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SPORTS JOURNAL
AND CLIMBERVILLE RODE it all the way to wholesale obliteration of
its all-time rushing records for single game and season as well this
fall as senior halfback Kyle Burbridge put together his Western Cas-
cade Conference "Offensive Player of the Year" credentials. The
Mohawked one led a list of fully 17 Climbers accorded all-league honors
this past week by vote of the league's head coaches. For more on the
story, turn the page.
00unter-ed classes popular
Ittnter education was a goin'
tern again this year in Mason
ty.
esigned to help familiarize
hunters with outdoor safety
[wildlife concerns as well as
hasic Ps and Qs of their sport,
standard course offered by
t Mason County Sportsman's
ciation in affiliation with the
lahington Department of Fish
Wildlife boasted fully five
ions in 2007, reports Shelton's
Moore, MCSA public rela-
Ys officer
S
lace the state of Washington
llemented hunter education
1957," observes Moore, "hunt-
| incidents have decreased by a
percentage."
uSA's lead instructor this
ax was Steve Mutoli. His staff
a several other state-certified
*ators as well.
lach course, says Moore, con-
ted of 22 hours of instruction,
th indoors and outdoors, over
evenings and one day.
irearm safety rules at home
€[ outdoors were taught in the
,, €€
t evenln s Huntm
. " g, she say. ' g
Is, muzzle loading and archery
Onstrations, survival, first aid
Proper handling of firearms
aught the second evening.
ildlife conservation and hab-
.t, wildlife identification, includ-
a hunting video, and sports-
tllship were taught the third
hing
"Additional hunting informa-
and proper care of game were
!eribed the fourth evening and a
ltten test given.
Saturday's field course includ-
aap and compass information,
al .movement through terrain
ti lractice and'a skills test with
all-caliber rifles."
Ia all, added Moore,, 122 stu-
nts finished this year s classes.
rhe volunteers who taught
the courses put in over one thou-
sand hours of combined effort, not
including the time some parents
also volunteered," said the public
relations officer. "The course of in-
struction adopted by Washington
Department of Fish and Wildlife
was adhered to strictly.
"Whether students passed or
not depended upon their attention
to instruction, observation of fire-
arm-safety rules, demonstration
of proper loading and unloading
of their selected firearm, their
understanding of the 'zone of fire'
and safe handling of it around ob-
stacles in the field.
"Mason County Sportsman's
Association is committed to our
community, to the safety of our
young and old. MCSA is a not-
(Please turn to page 24.)
SHARING THE EXCITEMENT on the sideline during a
moment of Climber varsity gridiron jubilation this past
season are veteran assistant coach Rich "Coach U"
Unterseher and upstart ninth-grader Jacob Barrett, who
earned all-league honorable mention despite his tender
years. The only other player in Highclimber history so
distinguished at such a young age: now-collegian Isaiah
Taito.
16 other Climbers all-league as well
O0000ense
By STEVE PATCH
Climber rushing recordholder
Kyle Burbridge capped his non-
pareil senior season with best-in-
class distinction this past week,
earning "Offensive Player of the
Year" honors by vote of the West-
ern Cascade Conference football
coaches.
The Climbers' 5-8, 170-pound
speedmerchant wound up break-
ing now-collegian Isaiah Taito's
Climber single-game and season
rushing records this fall as Shel-
ton finished second in league and
'Fhe one
thing you get
with Kyle is
everything':
made it to the first round of the
state playoffs.
With a record-smashing high
of 330 yards and four touchdowns
against then state-ranked and
unbeaten North Thurston five
games into the season, Burbridge
wound up rushing for a similarly
school-record 1,653 yards and 23
touchdowns in '07. The TD count
represents a new single-season
standard at Climberville as well,
by the way, with Taito's 22 back in
'03 being the old record.
Kyle finished his Climber ca-
reer with 2,798 rushing yards.
Taito still holds the record in that
department, with 3,879 between
2001 and 2004. Kyle had 1,027
yards and 12 touchdowns in '06
and 118 and two, respectively, his
sophomore year.
"THE ONE THING you get
with Kyle is everything," said
Climber head coach Matt Hinkle
in the wake of his recordsetting
night against homecoming vic-
tim North Thurston. "I mean, he
leaves nothing in the tank as far
as after the game. And he's very
passionate.
"I mean, anything he does he
puts his entire devotion into."
The new recordholder's track-
worthy speed isn't his only weap-
on, reminded Coach.
