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The Shelton boys basketball team concluded the regular season on Monday with a 66-47 win against Rochester on the road. The Highclimbers earned a 54-53 win on Feb. 2 in Centralia against the Tigers and earned a win on senior night against Aberdeen 87-55 on Jan. 31. Shelton has won five in a row to end the regular season and finish 11-8 overall and 6-6 in Evergreen Conference games. After losing the entire starting lineup last season, coach Sam Krieger said the Highclimbers had a pretty good seas...
North Mason High School senior Sarah Pruitt capped her prep bowling career with a top-25 individual finish at the 1A/2A state bowling tournament Friday at Bowlero in Tukwila. “One of my goals at the beginning of this season was to make it to state again and I was pretty happy to achieve that,” Pruitt said in a text message. “I feel like I did decent; definitely could have gone better, but that’s bowling though.” Priutt, who was the Shelton-Mason County Journal’s All-County Most Valuable Bowler as a junior in 2022, bowled games of 163, 147, 1...
The Shelton High School boys wrestling team finished third at the subregional wrestling tournament Feb. 4 at Black Hills High School in Tumwater. The only Highclimber earning a league title was Logan Peach at 132 pounds. Peach won the championship match by a 6-3 decision against Black Hills’ Khristian Brant. Shelton’s Ty Fleshman at 120 pounds, Cole Borden at 126 pounds, Mario Boxley at 170 pounds and Daniel Tausa at 285 pounds each earned second place in their respective tournaments. Ric...
Mary M. Knight girls basketball The Owls lost the final three games of the regular season last week. Mary M. Knight lost to Naselle 79-32 on senior night Feb. 1. The Owls traveled to Taholah on Feb. 3 and lost 66-20 to wrap up the regular season Mary M. Knight boys basketball Mary M. Knight finished the regular season last week with two losses to Coastal League opponents. The Owls lost 48-26 on Feb. 1 at home, and traveled to Taholah on Feb. 3 and fell 80-10. MMK ends the season 0-18. North Mason girls basketball The Bulldogs dropped the final...
Gabi Munro admits having modest expectations for her senior year. "My goal was to win at least four games this season. That was my goal," Munro said. "Now, since we've made it this far as a team, we haven't won this many games in a while, but now my goal is to go further as a team and make it to the playoffs and to work together and just achieve that big goal." On Saturday afternoon, Munro scored a game-high 16 points to lead the Shelton High School girls basketball team to a 54-38 win over King...
Shelton boys basketball Shelton lost to Evergreen Conference opponents, but won two nonleague games against Bremerton and Kingston last week. The Highclimbers fell 50-47 to W.F. West in Chehalis on Jan. 17 and came home Jan. 19, losing to Black Hills 52-24. Shelton bounced back Friday and Saturday, defeating Bremerton on Friday at Terry Gregg Court 55-43 and a 54-50 win against Kingston Saturday in Shelton. Against the Bucs, Weetly Cordova scored 13, Mason Goos added 12 and Gabe Menefee added 11. Against the Knights, Cordova had 18, Goos had...
Danyka Squire is officially set to compete at the next level. Squire, a senior multisport athlete at Shelton High School, has signed a letter of intent to compete in softball at Clark College in Vancouver, beginning in the fall. "I'm really excited," said Squire, who plays catcher. "It wasn't something that I always planned on my entire life because I do struggle with anxiety, but proving to myself that I can do it and sticking with it over the years is super exciting to me and the one thing I...
Shelton girls bowling The Shelton girls bowling team lost narrowly to Aberdeen 1,482 to 1,447 in an Evergreen Conference match Jan. 5 at Rainier Lanes in Aberdeen. Ezra Winslow bowled her high game of 100 and the varsity bowled its high game of 146. All nine bowlers increased their match averages and Kylee Moore increased her average to 121.75. Shelton competed in senior night on Tuesday against Black Hills at Westside Lanes in Olympia and wrap up the regular season today against W.F. West at Fairway Lanes in Centralia. Shelton boys basketball...
Ray Bonnell is in his first year as athletic director at North Mason High School. His journey to Belfair took him around the world with American football. Bonnell was born in Cincinnati. His family moved to Kent while his uncle, Barry Bonnell, played baseball for the Seattle Mariners from 1984 to 1986. He attended Kentwood High School and played football, which got him recruited to play linebacker at Washington State University from 2000 to 2003. The Cougars had three 10-win seasons while Bonnel...
The stormy seas have settled and the Highclimbers are full sail ahead. Shaking off an 0-5 start to the season, the Shelton High School boys basketball team routed Centralia 68-40 Tuesday night at Terry Gregg Court in Shelton for its fourth consecutive victory. "We're still working on consistency," Shelton coach Sam Kreiger said. "In those first couple of weeks, when we were struggling, we were making a good play and then we made a bad play. And unfortunately a lot of the teams that we faced...
North Mason's Winter Classic wrestling tournament was pinned due to weather before Christmas, but Jake Mathews and Pedro Salvador did some pinning of their own Dec. 28 as each won their respective weight classes. The Bulldogs finished fourth as a team at the North Mason Hawkins Memorial Classic tournament Dec. 28 in Belfair. Salvador wrestled at 152 pounds and defeated North Kitsap opponents by pin, against Solomon Furne in the quarterfinals and Mason Holmes in the semifinals, before winning...
