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iscusses honor -- e High School's Sam was named to the All-State defensive unit as a last week, following of last year's State of the Year, Mark The Journal talked to after the senior of his honor. PATCH toughest linebacker in recent history sat in his chair Tuesday and a limp-wristed invective at gridiron foe. you big brute you!" dainty 6-3,215-pound Sam b, fluttering his eyelids. may sound like a radical from character for a who'd just days before the newspaper to see he'd All-State at linebacker Sam's reenactment of response to an fist administered midsection this year by a opponent. had just converted the into one of his 181 tackles - best ever by a and the guy pounded in a fit of pique. Sam's apparently caught him didn't know what to Sam recalled, a bit of a grin starting up at the of his mouth. T. Martin - Sam to won't be learn from him just why - :football this season with abandon only his could truly appreciate. He had 82 solo tackles. His 15 in one game eclipsed the old record by two. He was double- and even triple-teamed every game - the highest tn'bute any player can earn. But the 17-year-old standout, for all his aggressiveness, sees no sense in getting all steamed up over things on the field. 'Tve been the object of some pretty dirty football, I guess," said Martin, "but I've always tried "... there are a lot more important things in life..." to just laugh it off or make a joke. It really takes away from your game to play dirty and look for cheap shots - and it's bad for team morale, too." If violence is a part of the game, Sam nevertheless draws the line when it comes to playing to Climber records fall Immln eom ticks of a stopwatch all that separated the limber boys' swimming and the biggest upset in league history last esday in Shelton's was the margin of in the l lth, final and event - the 400~ relay - as powerful escaped with its loss-free BHL record the closest anyone has to them in eight years Black Hills," said a Coach Doug Hanna swimmers had fought within striking distance the last event only to the decisive relay event, Shelton's A team, the needed at least a third its B team to edge the favored visitors, but Oly's came in three seconds ahead. "It was my fault, really," said Hanna. "I could have moved one or two of my A swimmers to the B team and thus balanced them a bit, and we probably would have won it on points." Although they took only one first outside of the relay team's win in the 440, the Climbers used their superior team depth to fight back from a 15-point deficit midway through the match to trail by only six at the end. Along the way, Shelton got four school-record performances. Chris Jackson established Shelton's all-time fastest 200-yard freestyle, coming in third at 1:58. The fellas he lost to, Oly's Jon and Gary Nelson, have an older brother named Steve who last year broke the prep 200-yard freestyle record held by little-known Mark Spitz. Mike Pavel, though registering a temperature of 101 before the contest, ignored the flu bug long earn against High School's varsity teams ~split in Aberdeen the girls posting a 2-1 the boys bowing 0-3. Fonzo's 498 series led while Patti Pleines had honors with a 192. had a 188 a 493 series to pace the girls now have a 5-1 A record while the boys are at 3-3. The jayvee girls rode Penny Pleines' 175 game and 488 series to a sweep of their games, while Rick Rose's 468 series paced the jayvee boys' win. Shelton travels to Olympia January 14. Last night's match with Centralia was too late for write-up in this week's Journal. Shell Service Six quarts of Coca-Cola free• with every Lube, Oil & Filter or purchase of two recap SNOW TIRES. Dec. 11 thru 31. Robinson: Owner/Manager & Cota Open Everyday! Weekdays 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and more / put a guy out of the game. Deliberately aiming for a bad knee, popping a recently dislocated shoulder - they can be an unspoken part of the game even on the high school level, but Sam sees no sense in such tactics. "I can't see a coach telling a guy to aim for a certain injury,'" he said. "I wouldn't go along with deliberately setting a guy up and spearing him, for instance, but on the other hand you should go out with the idea of hitting him as hard as you can so he'll be a little gun-shy the next time and maybe go down a little sooner." Intimidation being what it is in football - and particularly to a linebacker - Sam admits to utilizing some psychology now and then to get the edge on an opponent. "Often a team will leave an opposing guard open on me," he explained, "and one thing I like to do the first couple of