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Swimming
Continued from page C-4
Goldsby earned a best time
of 29.04. Goldsby then won
the 500-yard freestyle with
a best time of 6:44.75.
Though she didn't place.
Analise Scott swam a best
time of 43.32 in the 50-yard
freestyle. Scott also earned
a best time in the 100-yard
freestyle at 1:25.01. but
she didn't place in that
event either.
Alaina Hanner took
fourth place in the 100-
yard butterfly with a best
time of 1:42.28.
With a best time of
1:05.28, Carisa Kunkle
took third place in the 100-
yard freestyle. Kunkle then
won the 100-yard back-
stroke with a best time of
1:09.66.
Eryn Muenchow did not
place in the 100-yard free-
style, but she swam a best
time of 1:41.25.
In the 500-yard free-
style, Rebecca Dodge took
third place with a best time
of 8:06.64.
Julia Morris took third
place in the 100-yard back-
stroke with a best time of
1:28.59.
Finally, rounding out
second and third in the
100-yard breaststroke were
Lanna Keltner and Jordan
Crossan with best times
of 1:31.29 and 1:32.83, re-
spectively.
"More than half of
the swimmers made best
times." Youngquist said.
"If it'd been a tougher
team. the times would've
been even better."
He said Shelton did not
fill every event at the meet,
as the team normally does,
because he put people in
events they wanted to
swim.
Since the Lady High-
climbers swim their meets
in a shallow pool without
starting blocks, Youngquist
has taught his swimmers
how to dive to the side in
a long arch. He said the
Mt. Tahoma swimmers
start their races from the
blocks in a straight dive,
since they've never worried
about hitting their heads
on the bottom of the pool.
"Our disadvantage of
not having blocks is our ad-
vantage," Youngquist said.
He said the 200-yard
freestyle relay teams have
been dropping times "like
crazy" and praised fresh-
man Julia Morris, who
swam her leg of the event
with a time of 28.82.
"She's in the top six for
200 free relay with a nat-
ural feel for the water,"
Youngquist said.
Co-head coach Rob Phel-
an said the divers, Keltner
and Danielle Ewart, both
earned high scores against
Mt. Tahoma.
"They're both getting
better with every meet,"
Phelan said.
He said it would be nice
to have a full dive team and
encouraged any girls inter-
ested in diving to come out
for the team. Phelan said
there is still time for girls
to learn the dives this year
to possibly be varsity div-
ers next year.
The swim team faces a
challenge this week in its
3:45 p.m. meet today at
home against Wilson.
"Wilson is going to be
tough," Youngquist said.
"They beat Foss and Foss
can basically beat you in
any event, but they're not
deep. Wilson is a very deep
team without a lot of mp
speed."
He said this will be a
difficult team to strategize
against because they will
have swimmers in every
meet.
"Wilson will have a
problem with our pool.
though," he said.
many:un censed
drivers will We have?
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By EMILY HANSON
The Shelton boys' tennis ~eam re-
ceived its first 3A Narrows League loss
of the season last week.
On Sept. 27, North Thurston defeat-
ed the Highclimbers 5-0.
"I~is was a disappointing loss for us,
as we were undefeated going into the
match tied for first with Wilson." head
coach John Perry said. "We were not
overmatched, as we keyed in on the dou-
bles and both No. i and No. 2 doubles
played very long split set matches that
could have gone either way."
No. I doubles team John Pentony
and Alex Deacon lost their first set 6-4.
won the second 7-5 and lost the third 6-4
while No. 2 doubles team Brandon Goo-
dale and Dalton Jaske lost in two sets
6-4, 6-4.
%Ve had opportunities to win the
match, but couldn't capitalize," Perry
said. "I thought our guys fought very
hard all the way to the end and never
gave up, even though we didn't play our
best tennis."
He said this was the first time Pento-
ny and Deacon had been pushed all sea-
son.
"They defmitely didn't play up to the
level they expected but still managed
to split sets and make it very close, so
it was a positive for them as they will
probably end up playing the team again
in districts." he said.
At No. 1 and No.
2 singles. Andrew
Johnson and Josh
Priest lost in straight
sets. but Perry said
they played against
two very accom-
SEPT. 27: plished players.
N. Thurston.. 5 "Our No. 3 team of
Shelton .......... 0 Justin DeMattes and
Zach Lund played
TODAY: very well again and
Sheltonvs. they were the last
Mr. Tahoma, varsity ~eam on the
3:30 p.m. court," Perry said.
