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November 9, 1978     Shelton Mason County Journal
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And the 1978 Highclimbers bow out 1-8 gl CAPACITY CROWDS there weren't Friday, despite the fact that it was Shelton's homecoming. Wind-driven rain drenched even those in the upper tiers. Reigning in the rain was Queen Dani Daniels ith Prince ses,Joan rain on Sh el ton 's parade, 7-0 No one dared choke back the tears. Had they, a schnozzola full of rainwater is all they'd have gotten for it - and the Shelton Highclimbers were certainly in no mood for levity. Mind you, it's not that there weren't some light moments in Friday's 7-0 season-ending loss to the visiting Elma Eagles. You try playing with a slick pigskin in a wind you could breed guppies in and see how many straight faces you can find.  But nobody likes to do so on homecoming night, and the Highclimbers, who were doing just that, are no exception. At least not in that regard. What makes them rather exceptional is the fact that, with the loss, they closed with a 1-8 record - the worst since Head Coach Jack Stark took over the reins ten years ago. But the game, as was indeed the entire season, was hardly the stuff over which shameful heads are bowed. Despite field conditions perhaps more suited to the testing of scuba gear, each team slogged it out in grand fashion without allowing its opponent to gain any sort of advantage to speak of. In fact, the lone scoring drive, a whopping 27-yarder late in the fourth period, was as much a measure of the weather's effect on the contest as anything else. Forced to punt into the teeth of a rain-choked wind gusting to 30 miles per hour, the Climbers got off one of the best into-the-gale boots of the night. It skittered a grand total of seven yards from the line of scrimmage, which had been Shelton's own 20. The Eagles, winners of five games this year, went immediately to work. who'd completed a remarkable three of four passes, first tucked the ball into the gut of sophomore fullback Bill Swarun. Bill squirted all the way to the 11. Mike Green tried the Climber middle on the next play - and ran into precisely the stellar defense the hosts had parlayed with brilliance most of the night. But on the next play Swarun veered to the right when he hit the Climber wall and before the defenders could churn out of the mud the Eagle had ducked into two of only three fumbles. - Mark Morris, tloquiam, North Elma -- Bill Swarun the end zone. With just under three minutes remaining in the season, the Climbers faced the unenviable chore of trying to do what neither team had been able to do that night - sustain a drive of any sort into the wind. They couldn't do it. On the positive side of the ledger, Shelton's tough defensive unit forced the visitors to fumble the ball seven limes on the night - and fully five times the Climbers recovered. Shelton, on the other hand, gave up Top defenders for the Climbers Friday were Jay Clark, with seven primary tackles, two fumble recoveries and a sack, and Mike Wittenberg, with eight solo stops. Coach Jack Stark figures, for • all its lows, the season hasn't been one over which any of his players should hang their heads. "We were in every one of the games we lost," he points out. And, too, you've got to remember the caliber of the competition in the league. "Fully five of the clubs we played went to the state playotTs Thurston, Centralia and Capital." THE YARDSTICK E S First downs 9 4 Net yards rushing 97 110 Net yards passing 37 0 Total net yards 134 110 Passing att./ 4-3-0 3-0-1 C/I 7-5 3-2 Fumbles lost 2-20.0 5-17.2 Punts-avg. 6-60 5-42 Penalties-ydg. 6-60 Elma 0 0 0 7 -- 7 Shelton 0 0 0 0 -- 0 E -- Bill Zwarun 8 run (Mike Green kick). Individual Statistics Rushing 15-59; Mike Green 7-24; Mike Clark 6-17; Gary Everson 4-12; John Antilla 10(--15). Shelton -- Jay Swift 13-56; Todd Young 7-19; Phil Franklin 6-15; Mike Buechel 6-15; Willy Nutt 4-12; Mike Krumpo!s .2(-7). Passing Elma -- Antilla 3-4-0, 37. Shelton -- Nutt 0-2-0; John Weber 0-1-1. Receiving Elma -- Mark Elnert 1-16; Mike Hill 1-12; Rick Shelton 1-9. Shelton -- None. j I PLAYING CONDITIONS and home-team spirits declined progressively as Friday's season-ending game wore on. i i' i Freshmen share league crown The Highclimber freshmen have secured their second straight league football co-chanapionship. Turning back host Ehna 20-0 last Thursday, the Climbers finished with a 4-2 record, the Blazers fall short Shelton Middle School's eighth-grade football team lost its final game of the season last Wednesday against Hoquiam, 20-14. : Hoquiam dominated Shelton both on oflbnse and defense during the first half. The Blazers were held scoreless as Hoquiam built a 14-point halftime lead. Shelton's Curt Likes opened the second half scoring on a 70-yard touchdown run. Likes then ran for the extra poinl. Hoquiam scored its third touchdown at the end of the third quarter to take a 20-7 lead. Midway through the fourth quarter Shelton had the ball on its one-yar d line. On fourth down, Russell Strutz lined up in punt t'ommtion and passed to Curt lJkes, who ran 99 yards for a touchdown. Likes then ran in his second extra point. Shelhm's onside kick failed and Hoquiam was able to run out the clock. The scoring leader tot the ason was Curt IJkes, with 20 points Cameron Anderson was second with 12 points and rounding oul the scoring with six points was Steve Johnson. same as coleader Centralia. In Thursday's season-ending contest, the Eagles held Sheiton scoreless until early in the third period, when Climber Duane Baker broke loose on a 58-yard touchdown jatmt. Then, all before the period ended, Kirk Schwerzler bolted 60 yards to paydirt and then added a 20-yard scoring run to do all the damage Shelton needed. Coach Gene Crater praised Schwerzler for an "excellent" performance at running back for the Climbers. I% also singled out the defensive play of Leonard Nelson, Duane Nault, Brent Dehning and Baker. Incidentally, the Climbers had bumped cochampion Centralia in overtime the week before, but Crater said the cochampion status remained intact despite that edge. "Actually, we don't even get a trophy or anything," he said, "but it kind of makes you feel good to know you won." DRENCHED CLIMBER drill team member Kelly Hansen grins in spite of it all Friday as Shelton High School climaxed another wet homecoming week. A YARD MARKER floats by midway through Friday's season finale at the high school. The 7-0 loss was Shelton's eighth in nine games this year. Page 18 - Shellon-Mason County Journal - Thursday, November 9, 1978 Slow clock Ah! the ch)ck is always sh)w; it is laler than you think. Robert Service HYDROPLANING JAY SWIFT, Shelton's top groundgainer Friday, goes down in the arms of an Elma Eagle in third-quarter action as Jim Weber (87) races up. Jay racked up 56 yards.