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I ,: Shelton-Mason County Journal [] Journal photo by Emily Hanson Shelton's JD Clemmons comes up for air during the 100-butterfly. Clem- mons was the only Highclimber to swim the event against Lincoln at home on Thursday, Dec. 1. By EMILY HANSON pete in. "I was really impressed with the way In its first meet of the season, the Shel- the freshmen swam," Youngquist added. ton boys' swim team drowned Lincoln in a He stated the divers did great as well. lopsided victory. Shelton had five boys diving. Jake Aldrich On Thursday, Dec. 1, the Highclimbers and John Pentony tied for first while Na- wen 131-35 at home against Lincoln. than Price took second. "The guys swam well," Chad As of press time, the Highclimbers had Youngquist, co-head coach, said. "Par- not yet swam against Wilson High School ticularly good races were Luke Fieldler on Tuesday, Dec. 6. in the 200-freestyle. He dropped 21 sec- The team is scheduled to compete next onds from his time last year. JD Clemons at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 8 at Timber- in the 100-butterfly achieved a liftetime line High School. best time and Harrison MacAlevy in the "I think we barely beat Timberline last 100-backstroke dropped four seconds and year and we lost a lot of swimmers, so qualified for districts." it's going to be a challenge," Youngquist Youngquist said he and the team said. "Every meet from now on will be knew going into this meet that Lincoln tough." would have a small, inexperienced team He added that it's going to take some so he played with the lineup for some time, but he hopes the team can pull to- events, giving newer Shelton swimmers gether and send some swimmers to the the opportunity to compete in events league match and on to districts at the they wouldn't normally be able to com- end of the season. ATHLETEOFTHEWEEK • Senior can't hoopster takes on leadership By EMILY HANSON Austin Schirato likes be- ing the only Mookie around. "When my morn was ' ~regnantWith me; she heard the name Mookie in a Spike Lee film and she didn't know what she was going to name me, so she started calling me Mookie," Schirato explained. "Her and my dad both called me that and it stuck. There are a lot of Austins, but only one Mookie." Schi- rato, a se- nior point guard on the boys' basketball team, has taken on the lead- ership of his team Austin this year, Schirato head coach Mark Jen- sen said. "Mookie has done a lot of things through the fall to help us get better," Jen- sen said. "He brganized the kids into a league to play in Tumwater. He's taken on a real leadership role, which I thought was admirable." Schirato said he orga- nized the team during the fall because Jensen, due to coaching regulations, wasn't allowed to be involved. "I took it upon myself to organize practices during the fall," he continued. "I be- lieve they were successful. We made some pretty great strides, especially with some of the younger players." Schirato has been play- ing basketball for the last six years, beginning in rec- reation leagues with Jensen as his coach. "I love the game," he said. "There's nothing like it." Though he loves basket- ball, he's actually played soccer longer. Schirato be- gan playing soccer 13 years ago, also through recreation leagues. "I like the physicality of soccer, as well as the car- dio involved," he said. "You really have to train and be prepared. With soccer, you can't get by with just ath- leticism, you really have to See Athlete on page C-6 Journal photo by Emily Hanson Jenessa Fogo, left, and Annalise Barkman hold hands as they cross the finish line of the MissileToe Mile on Satur- day, Dec. 3 with times of 9:51.68 and 9:51.64, respectively, taking 13th and 12th places in the women's 14 and under division. For more information, see page C-3. Shelton finishes fifth at wrestling tournament By EMILY HANSON bracket." five tournament and when they Garrick at 138-pounds and then Lacy said the Centralia team, didn't win a match, they couldn't won his next two matches with a With three champions, the which won the tournament with refocus and come back to win the pin and a score 4-2 in overtime. Shelton wrestling team took fifth 196 points, also only had three next one." Core lost his fourth match to place at the Timberline Invita- champions, but the difference He added that there were twoGrant Hughes of Olympia. tional Tournament on Saturday, between Centralia and Shelton's exceptions to this. Betsaid Garcia, Lacy said senior Colby Barber Dec. 3. 126-point finish was that Centra- wrestling at 220-pounds, lost his had the best tournament, taking "Wrestlers and coaches felt like lia had multiple wrestlers place in first match by pin but came back the championship at 170-pounds we should've been higher than the consolation bracket, to win his next two matches 8-4 with four pins, two against state fifth," Chris Lacy, head coach, "It comes down to focus and re- and 14-6. Garcia lost his fourth veterans. said. "We had four finalists who silience," Lacy said. "My impres- match by pin to Jake Grantham of "Ty McCullough and Garrick, did really well but we didn't have sion was that many of our wres- North Thurston. Another excep- our other two champions, both that many come through the back tlers felt like they would have an tion was Skylar Core, who lost his door to place in the consolation easy day. It was a very competi- first match to teammate Jakeob Shelton-Mason See Wrestling on page C-4 County JournN - Thursday, December 8, 2011 - Page C-1