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Money and supply
donations needed
By EMILY HANSON
emily@masoncounty.com
This spring may mark the first time in
25 years that Mary M. Knight High School
has a baseball team.
Last month, the Mary M. Knight School
District approved a student-led request to pitcher." "The field is the biggest challenge," he
bring baseball back to Matlock. Powell said the baseball discussions be- said. "The school has a softball field that
"We've had a group of students who've gun when he was hired with the school dur- will need a pitcher's mound and to be lev-
wanted to play baseball," Athletic Director ing the summer, eled. The goal post on the football field is
John Schultz said. "Our leadership class did "They asked me if I've coached before actually fairly close to where second base
a survey of students and found there were and I coached Little League for nine years, will be. We might have to dig up a corner of
more than 20 students who are interested plus I played three years at Puyallup High the football field to make the baseball field
in playing." and I've been playing since I was 13, so I safer."
Leadership teacher Steve Powell said 28 have a lot of experience with the basics," Schultz said the school is looking into
students have signed up to play, including Powell said. fundraisers for equipment and uniforms.
11 girls. No official coach has 'been hired for the "We have wooden bats from the '80s,"
"We'll be making the team co-ed," Pow- program, but Powell has taken charge of Schultz said. "There are new regulations on
ell said. "One of the girls has even played getting the team, and more importantly, the
hardball her whole life and is a left-handed field, ready to play. See Baseball on page C-3
Thursday
3 p.m., Shelton girls'
bowling vs. Yelm at West
Side Lanes in Olympia
Saturday
10 a.m., Shelton Axemen
at Round Robin tournament
in Enumclaw
Tuesday
3 p.m., Shelton girls'
bowling vs. North Thurston
at Aztec Lanes in Lacey
3 p.m., Seventh annual
Polar Bear Run from Shel-
ton Mini Dome to Island
Lake and back
• To have items placed in
the sports calendar, send in-
formation to emily@mason-
county.com.
SCOREBOARD
FOOTBALL
Saturday -- Mary M. Knight
58, Lopez Island 18
MMK ........ 14 12 16 16 --58
LIHS ........ 12 0 0 6 -- 18
MMK LIHS
Passing 24 yards N/A yards
Rushing 420 yards N/A yards
MMK: K. Willey, 5-of-9 com-
pletions, 24 yards, 2 touch-
downs, 16 carries, 195 yards,
4 touchdowns; M. Oien, 8 car-
ries, 47 yards, 1 touchdown; J.
Jimenez, 9 carries, 39 yards, 1
touchdown; C. O'Neil, 2 recep-
tions, 10 yards, 1 touchdown;
N. Dierkop, 1 reception, 3
yards, 1 touchdown
SWIMMING
Girls' swimming
Friday -- WIAA 3A State
Championships at the King
County Aquatic Center
50-yard freestyle: 21, Sarah
Myers, 26.80
100-yard freestyle: 22, Sarah
Myers, 58.10
200-yard freestyle relay: 17,
Hannah Garcia, Sarah My-
ers, Hannah Womer and Paige
Goldsby, 1:48.44
BOWLING
Nov. 6 -- Shelton 1,587,
Wilson 1,414
1, Danielle Ewart, 387; 2, Cait-
lyn Borys, 340; 3, Lindsey Cox,
290; 4. Brittany Smith, 285; 5,
Holly Hayman, 285
Nov. 8 -- Shelton 1,577,
Foss 1,089
1, Caitlyn Borys, 341; 2, Lind-
sey Cox, 333; 3, Danielle Ew-
art, 333; 4, Holly Hayman,
289; 5, Brittany Smith, 281
Journal file photos
Shelton junior Cody Williamson, center, leads the cross country team through its pre-run cheer earlier this fall.
Carry fall success into winter sports, Climbers
The Shelton athletic program had a re-
markable fall season.
The boys' cross country team won
pant to the WIAA 4A State
Chap~pionships last winter.
,J ,
I haven t seen the team
first in the 3A Narrows League and so did yet, but I know there were
the boys' tennis team. several strong swimmers
The girls' swim team took second place last year and I'm assuming
in league, they've returned to swim a
Both the girls' cross country and the competitive season.
football teams finished in third place in the The wrestling team had
league standings. By EMILY multiple participants at the
Finally, the volleyball team finished in HANSON state Mat Classic last Feb-
fourth place while the girls' soccer team ruary. I believe a majority
took fifth, of the team has returned
I wasn't aware of this until last week, to the mats this winter and I'm expecting
but these team finishes have earned Shel- head coach Chris Lacy to lead the Climbers
ton league points toward the All Sports as far as they want to go this winter.
Award. As for basketball, I know the teams
The All Sports Award is given to the struggled last year, but that was when
team in the league that has garnered the Shelton was a 4A school and competing
highest number of league points, against schools such as Bellevue and the
With first place getting seven points, sec- Kitsap schools.
ond getting six points and so on down the This year, as a 3A school, Shelton will be
line, this gives Shelton 37 points for the fall facing the same league schools as they did
season and has placed the Highclimbers in this fall with football and hopefully they'll
second place for the award, behind North have the same results. The schools' overall
Thurston with 43 points, populations are closer and therefore the
I've really enjoyed watching the High- teams are selected from roughly the same
climbers win so far this year and seeing the number.
pride their accomplishments have placed on Head coach Aaron Leth is in his second
their faces, year with the girls' basketball program.
I've enjoyed it so much that I want to see Last year was a building year, but I know
more of the same this winter, there was young talent on the team. I think
The bowling team has already started its Leth can bring that talent forth and work
season strong, winning its first two match- the team for a few more league wins.
es. The team is expected to be a strong con- The boys' basketball program has a new
tender for the league title, coach in Del Sandberg. He's never been a
This week, practices began for boys' and head basketball coach before, but he's been
girls' basketball, boys' swimming and wres- involved in basketball for most of his life
tling, and I think he's got the energy to do great
The,boys' swim team sent one partici- things with that program.
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Shelton seniors Alex Deacon and
John Pentony, playing as the No. 1
doubles team this fall, congratulate
each other on a game point during a
home match.
With winter sports practices just begin-
ning, it's really too early to predict how any
one team will do, but after this fall, I've
got a good feeling about the future of High-
climber athletics.
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