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Shelton-Mason County Journal
Climbers
edge
Lincoln in
'nail-biter'
Kinne breaks single-
season rushing record
By EMILY HANSON
en~ily@rnasoncounty.com
It all came down to the last
minute of the game.
Before defeating Lincoln 34-28
on Friday, Shelton was tied at 28
with the Abes in the Lincoln Bowl
and appeared headed toward its
first overtime of the season with 1
minute left on the clock.
And that's
where Shelton
senior defen-
sive back Jake
Frakes made a
big play. Frakes
intercepted a
FRIDAY: pass from Lin-
Shelton ........ 34 coln junior quar-
Lincoln ........ 28 terback J'Maka
Love to give the
TOMORROW: Highclimbers
Shelton vs. possession of the
North pigskin.
Thurston, "We ran a
7 p.m. couple of plays
and then (Jared)
Welander lost his helment and
had to come out," head coach Matt
Hinkle said.
Again, Frakes stepped up for a
big play.
With the clock expiring, and
Frakes playing as backup quarter-
back, he "lobbed" a pass to senior
tight end David Ajamu in the end
zone for the win with 6 seconds re-
maining.
Shelton senior Ralph Kinne
went on to rush for 245 of the
Highclimbers' total 293 yards to
give him a season total of 1,684
yards. This broke former High-
climber Kyle Burbridge's single-
season rushing record of 1,657
yards set in 2007.
"Ralph deserves it. He runs
hard," Hinkle said.
The game-winning reception
ended a game of two very different
halves for the Highclimbers.
"I thought the kids played well
in the first half and then we let the
momentum go in the second, un-
fortunately," Hinkle said.
At the start of the game, the
Highclimbers were focused, he
said.
The first quarter began with a
5-yard touchdown run from Kinne
and a good PAT from senior kicker
Shelby Salisbury.
Lincoln tied the score with a
5-yard touchdown pass from Love
to junior wide receiver Kashawn
Johnson with 2:37 left in the first
quarter.
Shelton dominated the second
quarter.
Kinne scored on runs of 13 and
41 yards in the quarter. He also
scored a two-point conversion.
Senior running back DeShon Bell
scored on a 10-yard run with 3:53
left in the second quarter, After
Kinne's 41-yard TD, Salisbury
scored another PAT.
"We came out in the second half
and made a couple of uncharacter-
istic turnovers to give Lincoln the
momentum, which they held for
most of the second half," Hinkle
said.
The Abes scored on an ll-yard
pass from Love to senior wide re-
ceiver Joshua Eckwood 29 seconds
into the third quarter and made
the PAT.
With 6:42 remaining in the
third quarter, Welander was in-
tercepted by Lincoln sophomore
defensive back Dehonta Hayes on
a pass intended for junior wide re-
ceiver Michael Sobotka. The Abes
scored on the interception and
made the resulting PAT.
Lincoln tied Shelton at 28 with
2:49 remaining in the game, when
Love completed to Eckwood on a
1-yard touchdown pass and. the
PAT sailed between the posts.
See Climbers on page C'5
By EMILY HANSON
emily@rnasoncounty.com
It's been nearly a decade since the
Shelton boys' tennis team won the be nullified, so
league championship, but last week, we came out with
the Highclimbers once again secured a purpose and
the title, played well," Perry
With its 3-2 win over Mt. Tahoma said.
on Oct. 4, the team claimed co-own- He said Lund
ership of the 3A Narrows League TODAY: and DeMattos
Championship, which it shares with Shelton at playedexception-
Mt. Tahoma. Olympia, allywell against
"I knew we had a good chance 3:30 p.m. consistent oppo-
to win the match (against Mt. Ta- nents.
homa) but we were worried because "I thought the match would be
we knew Mt. Tahoma had two very much closer than the score indicat-
good singles players, which always ed," Perry said. "But Zach and Jus-
• makes it difficult," head coach John tin were perhaps my most consistent
Perry said. "Our doubles teams came team this year and they won almost
through again with all the doubles all of the important points of the
teams winning in straight sets to match, so they came out easily on
lock up the victory and ensure us a top after some very long points."