plays is give him a real good head slap, really rap the guy. He'll be ducking his head or holding back the next time." Sam started playing football at the age of eight in Kirkland. "I wasn't particularly big for my age," he said. Weighing in at 174 pounds his sophomore year here - no trilling matter, mind you - Martin suddenly spurted to 195 his junior year and then to his current weight of 215 this season. He has not been without some inspiration. Big brother Bob, 22, who played one year for the Climbers and established the linebacking standards little brother proceeded to shatter, starred for the Huskies and nearly made the Green Bay Packers of the NFL this season. Bob weighed in at 190 his senior year at Shelton - but has added 65 pounds since. "I'd probably like to put on maybe ten pounds for college ball," mused the younger Martin, "but mostly I'd like to be a little quicker." Sam's already been approached by some pretty fair football schools - among them Notre Dame, Stanford, the U of W and the University of Wyoming - and the Climber says he expects to get at least a couple offers from "fairly major schools," as he modestly puts it. He also looks beyond to a possible stint as a professional football player. "It would be great to play pro ball," he admitted. "But I'm not counting on it. If it happens, great. I'll certainly be working toward it in college, though." Sam intends also to study business - accounting, probably. "I guess I'd like eventually to have my own business," he said. "But a couple of years of pro bali would certainly help in getting a name and the capital to get started." As thrilled as he is about playing at the college level, Sam admits he will miss the special excitement of playing for the Climbers. He'll miss the community spirit, he says, and the close comradeship of players and coaches. scare enough to shatter Shelton records in both the 100-yard butterfly and the 200-yard individual medley, capturing third place in each with times of 1:00.9 and 2:18.7, respectively. "Mike's a pretty tough kid,'" said Coach Hannm "He's one of those whb's never really satisfied with anything he does. For only swimming three months out of the year, he's really exceptional." Hanna says he would probably encourage his junior to work more on swimming in light of his outstanding potential, except that Pavel also has an excellent shot at a football scholarship and Hanna says he wouldn't want him to neglect that sport. The Climbers' other record performance was turned in by diver Frank Clark. Clark captured Shelton's only individual victory, outpointing runner-up Scan Brown of Olympia 189.25 to 157.70 to establish a new school standard. The Climbers traveled to North Thurston last night but ly results of the meet were not available at press time. They have byes the next two weeks and then resume January 14 at Aberdeen. Climber results in Wednesday's meet with Olympia are as follows: 200-yard medley relay -- Shelton A, second; Shelton B, third. 200-yard freestyle -- Chris Jackson, third; Brad Lyman, fourth; Allen Eaton, fifth. 200-yard individual medley- Mike Pavel, third; Eric Valley, fifth; Greg Pavel, sixth. 50-yard freestyle -- Mike Dale, second; Wes Stockwell, third; Doug Coleman, fifth. Diving -- Frank Clark, first; Oliver Gray, third; Barry Morgan, fourth. 100-yard butterfly -- Mike Pavel, third; Joe Simpson, fourth; Kevin Kent, sixth. t 00-yard freestyle -- Chris Jackson, second; Brad Lyman, third; Wes Stockwell, fourth. 500-yard freestyle -- Eric Valley, second; Allen Eaton, third; Dan Cochran, fifth. 100-yard backstroke -- Tony Benedict, second; Joe Simpson, third; Greg Pavel, fourth. 100-yard breaststroke -- Mike Dale, second; Dave Wicken, third; Tracy Ridout, fourth. 400-yard freestyle relay -- Shelton A, first, 3:44.07; Shelton B, fourth. Every Saturday 3 p.m. 'til 7:30 p.m. Win a prize as well as your winning. DETAILS IN OUR CARD ROOM Non-tournament table also available. 320 So. First St. "I remember the first time I started for the Climbers," he reminisces. "We were in our 'pride period' before the game and the coaches were telling us that it was up to the linebackers to generate things out there. It was like everything was on our shoulders - and I was kinda nervous." The nervousness soon gave way to efficiency, though. That year, Sam's junior season, he made an incredible 98 solo tackles "... you probably wouMn't want her, anyway... as the Climbers copped first in the state. He recalls his greatest personal exhilaration: "It was Homecoming last year against Chehalis - the game to determine the league champ and the team that would go on to the playoffs. They had first and goal on the two, and on the first two downs they ran my way. I was in on the stops but I was just one of several guys. "Then on third down we took out their guard and I was one-on-one against their ball carrier. I dropped him for a yard loss." Chehalis' desperation fourth-down try came up short and it was all over. Shelton won 7-2. Sam also recalls his most embarrassing moment - a rare one for him. It came in an earlier game against Timberline. "I had a touchdown scored right over me," he said. 