"Their opponents hit
very hard, which they weren't used to,
but they adjusted their game well and
were very close to pulling out the vic-
tory."
Perry said he was proud of the team
and how it fought.
"We had a strong desire to win. it just
wasn't our day," he said.
Prior to this loss. the Highclimbers
defeated Foss 4-1 on Sept. 25 at home.
"This was a pretty good match for
us," Perry said. %Ve won in straight sets
in all the doubles easily."
Johnson earned a split set victory at
No. 1 singles.
"In that match, our No. 1 doubles
team of Pentony and Deacon had a great
match, beating an undefeated doubles
duo," Perry said. "They won 6-0, 6-1 and
played great tennis, which for us is npt
trying to hit big from the baseline, but
playing position tennis from the ground
and being aggressive at the net."
Lund and DeMattos played consis-
tently and took advantage of many of
their opponents' weak returns, Perry
said.
"They were very aggressive at the net
and had many point-ending overheads
and volleys," he said.
Although Johnson and Priest have
been playing well for Shelton at No. 1
and No. 2 singles, Perry said the team
is strongest at doubles at this point in
the season.
%Ve are pretty deep in doubles, with
our No. 2 team of Goodale and Jaske
and our No. 3 team of DeMattos and
Lund being pretty even and strong,"
Perry said. "Our No. 1 team of Pentony
and Deacon should be strong contend-
ers come tournament time and should
be seeded in the top three teams in our
league."
Perry said one area that the team
needs m continue working on is their
shot selection when they are getting
pressed in doubles.
%Ve tend to be a little tentative and
hit a floater or try and make a great win-
ning shot, instead of playing a high per-
centage shot by hitting a safe ball down
the middle and then looking for ways to
close the point at the net." he said. "This
has been our focus this past week in
practice and we will have a few matches
before tournament time to put this into
action."
The boys are set to play Mr. Tahoma
at 3:30 p.m. today at home.
S
By EMILY HANSON
emily@rna.so~r~oz~ntv.com
The Mary M. Knight vol-
leyball team served accu-
rately, scored kills, hit the
floor for digs and tipped the
scoreboard in its favor dur-
ing a home match last week.
On Sept. 27, the Lady
Owls defeated Oakville in
straight games 25-23.25-12
and 25-22.
"Everybody stayed posi-
tive and worked together,"
head coach Kitty Brehmey-
er said. "The more seasoned
girls helped the younger
ones out."
The Lady Owls were led
by junior setter Hannah
Frost, who made ll-of-14
serves, scored four aces and
four kills and had two as-
sists. Senior outside hitter
Ashley Sowle was 14-of-15
Nserving
with sev-
en aces
and soph-
omore set-
ter Miran-
da Sowle
SEPT. 27: was a per-
MmylVLKni~__3 feet 14-of-
Oakville ........ 0 14 serving
with three
TONIGHT: a c e s .
Mary M. Knight three as-
at Taholah. sists and
5:45 p.m. one kill.
Frost
said she
thought the team played
with a lot of focus and was
team-oriented.
"We didn't do so well last
week and we were able to
step up and play with fo-
cus," Frost said.
Brehmeyer said she was
really proud of the younger
girls on the team.
"We mixed up our rota-
tions due to absences and
injuries this match," she
said.
She said the match was
a good one for the team to
work on its fundamentals.
"I'm reallyproud of
them," she said.
This victory came just
days after the team suffered
a tough loss at the hands of
Lake Quinault.
"We had a difficult time
at Lake Quinault," Breh-
meyer said. "We've been
working on the team as-
pect of the game. Working
on the cohesion of it and it
was nice to see that (against
Oakville)."
On Sept. 25, Lake
Quinault won over MMK af-
ter four games.
"We played really well in
the first game," Brehmeyer
said. "We led for two-thirds
Half the Time, a most Half the Price...
iournE anom o, Emily Hanson
Mary M. Knight senior outside hitter Ashley Sowle gets low for a dig
Sept. 27 during the Lady Owls' home match against Oakville.
and then they came back
and beat us 25-20."
The Lady Owls rebound-
ed in game two to win 25-24.
"In game three, we got
down and lost team focus
to lose 25-19," Brehmeyer
said.
In the fourth and final
game of the match, Lake
Quinault won 25-15.
"We weren't playing to-
gether so I put my younger
players in," Brehmeyer said.
The Lady Owls (3-5) are
set to play at 5:45 p.m. to-
night at Taholah.
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