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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
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