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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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