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Shelton-Mason County Journal m !: 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