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Shelton-Mason County Journal
ATHLETEOFTHEWEEK
MMK football preparing
for Wishkah Oct. 26
By EMILY HANSON
emi[y@masuncoun/y,com
In less than 25 offensive plays, the Mary
M. Knight football team racked up nearly 400
yards and notched another win.
The Knight Owls traveled to Vancouver,
Wash. on Oct. 11, where they beat the Wash-
ington State School for the Deaf 58-6.
"All of our young kids played well," head
coach John Schultz said. "We rotated kids
through with 15 or 16 eligible to play."
The Knight Owls ran 23 total offensive
Shelton senior defensive back Jake Frakes, No.
Cervantes with Shelton junior defensive back Colton
9
Highclimbers home game.
Shelton senior running back Ralph Kinne
breaks away for a 64-yard touchdown Friday
during the Highclimbers' home game against
North Thurston.
~ plays. Ten came on the Pals scored a 4-yard touchdown. Thompson
!:i!~i !ground for 157 yards andrushed 49 yards and 26 yards for two touch-
four of those resulted in downs.
touchdowns. Senior quarter- Finally, the Knight Owls scored two-point
back Kyle Willey completed conversions from senior fullback Matt Oien,
8-of-13 passes for 238 yards Adam Pals, Thompson and Willey.
and four touchdowns. "Our young kids got valuable experience
OCT. 11: "When you only have 23 playing a varsity team," Schultz said.
M,~M:Kni~..~8 total plays, offensively that's Mary M. Knight's scheduled game against
WSD .............. 6 pretty good," Schultz said. Lyle this Saturday was canceled due to Lyle
Willey completed touch-not having enough players to field a team.
OCT. 26: down passes of 32, 28 and 40 Lyle canceled its season in September.
Mary M. Knightyards to senior wide receiver Schultz said the Knight Owls (6-0) are us-
vs. Wishkah Nick Dierkop. He also com- ing their week off to prepare for their game
at Aberdeen, 7 pleted a 20-yard touchdown against Wishkah on Oct. 26.
p.m. pass to junior running back "We are spending the week working on fun-
Austin Thompson. damentals: blocking, tackling and the finer
Senior safety J.J. Pals scored on a' 49-yard points of playing offense and defense," Schultz
run, while sophomore running back Adamsaid.
Journal photos by Emily Hanson
3, gets a hold on North Thurston senior wide receiver Bobby
Hubble, No. 16, coming in for the assist Friday during the
By EMILY HANSON ~ ter. The Rams punted
em, il,v@rnasonceuntv.com.~ on fourth down with
.... 5:45 left in the first
quarter and Shelton
The Shelton football team's unde-senior tight end Da-
feated season got washed away with the rid Ajamu fumbled on
rain last week. FRIDAY: the North Thurston
During the first rainstorm of the sea- North Thurston21 15-yard line with 4:36
son, the Highclimbers lost at home to Shelton ........ 20 left in the quarter.
North Thurston 21-20 on Friday. A Rams fumble just
"It was a good game," head coach TOMORROW: three seconds later
Matt Hinkle said. "Both teams were Shelton at gave possession back
competitive. We had shots at it and they Mr. Tahoma, to Shelton, which
had shots at it. Unfortunately, we didn't 7 p.m. picked up momentum
capitalize on one opportunity, but we from there.
had other opportunities, too." With an 8-yard run, senior running
One of those opportunities could back DeShon Bell ended the Highclimb-
have come from a game-winning touch- ors' next drive in the end zone. Senior
down by Shelton senior running back kicker Shelby Salisbury made the PAT
Ralph Kinne. to give Shelton a 7-0 lead with 3:02 re-
With 2:30 remaining to play, Kinne maining in the first quarter.
appeared to have scored on a short run The Rams took back possession of
on third down from within the 10-yard the ball and completed their drive in
line. However, officials declared he fum- the end zone with 11:29 left in the sec-
bled the ball just outside of the end zone end quarter on a 7-yard touchdown run
and Hinkle confirmed that was visible from senior running back Maurice Man-
on the game tape. ning. North Thurston tied the game up
"Ralph's carried the ball hundreds of at 7 when it made its PAT.
times and it is what it is," Hinkle said. Shelton responded in a big way less
"North Thurston is a good team and it than one minute later when Bell scored
was a good game, it just came out not on a 60-yard run with 10:48 left in the
the way we would've liked it." first half. Salisbury made the PAT, giv-
The senior night game started slow- ing the Highclimbers a 14-7 lead.
ly for both teams, with North Thur- The Rams ate up more than four
ston fumbling into Shelton's end zone minutes of game time on their next
for a touchback with 8:17 left in the drive, which ended in the end zone
first quarter and Shelton punting on
fourth down with 7:04 left in the quar-
See Football on page C-4
Shelton-Mason County Journal -
SHS junior
loves 'thrill'
of running
By EMILY HANSON
emily@masoncounty,com
When he's running
a cross country course,
Shelton senior Zach Tay-
lor thinks about one thing
and one thing only: run-
ning.
"I've always loved to
~run," Way-
!~r said.
love the
thrill of
running."
Tay-
lor is in
his fourth
season
with the
Zach H i g h -
Taylor c 1 i m b e r s
team and
said he be-
gan running cross country
when his father told him
about it.
"I thought it would be
cool," he said.
Taylor enjoys running
so much that he also com-
petes for the Shelton track
and field team. During the
spring, Taylor runs the
1-mile, 2-mile and some-
times the 800-meter races
for the Highclimbers.
He said he enjoys track
and cross country equally.
As a student at SHS,
Taylor had a 3.5 GPA
coming into his senior
year and said he enjoys
school. Though he's plan-
ning on attending college
next year, Taylor hasn't
chosen a school, but said
he thinks he'll run for
whatever school he ends
up at.
"We'll see what hap-
pens," he said.
When he's not in school
or running, Taylor's hob-
bies include art and music.
He said he enjoys drawing
card designs and he plays
the piano and guitar.
"I'm also a singer," Tay-
lor said. "I've always loved
music."
Taylor is also active in
the Boy Scouts. Last week,
a Life Scout awaited his in-
terview to become an Eagle
Scout, the highest rank at-
tainable in the scouts.
"My dad never became
an Eagle Scout, he was
close, but he forgot to do
the paperwork and missed
the deadline," Taylor said.
"The deadline is your 18th
birthday."
Taylor turned 18 on
Tuesday.
"I think I've made the
deadline," he said on Oct.
11.
For his senior project
and his Eagle Scout proj-
ect, Taylor spent the sum-
mer building a scoreboard
for the Pioneer School Dis-
trict's football team.
"It was pretty hard to
tell what the score was
when I was a student
there," he said.
Taylor designed the
frame for the scoreboard
and worked on it all sum-
mer. He placed two metal
rulers on each side of the
scoreboard and produced
laminated, magnetic num-
bers that stick.
Taylor helps out the
community in other ways
as well. He said he's helped
with the food baskets at
Thanksgiving and Christ-
mas.
One thing Taylor said
he thinks most people
wouldn't guess about him
is that he gets scared a lot.
"I try to put on a brave
face for my family and
friends not to worry about
me," he said.
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