"Probably Kyle's biggest strength,"
IH I II I
he said, "is how he is able to set his
blocks up and then move laterally.
He positions himself to influence
the defense and gets the block, and
then he's able to cut off of that."
Kids with track speed come
around fairly regularly, added
Hinkle. But that's not the point.
"Fast in itself obviously isn't the
only factor that comes into play,"
he says. "And Kyle's got a real
good sense of vision about him."
EVER MODEST, the Climb-
ers' new recordholder deflected the
spotlight rather characteristically
after his 330-yard night.
"Honestly," said Kyle, "I didn't
even know that I'd broken the re-
cord until after the game.
"I mean, I'd known what the re-
cord was, cuz at Lakes (line coach
Cary) Nagel had brought it up
- how close we were. But it's not
been on my mind; it's not a stat
thing for me; it's a win. I'd rather
win than get stats.
"And, actually, it's really more
a credit to my O line. Honestly. I
mean, I love the guys; I've known
'em all since we were playin' pee-
wee football. And it's more for
them than anything. They're more
stoked about it than I am."
ALTHOUGH HE hadn't had
anything formal as of Monday
night's Climber awards banquet,
by the way, the recordsetting se-
nior is expected to field oflbrs from
recruiters at a number of colleges,
added Hinkle.
His size might be seen as a limi-
tation at the Division 1 level, said
Coach, but the young man clearly
has the tools to play there, and
he'll certainly get plenty of atten-
tion from the likes of the Big Sky
Conference and similar nearly-as-
big-time venues.
Turkey Day
open gym
A Thanksgiving Day hardcourt
tradition will be renewed Thurs-
day, reports former Highclimber
hoop coach (and originator) Terry
Gregg.
The fourth annual Turkey Day
Hoops, it'll start at 9 o'clock sharp
in the SHS Minidome.
I I I I I
THANK YOU!
To the Shelton
School District
voters, a sincere
thanks for your
faith in me to
do the best for
our kids.
From my family to yours-
HAPPY THANKSGIVING
Sue McCausland
Shelton School Board - Position # 1
Paid for by Citizens to Reelect Sue McCausland, [
322 E. Springfield Loop, Shehon, WA 98584 ,,
I
II III I II II I I IIII
Thursday, November 22, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 21
SPORTS JOURNAL
AND CLIMBERVILLE RODE it all the way to wholesale obliteration of
its all-time rushing records for single game and season as well this
fall as senior halfback Kyle Burbridge put together his Western Cas-
cade Conference "Offensive Player of the Year" credentials. The
Mohawked one led a list of fully 17 Climbers accorded all-league honors
this past week by vote of the league's head coaches. For more on the
story, turn the page.
00unter-ed classes popular
Ittnter education was a goin'
tern again this year in Mason
ty.
esigned to help familiarize
hunters with outdoor safety
[wildlife concerns as well as
hasic Ps and Qs of their sport,
standard course offered by
t Mason County Sportsman's
ciation in affiliation with the
lahington Department of Fish
Wildlife boasted fully five
ions in 2007, reports Shelton's
Moore, MCSA public rela-
Ys officer
S
lace the state of Washington
llemented hunter education
1957," observes Moore, "hunt-
| incidents have decreased by a
percentage."
uSA's lead instructor this
ax was Steve Mutoli. His staff
a several other state-certified
*ators as well.
lach course, says Moore, con-
ted of 22 hours of instruction,
th indoors and outdoors, over
evenings and one day.
irearm safety rules at home
€[ outdoors were taught in the
,, €€
t evenln s Huntm
. " g, she say. ' g
Is, muzzle loading and archery
Onstrations, survival, first aid
Proper handling of firearms
aught the second evening.
ildlife conservation and hab-
.t, wildlife identification, includ-
a hunting video, and sports-
tllship were taught the third
hing
"Additional hunting informa-
and proper care of game were
!eribed the fourth evening and a
ltten test given.
Saturday's field course includ-
aap and compass information,
al .movement through terrain
ti lractice and'a skills test with
all-caliber rifles."
Ia all, added Moore,, 122 stu-
nts finished this year s classes.
rhe volunteers who taught
the courses put in over one thou-
sand hours of combined effort, not
including the time some parents
also volunteered," said the public
relations officer. "The course of in-
struction adopted by Washington
Department of Fish and Wildlife
was adhered to strictly.
"Whether students passed or
not depended upon their attention
to instruction, observation of fire-
arm-safety rules, demonstration
of proper loading and unloading
of their selected firearm, their
understanding of the 'zone of fire'
and safe handling of it around ob-
stacles in the field.
