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Shelton-Mason County Journal By EMILY HANSON The Mary M. Knight football team won big last week with their second mercy rttle victory of the season. On Thursday. Oct. 13, the Owls outscored the Washington School for the Deaf Terriers 56-6. THURSDAY: M y Kn _56 WSD .............. 6 "Obviously, the team played well," Mike Evans. head coach, said. "We didn't expect it to be a difficult game for us so we took the opportunity to play a lot of our nonstarters and they did very well." Scoring for the Owls were senior fullback Jason VanAuken and junior tailback Juan Jimenez, who both scored two touchdowns. Junior quarterback Kyle Willey and junior tight end Cory O'Neil also scored. Scoring for the first time in their football careers SATURDAY: were senior tackle Josh Combes and senior ............ y Emily ...... Mary M. Knight lineman Jonathan Pirtle. 'We're linemen, so we don't do the scor- vs. Wishkah, ing," Combes. 'We were hoping if the game Kyle Willey, the junior quarterback for Mary M. I p.m. went well today and we were close enough Knight, braces gainst a tackle by Jonah Win- to the line. we could score and it worked. ninghoff, the junior center back for the Wash- Pirtle said it felt awesome to score a ington School the Deaf, during the Owls' touchdown for the first time. home game on Thursday, Oct. 13. "Overall. the team played as planned." he added. "We are working together and we're doing a lot better this year." Combes said he thought both the starting players and the second string players did very well against the Terriers. "They did a great job holding the line," he added. "They gave the quarterback and other backs time to think." Evans said a large part of the team's strategy for this game was to hopefully allow each of the seniors to score at least one touchdown, especially those seniors, like Combes and Pirtle, who have never scored before. Only senior lineman Jonathon Pals has yet to score for the Owls. "John was out with a concussion last week but hopefully by the end of the season, he'll be able to score," Evans said. VanAuken led the Owls in rushing with 65 yards while Willey added 61 yards and Jimenez contributed 41 yards. Willey also passed for 181 yards with Jimenez receiving for 85 yards, junior tight end Nick Dierkop receiving for 49 yards and O'Neil receiving for 34 yards. The Owls held the Terriers to 93 rushing yards and just three passing yards. This Saturday, the Owls (4-1~ are scheduled to play their Homecoming game against Wishkah at 1 p.m. WCishkah is right behind us and should do well." Evans said. "It'll be a tough game and we'll hopefully be prepared for it." For more information, see p~ge C-3 ATH LETEOFTH EWEEK SHS junior stays acl By EMILY HANS( Shelton junior Pentony doesn't lil~ still. He also likes to g :ive IN John ~ ny'~ three favorite spots are te~anis, soccer and m~tor- cro~s and he | Says th~ only thi: lg they John all have in Pentony con lmon is the ir fast pc( e. "I like the fasl paced games; you just kee ? going, going, going," Pento: ~y said. The junior, who ])lays as one-half of the No. 1 dou- bles team at SHS, t~as only been playing tenni~for two seasons now, but b coach, John Perry, top-notch player. "John is always rice early and alwa late to hit," Perry sl is extremely focused tense on the court a] to play tennis. John great guy to coach a on the team." Pentony began tennis last season as omore because his were playing. t'I've always thc was fun so I thoug] not try it?' and it wol well," Pentony sai played singles one ti year but doubles is n because you get a and it's played diffel In the spring, ] plays for the SHS team and through, year, he competes ries Of motorcross Chehalis on his YZ125 dirt bike. "I've never got in motorcross, but I' decent," he said. As to whether oi worries about a ] motorcross injury co vent him from playil sports, Pentony s~ thought hasn't occc him. He said he als to do trail rides friends on the dirt bi Though Penton, good student - he rolled in honors cou~ has a 3.75 GPA- he is not really i: at SHS because he e to sit fast. ?ento- is head aid is a xt prac- ,s stays rid. "He and in- ld loves is just a ]d have playing a soph- friends aght it it 'Why ked out ]. "I've me this ,ore fun partner ently." 'entony soccer mt the na se- aces in "amaha ;n first ve done not he )ossible lld pre- Lg other .id the rred to likes ith his ke. is a is en- and ]e said wolved hasn't See Athlete on age C-5 Shelton senior linebacker Zac Fennel, No. 54, tackles Bellarmine sophomore Highclimbers' Homecoming game on Thursday, Oct. 13. Journal photo by Emily Hanson wide receiver Lou Millie low during the Shelton axed in Homecoming shutout By EMILY HANSON The Shelton football team had a tough Homecoming game last week. With only one minute and 34 seconds of possession time against Bellarmine Prep on Thursday, Oct. 13, the High- climbers lost 49-0. "I thought the team played fairly well at times," head coach Matt Hinkle said. "De- fensively, it was our most consistent effort, THURSDAY: though the score didn't Bellarmine.. 49 reflect that. I was im- Shelton .......... 0 pressed with the com- petitiveness. The kids TONIGHT: kept fighting the en- Shelton at tire game." Gig Harbor, Despite only hav- 7 p.m/ ing 11 first downs, the Highclimbers rushed for a total of 172 yards and passed for 5i yards. Junior quar- terback Jared Welander passed for all 51 yards on five of 20 attempts. His top receiver was junior wide receiver Da- vid Ajamu with three recepetions for 38 yards. Welander was also the top rusher for the evening with 60 yards on nine at- tempts. Bellarmine held junior running back Ralph Kinne to just 53 yards on 14 carries. "The game could've gone a lot better but we just have to prepare better for our next game," Welander said. "I think our defense stayed in it." "it's boiling down to three weeks of footbal[,°o" Senior linebacker Cody Tarver led the Highclimber defensive effort with 11 tackles, including one tackle for a loss. Senior defensive back Nic Gove con- tributed nine tackles, junior linebacker Thomas Gettle added seven tackles and freshman linebacker Brian Nault had another five tackles with a forced fumble. "Bellarmine Prep has a real good run- ning back-quarterback-wide receiver trio and they're going to be fighting Olympia for the league championship next week," Hinkle said. "They are also ranked pret- ty high in state." With just two league games left in their season, the Highclimbers are staying fo- cused on finishing strong, Hinkle said. "Gig Harbor is a solid program," he added. "They run a spread offense, similar to what we do, and defensively they've played well all season long." Shelton is scheduled to play at Gig Harbor at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 20. "I think, for the most part, the kids have gotten better as we've progressed through the season and we're continu- ing that trend," Hinkle said. "It's boil- ing down three weeks of football and we want to finish on a high note." ~Journal photo by Emily Hanson Shelton freshman linebacker Brian Nault puts pressure on Bellarmine quarterback junior Sefo Liufau, forcing him to throw the ball away early on in the Highclimbers' Homecoming game on Thursday, Oct. 13. Thursday, October 20, 2011 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page C-!