'Whey had a first and goal'on the four and they kept running this 230.pound fullback at us. On third down our line took out both of his blockers, so I had no one to worry about but him. "I remember him getting up in the end zone, pushing off of me as he did it, and he gave me this big smile." For all his enthusiasm over the sport, Martin likes to keep football in perspective. "It's something I enjoy and I do well," he said, "but there are a lot more important things in life. How you get along with people is the important thing." Still, Sam's not so sure about the advisability of getting along too well right now with certain non-male types. "Some coaches do kinda discourage football players from getting too awful involved with girls, all right," admitted Martin, who insists his slate remains clean. "I guess they figure a girl might get in the way of a guy's really putting out for football. "But if you had a girl friend who was always trying to talk you out Of making turnouts," he added, the right side of his mouth curling upward again, "you probably wouldn't want her anyway, right?" GRAPPLERS Dale Brewer and Wayne Devaney (headless) tune up for the busy weekend. For story, see page 15. / By HERB WILLIAMS Heavy rains or melting snow can spell big trouble for anglers who like to drift rivers for steelhead, because high water often makes drastic changes in a river. Old familiar stumps, logs, sand bars, log jams and even large boulders can be swept away with the powerful surge of high water. The current can cut new channels in places. At the same time, log jams are formed in different places and rapids can become different enough so that they take a different appraoch than before. This makes it all the more important to check out a river on foot before drifting it, even if you have drifted it before. If some reliable friend has drifted it since high water, you can get your information from him. But even if someone has told you of changes, a safe thing to do is pull your boat out of the water at the first sign of new white water or a log jam and check it out on foot first. With this knowledge you then stand a good chance of making it through with no trouble. Good sources of information for conditions on a river or changes since high water are sports shops in the immediate area. Plastic sacks can be a big help on a camping trip to save space and do away with some of the food preparation and dish washing that take away from the real purpose of the trip - the fishing, hunting or loa£mg. Pack all the dry ingredients such as flour, salt, sugar and so on for pancakes or biscuits in a heavy plastic sack. Put just enough for one meal in each sack. Label the sacks by placing a slip of paper in each sack telling what the mixture is for and how much milk, water or egg to add. When meal time rolls around, add the liquid and then mix by kneading the sack. Pour or squeeze the batter or dough into your pan or onto the griddle. When the sack is empty, you can discard it. If you have a saving streak in your nature, you can rinse the sack out lightly so it will hold for a couple of days, then give it a complete washing when you get home. Sports twenty-five years ago 1st & Cota Shelton SPORTS SPECS: GIANT STEELHEAD ON DISPLAY Omer Dion's 26-pound steelhead was a traffic-pulling attraction when it was displayed at Jack Stewart's Sporting Goods Store for two days and an evening last week. Thursday evening Jack had to stay open almost two hours overtime to accommodate the continual parade of viewers which came in to see the 41zk'' fish Dion caught in the Chehalis River. Among them was Cliff Harrison, outdoor life and fishing and hunting editor of the Seattle P.I., who was in town to speak at the Chamber of Commerce meeting. Jack estimated at least 200 persons viewed the Dion steelhead Thursday. The finny prize was caught on the Chehalis about a mile and a half below the mouth of' the Satsop. Dion bagged the lunker using 15-pound test leader ; and a cluster of eggs. ; .~ ~ :~,,_ Tirecap Car Care Bart Barton has joined J&J and is now ready to help with all phases of your auto mechanic needs. 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