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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? ams serve loss nnls 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. CLEANERS & TAILORS Mon-Fri 6:30 a.m.-6:00 a .... Sat 9:00 a,m.-2:00 u.m ~(~ 215 South Second * 426-3371 o Member Serving She#on and Mason County for 86 years )ulbfarm.com Tulips, Crocus, Hyacinth, Dwarf Iris Bulbs MGHF Art Com~sion's Silent Art Auction at Treasures Thrift Store October 1-31 Lim,te° e.,t,o.s * Lithographs * Originals * Photography • Rare items I~ Minimum ii~ reserves and ~t i "Buy it now" ~i~:) prices ............ ",'~.,'.,:o ~# Richard C. 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