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MEL MORGAN, who gained 51 yards for Shelton against Capital Friday
night, scampers for good yardage with the help of teammates Tracy Ridout
(63), Sam Martin (30), Chris McGee (121 and Jay Zamzow (75).
I
By CHARLES GAY
Shelton's Highclimbers
opened their 1975 Black Hills
League season Friday night in
Olympia by clobbering a young
Capital team 22-0 for their 24th
straight BHL win, a string
spanning five seasons.
The powerful Climbers, who
grabbed their fourth win in four
starts this season, took an 8-0
halftime lead and then blitzed the
Cougars with two touchdowns
near the end of the third quarter
to ice the contest.
Capital, the new high school
in Olympia which has no seniors,
hardly got anything going all
night. The biggest gain the
Cougars had was running onto the
f~ld as the Climber defense held
them to 89 total offensive yards
for the contest.
So tight was the Climber D
that with six plays remaining in
the lust half, Capital had a net
minus 16 yards. Capital was able
TIGHT END Dan Fitchitt
grabs a pass good for 11
yards and a touchdown in
the first quarter of Friday's
game against Capital.
• •
to invade Shelton territory only
once in the first half, near the end
of the period, when the Cougars
clicked on a 35-yard bomb. The
closest the hosts got to the
Shelton goal line in the game was
22 yards away.
Shelton scored the third time
it had the ball. The Climbers
started the l 1-play drive on their
own 25 yard line and ran 10
straight running plays to the
Cougars' t I before quarterback
Chris McGee tossed an 11-yard td
to tight end Dan Fitchitt.
Climber backs Mel Morgan,
John Vernon (former starting
quarterback moved to halfback)
and Sam Martin pounded through
the Capital defense.
Morgan, back in the Climber
lineup after sitting out the R. A.
Long contest a week ago with
blood poisoning, ran for gains of
13 and 10 yards on the drive and
ended the night with 51 yards in
nine carries. Morgan looked
/
graceful cutting through holes.
Vernon, who carried the ball
12 times in a busy night, gained
21 yards on five carries in that
drive and Martin added 20 yards
in three tries.
The touchdown throw by
McGee (5-14 for 53 yards for the
night) came on the fkst play of
the second quarter. Jim
Kieburtz's extra point kick was
no good and Shelton led 64).
The Climbers had plenty of
chances to score additional
touchdowns in the second
quarter, but they didn't take
advantage of Cougar mistakes.
Two plays after Shelton's
kickoff following the touchdown,
Climber linebacker Tracy Ridout
intercepted a Capital pass at the
Cougar 33. The Climbers moved
the ball only five yards in four
plays and Capital took over on
downs.
Three plays after Shelton had
given up the ball, the Cougars
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tried something that looked like a
double reverse with a pass and a
forward pitch. It didn't work. In
fact, Shelton recovered a fumble
that resulted from the strange
play and had the ball on the
Capital 45.
Shelton returned the favor
four plays later, however, when
Vernon fumbled and the Cougars
recovered.
The next time Shelton got the
ball (after a punt), it drove from
the Capital 46 to the 24 before
McGee threw an interception to
end the drive.
Four plays after the
interception, Capital's punter
fumbled the snap at his goal line
and Mark Trail jumped on him in
the endzone for a safety. It was
then 8-0.
Shelton was given beautiful
field positon again when the
Capital kickoff went out of
bounds and the ball was placed on
the Cougar 40. Vernon fumbled
again on first down, though, and
Capital recovered.
The Cougars then struck
suddenly on first down for their
only threat of the first half. The
quarterback rolled left, almost ran
with the ball, and lofted a long
pass downfield which was caught
at the Shelton 25, a 35-yard gain.
Shelton held on downs and
the half ended a moment later.
it didn't take the Climbers
long to get going in the second
hall Capital received the kickoff
and was driving into Shelton
territory when the Climbers
recovered a fumble on their own
43.
