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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