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Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016 - Shelton-Mason County Journal- Page B-5
MAY
The best way to end the
regular season is with a win,
but that wasn't in the cards for
the North Mason High School
boys and girls golf teams. Both
squads lost to Kingston High
School on May 5 in their final
2A Olympic League matches of
the year.
The following week, North
Mason was slated to compete
in the 2A Olympic League
championship tournament at
The Cedars at Dungeness golf
course in Sequim.
The Kingston Buccaneers
boys team beat North Mason
387-370 in stroke play. North
Mason ended the regular sea-
son tied for sixth with North
Kitsap with a 2-7 record in the
Olympic League. Overall, the
Bulldogs were 3-7.
•m•
The Shelton Highclimbers
qualified two boys and one girl
for the state golf champion-
ships.
Sophomores Tim Nail and
Ethan Pentony qualified di-
rectly to state after finishing
second and fourth at the 3A
Narrows League Tourna-
ment. During leagues, Nail
shot a two-round total of 149.
Penteny shot a 157. Both boys
were to compete May 24-25
at Qualachan Golf Course in
Spokane.
Senior Jaymie Pentony was
the only Shelton girl to qualify
for state after she placed third
overall at the league tourna-
ment. Pentony shot a two-day
total of 180. Penteny compet-
ed May 24-25 at Indian Can-
yon Golf Course in Spokane.
It was an odd assortment
of emotions May 13 for the
Shelten Highclimbers fast-
pitch team. Yes, the Climbers
fmished second overall in the
3A Narrows League. Yes, the
Climbers punched their ticket
to the district tournament.
But the team let a possible
win against the Central Kitsap
Cougars slip away.
The Cougars beat the High-
climbers during the 3A Nar-
rows League championship
tournament 9-7.
Even with a loss, the Climb-
ers still qualified as the No.
2 seed for the West Central
District 3 Tournament. Shel-
ton was to face Peninsula
High School on May 20 at the
Sprinker Fields in Spanaway
for its first district game.
Rain or shine, a track meet
would go on. That was the case
May 20-21 at Bremerton High
School as the North Mason
Bulldogs competed in the 2A
West Central District 3 Track
and Field Championships.
The top seven athletes in
each event from the district
meet advanced to the 2A WIAA
State Track and Field Champi-
onships at Mount Tahoma High
School. State ran from May 26
through May 28.
North Mason's state repre-
sentatives were to be senior
Tegan Daviscourt, senior Terry
Reiners and sophomore Lily
Campbell. The girls 400 and
800-meter relays qualified as
the alternates.
mmm
Kaylee Sowle almost didn't
turn out for track and field.
But the Mary M. Knight
freshman changed her mind
because she didn't want to sit
Rick Hensley, left, pulls out a gold necklace he found at Loop
Journal profiled both men and their hobby -- hunting for local
at home. Sowle's decision paid The event offered 7-mile and
off in late May, when she cap- 2-mile runs and walks.
tured the 2016 1B WIAA State The winner of the 2-mile
Track and Field title in the run was William Johnson,
high jump. a freshman at Shelton High
Sowle cleared 5-3 to win the School, who ran a 10:06. In
title, the 2-mile walk, the winner
The Knight Owls took sev-was Karen Lee, 34, whose final
eral individuals and two relays time was 20:59. The winner of
to the state meet. Sophomore the 7-mile run was Chris Car-
Kyle Bundy placed 13th over- penter, who ran a 43:10. In the
all in the 3,200 meters with 7-mile walk, there were win-
a time of 11:58.47, freshman hers in 11 age groups for males
Austin Fries placed 1 lth in the and females ranging from ages
high jump by clearing 5-2 and 9 to 69.
10th in the triple jump with a
distance of 37-8 1/4, sophomore • • •
Ian Frost fmished second in In Shelton, No. 45 holds a
the discus with a throw of 140- special place in hearts.
• 6, the 400 relay finished 15th That number belonged to
with a time of 50.42 and the former Shelton High School
1,600 relay finished 16th with football player Chris Boelk,
a time of 4:09.57. who died in a car crash Sept.
• • • 5, 2OO6.
In late May, North Mason's "He was the kind of guy
Lily Campbell competed in the that would do anything for
discus and the javelin at the you," said Derek Richert, a
2016 2A WIAA State Track friend of Chris'. "Everyone .
and Field Championships. She wanted to be around him. He
placed fourth in the javelin never had anything bad to say;
and 15th in the discus, he was one of the best people I
North Mason's two other knew. When we lost him it was
competitors were seniors Terry one of the hardest things we've
Reiners and Tegan Daviscourt. all dealt with just because he
Reiners placed fourth in the was such a good person. Not a
200 meters with a time ofday goes by that we don't think
23.14, and finished third in the about him, especially me."
400 with a time of 50.11. Da- For the past three years,
viscourt finished eighth overall friends and competitors have
in the 200 with a time of 26.72. remembered Chris in the Chris
Boelk Memorial Men's Softball
Tournament.