I looked back on the year that was for Seattle sports teams in my previous column, but this time, I want to focus on one team: the Seahawks. What a year it has been for the Seahawks. From winning their final regular season game in January against the Arizona Cardinals, to one of the craziest and most controversial off seasons in my lifetime. If you were living under a rock or aren't a huge sports fan, in March, the Seahawks traded quarterback Russell Wilson, who was the quarterback since he was...
Shelton girls basketball Shelton earned its second-straight win with a 57-29 nonleague victory against River Ridge on Dec. 23 in Lacey. The Highclimbers will try to extend their winning streak at the Lady Trapper Invite at Heritage High School in Vancouver Wednesday through Friday. Shelton faced Ashland, Oregon, Wednesday. The Highclimbers face Fort Vancouver at 3 p.m. today and wrap up the tournament tomorrow at 5 p.m. against Evergreen. North Mason girls wrestling Sadie Evans won and Sarah...
Shelton's Alauna Carstens ended her senior year with an exclamation point, winning the State 2A 1,600- and 3,200-meter races Thursday and Saturday at the state 2A, 3A and 4A track and field meets at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma. Carstens competed in the 1,600-meter race Thursday and pulled ahead in the third lap and was able to narrowly edge Ellensburg's Kate Laurent at the finish line with a time of 4:58.34 to Laurent's 4:58.48. The time was a personal record and school record. "It feels...
What a difference a year makes. The Shelton Highclimbers football team was back in a Kansas tiebreaker once again on Monday at Tumwater District Stadium with Black Hills and Aberdeen, with two spots in the district crossover playoff games on the line. Shelton defeated Black Hills in the first matchup, and then took down Aberdeen to secure the No. 4 seed out of the Evergreen Conference into the District crossover games. The Highclimbers will travel to Washougal to take on the Panthers at 7 p.m....
North Mason senior Addilyn Varick saved her best for last to earn second place in the state 2A girls javelin throw Thursday at Mount Tahoma High School. Varick's final throw of her high school career measured 116 feet, 4 inches, a personal best and good enough to take second place. Tumwater's Natalie Sumrok won the state title with a toss of 126 feet, 2 inches. "It felt really nice because I've been dealing with really bad rib issues all season and that one was probably my best because I was abl...
After the final event of the state 2A girls swim meet in Federal Way, the Shelton relay team of Lelia Ollenburg, Madeline Allred, Kaylin Mutoli and Abbi Sachs jumped into the pool to celebrate their 2022 season accomplishments. As the team scores were revealed, Shelton celebrated again. The big readerboard showed Shelton taking ninth place, the highest finish in school history, at the state 2A swim meet Nov. 11 and 12 at the King County Aquatic Center. "That's awesome. That's the first time the...
Since he was a baby, Kayden Lucas has had a bat and a ball in his hands. The 12-year-old still has a bat and ball in his hands, but now he takes it with him around the country, playing baseball for two teams. The Allyn native has traveled to eight states and 10 cities and played 100 games this past season. "I have a lot of fun because I always think of baseball day in and day out," Lucas told the Journal. "I have a love for the game, not a like for the game. Every time I am around or playing, I...
The end of the year is upon us with the holiday season, and it’s a time to be positive as the rest of the year is perfect for wallowing in the pain that comes with being a sports fan. Looking at Seattle professional sports and the state as a whole, it has been a pretty solid year. Let’s go through the teams and talk about the positives. Storm: The Seattle Storm helped Sue Bird reach the WNBA semifinals in her final season. Bird is one of the greatest basketball players ever, and she has four WNB...
Shelton girls basketball The Shelton girls basketball team snapped a 22-game losing streak Dec. 16 with a 37-24 win against Olympic in Silverdale. The Highclimbers fell to Black Hills 49-43 at home Dec. 13 in an Evergreen Conference game. Shelton (1-4, 0-3) faces Kingston at 4:30 p.m. today at Terry Gregg Court in a doubleheader with the boys team and hits the road to face River Ridge at 6 p.m. Friday in Lacey. Shelton boys basketball Shelton dropped two games against Black Hills and Capital last week in nonleague and Evergreen Conference...
Mary M. Knight boys basketball The Owls lost their opening two games of the season to Quilcene and Three Rivers Christian. Mary M. Knight lost 60-19 to Quilcene on Dec. 6 in Matlock. The Owls hit the road and fell 57-7 to Three Rivers Christian on Monday in Longview. MMK (0-2, 0-1) traveled to Poulsbo to take on Chief Kitsap Academy on Tuesday for a nonleague game. The Owls will face the Cardinals at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in Winlock. Mary M. Knight girls basketball Mary M. Knight defeated Quilcene but lost to Three Rivers Christian last week in...
Jaylin Moore is set to become a Raider next fall. The Shelton High School senior volleyball standout signed with Pierce College of the Northwest Athletic Conference to compete for the Raiders' volleyball team. "I'm excited to play close to home so my family and friends can watch me," Moore wrote in an email. "I like that I will be near home for at least the next year of college." Moore plays right side and outside on her club team, Dakine, and right side for the Highclimbers, but said she's...
Shelton boys wrestling Shelton finished second in the Ramrock Invitational on Dec. 3 at North Thurston High School in Olympia. It was the highest finish ever for the Highclimbers at the invitational. Senior Daniel Tausa at 285 pounds and juniors Tyler Fleshman at 132 pounds and Phenix Oleachea 160 pounds each won their weight classes. Logan Peach placed second at 145 pounds and Drew Schirman finished third at 138 pounds. Mario Boxley at 220 pounds and Dante Coker at 106 pounds finished fourth....
