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Shelton-Mason County Journal SHS senior focuses on swimming, FFA By EMILY HANSON emily@masoncoun(v.com Two activities take up most of Shel- ton High School senior J.D. Clemons' time -- swimming and FFA. This is Clemons' fourth year on Shel- ton's swim team, where he competes in the 100-yard butterfly and the 200-yard individual medley. '~When I was in the eighth grade, I took (co-head coach Chad) Youngquist's swim class and he told me I should try out for the team," Clemons said. "I was in his class again the next year and he said I should try out again, so I did J.D. and I liked it." Clemons Clemons said he likes the whole team and how it's like a big family. "I've played other sports where peo- ple are out for themselves, but it's not like that," he said. "I love racing (and) beating the person I was just next to. I love all of it." Clemons played football through his sophomore year and baseball through his freshman year, but swimming is the only sport he's participated in the last two years. ............. "i-Jo-ve-racin-g ............. (and) beating the person I was just next to." He said swimming at the college level would be "really cool," but that he hasn't thought about it much. At SHS, Clemons has between a 3.4 and 3.5 GPA, earning mostly As so far this semester. "I plan on going to South Puget Sound Community College for two years and then transferring to hopefully Washington State University or Central Washington University," Clemons said. "I like WSU better." He said he likes WSU more than CWU because he's been there and he loved the atmosphere of the school. "I've talked to representatives from WSU and they offer what I want to study," Clemons said. "I love how it's just a school and then nothing but fields." In college, Clemons said he plans to study criminology, sociology and ecol- ogy. "I'm also interested in agriculture," he said. "I'm in FFA and I'm the vice president. I just joined last year, and on the second day in, I did a competition called sales-ag." He said he enjoys being in the Shelton chapter of FFA because the competitions build speaking and leadership skills. "I also show animals," Clemons said. "I went to the Puyallup Fair and showed two cows. That was fun." He said Youngquist also encouraged him to join leadership. "He's my favorite teacher and my mentor," Clemons said. "He's a really awesome coach." When he's not swimming for the Highclimbers or competing with FFA, Clemons said he's hanging out with his friends or fishing. "I also like to go to this gymnastics place in Olympia (Alley Oop) with the divers," he said. "It's a lot of fun." A HIIIla4'o, ad o Olunnao .... Name: kD. Clemons School: Shelton High School Grade: Senior Winter sport Boys swimming Favorite song: "Float On" by Modest Mouse, Favorite show: "The Walking I) 1" Hobbies: Fishing and ping pong In an epic balHe between Su rman and Batman, who would win.e Supemm, because he's o mutated hero. Botmon's just o dude wflh armored everything." By EMILY HANSON emil)@masoncounty.com The Shelton girls' basketball team had a rough start to its season last week. The team's season opener at Black Hills on Nov. 28 was a 67-14 loss. "We played well for the first quar- ter and were able to get Black Hills to turn the ball over," head coach Aaron Leth said. "We also were able to fast break against them." He said the team's downfall was that they gave up too much on size. "Black Hills had seven girls tall- er than our tallest girl (junior post Kassy Slone and sophomore guard Kiana Garberich-Wily at 5-foot-9)," Leth said. "It made it hard to run our half court traps. We were successful in trapping the ball, but with their height, they just threw over us all night." Junior guard/post Cheyenne Overlin was Shelton's leading scorer for the night with five. Four SATURDAY: Capital ........ 49 Shelton ........ 25 TOMORROW: Shelton vs. Central Kitsap, 7 p.m. 25. Lady Highclimbers scored two points each: junior guard Jordan Leach, ju- nior guard Chel- sea Decicio, junior guard Alyssa York and Slone. Ju- nior guard Taylor Stroud contributed one point. The Lady High- climbers played their home opener on Saturday against Capital, losing 49- "Saturday's game against Capital brought a lot more intensity and I was happy with the way we played defense," Leth said. "They were able to capitalize on a couple of rotations that were not made in our zone." He said the team has implement- ed three sets of zone defenses this year and two in the last two days. See Girls' BBall on page C-3 Journal photo by Emily Hanson Shelton junior guard]post Cheyenne Overlin looks for a teammate to pass to during the Lady Highclimbers' home opener on Saturday against Black Hills. Senior wing Wes Harrison puts up Hills on Nov. 28 at home. a shot for the Highclimbers during their season Journal photos by Emily Hanson opener against Black By EMILY HANSON emily@masoncounty.com In his first game as head coach of the Shelton boys' basketball team, Del Sandberg's system found success on the court. The Highclimbers' won their season opener 41-35 at home against Black Hills on Nov. 28. "In the first half, we out- scored them 25 to 12," Sandberg said. "Our defense was really good for the first half." The Highclimbers slowed down in the second half and turned the ball over too many times, he said. Junior guard Colton Hubble led the Climber effort with 12 points. Senior wing Wes Harri- son contributed nine points while sophomore post Tyler Speaks put up eight points and se- nior wing Jake Frakes scored seven. Senior NOV. 28: guard Dakota Shelton ........ 41 Andrews found Black Hills.. 35 the net for four TOMORROW: points. "For our Shelton at first game, we Central Kitsap, played with 7 p.m. good effort and showed our style of play," Sandberg said. "This gave us information about our team and what we need to work on." The Highclimbers (1-0) hit the road for their next game. The team plays at 7 p.m. tomorrow night at Central Kitsap. Shelton junior guard Colton Hubble attempts to maintain possession of the ball under pressure from Black Hills senior guard Thomas Stapp. Shelton-Mason County Journal- Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012 - Page C-1 I I Ii