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By EMILY HANSON
The Mary M. Knight foot-
ball team held fast to the
ball - and its victory - in a
pivotal game played almost
entirely in pouring rain.
"I thought they played
SATURDAY:
Mary I _24
Wishkah ...... 16
SATURDAY:
Mary M.
Knight at Lake
Quinault,
1 p.m.
extraor-
dinarily
well,"
Mike Ev-
ans, head
coach,
said. "It
was a
tough
game and
the kids
never
quit. It's
really
hard to
be more
proud of
them than
I am right now."
The score was close
throughout the four quar-
ters of the Knight Owls'
Homecoming game against
Wishkah on Saturday, Oct.
22.
MMK scored first with
a touchdown from junior
quarterback Kyle Willey
late in the first quarter.
Wishkah wasn't able to re-
spond with a TD of its own
until midway through the
second quarter.
The Knight Owls retook
the lead when junior corner
Nick Dierkop intercepted
a Wishkah pass late in the
second quarter and ran it
in.
Midway through the
third quarter, Wishkah tied
the score for the second time
and the two teams went into
the fourth quarter tied at
16,
Wishkah came as close
as close as the Owl 5-yard
line to scoring but junior
defensive end Cory O'Neil
stripped the ball, giving the
Knight Owls possession once
against with 5:51 remaining
to play. Willey sealed the
victory for the Knight Owls
with his second touchdown
of the day.
"I think we did really
well," junior tight end Matt
Oien said. "We had some
great blocking, really good
passes and some good runs,
too. It was a really tough
game but we did a great job
defensively."
See Owls on page C-3
Journa photo by Em Hanson
Mary M. Knight junior tight end Matt Oien holds tight to the ball through the pouring rain and
the Wishkah defensive line during the Knight Owls' Homecoming game on Saturday, Oct. 22.
volleyb ll"
SHSFOOTBALL
Awards given at end-of-
season banquet
By EMILY HANSON
Though the Shelton vol-
leyball team ended its sea-
son with a loss to Bellarm-
ine Prep, head coach Steve
Beck is happy with how the
team played.
"We looked at this match
as progress," Beck said. "We
improved each game."
The Lady Highclimb-
ors lost to Bellarmine on
Wednesday, Oct. 19 in three
games: 8-25, 10-25 and 13-
25.
"Bellarmine is the num-
ber one team in the state,"
Beck said. "They're a good
club with some amazing
players. Our goal was to cel-
ebrate every point possible
and see what happened.
We did that pretty well in
games two and three."
Beck said the highlight of
the match was when sopho-
more Mackenzie McGuire
started the third game with
what the team calls a "moon
ball."
"Mackenzie served the
ball up to the ceiling and
Bellarmine shanked it,"
Beck said. "Then she served
her normal serve and Bel-
larmine shanked again be-
cause they were prepared
for another moon."
McGuire scored the only
two aces of the night against
Bellarmine. Beck said she
served 4-4 for the night.
"] was really hoping our
two seniors would have their
toughest serving nights
but it was a tough night for
them," Beck said.
This was the last match
of the season for the Lady
Highclimbers and was also
senior night for Caitlyn
Ernst and Lolly Jones, who
both played varsity for the
last three seasons, and for
senior Miranda Armga, who
played her sophomore year
and for half of this season.
Beck said junior Court-
ney Hanson took serve-re-
ceive best throughout the
night with Bellarmine hit-
ting to her 35 times.
"Courtney handled it
pretty well," he added.
As a team, the Lady
Highclimbers dug 20 times,
with Jones leading with five
and Hanson digging four
times. The team scored just
nine kills against Bellar-
mine. Jones led again with
four kills.
Looking at the team's
win-loss record, it would
be easy to assume it did
not have a successful sea-
son. However, Beck said he
judges a loss by whether or
not the team arrived ready
See Vol eyball on page C-5
gainst
armlne
Journa DnoIo oy Emily rlansor
Shelton senior Caitlyn Ernst slams down a hit against Bellarmine
Prep on Wednesday, Oct. 19 during the Lady Highclimbers' last
game of the season.
Climbers
rack up
offense,
not points
Final league
game at
Olympia on
Friday
By EMILY HANSON
Despite racking up more
than 400 yards in total of-
fense, the Shelton High-
climbers were only able to
score once against Gig Har-
bor on Thursday, Oct. 20.
"The
kids
played
fairly
well,
Matt Hin-
kle. head
THURSDAY:
coach.
Gig Harbor.. 42 said. "De-
Shelton .......... 6
fensive-
TOMORROW: ly, the
stretch-
Shelton at
es they
Olympia, 7 p.m. played on
first and
second
downs went very well. I was
By EMILY HANSON
For nearly all of the Shelton cross country
runners, the season ended on Wednesday,
Oct. 19 at the Narrows League Championship
at Fort Steilacoom State Park in Lakewood.
At the league meet, the boys' team finished
fifth out of seventh schools while the girls fin-
ished seventh out of seven.
"As far as the girls' team goes, I was pleased
with them because the majority made person-
al records and finished with their best races,"
Daryl White, head coach, said.
Cody
Williamson
The junior varsity team
finished in ninth place out of
nine teams and White said
he thought those runners
improved every week.
"The varsity boys had a
tough day," White stated.
"They're very disappointed."
Only sophomore Cody
Williamson finished fast
enough to advance to the
district meet. Williamson
finished in ninth place with
a time of 16:19.95, a personal record for him.
White said junior Zach Taylor set a per-
sonal record at 17:22.49 with his 28th place
finish and that freshman Darius Burke also
set a personal record with his 38th place finish
and final time of 17:50.26
"I wouldn't be a bit surprised if Cody fin-
ished in the top 20 at districts and made it to
state," White said. "It's exciting to think what
he could do in the future."
White said the league meet was the best
the boys' team has had in a while and added
See Runners on page C-5
very pleased with the defen-
sive effort."
Offensively, the High-
climbers brought home
some impressive statistics.
With 20 first downs, six
more than Gig Harbor. and
78 total plays, 33 more than
Gig Harbor, the Highclimb-
ors rushed for 211 yards.
Completing half of their
passes, the Highclimbers
also passed for 211 yards.
However, the team was only
able to score one time. with
just 2:16 left in the game.
The Highclimbers lost 42-6.
"Offensively, we were
able to move the ball up and
See Shelton on page C-3
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