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Thursday, Sept. Shelton-Mason County JOUrnaI Page 19 Sports Outdoor gage; Jacksfirk Field .atkl-tighclimber Stadium in Shelton1 flame/{photoby Matt Baide Shelton defeats Rochester ; Shelton’s Bradley Eleton runs through the Rochester defense en route to a 42-yard touchdown run during an Evergreen Conferenc e football game Sept. in. us ‘5. . 1. ». By Matt Baide matt@masoncounty. com Shelton scored _14 points in the third quarter to pull away for a victory against Rochester in an Ever- green Conference football game Sept. at Jack Stark Field at HighclimberStadium. _ The Warriors V scored first with a Braden Hartley 3-yard run and a 7-0 lead. Shelton responded on the next drive and tied the game, with Shelton quarterback Mason Goos pump-faking a pass before throwing a Goos ended the game 7 of for 70yards and two yard touchdown pass to Gabe Menefee. The game was . touchdowns. Bradley Eleton. had four carries for 83 tied at 7 at halftime. \ Goos completed his second' touchdown pass cf the game in the third quarter with a 4-yard pass to Dante Trikofi‘. The Highclimbers capped the scoring before the end of the third quarter, with Bradley Ele- ton taking the snap out of the wildcat formation and running through the right side for a 42—yard rushing touchdown. yards and a score. 'Conner Gilmathad carrieS for 39 yards. Dante Trikoff led the wide'receivers with six catches for 48 yards and a score.- . Eleton led the defense with six tackles and an inter- ception. Hunter Leth, Mario Boxley, Jerome Nichols (Gouley) and Logan Peach eachxhad a tackle for less. Shelton (3-1, hosts Montesano on Friday in a nonleague game. ' The Mariners’ curse is finallybrokén‘ whatever you want to call it, but after years of involuntary ab- stinence, the Seattle Mariners should break the longest playoff drought in . pro sports. It’s been along time since the Mariners were in the playoffs. To put it in context for you,‘it was the Idon’t want to jinx it, curse it, same year as 9/11, and‘I’m sure many , A people reading this remember where they were that day. I was 11 years old that day. I remember attending open- ing, day and watching Ichiro play and my InOm bought me mathnchhiro sweat wristbands that I wore way more than I should have. Let’s start with the criticism I had» coming into the season and squash it. I have heard from some people, my brother and friend Kevin included on our podcast, Washington East to West Sports on YouTube, that this was all part of the plan for general manager Jerry Dipoto’s rebuilding plan. I was skeptical, as I attended a game as a photographer in 2019 and watched the first batter for Texas launch a MAN MATT’S MUSINGS pitch over the wall in a Mariners loss. The only all-star on that team was Daniel Vogelbach, who is still hitting dingers in a New York Mets uniform now. There are only a handful of play- ers from that team still playing for the Mariners. ‘ To Jerry Dipoto, I’m sorry I doubted the rebuilding, and I hope that the success of this team lasts lon- .. ger than one season and I don’t call for you to be fired or resign down the road. As of this writing, the Mariners sit in the third and final wildcard spot and would take on the AL Central— leading Cleveland Guardians in the opening three-game series. If they win that, it would set up a five-game series with the West rival Hous- ton Astros, which I am all for. I hope that Mariners-Astros can be a heated rivalry for years to come. Seattle doesn’t have a natural rival, being geographically far away from'most teams in their division, and it would be great to just have a rival based on the strength of how, good each team is. This team has‘been a lot of fun to watch. From Eugenio Suarez’s “Good Vibes Only” to Julio Rodriguez’s “J- Rod Squad,” this team is having fun while Winning games, which makes it even more fun. While I was in Seattle over Labor Day weekend, my par- ents and I went to the Mariners team store, and I picked up a Julio Rodri- guez shirt to show my support. That, and the shirt will be prevalent for a long time after Julio signed a nine- year extension worth a base value of million. Seattle traded for ace pitcher Luis Castillo at the trade deadline, and they made sure he didn’t leave Se- attle for a while after signing him to a five-year, $108 million extension last Weekend. These signings give the Mariners a franchise player for the next five years on the mound and in the outfield and I could not be more excited to see what the future holds. The only issue I have with this sea- son is me. I haven’t gone to agame yet. I’m hoping the first game I go to is a playoff game, but if I den’t make it to a game this season‘,t1’m' excitedto . attend games at T—Mobile Park in the, future to watch the Mariners have, ' ‘ hopefully, continued SucceSs:_<I‘will_ I now be knocking on wood and praying to the baseball gods just in caset‘md exhausting all superstitiousioptions to make sure that my columndoesn’t have consequences. ' ' I Matt Baide is a reporter for the Shelton-Mason County Journal. He can reached at 360-426—4412 or at matt@masoncounty.com