share of the league championship." Perry said the last time the High-
At No. 1 doubles, John Pentonyclimbers were league champions was
and Alex Deacon defeated Mt. Ta- nine or 10 years ago, the last time
homa's Don Nguyen and Steven Pal- Shelton was a 3A school.
lesigui 6-0, 6-0. Brandon Goodale "It was actually when Dann (Ga-
and Dalton Jaske, playing at No. 2 gnon's) son Zach was a freshman
doubles, won against Luke Dean and and I had two brothers, Tom and
Caleb Shaw 6-4, 6-0. The team's final Colby Brewer, on the team," Perry
win came from Zach Lund and Jus- said. "We had eight incredible ath-
tin DeMattos at No. 3 doubles. Lund letes on the team and it came down
and DeMattos beat Donny Frazier to the last match versus North Thur-
and Sam Bennifield 6-2, 6-2. ston, which was also undefeated. It
"I was a little concerned that the came down to the last match with
guys would let down a bit after the the score tied 2-2 and Brian Woods
huge win at Wilson and not put forth
100 percent effort, but they actually
~increased their in-
tensity, knowing
that if we were up-
set, that the previ,
, ous victory would
OCT. 4:
Shelton .......... 3
Mt. Tahoma .. 2
See Tennis on page C-5
Journal photo by Emily Hanson
Shelton senior Alex Deacon returns serve from
the baseline during his match at No. 1 doubles
with senior John Pentony on Oct. 4 against Mt.
Tahoma.
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Mary M. Knight sophomore running back Adam Pais places the ball down in the end zone
Saturday during the Knight Owls' homecoming game against Kingsway. For homecoming
page C-6.
Journal photos by Emily Hanson
for a touchdown
royalty photos, see
By EMILY HANSON
emily@rnasoncounty corn
It wasn't pretty or quick, but the
Mary M. Knight football team added
another notch to the win column last
week.
On Saturday, the Knight Owls
conquered the Kingsway Knights
68-56 for a homecoming victory.
"It was a pretty exciting game,"
head coach John Schultz said. "I bet
we just broke the number of yards by
two teams in a game record."
The Knight Owls combined for
634 rushing yards -- 191 from sopho-
more ~'unning back Adam Pals on 10
carries and 182 from senior running
back Juan Jimenez on 12 carries --
and senior quarterback Kyle Willey
completed 3-4 passes for 85 yards.
In total, MMK raked up 719 yards
of offense, while holding Kingsway
to 490 -- 209 rushing, 281 passing.
"I thought it was a very good
game, we did an awful lot of things
well and of course there's always
things to work on," Schultz said.
The Knight Owls ruled the first
quarter 24-6. Jimenez scored on a
25-yard rush with 10:23 left in the
first quarter. Pals scored the two-
point conversion.
Pais then rushed 75 yards for a
touchdown with 8:35 left in the first
quarter and again
made the two-
point conversion.
Kingsway
scored on a one-
yard run with 4:27
left in the quarter
SATURDAY: but the Knights'
Mmyh/£~_68 two-point conver-
Kingsway .... 56 sion failed.
With 2:19 left in
TODAY: the first quarter,
Mary M. KnightJimenez scored
at WSD, on a 10-yard run,
3 p.m. after which Pals
made the two-
point conversion.
Kingsway's passing game came
into play more in the second quar-
ter, with the Knights scoring on a
77-yard pass with 10:32 left in the
first hale Their two-point conversion
again failed.
Willey rushed 5 yards for a touch-
down with8 minutes remaining in
the first half and then scored the
two-point conversion.
With 6:36 left in the half, MMK
tailback J.J. Pals intercepted a King-
sway pass and returned it for an 80-
yard touchdown. Adam Pals scored
the two-point conversion.
Kingsway scored its next touch-
down with 3:51 left in the second
See MMK Football
on page C,5
Shelton-Mason
Journal photo by Emily Hanson
Mary M. Knight senior running back Juan
Jimenez edges around players on his way to
the end zone.
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