"Mason County Sportsman's
Association is committed to our
community, to the safety of our
young and old. MCSA is a not-
(Please turn to page 24.)
SHARING THE EXCITEMENT on the sideline during a
moment of Climber varsity gridiron jubilation this past
season are veteran assistant coach Rich "Coach U"
Unterseher and upstart ninth-grader Jacob Barrett, who
earned all-league honorable mention despite his tender
years. The only other player in Highclimber history so
distinguished at such a young age: now-collegian Isaiah
Taito.
16 other Climbers all-league as well
O0000ense
By STEVE PATCH
Climber rushing recordholder
Kyle Burbridge capped his non-
pareil senior season with best-in-
class distinction this past week,
earning "Offensive Player of the
Year" honors by vote of the West-
ern Cascade Conference football
coaches.
The Climbers' 5-8, 170-pound
speedmerchant wound up break-
ing now-collegian Isaiah Taito's
Climber single-game and season
rushing records this fall as Shel-
ton finished second in league and
'Fhe one
thing you get
with Kyle is
everything':
made it to the first round of the
state playoffs.
With a record-smashing high
of 330 yards and four touchdowns
against then state-ranked and
unbeaten North Thurston five
games into the season, Burbridge
wound up rushing for a similarly
school-record 1,653 yards and 23
touchdowns in '07. The TD count
represents a new single-season
standard at Climberville as well,
by the way, with Taito's 22 back in
'03 being the old record.
Kyle finished his Climber ca-
reer with 2,798 rushing yards.
Taito still holds the record in that
department, with 3,879 between
2001 and 2004. Kyle had 1,027
yards and 12 touchdowns in '06
and 118 and two, respectively, his
sophomore year.
"THE ONE THING you get
with Kyle is everything," said
Climber head coach Matt Hinkle
in the wake of his recordsetting
night against homecoming vic-
tim North Thurston. "I mean, he
leaves nothing in the tank as far
as after the game. And he's very
passionate.
"I mean, anything he does he
puts his entire devotion into."
The new recordholder's track-
worthy speed isn't his only weap-
on, reminded Coach.
"Probably Kyle's biggest strength,"
IH I II I
he said, "is how he is able to set his
blocks up and then move laterally.
He positions himself to influence
the defense and gets the block, and
then he's able to cut off of that."
Kids with track speed come
around fairly regularly, added
Hinkle. But that's not the point.
"Fast in itself obviously isn't the
only factor that comes into play,"
he says. "And Kyle's got a real
good sense of vision about him."
EVER MODEST, the Climb-
ers' new recordholder deflected the
spotlight rather characteristically
after his 330-yard night.
"Honestly," said Kyle, "I didn't
even know that I'd broken the re-
cord until after the game.
"I mean, I'd known what the re-
cord was, cuz at Lakes (line coach
Cary) Nagel had brought it up
- how close we were. But it's not
been on my mind; it's not a stat
thing for me; it's a win. I'd rather
win than get stats.
"And, actually, it's really more
a credit to my O line. Honestly. I
mean, I love the guys; I've known
'em all since we were playin' pee-
wee football. And it's more for
them than anything. They're more
stoked about it than I am."
ALTHOUGH HE hadn't had
anything formal as of Monday
night's Climber awards banquet,
by the way, the recordsetting se-
nior is expected to field oflbrs from
recruiters at a number of colleges,
added Hinkle.
His size might be seen as a limi-
tation at the Division 1 level, said
Coach, but the young man clearly
has the tools to play there, and
he'll certainly get plenty of atten-
tion from the likes of the Big Sky
Conference and similar nearly-as-
big-time venues.
Turkey Day
open gym
A Thanksgiving Day hardcourt
tradition will be renewed Thurs-
day, reports former Highclimber
hoop coach (and originator) Terry
Gregg.
The fourth annual Turkey Day
Hoops, it'll start at 9 o'clock sharp
in the SHS Minidome.
I I I I I
THANK YOU!
To the Shelton
School District
voters, a sincere
thanks for your
faith in me to
do the best for
our kids.
From my family to yours-
HAPPY THANKSGIVING
Sue McCausland
Shelton School Board - Position # 1
Paid for by Citizens to Reelect Sue McCausland, [
322 E. Springfield Loop, Shehon, WA 98584 ,,
I
II III I II II I I IIII
Thursday, November 22, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 21