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Shelton-Mason County Journal By EMILY HANSON they turned at the wrong and sophomore Hannah emily@masoncounty.com moment, Youngquist said. Womer for the 200-yard Senior Sarah Myers freestyle relay. started the preliminaryThe team entered pre- The Sheltongirls' swim-meet for Shelton in theliminaries with a qualify- mers' times slipped at the 50-yard freestyle. Myers ing time of 1:47.05. WIAA 3A State Swimming entered the event with a "This was another dis- Championships on Friday. qualifying time of 25.94 appointment," Youngquist "They swam very well, seconds, said. "I think after seeing but we had some technical "Sarah took a breath atSarah swim, they were a things go wrong," co-head the wrong spot and did her little intimidated by the coach Chad Youngquist turn so she was basically bulkhead." said. sitting on the bulkhead,"The team finished in The pool at the King Youngquist said. 17th place with a time of County Aquatic Center in Myers finished the pre-1:48.44, .17 seconds behind Federal Way was more than liminaries in 21st place the 16th place team. Only 100 yards long. At the 50- with a time 26.80. the top 16 teams qualified yard mark was a bulkhead Myers then competed for the finals. that did not go all the way in the 100-yard freestyle, "It was disappointing downto the floor of the pool which she entered with a because we knew we were and on the floor of the pool, qualifying time of 57.03. fast enough to make it to the line the swimmers use Her turns were off in this Saturday," Youngquist to tell them when to turn event as well, leading her said. traveled the entire length to finish in 22nd place with He said the team did not of the pool. Since the Shel- a time of 58.10. give its best performance ton swimmers were not Finally, Myers joined on Friday. used to turning before the teammates juniors Hannah line indicated they should, Garcia and Paige Goldsby See Swimming on page C-4 Journal photo by Emily Hanson Shelton sophomore Hannah Womer dives over senior teammate Sarah Myers during the preliminaries of the 200- yard freestyle relay at the WIAA 3A State Swimming Championships on Friday at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way. Photos by Mike Evans Mary M. Knight senior defensive end Cory O'Neil, left, and senior safety J.J. Pais, No. 20, work together to bring down Lopez Island freshman running back Vinny Kramer Saturday during the Knight Owls' pigtail playoff game at Oak Harbor High School. Mary M. Knight football faces defending state champion Saturday Mary M. Knight senior defensive end Mason Cloud wraps up Lopez Island freshman running back Vinny Kramer. By EMILY HANSON emily@mc~oncounty.com There is one team standing between the Mary M. Knight foot- ball team's first trip to the Tacoma Dome. That team is Noah Bay, the de- fending 1B state champion. The Knight Owls, one of the top eight 1B teams in the state, are set to face Neah Bay on the gridiron at 6 p.m. on Saturday at Silverdale Stadium: "We're one game away from playing indoors," head coach John Schultz said. "We're one of the top eight teams in the state and we're playing really good team defense." The Knight Owls won their pig- tail playoff game against Lopez Island on Saturday 58-18 at Oak Harbor High School. "We started off a little bit slow and nervous being in the playoffs," Schultz said. The team's nerves helped Lo- pez Island take a 12-0 lead in the first quarter. "Then we scored 58 unan- SATURDAY: M y gn .58 Lopez Island.. 18 SATURDAY: Mary M. Knight vs. Neah Bay at Silverdale Stadium, 6 p.m. said. Senior quar- terback Kyle Willey dominat- ed the offense for the Knight Owls. Willey had 16 carries for 195 yards and four touch- downs. He also completed 5-of- 9 passes for 24 yards and two touchdowns. Willey scored on rushes of 31, 50 and 2 yards, plus a 30-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown. He completed two passes to senior tight end Colt O'Neil for 10 yards and one touch- down and one 3-yard pass to se- nior tight end Nick Dierkop for a touchdown. "Kyle stole the show and had a great game," Schultz said. As a team, the Knight Owls racked up 420 yards rushing. Sophomore running back Adam swered points Irra ~b~, ~hultz ~ ":~!" See Football on page C-5 Shelton-Mason CouDty Hinkle chosen Best Mason County coach By EMILY HANSON emily~,masoncounty.com In this year's spe- cial section "The Best of Mason County,~ Shelton High School head football coach Matt Hinkle, 51, was voted "Best Coach." I recently sat down to talk with him about his career with the Highclimbers, his life and how much longer he sees himself coach- ing. Coach Matt Hinkle This was your 18th season with the Highclimbers? I believe so, I've been here awhile. Were you an assistant coach here before you became the head coach? Yeah, I came here in 1984 and had the fortune to assist under Coach (Jack) Stark. I learned a lot from him and I was fortunate enough to get the job from him when he retired. What motivated you to become a football coach? I had a lot of respect growing up for the authority figures in my life who were coaches. I had the opportunity to play for a real good one when I was a kid, so this was a natural transition. When I was a young guy, I thought I was going to be a forest ranger, a park ranger, because I loved the Boy Scouts and thought that would be a cool job. That transitioned into teaching and that's where we're at. The good coach you played for was Sid Otton (at Tumwater High School)? Mmhm. What years did you play for him? 1976-1978. What year did you graduate? 1979. Did he influence your decision to become a coach? He did to a large degree. He and Pat Alexander, another high school coach. Both of them had a big influence on my upbringing. Alexander is a long- time assistant at Tumwater. And then getting the teaching job here and having the opportunity to coach a lot of stuff early on was quite an op- portunity and I saw the tremendous job that Coach Stark did year in and year out was also real beneficial. So, what do you teach here? Look- ing at your board, I'm guessing math. Geometry and essentialist algebra. I came out of college as a woodshop guy, though. I taught woodshop the first few years and then I transitioned into PE and health and have been in math for quite awhile. When did you switch from being a park ranger-type guy to a teacher? I don't know, I think it was a gradual transition. I stopped being a Boy Scout in eighth grade, seventh grade, some- where in there, and I kind of got more involved in athletics. Just having role models who were involved in athletics was a big part of it as far as making the transition into that relm. Where did you go to college? I went to Western (Washington Uni- versity). I played for a guy named Boyd Long up there. He was another influence in life. So you played for the Vikings when they had a team? Back when they had a team, yeah. But even at that time, they were trying to get rid of it. We had school refer- endums where they were trying to get rid of the football program. What position did you play? Linebacker. See Hinkle on page C-4 Journal - Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 - Page C-1 li i II I