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FRIDAY:
M y K _40
Oakville ........ 0
SATURDAY:
MMK vs. Noah
Bay at Tumwa-
ter, 7 p.m.
MMK football begins playoffs
on Saturday against Neah Bay
By EMILY HANSON
With a second victory over the Oakville
Acorns last week, the Mary M. Knight football
team took second in the Coastal League.
On Friday, Nov. 4, the Knight Owls defeated
the Acorns in a 40-0 shutout over four quarters.
"It was a tough game considering every-
thing we went through losing fullbacks and
tailbacks," Mike Evans, head coach, said. "The
team played really well filling positions which,
in some cases, they'd never practiced before." passing yards.
The Knight Owls began the season with For what may be the first time in school
Jason VanAuken at fullback, but he left the history, the Knight Owls are set to begin the
team. Then Matt Oien broke his ankle during playoffs this Saturday.
the Homecoming game and then Adam Pais "As far as I know, nobody can remember
sprained his ankle. Junior Cory O'Neil is now the Owls going to any other playoffs," Evans
playing fullback for the Owls. said. "Certainly not recently."
During MMK's game at Oakville, junior He said the team has been dealing with
quarterback Kyle Willey led the Owls with 213 pressure fairly well all season and he is there:
rushing yards, one 25-yard pass to junior tight fore not worried with how they'll perform with
end Nick Dierkop and four touchdowns. Senior the added pressure of playing in the postsea-
lineman Jonathon Pais rushed for 161 yards son.
for the Owls and scored two touchdowns while "How competitive we'll be is another story
Adam Pais rushed for 44. and we'll see that on Saturday," Evans said.
While shutting the Acorns out, the Owls also
held Oakville to just 42 rushing yards and 31 See Owls on page C-3
Kyle
Willey
Williamson
sets PR at
state cross
country
meet
By EMILY HANSON
Sophomore Cody Wil-
liamson set a personal re-
cord at the " coun-
state cross
try meet on Saturday, Nov.
5.
Williamson completed
the course
with a
time of
16.15 and
finished in
39th place.
"There
were 148
,~runners in
his race,
so he did
Cody a nice job
Williamson for a soph-
omore in
his first
state meet," Daryl White,
head coach, said. "Cody led
the entire field for about one
and a half miles until he
was hit by a bad side stitch."
"You can
look forward
to big things
from Cody in
the next two
years."
White said Williamson
tried to run through his side
stitch and recovered nicely
toward the end of t~e race.
"He wasn't able to finish
as well as he would have
wanted," he added. "The
coaches are proud of him
this year and you can look
forward to big things from
Cody in the next two years."
Journal photo by Emily Hanson
SHS sophomore Cody
Williamson gets ready
for the state cross
country race before it
begins on Saturday,
Nov. 5.
Journal photo by Emily Hanson
Senior wide receiver Dylan Helser almost drops a pass from junior quarterback Jared Welander during the
Highclimbers' final game of the season against Central Kitsap on Friday, Nov. 4. Helser trapped the ball between his
thigh and hands and then carried it upfield for 21 yards.
By EMILY HANSON
During its final game of the season
the Shelton football team had the op-
portunity to put forth a better showing
against Central Kitsap than it did ear-
lier this season.
In the Highclimbers' first game
against CKHS, on
Friday, Sept. 16, they
lost 53-14 to the Cou-
gars and were only
competi%ive during
the first half.
FRIDAY: On Friday, Nov. 4,
CKHS .......... 43 the Climbers compet-
Shelton ........ 27 ed for all four quarters
and cut their points
allowed by half, losing
43-27.
"I thought the kids all season long
practiced and prepared hard and Fri-
day night they came out focused and
competed for 48 minutes," Matt Hinkle,
head coach, said. "They did pretty well
for the last game."
Hinkle said the encouraging aspect
of this game was that the Climbers were
able to check their progress, since they
had already played the Cougars.
"In that first game, we played well
for about a half and this one we com-
peted the whole game," he said. "Our
competitiveness improved."
Junior running back DeShon Bell
said the team fought for four quarters
and got closer to reaching its potential.
"We played way better than the first
time we played CK," he said. "I think
we're happy we played hard every game
this season. We would've liked a better
rec6rd but we're happy with how we
bonded as a team."
Junior quarterback Jared Weland-
er completed nine of 22 passes for 75
yards. Leading the rushing game was
junior running back Ralph Kinne with
114 yards on 21 carries and two touch-
downs. Bell was not far behind with 109
yards on nine carries and two TDs while
junior running back Thomas Gettle
rushed for 51 yards on four carries and
Welander picked up 36 yards on four
carries.
Junior wide receiver David Ajamu
received twice for 21 yards while senior
wide receiver Dylan Helser received
once for 21 yards.
Leading the defensive effort was Get-
tle with five tackles and one sack. Se-
nior linebacker Jethro Wily also tackled
five times while senior lineman Cody
Tarver contributed with four tackles.
Before the Highclimbers played their
final game, the Narrows League coach-
es voted on the All-League teams and
Hinkle brought some good news: Gettle
made the first team as a linebacker,
Ajamu made the first team as a tight
end and Bell made the first time as a
defensive lineman.
Making the second team was Kinne
as a running back.
Tarver, Nic Gove, Kaleb Wright, Ben
See
Journal photo by Emily Hanson
Junior quarterback Jared Welander rushes
upfield on a quarterback keep during Shelton's
final game of the season on Friday, Nov. 4.
Highclimbers on page C-3
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