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Shelton-Mason County Journal Journal photo by Emily Hanson Mary M. Knight senior running back Juan Jimenez heads upfield during the Knight Owls' home game against Oakville on Saturday. By EMILY HANSON emily@masoncounty.com The Mary M. Knight football team im- proved its record in a big way last week. On Saturday, the Knight Owls de- feated Oakville 62-0 at home. "Our boys played well," head coach John Schultz said. "We threw the ball really well against them." Senior quarterback Kyle Willey completed 5-for-8 for 94 yards and four touchdowns. Together, the Knight. Owls (2- 0) gained 216 rushing yards on the Acorns, with juni6r quarterback Aus- tin Thompson rushing for 121 yards on three carries. In the first quarter, the Knight Owls scored 32 points. With 10:23 left in the quarter, senior running back Juan Jimenez scored on a 22-yard run and senior Matt Oien scored the two- point conversion. The Owls found the end zone again with 7:51 left in the quarter when Wil- ley connected with senior wide receiver Nick Dierkop on an 8-yard touchdown ......... ~: ! pass. Oien again ~scored the conver- sion. With 5:56 left in the first quarter, MMK scored when Willey found senior FRIDAY: wide receiver Cory MmylV£Kni~..62 O'Neil on a 5-yard Oakville ........ 0 touchdown pass. Wil- ley ran in the extra TOMORROW: two-points. Mary M. With 4:14 left in Knight vs. Lake the first quarter, Wil- Quinault, ley and O'Neil con- 7 p.m. nected for a 10-yard touchdown pass and Oien scored the two-point Conversion. In the second quarter, MMK scored one more touchdown. With 2:36 left in the first half, se- nior running back J.J. Pals scored on a 20-yard run. For the two-point con- version, Willey threw to O'Neil and the Knight Owls went into halftime up 40- 0. The game continued into the third quarter due to a change in the eight- man football mercy rule. In previ- ous years, the mercy rule ended an eight-man football game at halftime if there was a 40-point scoring differ- ential. This season, the Washington Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) changed the rule so that there would be a running clock in the second half of the game once the 40-point dif- ference was achieved. "The hardest part (about playing a team like Oakville) is the frustration of not being able to go hard all the time," Willey said after the game. "Know- ing when to take it easy and when to drive." The Knight Owls worked on this during the second half of the game. In the third quarter, the team scored twice. The first came with 9:26 left in the third quarter, when Willey threw to Jimenez for a 52-yard touch- down. Willey then connected with Di- erkop for the extra points. With 5:08 left in the third quarter, Thompson scored on a 51-yard run. The two-point conversion failed. The final score of the game came See MMK Football on page C-3 Swimmer aims for state meet By EMILY HANSON emily@masonceunty.com When she was a soph- omore at Shelton High School, Sarah Myers swam -in the 4AWIAA State Girls' Swimming Meet. As a junior, Myers quali- fied for West Central Dis- trict 3 meet, and now as a se- nior three weeks into her final season, she has already qualified Sarah for dis- Myers tricts in at least three events. But Myers has her eyes set on a return trip to state. "I would really like to make it to state," Myers said. "I made it my sopho- more year with my sister." She said the postseason is her favorite time during the girls' swim season be- cause of how close everyone gets. Myers has been swim- ming since she was in the second grade and said her older sister inspired her to hit the pool. "I just wanted to be like her," she said. "I also love the team aspect of swim- ming and how it's like a family. Plus, I really like the sport. I'm not very coordinated on land and water seems to be my ele- ment." She said she was very competitive with her sister when they swam together her sophomore year. "Last year was a transi- tion period and I've really learned how to push myself instead of relying on some- one else to push me," Myers said. With her times as fast as they were at the end of last season, Myers said she thinks she can improve a lot this season on her journey to the 3A State Girls' Swim- ming Meet. Shelton no lon- ger competes in 4A due to smaller