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Boys basketball—Shelton at Chief Sealth Jamboree, Chief Sealth
International High School, Seattle, noon
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Bowl: Attitude, confidence key to Merriman’s success
order for us to make it like last year as a team.”
Shelton coach Dann Gagnon pointed to Merri-
man’s attitude and confidence as the starting points
for her success.
“Dreann’s strong suit is her positive attitude and
confidence with whatever she does,” Gagnon said.
“She is our captain this year and our girls really
look up to her. She is determined to make it to state
this year as an individual or as a team.” I
Gagnon — who was the Journal’s All—County
Girls Coach of the Year in 2018-19 —- said that his
expectations for this year aren’t different than any
of: his previous years with the Highclimbers.
“As far as my expectations for our bowling team,
(they haven’t) changed since I took over this pro-
gram five years ago,” Gagnon said. “Try to improve
your bowling averages and try to be consistent with
your game by having a plan each time you get ready
to roll your ball. ‘.
“Support and help each other, especially when
spams GALEN
continued from page 8-1
Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019 Shelton-Mason County Journal — Page B-3
MONDAY
Girls basketball~Shelton at North Creek, 7 p.m.; Central Kitsap
at North Mason, 7 pm.
Boys basketball—North Mason at Central Kitsap, 7 pm.
TUESDAY
Bowling—Shelton vs. Capital, Westside Lanes, Olympia, 3 p.m.;
North Mason vs. Olympic, Hi-Joy Bowl, Port Orchard, 2:45 p.m.
Boys basketball—Mary M. Knight at Quilcene, 7 pm.
Girls basketball—Mary M. Knight at Quilcene, 5:45 pm.
vs. Yelm and Nov. 18 vs. Olympia), along with two
4-1 wins and two 5-0 wins.
“My personal goal as a senior is to try and im-
DAR
Bowling—Sheltonys. Aberdeen, Westside Lanes, Olympia, 3 p.m.
Boys wrestling—North Mason at Central Kitsap Jamboree, 5 13.111.
Girls wrestling—North Mason at Central Kitsap Jamboree, 5 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Boys basketball—Mount Tahoma at Shelton, 7 p.m.; North Ma-
son at Klahowya, 7 pm.
Girls basketball—Klahowya at North Mason, 7 pm.
I The sports calendar is compiled by Sports Outdoors Editor
Justin Johnson. Times, dates and locations are subject to change.
To submit an item for the calendar, please email information to
justin@masoncounty.com.
Shelton High School
“ senior Dreann Merriman
bowls during practice
Friday at Westside Lanes
in Olympia. Journal photo
by Justin Johnson .
North Mason '
The North Mason High School bowling team
snagged its first win of the season Nov. 21 at Laurel
Lanes in Port Angeles, defeating Sequim 6-1.
,The Bowl Dogs improved to 1-2 in Olympic
prove in all terms of my mindset, technique, placing
and all of that,” Merriman said. “Mainly, I just want
mylast year to just be fun for all of the seniors, and
you see someone struggling.”
Through its first six matches, Shelton has proven
it can win close matches as well as in dominant
fashion. The Climbers have two 3-? wins (NOV. 14
for us to hopefully bowl better than any other year.” League action (1-2
overall).
Hot Corner: MLB owners prioritizing profits over fans
continued from page 34— League ownership groups’ profits.
parents watched from the seats in
Pioneer League stadiums scattered
throughout the Rocky Mountain west.
What the Rowland family expe-
rienced that summer is just one of
countless reasons people still cling to
Minor League Baseball, where fami-
lies gather for three hours at a time to
relive a slice of America’s past while
watching stars of tomorrow learn to
master the national pastime.
And a story like the Rowlands’?
Well, it won’t happen again under
MLB’s plan to downsize its farm sys-
tems. .
According to multiple published
reports, MLB intends to contract 42 of
its 160 minor league teams under the
guise of improving the quality of base-
ball facilities and all-around condi-
tions for athletes. Like most anything
else, the proposed slashing of the
minors comes down to saving the al-
mighty dollar and/or increasing Major
0f the 26% of minor league fran-
chises scheduled for contraction,
the majority are from short-season
leagues, such as the Pioneer, New
York-Penn, Appalachian and North-
west. Many of the teams in these
league host the lone area destination
for Major League-affiliated ball. Think
about it through the eyes of fans of the
Pioneer League, which features three
teams based in Montana, two more in
Utah and another in Idaho Falls.
“This is the only way people in
these towns can see baseball,” an
anonymous Pioneer League execu-
tive recently told the New York Daily
News. They can’t afford to drive 1,000
miles to Seattle. And you’re talk-
ing about young fans. You take their
(teams away and baseball has lost
them forever.” ’
So much for exposing rural youths
to the magic of a game whose popular-
ity is declining.
Also under the proposition, MLB
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teams will be limited to 150 minor
leaguers in their systems and the
draft will be shortened to 20 rounds.
Do big league clubs need more than
150 players in their minor league sys-
tems to field a competitive MLB team?
No.
Will having no Rookie League-level
team have a significant impact on '
the Arizona Diamondbacks? Consider
this: only four players to wear a Mis-
soula uniform along with Robby and
Richie Rowland in 2010 ever reached
the majors, and there’s not a house-
hold name among them.
I’m-not sure implementation of
the reorganization of Minor League
Baseball as we know it can be stopped
— there are people with a lot of money
who have a chance to make a lot more
money, and it’s not often anything
gets in the way of that. It appears
there’s enough money to be made that
MLB owners are willing to weather
any public backlash that’s soon to'
come with minor league contraction.
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Factually, professional baseball is a”
for—profit business. Nobody invests in
a baseball team with intentions of just
breaking even at the end of the day.
But the next time you consider
dropping a small fortune to take the
family to see the Seattle Mariners trot
out a sub-par lineup due to the sup-
posed financial limitations of playing
in a market that isn’t New York, Los
Angeles, Boston or Chicago, remem-
ber this: though it should come as no
surprise, MLB-team owners care more
about increasing profit margins than
baseball fans in rural communities or
the fringe-level players chasing pro—
fessional baseball dreams.
Good luck trying to put a positive
spin on that to Carol Rowland.
I Reporter Michael Heinbach includes
Minor League Baseball among his
reasons to believe in the inherent good-
ness of humanity. He can be reached
at 360-426-4412 or at michael@ma-
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