21
By STEVE PATCH
Climber football weathered the
state's top-ranked team Friday
night with bragging room to spare
despite losing the game 21-41.
The mighty Lancers of Lakes
High School lived up to their bill-
ing and then some with a score-at-
will tour de force on offense, but
they wound up looking a good deal
less invincible on the defensive
side of the ball.
Indeed, with all-league senior
Kyle Burbridge shaking off bell-
ringers that would have sidelined
lesser mortals and winding up with
a second-best-in-Climber-history
258 rushing yards, Shelton's boys
out-first-downed their ballyhooed
hosts 22-19 and amassed fully 451
yards of offense -just 26 short of
'They made
us look silly
a t ti mes.'
the Lancers' total.
AND HOW, YOU might ask,
does a team boasting an almost
unheard-of seven Division One
college recruits - as does Lakes
- manage to come off so incredibly
Jekyll-&-Hydish?
"Well," says Climber coach Matt
Hinkle, "I thought offensively our
game plan was real solid. And I
thought the kids executed very
well. We've been really pleased
with the offensive line. Their prog-
ress the last three weeks has been
really good.
"Kyle ran the ball well. And
we were consistent on the pass-
es, catching 'em when they were
there.
"We can obviously work on
everything still, but the only dis-
couraging component of the offense
was we had penalties at times that
took us out of drives."
AS FOR LAKES' offense,
which boasts 6-6, 255-pound tight
end (and the state's projected top
player) Kavario Middleton and
projected all-state quarterback
Calvin Schmidtke and five oth-
ers already getting major-college
courtship, it was the real deal,
says Hinkle.
"We had a real hard time
matchin' up with 'era defensively,"
says the Climbers' 14th-year head
coach. "We made some adjust-
ments at halftime that seemed t'
slow 'em down a little bit, but they
were extremely fast in four or five
positions offensively.
"And their quarterback caused
us a lot of problems because of his
elusiveness. Very quick. And the
premise of that offense is to spread
you out horizontally and then find
creases. And they did a good job of
it. And when you compound that
with a quarterback that runs as
well as he did, it causes you all
kinds of problems."
TO THEIR CREDIT, says
Hinkle, his Climbers never hung
their heads.
"I thought against the run we
played fairly well defensively," he
says. "Other than the quarterback
scramblin', we stopped their run
game. We didn't stop their pass
uarterbacktheir scram-
or
game
bling, and th really hurt us.
"You know, I think when the
weather goes south a little bit it'll
(Please turn to page 23.)
_The Yardstick
SHELTON 21, LAKES 41
SCORING
Shelton 0 7 7 7-21
Lakes 21 13 7 0-41
HOW THEY SCORED
Lakes - Calvin Schmidtke 69-
yard run (Tony Thomas kick).
Lakes - Korey'e Dixon 53-yard
pass from Calvin Schmidtke (kick
failed).
Lakes - Dominick Davis three-
yard run (two-point pass from Calvin
Schmidtke to Kavario Middleton).
Shelton - Jacob Hanes two-yard
run (Austin Case kick).
Lakes - Tony Thomas 55-yard
pass from Calvin Schmidtke (Spen-
cer Rodriguez kick).
Lakes - Dominick Davis 10-yard
run (kick failed).
Shelton - Matt Tuttle three-yard
pass from Jacob Hicks (Austin Case
kick).
Lakes - Tony Thomas 13-yard
pass from Calvin Schmidtke (Spen-
cer Rodriguez kick).
Shelton - Brandon Burns 13-yard
run (Austin Case kick).
RUSHING
Shelton - Kyle Burbridge 28 car-
ries for 258 yards, Brandon Burns
eight for 37 and a TD, Luke Desk-
ins six for 25, Jacob Hicks two for 23,
Jacob Hanes two for five and a TD
and C.D. Hinkle one for no gain.
Lakes - Calvin Schmidtke eight
carries for 118 yards and a touch-
down, Teddy Cotton four for 31,
Dominick Davis 10 for 29 and two
TDs, Korey'e Dixon one for 18 and
Tony Thomas one for eight.
PASSING
Shelton - Jacob Hicks eight com-
pletions in 20 attempts for 101 yards
and a touchdown with two intercep-
tions and C.D. Hinkie one for one for
two yards with no interceptions.
Lakes - Calvin Schmidtke 13
completions in 20 attempts for 273
yards and three touchdowns with no
interceptions.
RECEMNG
Shelton - Derrick Johnson five
catches for 52 yards, Matt Tuttle two
for 34 and a touchdown, Kyle Bur-
bridge one for 15 and Zeth Brock one
for two.
Lakes - Jermaine Kearse five
catches for 77 yards, Korey'e Dixon
three for 84 and a touchdown, Tony
Thomas three for 77 and two touch-
downs. Brandon Jimenez one for 27
and Watson Togiailua one for eight.
CLIMBER DEFENSE
Jacob Hanes - made five primary
tackles.
Matt Tuttle - made four primary
tackles and assisted on one other.
Adam Spurling- made four prima-
ry tackles and assisted on two others.
Chad Chapman - made three
primary tackles and assisted on a
fourth.
Stephen Carnahan - made one pri-
mary tackle and assisted on a second.
Derrick Johnson - made two pri-
mary tackles.
Zack Ball - made two primary
tackles.
Cameron Wagner - made one pri-
mary tackle.
Api Moliga - made one primary
tackle.
Kyle Burbridge - made one pri-
mary tackle.
Isaac Garfias - made one primary
tackle.
Jared Fralsure - made one pri-
mary tackle.
Jeff Wells - made one primary
tackle.
Niko Pacholke - made one primary
tackle.
Ryan Davis - assisted on a tackle.
PUNTS
Shelten - Matt Tuttle one punt for
30 yards.
Lakes - Dominick Davis one punt
for 38 yards.
KICKOFFS
Shelten - Adam Arellano four
kicks for a 47.8-yard average.
Lakes - Tony Thomas seven kicks
for a 53.1-yard average.
PUNT RETURNS
Shelten - Luke Deakins one for no
gain.
Lakes - Tony Thomas one for no
gain.
KICKOFF RETURNS
Shelten - Chad Chapman three
for 57 yards (long: 37) and Cameron
Wagner four for 21 (long: 21).
Lakes - Korey'e Dixon three for
105 yards (long: 59) and Jermaine
Kearse one for 12.
COMPARATIVE STATS
Shelten Lakes
First Downs 22 19
Rushes/Yards 47/348 24/204
Passing Yards 103 273
Total Offense 451 477
Comp/AttYInt 9/21/2 13/20/0
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 0/0
Punts/Avg 1/30 1/38
Penalties/Yards 12/110 10/67
Thursday, September 20, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 21