The visitors then started an
I I-play march that ate upa lot of
time on the clock. Morgan carried
five times in the drive for 23
yards. Fullback Martin bulled his
way for four yards on a tough
touchdown run to cap the drive.
Kieburtz's kick was good to make
the score 15-0.
Lightning struck four plays
after Shelton's kickoff. Capital's
punter, who was booming nice
ones all night, kicked from his
own 39 after the Cougar offense
sputtered and speedy Joe Schab
fielded the ball.
Schab sped up his right sideline
and left Capital players clutching
air on a breathtaking 82-yard punt
return for a touchdown. Timely
blocks by several
teammates made it possible. The
td came with 2:09 left in the
third period and Kieburtz's extra
point kick was the last scoring of
the night.
Just a week ago, Schab
returned a kickoff for a
touchdown.
The fourth quarter wasn't the
most exciting period we've ever
watched, but it sure gave Shelton
junior varsity players experience.
The jayvees played for the entire
quarter and had some nice gains
once in awhile.
Capital's offense continued to
lack consistent punch through
that fourth quarter and when it
was finally over, the Climbers had
their 14th straight win in a row
spanning the 1974 and 1975
seasons.
THE YARDSTICK
First Downs 1S4
Net Yards Rushing 174
Net Yards Passing 46
Total Net Yards 230
Passing Att.-C-1 13-5-1
Fumbles Lost 2
Punts-Avg. 5.27.8
Penalt ies-Ydg. 7-65
C
6
43
46
89
13-3-1
2
6.3-34.3
5-39
Shelton 0 8 14 0-22
Capital 0 0 0 0-0
S -- Dan Fitchitt 12 pass from
Chris McGee (kick failed).
S -- Safety, Mark Trail tackled
punter in end zone.
S -- Sam Martin 4 run (Jim
Kieburtz kick).
S -- Joe Schab 82 punt return
(Kieburtz kick).
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing
Shelton -- Mel Morgan 9-51,
Sam Martin 9-39, John Vernon
12-36 Kevin Ridout 6-26, Chris
McG~ 1-1 Tom Wittenburg 3-8,
Mike Pavel' 2-7, Bruce uorcy 3-
~5), Dave Leahy 2,5, Scott
avidson 1-6, Dale Brewer 1-1,
Rick Wood 1-3 Jim Tobin 1-(-81
Capital -- ~ayde_Silva 6-2~I
15 8, urew Valles
Tom Coombs -
9-6, Clay Hill 3-4, Bruce Fletcher
3- (-2).
Passing
Shelton -- McGee 5-14, 53.
Capital -- Coombs 3-11-0; Hill
0-1-1, 0; Silva 0-1-0, O.
Receiving
Shelton -- Morgan 1-18
Wittenburg
Vernon 1-131, 12. 1-13:
Dan Fitchitt
Capital -- Dan Harvey 2-42,
Valles 1-4.
Sports twenty-five years ago
HIGHCLIMBER ROSTER
Highclimbers taking on the Chehalis Bearcats this
Friday on Loop Field will be Don Rutledge, Roger
Salisbury, Dick LeGarde, Karl Schwarck, Bob Ristine, Red
Cox, Bob Eacrett, Murry Coleman, Jerry McCord, Dan
Austin, Robert Wilbur, Pete Kruger, Jack Davidson, Dan
Yarr, Chris Loop, Jim Dean, Allan Carter, Cal Getty, Jim
McEIroy, LeRoy Shelton, Alvia Chapman, Charles Young,
Jack Allen, Albert Gouley, Warren Gray, Len coutts, Walt
Miller, Merv Wingard, Jim Miller, Ned Miller, Wally Smith,
Tike Hillman, Tom Buechet, Harmon Sparr.
& CoLa Shelton
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KEVIN RIDOUT meets a stopper after a short gain Friday night,
is Shelton teammate Tom Wittenberg.
SHELTON'S SPEEDY SPLINTER,Joe Schab, returns a punt 82
touchdown against Capital Friday night.
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