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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.