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Shelton-Mason County Journal Shelton bowlers bounce back from loss RIDAY: helton .......... 7 3ellarmine .... 0 tUESDAY: helton vs. (elm, 3 p.m. at By EMILY HA The Shelton for the first ti back from it for On Tuesday, climbers lost to "This was nq Snyder, head out extremely got a little oveJ In the second g ing and our girl Danielle Ew ¢est Side Lanes in the first gan game while Mi NSON girls' bowling team lost Le last week but bounced a victory two days later. Nov. 15, the Lady High- Mt. Tahoma 3-4. )t a pleasant trip," Curt 'oach, said. "We started ell and I think the girls confident and let down. .me, Mt. Tahoma kept go- s kept getting worse." .rt led the team with 224 ce and 174 in the second hawn Ewart scored 207 in the first game and 113 in the second game. Caitlyn Borys scored 149 in game one and 160 in game two while Brittany Smith scored 133 and 145 and Lindsey Cox scored 144 and 91. "It came down to the Baker games," Snyder said. "We won the first by a little bit and Mt. Tahoma flat-out beat us in the second game." Snyder said the team had a meeting after the Mt. Ta- homa loss and talked about what happened and how they could prevent a repeat. The meeting seemed to work for the Lady Highclimb- ers. On Thursday, Nov. 17, the team defeated Bellarmine 7-0. "The girls concentrated against Bellarmine the whole game," Snyder said. "If there is something like a good loss, I think we had one [against Mt. Tahoma]." M. Ewart led the Lady Highclimbers with 215 in game one and 218 in game two while D. Ewart scored 162 in game one and 201 in game two. Cox scored 149 and 140 while Borys scored 169 and 117 and Smith scored 139 and 135. "I was really pleased with the way the girls came back and bowled against Bellarmine," Snyder said. "I think the girls, all-in-all, are doing really well this season and we'll have a successful season." As of press time, the Lady Highclimbers had not yet bowled against Central Kitsap at All Star Lanes in Silver- dale on Tuesday, Nov. 22. The team's next scheduled match is at 3 p.m. on Tues- day, Nov. 29 at West Side Lanes against Yelm High School. See Scores on page C-3 COACHOFTF SEASONQ&A Shelton girls' rugby sevens from the basket held by Du sevens team - during the te " ' gby Shelton girl ru to s going Las |y EMILY HANSON / for rugby 15 last year, he ex With a total of $4,500 raised lrough raffle tickets and at its ilent auction, the Shelton girls' ugby sevens team is headed to he Las Vegas Invitational in Feb- uary. "The silent auction went well," ',hris Nesmith, head coach of the irls' rugby team, said. "We raised he money we needed." Nesmith said the biggest ticket :em at the auction was a case of ,ongshadow Wine worth $600. ¢¢o other big ticket items were USA Eagles rugby jersey auto- raphed by the whole team and a reek stay in Mexico. 'vVe're definitely going to Las regas in February," Nesmith said. I'm just really happy we had so luch support to help the girls o. That's what I'm really excited bout." Between now and February, Iesmith said the team is going to )cus on preparing for the tourna- ment. "We've been invited to a few life camps to train with premier ams out of Seattle," Nesmith aid. "The Seattle Breakers are )oking into holding a camp in anuary." The team to beat, Nesmith said, a team from Southern California. "We had eight of our rugby girls the Washington All-Star team Journal photos by Emily Hanson teammember Quincie Ball calls out the name of a raffle winner after taking a ticket ane Nault, the father of Diandra Nault - another member of the Shelton girls' rugby am's fund-raiser at the Grovestreet Brewhouse on Saturday, Nov. 19. plained. "On the first day, we beat the Southern California team but on the second day, they beat us. I think We're retty evenl: matched so I guess it depends on how the brackets are layed out." Nesmith said the girls' team jerseys, purchased by Seattle Shellfish, should come in at the end of January. He also explained why the Shel- ten team is headed to this tourna- ment, rather than a Washington All-Star team. "Because Shelton won the state championship and organized for the fundraising for this tourna- ment, we really only have Shelton girls interested in going to Las Vegas," he said, "Next year, there will be a Washington All-Star Team with t:youts the girls will have to go to in order to go to the invitational." Another Shelton rugby player Vegas - ninth-grader Brian Nault from the boys' rugby team - tried out to be on the boys' high school Wash- ington All-Star team on Sunday, Nov. 20 in Tacoma. "His dad told me he stayed in the entire time for the try-out, so we've got our fingers crossed," Ne- smith said. If Nault is chosen for the boys' team, he will also be traveling to the Las Vegas Invitational in Feb- ruary. MMK head football coach focuses on leadership By EMILY HANSON Zach Norton, from the Yelm boys' rugby team, holds up the jersey signed by Waisale Serevi - the biggest raffle item during the Shelton girls' rugby sevens' silent auction fundraiser on Saturday, Nov. 19. The Mary M. Knight football program made a 180-degree turn from last season under the leadership of a new head coach. Mike Evans, in his first year as head coach of the Knight Owls, led the team from a 1-8 Mike finish in Evans 2010 to a 7-1 regu- lar season finish and into the playoffs for the first time in recent memory. I sat down with Evans to discuss the success of the Knight Owls, work and life. Q: Have you ever coached football before? A: I was the assistant coach for three years at Mary M. Knight before this season Q: What inspired you to apply for the MMK head football coaching job? A: I was inspired to ap- ply to try to give the boys some consistency. I was the only coach who'd been there since the beginning and I didn't want the boys to start all over again. Q: What's your job out- side of coaching? A: I am the police chief of the Squaxin Tribe and have been for coming up on six years now Q: How did you bal- ance the two jobs? A: Carefully. I've got a .good department that is running well. Most of the coaching was in the evening, more of my time. It really didn't interfere with work Q: What was the easi- est part about coaching the Knight Owls? A: The easiest part was that there's talent and depth in some positions so that, even with injuries, we were able to compete. Q: What was the most difficult part about coaching them? A: Probably the most dif- ficult part was the same for the boys - we made a lot of fundamental changes. As a coaching staff, we focused on positive reinforcement, which is harder than it sounds. Q: Are you surprised with how successful this season was? A: A little. I knew we would do well. I didn't ex- pect it to go that well. I knew the capability was there but whether we could See Evans on page C-3 Thursday, November 24, 2011 - Shetton-Mason County Journal - Page C-1