JUNE This year's tournament was
held June 25 at the Mason
Over the past four years,County Recreation Area. The
Shelton High School seniors event raised $5,000, which was
Colton Paller and Michael$1,000 more than last year. All
Huskey have built a friendly of the money raised from the
competition in the throwing tournament went to the Chris-
pits. Paller has a bit of an edge topher Allen Boolk Memorial
in the discus, but Huskey has Scholarship.
an edge in the shot put. The
Highclimbers' dueling duo J U LY
put on a show at the 2016 3A
WIAA State Track and Field Mike Fox never wanted to
Championships. push his grandchildren into
Shelton had six representa- track and field. Even though
tives at the state meet in June. the Shelton native competed
Paller finished fourth in the in the sport and helps run the
shot put with a throw of 52-9 Shelton Invitational -- a ma-
1/2 and tied for eighth in the jor track and field event -- he
discus with a distance of 158- wanted them to fall in love
6. Huskey finished third in themselves. One of his grand-
the shot put with a distance of daughters, McKenzie Salazar,
53-0 3/4 and llth in the discus has.
with a throw of 149-9. "I was ecstatic," Fox said. "I
• • • know what kind of talent she
Even though it was a toasty has. It's again, just a matter of
90 degrees on June 4, theher figuring out what type of
Goldsborough Creek Run/Jog talent she has and how hard
drew 178 runners to Shelton. she wants to work for it."
Journal photo by Alexandria Valdez
Field on July 21. In July, the
treasure.
In July, Salazar was prepar-
ing to compete with the Shel-
ton Osprey Track and Field
team, which was scheduled for
July 9-10 at the USA Track
and Field Region 13 Junior
Olympic Championships.
Salazar was to be accompa-
nied to Seattle by teammates
Ne'a Moffett and Alauna
Carstens. Moffett was slated
compete in the 400-meter run
and Carstens was to compete
in the 1,500-meter run at the
meet, which was at Southwest
Community in Seattle. The
top five finishers in each event
were to advance to the Nation-
al Championships July 25-31
in Sacramento, California.
•mm
It was already a magical
weekend for Bill Geyer when
he stepped to home plate. He
was selected to coach one of
four teams at the Washington
Baseball Coaches Association
All-State Baseball Series, and
his son, Daulton, was picked
to play.
After battling appendiceal
cancer during North Mason's
regular season, the series was
a picture-perfect way to cap off
a long season for the Bulldogs
baseball coach.
"The announcer started
talking about me and sur-
prised me and said in front
of the crowd I had just been
nominated to be inducted into
the Washington State High
School Baseball Coaches' Hall
of Fame," Goyer said in July.
"I became a wreck afar that.
That was huge. It's a big honor
and coaches put in a lot of
boule."
In July, an Oklahoma State
University basketball player
died from an enlarged heart.
While the Oklahoma State
Medical ExaminelZs Office
said the player died of natural
causes, this is just one in-
stance of an athlete dying from
an undiagnosed heart problem.
• North Mason High School is
hoping to prevent incidents
like this from happening by
screening its athletes for heart
conditions or problems.
"The pre-screening that
athletes go through isn't very
good at catching pre-existing
heart conditions," North Ma-
son athletic trainer Rachel
Joye said. "If you can catch
somebody with a pre-existing
condition, the vast majority of
those conditions can be treated
and they can live a normal life
and be athletic. If these condi-
tions aren't caught, it can lead
to cardiac arrest and some of
these conditions are fatal."
With help from a Seattle
company and local firefighter
paramedics, North Mason
High School announced it
would give the school's ath-
letes heart screenings starting
in the fall.
AUGUST
D'Andre Dixon knew it
was wrong. He knew when
he got dizzy, nauseated and
had double vision he should
have stopped. He should
have told someone. But he
didn't.
The former North Mason
High School football player
didn't feel any of the effects
of his concussions until the
adrenaline wore off. Dixon said
the euphoric high from football
was worth it.
But during his junior year
in 2013, he was getting concus-
sions, and didn't tell anyone.
He knew North Mason ath-
letic trainer Rachael Joye was
watching every move he made.
She watched how he walked,
how he talked and even how
he buckled up his helmet.
Dixon hid it.
"I would play games and
practices, and I knew I got
concussions and I knew I'd
be concussed," the linebacker
and running back said. "But
I didn't want to say anything
because I didn't want to get
pulled from the game."
Years ago, concussions
had different names -- "get-
ting your bell rung" or "see-
ing stars." But today, doctors
know that concussions, which
are defined by the Centers for
Disease Control and Preven-
tion as a brain injury caused
by a blow or bump to the
head, are a serious health con-
cern for athletes in all sports.
Doctors know players colliding
on the field or hitting their
heads on the ground could
have consequences down the
road.
In August, the Journal re-
ported on the how local schools
and students are learning
about -- and learning how to
treat -- concussions.
•m•
Chimicum's Jeremy Ander-
son was among the 97 runners
who conquered the sixth an-
nual Beast of Big Creek sum-
mit run in August.
Race director John John-
son said for the first time,
the 150-person race sold out.
There were two race distances
offered: a half-marathon sum-
mit race and a 7-mile trail
race. The summit race began
at the Big Creek Campground
in Hoodsport, snaked its way
to the Mount Ellinor summit
at 5,944 feet and went back
with 5,000 feet of descent. The
7-mile race had 2,000 feet of
descent.
The first female finisher
in the summit race was Adri-
enne Salzwedel, who finished
in 3:11.44. The winner of
the 7-mile race was William
Johnson, an incoming Shel-
ton High School sophomore,
who finished in 1:00:24. The
first female finisher in the
7-mile was Ariel Gosling,
who ran the race in 1:22:33
minutes.