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By EMILY HANSON fensive back Nic Gove tied a decades old as linebackers and junior David Ajamu was Selleg was named Defensive Player of the
record - set by Chris Tarrach - with five in- n~med to the first team as a tight end. Year.
The Shelton football team officially put terceptions in one season. Hinkle called the 13 seniors this season On the junior varsity' team, Thomas
its season to turf with the team banquet on "The kids accomplished raising the corn- a "great bunch collectively and as individu- Gettle was named Offensive Player of the
Tuesday, Nov. 15. petitiveness of the team," Hinkle said. "The als." Year and Brian Nault was named Defensive
"I thought the kids improved as the ses- kids battled for the duration of the games Defensive coordinator Mike Gettle then Player of the Year.
aon progressed," Matt Hinkle, head coach, throughout the season." presented T-shirts, which said: "train, pre- For the varsity team, Kinne was named
said. "The tail end of the season was weight- While handing out participation certifi- pare, win" on the backs, to players on the Offensive Player of the Year - it was also
ed differently with the hardest games hap- cates to each player along with letters, the varsity defensive line. announced that he rushed for 1,308 yards
pening then." Highclimbers' coaching staff announced Finally, awards were given out to players this season - and Gove was named Defen-
Hinkle then spoke of a few things the that Kinne had been named to the Narrows from the c-team, the junior varsity and the sive Player of the Year. Cameron Dayton
team accomplished. He said junior running League All-League second team as a run- varsity teams, was awarded wtih varsity lineman of the
back Ralph Kinrm broke an eight-year old ning back while juniors DeShon Bell and On the c-team, Jake Henry was namedyear.
record for kickoff returns while senior de- Thomas Gettle were named to the first team Offensive Player of the Year while Logan See Banquet on page C-3
Journal photo by Emily Hanson
Mary M. Knight junior Cody Thompson collides with Neah Bay sophomore running back Tyler McCaulley, flinging
raindrops from the force of the hit during the Knight Owls' playoff game at Tumwater Stadium on
Saturday, Nov. 12.
Knight Owls' postseason screeches to early halt
Mary M. Knight shut out
in first playoff game
By EMILY HANSON
It was a dark and stormy night. The rain poured, the wind chilled
to the bone and the Mary M. Knight Owls were playing in their first
postseason game in recent history.
On Saturday, Nov. 12,,the Knight Owls played
Neah Bay in the first round of the playoffs at Tum-
water Stadium. In the worst storm of the season, the
Knight Owls fought hard but could not find the goal
line, losing 40-0 after just two quarters.
"We simply got beat," Mike Evans, head coach,
said. "The weather had a little bit to do with it be-
cause Kyle [Willey] couldn't feel his fingers. The few
FRIDAY: times he tried to throw he said he couldn't feel the
Neah Bay .... 40 laces, so that wasn't going to work."
MaryM.Krfig~_.OWithout the ability to effectively throw the pig-
skin, the Knight Owls were forced into a strictly
running game against the Neah Bay Red Devils.
"Neah Bay was bigger and stronger than we were so we weren't
going to win in a strictly running game," Evans said. "It wasn't in our
favor."
Despite the Knight Owls' inability to throw and playing a bigger
team, MMK held Neah Bay to 16 points in the first quarter but with
the Red Devils scoring 24 points in the second quarter in the sideways
rain falling over the turf, the game was called at halftime due to the
mercy rule.
"It wasn't exactly our best game but we gave it our best," junior
tight end Nick Dierkop said. "If you leave it all out there, there's noth-
ing to complain about afterward."
Dierkop said the conditions of the game definitely affected the
Knight Owls' performance, especially the passing game.
Despite the loss, Evans said he's happy with the season.
"Last season, the team was 1-8 and this season, with essentially the
same roster, we turned around to 7-1 in the regular season," he said.
"To be able to absorb having a new coach and learning new plays and
to be as successful as they were, the team did a phenomenal job. I am
very proud of the boys."
Dierkop said that to his knowledge, there has only been one season
similar to this year's in MMK history.
See Knight Owls on page C-3
Knight Owl junior Mason Cloud punts the ball to Neah
Bay on fourth and long during the second quarter of
Mary M. Knight's playoff game at Tumwater Stadium on
Saturday, Nov. 12.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
SHS junior
takes up,
lifelong skills
By EMILY HANSON
Danielle Ewart seems to
pick up lifelong skills in all
areas of life.
Ewart
- a junior
at Shelton
High - was
5-years-
old when
she began
bowling.
" M y
whole
family is
Danielle a bowling
Ewart family,"
she said.
"I've been
onleagues since I was little,
my grandpa has been bowl-
ing for a long time and my
95-year-old great-grandma
also bowled a long time. If
the bowling alley in Shelton
hadn't burned down, she'd
probably still be bowling."
Head bowling coach Curt
Snyder said Ewart is lead-
ing the Lady Climbers with
the highest average score.
Ewart also has the third-
highest average score in the
Narrows League with a 174.
"Bowling is kind of my
hobby; I love it," Ewart said.
"It's fun and it's a social
thing, too, You can just in-
vite your friends to bowl and
it's fun."
Ewart said she wants to
continue bowling after high
school.
"I want to do a bowling
league while I'm in college,"
she said. "It would be really
cool if there was a bowling
program for a college, but
I'm not sure."
Currently, Ewart is look-
ing into attending Central
Washington University, but
she said she is also research-
ing Clark Community Col-
lege in Vancouver because
of the music program there.
Since the fourth grade,
Ewart has been playing mu-
sical instruments, She be-
gan playing the violin, the
viola and the cello. In ninth
grade, she took up the bari-
tone saxophone.
"My band director, [Ran-
dy] Grostick, suggested I
play the baritone sax be-
cause we needed more low
brass instruments," Ewart
said. "I didn't know what
I was getting myself into,
because the instrument is
huge, but I love it now."
Though Ewart has had
multiple music instructors
- this year she is under the
teaching of her third music
director in three years -
she said that she just keeps
working hard.
"It's difficult with differ-
ent teaching styles for the
overall style of the marching
band but I've been pushing
myself to sound better."
- Shelton-Mason
See Athlete on page C-3
county Journal -Page C-1