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Shelton-Mason County Journal By EMILY HANSON emily@masoncounty.com For the middle two quarters of its game on Saturday, the Mary M. Knight football team let Taholah push it around. Several fourth-quarter scores weren't enough to dig the Knight Owls out of the hole they found themselves in. With a 34-26 loss -- the team's first of the season -- the Knight Owls took second place in the 1B Coastal League. Saturday will mark the sec- ond time in school history that the Knight Owls have made it to the postseason. The Knight Owls (7-1) first step to the state playoffs begins this weekend against Lopez Is- land at 4 p.m. on Saturday at SATURDAY: Taholah .......... 34 M y tSr _m SATURDAY: Mary M. Knight at Lopez Island at Oak Harbor, 4 p.m. head coach John Oak Harbor sophomore running back Adam High School Pais scored on a 4-yard touch- on Whidbey Is- down run with 57.2 seconds left land. in the quarter. "We lost Taholah dominated the sec- some players ond and third quarters, putting the week be- up 14 points in each. The Chit- fore to inju- wins' Justin Curlybear scored on ries during the 8-yard, 43-yard and 9-yard runs Wishkah game in the two quarters. (Oct. 26) so we Quarterback Keanu Curly- made some ad- bear then threw a 28-yard touch- justments and down pass to Cleve Jackson to it took a while give Taholah a 28-6 lead over to settle down the Knight Owls. and play at In the fourth quarter, the a high level," Knight Owls came out hot. Senior Schultz said. quarterback Kyle Willey com- pleted a 13-yard touchdown pass to senior tight end Nick Dierkop. Willey also scored on 48-yard and 25-yard runs in the quarter. It took three quarters to set- tle down, in fact. The first quarter was a turn- over battle between the two teams. The scoreboard remained blank until Mary M. Knight See MMK Football on page C-4 Mary M. Knight senior defensive end Mason Cloud closes in on Taholah's Andrew Mail Saturday during the Knight Owls' home game. Journal photo by Emily Hanson Shelton senior running back Ralph Hale at Seattle Memorial Stadium. Kinne rushes upfield Saturday during Journal photos by Emily Hanson the Highclimbers' game against Nathan By EMILY HANSON emily@masoncounty.com The Shelton football team had a promising start against Nathan Hale on Saturday, but the game took a turn for the worse and the Highclimbers never recovered. The team lost its cross-over, loser-out game to the Raiders 19-6 on Saturday at Seattle Me- morial Stadium. The loss ends the Highclimb- ers' season. "In the first quarter, the kids played well and had the momentum," head coach Matt Hinkle said. "We maintained possession of the ball and put up our only score of the night. Then we held them for the next two defensive series." The first quarter saw Shelton's only points put on the board when senior running back Ralph Kinne scored on a 25-yard run with 5:09 left in the quarter. "We fumbled the thing a couple times and gave up a long run and all of a sudden, we were in a funk and never could seem to get out of it," Hinkle said. In the second quarter, the Raiders scored on runs of 44 and 8 yards to take a solid 12-6 lead at the half. Neither team scored in the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, Nathan Hale sealed its vic- tory with a 3-yard touchdown and a good PAT with 9:41 left to play. For the remainder of the game, the Raiders' defensive line held the Highclimbers back and forced turnovers. "We had some uncharacteristic turnovers," Hinkle said. "I'm giving Nathan Hale credit: they did enough to win." Senior quarterback Jared Welander threw two intercep- tions, while the Highclimbers fumbled multiple times and were hurt by penalties. The officials threw 13 flags at the SATURDAY: Highclimbers, costing the Nathan Hale19 team 120 yards. Shelton .......... 6 Welander completed 10- of-26 passes for 128 yards. He connected with junior wide receiver Michael Sobotka on three passes for 25 yards. Senior wide receiver Nolan Half- moon also had three receptions for 28 yards while senior tight end David Ajamu caught one pass for 23 yards. On the ground, Kinne led the Highclimbers with 163 yards on 31 carries. Hinkle said yards were hard to come by for the Highclimbers and that the team couldn't generate anything offen- sively. "We had some kids who stepped up into positions they've never played before," senior lineman Thomas Gettle said. "We didn't do our stuff all week." He said the team had trouble reading Na- than Hale because the Raiders ran a different offense than what the Highclimbers have seen. Junior lineman Thomas Lanphear led Shel- ton's defensive effort with 10 tackles. Junior lineman Gordon Henry had nine tackles, one hurry and recovered one fumble while Gettle had six tackles, two hurries and forced one fumble. "Their quarterback knew how to read our backers and spurs and tight ends," he said. "It See SHS Football on page C-4 Shelton senior quarterback Jared Welander completes a pass to senior wide receiver Nolan Halfmoon. Welander went 10-for-26 for 128 yards. He threw two interceptions. Shelton-Mason County Journal Lady Owl discovers confidence on court By EMILY HANSON emily~.Ynasoncounty.com When Ashley Sowle was in fifth grade, she didn't want to play any sports, but her father took that decision away. "My dad made me play volleyball and I ended up really loving it, so I'm glad I was forced into it," Sowle said. Now a senior at Mary M. Knight High School, Sowle just finished her final season on Ashley the court. Sowle She said she's not ready for it to be over. "I honestly would give up basketball to have a longer volleyball season," she said. One reason she loves vol- leyball so much is because it has made her a stronger person. "I am confident in myself when I play volleyball and I don't hear negativity, it's always constructive criti- cism," Sowle said. Another aspect of the sport that brought her back year after year was the peo- ple she played with. "I've known most of them my whole life and we seri- ously are like a family, more so than friends," she said. "I feel that we grew not only as athletes, but as individuals." Wlth volleyball now over, Sowle is focusing on school for the remainder of the fall and helping out with the Knight Owl football team. She's been recording offen- sive statistics for the team all season. She is also enrolled in Running Start and taking two classe§ at South Puget Sound Community College. "When I took classes here, I always had A's and I felt I needed to push myself harder," Sowle said. "So, I'm doing Running Start and still getting A's." Since her GPA is tied in with the academic system at SPSOC, Sowle said she does not currently know See Athlete on page C-4 -Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012 - Page C-1 I I i