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Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015 - Mason County Journal - Page B-1 Shelton outlasts Bulldogs in second half By ALEXANDRIA VALDEZ alexandria@masoncounty.com The plan for the Shelton Highclimbers boys basket- ball team was simple Monday night: Shut down North Mason players Trey Fisher and Kevin Burrell-Briggs. The two North Mason Bulldogs players have been the keys to the team's successes so far this season on the court. shots and move the ball," Mc- left in the quarter. They built a ler Giraldes, Kobe Bogh, Kim- Cullough said. "We wanted to 10-point lead for the first time ball and McCullough all had play hard defense and not al- with a minute left. trips to the free-throw line to It worked, low them to score." Freshman Brice Solis broke put the game away. Monday night at North Ma- Last year, the Climbers the Bulldogs' dry spell with It was a tough ending for son High School, a er a tough beat North Mason 78-71 in a jumper. He added one shotthe Bulldogs. three quarters of basketball, Shelton. from the free-throw line to end "I'm proud of the guys; they the Climbers pulled away inComing out of the locker the quarter, stayed together and battled," the fourth quarter for a 61-46 room ai r the first half, the That's when the Bulldogs North Mason head coach Steve win. Climbers had a 26-25 lead. started to look weary. North Hackett said. "It got chippy, it Junior Marshall Mc- Junior Kyle Kimball start- Mason chased Shelto aroundgot emotional, it got physical Cullough, who had 11 pointsed out the third quarter with the court and the Climbers and none of my guys backed and three assists, was happy a jump shot and Fisher fol-batted away any attempts the down. They were all together with the Climbers' efforts,lowed up with his own. Shel- Bulldogs made at their own and that says a lot about the "I just tried to look for my ton went on a seven-point run basket. In the final minute and teammates, look for open with three and a half minutes a half of the game, juniors Ty- see HOOPS, page B-8 Journal photo by Alexandria Valdez Brothers Jon, left, and Zach Netzel compete on the Shelton High School diving team. They are a core part of the Shelton diving team. Ii She~ton brothers take diving team to a new level By ALEXANDRIA VALDEZ alexandria@masoncounty.com iving is more than just do- ing a flip off a diving board. It's about execution, flair and, of course, safety. Shelton diving coach Rob Phel- an said if a diver is worried, they can't do anything. "They have about one and a half seconds to do about 10 things and think about all of those 10 things all at one time," Phelan said. "Then, if they crash, they just have to laugh about it and move on and not fret about it. That's what makes a good diver. They can't worry and they have to trust that the water is going to be there and gravity is going to work." Brothers Jon and Zach Netzel exemplify these traits and more as two of Shelton High School's core divers on the swim team. The older brother Jon, now a se- help each other work on their dives and their teammates as well. nior, joined the team his freshman Both of them are coachable ath- year. During Jon's eighth-grade letes who bring different assets to year when he was at open swim the team. at Shelton High School, he saw a "Jon is really strong for his high school diver practicing on the size and he can do a lot of things," board. He thought, "I could show Phelan said. "When he gets into them a couple flips." The diver was a routine, he's able to follow that impressed with Jon's skills and exact routine over and over and encouraged him to join the team repeat it almost exactly the same. when he started high school. Zach is a little bit straighter His younger brother, Zach, now through his body, and he does a a junior, soon followed suit after really good job on getting straight watching Jon dive at a couple of during a dive to finish a dive." meets. Last year, Jon placed third One of the junior's favorite overall at the 3A WIAA State parts of diving is learning new swim meet and Zach made it all ones. the way to the West Central Dis- "Something that most people trict III championship meet. don't often see is when you learn This year, both brothers have a dive that it's really fun," Zach lofty goals. In order to qualify for said. "Like a one-and-a-half full leagues or district meets, divers twist, people who don't dive are must compete at a meet where like 'Wow.' " they perform 11 dives. At dual Phelan said even though the meets, divers perform only six Netzels are brothers, they never squabble during practice. They see DIVERS, page B-7 UR wlns agaln By ALEXANDRIA VALDEZ alexandria@masoncounty.com After he was an alternate at the 2A WIAA state wrestling tourna- ment last year, North Mason ju- nior Nico Ramirez had a goal this season: make it to state. He took one step" closer to that dream after winning the 285-pound weight class Sat- urday at the sixth annual Hammer- Head Invitation- al at the Kitsap Sun Pavilion in Silverdale. Ramirez "It was like a mini version of state," Ramirez said about winning the tournament. "It did feel pretty awesome because I had a lot of people that were cheer- ing me on. I had all my friends and family there supporting me." Ramirez's performance at the HammerHead Invite was one of several highlights for the Bulldogs over the weekend. The boys finished 26th overall with 72.5 points. Marissa Covarru- bias was the Bulldogs' only female wrestler at the tournament, so the girls team finished 31st with 4.0 points. Head coach Bill McCarty said he was impressed with Ramirez's per- formance because he kept improv- ing every match. There were some close calls, but after every match McCarty saw Ramirez correct his mistakes in the next match. "I think he's getting better and better; he's doing great," McCarty said. "He's making mistakes but he's correcting them and so far his mistakes haven't cost him a match. He's undefeated so far. When he makes a mistake, he recovers quickly." Ramirez's final opponent was Holden Miller from Yelm High School, a 4A school. The match came down to the third period. Ramirez said through- out the match, Miller was trying to do some of the same moves Ramirez was. With 16 seconds left, Ramirez tried to pin Miller but the referee see WRESTLING, page B-8