enrollments "I like the 100-yard back- stroke, but the 200-yard See Athlete on page C-3 Journal photo by Emily Hanson Shelton junior wide receiver Michael Sobotka dives for the first Shelton touchdown against Wilson on Friday at Highclimber Stadium. By EMILY HANSON emily(~maso~county.com In both teams' first game of the 3A Narrows League schedule. Shelton and Wilson both be- gan play undefeated. At the end of the game, Shelton sent Wil- son back to Tacoma with a 35-25 loss while the Highclimbers continued their undefeated season. "It was the first 3A team but more impor- tantly, it was a worthy opponent and the kids battled for almost the entire 48 (minutes), which is good," head coach Matt Hinkle said. The Highclimbers (3-0) trampled the Wil- son Rams with 526 rushing yards compared ~o Wilson's 94. The Shelton rushing effort was led by senior running back Ralph Kinne, who amassed 321 yards on 44 carries with one touchdown. Helping Kinne move the ball was senior running back DeShon Bell with 224 yards on 13 carries and three touchdowns. In the air, the Rams out~hrew the High- climbers. Shelton senior quarterback Jared Welander was 2-for-10 for 19 yards and one touchdown while Moses Lewis completed 9-of- 15 for 116 yards and three touchdowns for Wilson. For much of the first quarter, the two teams battled it out in the center of the field, with neither getting close to scoring. With 3:13 left in the first quarter, Weland- er connected with junior wide receiver Michael Sobotka on a 10-yard touchdown pass. Senior kicker Shelby Salisbury made the PAT to give FRIDAY: Shelton ........ 35 Wilson ......... 25 TOMORROW: Shelton at Yelm, 7 p.m. the Highclimbers a 7-0 lead. It took nearly the rest of the first quarter for the Rams to respond, but with 51 seconds left in the first quarter. Wilson scored from inside the 5-yard line. The Rams' two-point conversion failed and the game went into the second quarter with Shelton up 7-6. Wilson dominated the second quarter, shutting the Highclimbers out for the 12 minutes while scormg two touchdowns. The first was a 7-yard pass from Lewis to Connor Patterson with 3:19 left in the first half, after which the two-point conversion again failed. Lewis then connected with Ben Matz on an 18-yard touchdown pass with 1:53 left in the half. Wilson's PAT failed and the game went into halftime with the Rams up 18- 7. "At the beginning of the game, we had quite a few penalties," Hinkle said. "The frustrat- ing thing was the personal conduct penalties. We need to clean that up and we will. Besides that. we played well." Shelton junior defensive back Colton Hub- ble -- who intercepted what likely would've been a touchdown pass late in the game -- said the Highelimbers were sluggish going into the first half. "Our intensity wasn't up and our heads weren't up," he said. "At halftime, we looked each other in the eye and said, 'We got this.' She ton-Mason and we went out and got it." The Highclimbers came back onto the field for the second half in a fierce way. For the en- tire third quarter, Shelton shut down the Wil- son offense while scoring 22 points. Kinne scored on a run from within 10 yards with 8:26 left in the third quarter and then scored a two-point conversion for Shelton. With 6:04 left in the third quarter, Bell ran in a 13-yard touchdown and Salisbury.sent the PAT sailing through the posts. Bell then scored a 59-yard touchdown with 59 second remaining in the third quarter. Salisbury again scored the extra point and Shelton went into the final quarter up 29-18. With 8:21 left in the game, Lewis once again connected with Matz, this time on a 24-yard touchdown pass. With the PAT good, Wilson scored its final points, but Bell had one more in him. With 3:58 remaining in the game, Bell rushed 40 yards ~o the end zone to give Shel- ton a 10-point lead over Wilson, who would not respond by the game's end. "Wilson is a good team and they put us in tough positions at times," Hinkle said. Hubble said the Shelton defense has been working well together this season. "We're one te.am, one dream," he said. Senior linebacker Thomas Gettle led the defensive line with 13 tackles and one pass deflection while Hubble had 10 tackles and an interception. Senior defensive back Jacob See SHS Football on page C-3 County Journal - Thursday, Sept. 20. 2012 - Page C-1