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Thursday, Sept. Shelton-Mason County JOUrnaI Page 19
Sports Outdoor
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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.
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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