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Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023 — Shelton—Mason County Journal - Page 19
Climber Victory
By Matt Baide
For the Journal
Shelton earned its second
league win of the season 34--
20 against Black Hills in an
Evergreen Conference game
Friday at Jack Stark Field in
Shelton.
Shelton coach Mark Smith
said he didn’t think his team
played a clean football game
against the Wolves.
“We had I think four turn-
overs in this one. I think we
just overcame adversity and
unfortunately, we’ve had a lot
of adversity this year so we’re
getting pretty good at over—
coming it,” Smith said. “I still
think our best football is still
out there unfortunately. Hope—
fully, we get to see it.”
Black Hills led 14—6 after
the first quarter, but Shelton
responded with 21 points in
the second quarter for a 28~14
lead at halftime. Each team
scored a touchdown in the sec~
ond hall".
Smith said sophomore wide
receiver Kody Brotherton had
a good game for the High—
climbers and he compliment-
ed the defense for forcing 10
three and outs.
“Climber nation showed up,
senior nighi went just line."
Shelton High School’s Jerome Nichols-Gouley dives into the end zone
during the Shelton
High football team’s 34-20 win over Black Hills on Friday at Jack Stark
Field at Highclimb-
er Stadium. More photos on pages 22 and 23. Journal photo by Shawna Whe/an
Smith said. “I thought every-
body did theirjob, played their
parts.”
The Highclimbers (3-5, 2—8)
have a chance to earn a spot
in a Kansas tiebreaker for the
third and fourth seeds out of
the conference into the district
crossoVer games with a win on
the road against Aberdeen at 7
p.111. on Friday. Rochester beat
Shelton and Aberdeen beat
Rochester earlier this season
which means ifthe Highclimb-
ers lose, their season is over.
“Any time you can make
the last game of the season
be a very meaningful game,
that’s fun,” Smith said. “It’s
not that you’ve got it locked
up and you’re playing in an—
other game for seeding pur-
poses. It’s not that you’re just
playing a game because it’s on
your schedule. this is like a
playoff game. ‘i on have to win
it to advance. If you don’t win
it, you’re out. From that stand-
point, that’s exciting. You’re
playing meaningful games at
the end of the year, and it ac-
tually comes down to the last
game of the year.”
Smith said there is no love
lost between Shelton and
Aberdeen.
“There wasn’t (love lost)
when l was in high school back
in l985 and there probably
The Shelton High School volleyball team took on Rochester during an Ev-
ergreen Conference match Oct. 19 at Terry Gregg Court in the Shelton
Mini-Dome. The Climbers won 3—1 . Journal photo by Shawna Whe/an
Second quater powers Shelton past Black Hills
wasn’t back in 1974 either and
there hasn’t been any since
then,” Smith said. “So, you’ve
got two teams that are going to
go at it, they’re going to battle.
It’s going to be physical. We’re
going to get our road warrior
attire on, and our goal is to get
back on the bus. In order to get
back on the bus, we’ve got to
win on Friday.”
Each ofthe past two seasons
came down to the final game of
the season between these two
teams. Two years ago, Shelton
traveled to Aberdeen and lost
to force a Kansas tiebreaker,
with the Highclimbers falling
to Rochester and Aberdeen to
end the Highclimbers’ season.
Last season, Shelton beat
Aberdeen at home 41—34 to
force a tiebreaker, and Shel-
ton earned the fourth spot out
of the conference, falling to
Washougal 36—34.
Smith is not happy about
playing in another Kansas
tiebreaker, but he rants the
opportunity to play in it this
season.
“Tell us where to show up
and we’ll show up.” Smith
said. “Hopefully, we have a
chance to show up in that this
year because if we don’t win
on Friday. then we Won’t even
have a chance.”