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Shelton-Mason County Journal Journal photo by Emily Hanson Shelton junior Caitlyn Borys releases her ball down the lane during the Lady Highclimbers' match against North Thurston on Dec. 20 at Westside Lanes. By EMILY HANSON emily@masoncounty.com The Shelton bowling team suf- fered a "7-10 split" in its matches last week. The team handily defeated Mt. Tahoma 7-0 on Dec. 18, only to fall to North Thurston 4-3 on Dec. 20. Head coach Curt Snyder said the match against Mt. Tahoma went pretty well for Shelton. "Mt. Tahoma was one of the con- tenders for the 4A Narrows League title last year, so we were a little bit concerned, but things went our way," Snyder said. In game one, Shelton outscored Mt. Tahoma 802-653. Both teams' scores went down for game two, with Shelton winning 742-596. "In game one, they were right .on goal," Snyder said. "Game two, they were 60 pins below the goal, but still way ahead of Mr. Tahoma, so it was an easy match." Senior Danielle Ewart led the Lady Highclimbers with a two-game total of 384. Senior Lindsey Cox and junior Caitlyn Borys both broke 300 as well. Borys scored 327, while Cox scored 309. Senior Brittany Smith came close to 300, knocking down 298 in two games. Fi- nally, senior Lilian Zacarias rounded DEC. 20: out the team with North Thurston.4 226. Shelton .......... 3 Shelton bowled at home against JAN. 8: North Thurston at Shelton vs. Westside Lanes in a Lincoln at match that Snyder Westside said was a loss on Lanes, 3 p.m. Shelton's part. "The Shelton girls had a lack of focus and there were too many distractions," Snyder said. "The first game, Shelton lost by five pins, however, that to me was when they lost the whole match." He said that three frames into the first game, he became concerned with how the Lady Climbers were bowling and told them he was con- cerned. "The focus just wasn't there," he said. "I don't really know what hap- pened." Borys led the Lady Highclimbers with a two-game total of 327, while "The focus just wasn't there ... I don't really know what happened." Ewart contributed 311 and Cox bowled 307. Smith knocked down 242 and Zacarias scored 239. "We lost both baker games and consequently, we lost the match," Snyder said. "Not everyone was unfocused, it just wasn't working well." He said this loss has most likely knocked Shelton (10-3) out of the running for the 3A Narrows League title. The team is taking this week off while the girls are on winter break. Shelton returns to the lanes at 3 p.m. on Jan. 8 at Westside Lanes against Lincoln. "We'll come back and refocus to finish out the year and have fun," Snyder said. Shelton senior guard Dakota Andrews lays up the Highclimbers' game at Tumwater. a shot against Tumwater senior post Journal photos by Emily Hanson Jaimie Bryant on Friday during Shelton senior wing Jake Frakes maneuvers around a Tumwater defender. By EMILY HANSON emilyCa;~nasoncounty.com The Shelton boys' basketball team couldn't keep up with Tumwater last week. The T-Birds used a full-court pres- sure to break down the Highclimbers' offense, defeating Shelton 70-50 on Fri- day night. "We showed considerable improve- ment against the full-court pressure," head coach Del Sandberg said. "It sounds like a broken record, but we will face full-court presses all year and we have to handle it better." Shelton kept up with Tumwater in the first quarter, going into the second down 12-10. The T-Birds widened the gap in the second quarter by outscoring Shelton 19-12. "We made a lot of layins against them, but we also turned the ball over too much and our shot selection wasn't very good at times," Sandberg said. "We need to show more patience on offense to shorten the game." Sandberg said the Highclimbers need to improve on team defense, a fact that was clear in the third quarter, dur- ing which Tumwater put up 23 points, compared to Shelton's 15. "We are breaking down almost on every defensive possession," Sandberg said. "We need a lot of work on FRIDAY: the third quarter. We Tumwater... 70 come out of the lock- Shelton ........ 50 er room fiat for some reason and our oppo- TOMORROW: nents really take over Shelton vs. at that point of the Aberdeen, game." 7 p.m. Though Shelton played close to Turn- water in the fourth quarter -- the T- Birds were ahead 16-13 for the quarter -- it wasn't enough to dig themselves out of the hole. Senior wing Jake Frakes led the Highclimbers with 17 points, while ju- nior guard Colton Hubble and sopho- more post Tyler Speaks both scored 12 points. "Our seniors are playing hard and that is important for the leadership of our team," Sandberg said. "Practices are competitive and the overall attitude is good." See Basketball on page C-3 Shelton-Mason County Journal Lady Owls fall to Neah Bay By EMILY HANSON emily~.masoncount) .corn The Mary M. Knight girls' basketball team expe- rienced its first loss of the season last week. On Friday, the Lady Owls fell to Neah Bay 71-39. "After a four-hour trip, we came out ag- gressive on offense, but we couldn't stop them on the de- FRIDAY: f e n s i v e Neah Bay .... 71 end," head MMK ........... 39 c o a c h Lance TODAY: V a 1 1 e y Mary M. Knight said. "Our at North Beach defensive Tourney intensity hasn't been there for the last couple of games and we have been giving up way too many points." Neah Bay scored in double digits each quar- ter, while holding Mary M. Knight to single digits or low teens. Valley attributed some of the team s difficulties to the fact that several girls have been sick recently and the whole team hasn't been to- gether for the last couple of weeks. "Neah Bay is a very good team and are coached well," he said. "Every year, Neah BEy goes to state, so I knew it was going to be very hard to get a win up there." The Lady Owls also had 20 turnovers in 'the first half, which led to transition points for Neah Bay. "In the second half, we took care of the ball with only five turnovers, but we still couldn't stop them," Valley said. "They came out and hit three 3-pointers and never looked back." Despite the ever-widen- ing score gap, Valley said the Lady Owls never gave up. "In the fourth quarter, we finally started hitting • some shots and causing turnovers to get some easy baskets," he said. Mary M. Knight tied See Lady Owls on page C-2 Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012 - Page C-1