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  • Bowl 'Dogs

    Dec 5, 2024

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  • Three Mason County harriers headed to state meets

    Staff report|Nov 7, 2024

    North Mason High School sophomore Alisha Carpenter finished 10th at the 2A Westside Classic district girls cross county meet on Saturday at Chambers Creek in University Place. Carpenter’s 5K time of 21 minutes, 5.6 seconds qualified her for Saturday’s 2 A state meet at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco. The 2A girls state race is scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. Bulldog freshman Samantha Neil finished 28th overall with a time of 22:59.7 and also qualified for the state meet. Shelton High School junior Trayson Bartholomew finished 37th ove...

  • Finishing with a win

    Nov 7, 2024

    The Mary M. Knight High School volleyball team wrapped up its 2024 season on Oct. 28 in Matlock with a straight-set sweep of Oakville. It was the Owls' second win of the year over the Acorns....

  • Finding a hole

    Oct 31, 2024

  • Senior Night in Shelton

    Oct 31, 2024

    The Shelton High School football team hosted Prairie on Friday at Jack Stark Field at Highclimber Stadium and the Highclimbers' seniors were honored during the game. Shelton plays its final two games on the road, Friday at Kelso and Nov. 7 against Timberline at South Sound Stadium in Lacey....

  • Owls roll to victory

    Oct 17, 2024

    The Mary M. Knight High School volleyball team swept Lake Quinault in straight sets Thursday in Matlock....

  • Climbers hit the links

    Oct 17, 2024

    The Shelton High School boys golf team took on Tumwater on Oct. 9 at Alderbrook Golf & Yacht Club in Union....

  • Sports & Outdoors

    June Williams|Oct 3, 2024

  • Home Thriller

    Oct 3, 2024

    The Shelton High School volleyball team captured its second straight five-set win Tuesday at the Mini-Dome, defeating Black Hills 3-2 to improve to 2-0 in 2A Evergreen League play and 3-3 overall....

  • Competitive swim

    Sep 26, 2024

  • Swimming into fall

    Aug 29, 2024

  • Shelton prepares for return to 3A sports

    Matt Baide, For the Journal|Aug 29, 2024

    Shelton High School enjoyed playing in the Evergreen 2A Conference, but after reclassification last year, the Highclimbers found themselves moved up to 3A. But the Highclimbers enjoyed the Evergreen 2A Conference so much, they decided to continue playing a 2A EvCo schedule in all sports except football. "We appealed and hoped that we would stay 2A. I don't think our work was quite done with the appeal that we got right when COVID came," Shelton Athletic director Scott Chamberlain told the...

  • Allyn hurdler 0.15s short in Paris

    Gordon Weeks|Aug 8, 2024

    Allyn native C.J. Allen on Wednesday finished fourth in his heat in the semifinals of the 400-meter hurdles at the Olympic Games in Paris, and was 0.15 seconds off the pace of qualifying for the medal round. The 2013 North Mason High School graduate had a time of 48.44. He advanced to Wednesday’s heat by placing second with a time of 48.64 on Monday. The finals are Friday. The former Washington State University track star, now a 29-year-old Atlanta resident, qualified for the Olympics on June 30 by placing second in the 400-meter hurdles w...

  • Sports & Outdoors

    Aug 1, 2024

  • MMK girls basketball coach, school board president dies

    Journal Staff|Jun 13, 2024

    You would probably be hard-pressed to find someone in Matlock that didn't have a story about Mike Bateman. Bateman, 59, a life-long community member and graduate of Mary M. Knight High School who served as the president of the Mary M. Knight school board and the Owls' head girls basketball coach, died on May 29. "It is with a heavy heart that I report the passing of one of our school board members, Mr. Mike Bateman," MMK Superintendant Matt Mallery wrote in a district statement. "As some of you...

  • Tupolo is 2A discus champion

    Justin Johnson|May 30, 2024

    North Mason High School junior Adrianna Tupolo became the first Bulldog to win a state girls track title in 30 years Friday. Tupolo won the discus event at the 2A state Track & Field Championship meet Thursday to Saturday at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma. "Coming back from finishing 8th in the discus last year at the state championship, I knew from the beginning of this season that Adrianna was ready to put in the work to make some serious progress," North Mason girls coach Lily Campbell...

  • District champion

    May 23, 2024

  • Shelton High tennis duo preps for final state run

    Matt Baide, For the Journal|May 23, 2024

    Jayden Lovingfoss and Wyatt Wagner were paired up to play as a doubles team in ninth grade, and now they are getting ready to play in their final tennis tournament of their Shelton Highclimber careers. The duo will compete at the 2A boys state tennis tournament Friday and Saturday at the Nordstrom Tennis Center on the campus of the University of Washington in Seattle. Both players are feeling good, but they have had a lot of time off since they last played tennis together. The duo finished 14-0...

  • Last outs at home

    May 16, 2024

  • Prep Roundup

    Compiled by Matt Baide, For the Journal|May 16, 2024

    Shelton baseball Shelton’s season came to an end May 8 with a 2-1 loss against Mark Morris in the 2A District IV baseball tournament at the Ridgefield Outdoor Recreation Complex. Shelton ended the season 11-8 overall. North Mason softball North Mason won 8-7 against Bremerton on May 8 in Belfair and lost 9-5 against Bainbridge on May 9 in Belfair and ended the regular season with a 15-0 loss against North Kitsap on May 10 in Belfair. The Bulldogs ended the regular season 9-10 overall and 4-10 in Olympic League games. As of Tuesday, the 2A D...

  • Happy Moment

    May 9, 2024

  • Prep Roundup

    May 9, 2024

    Shelton baseball Shelton lost 8-2 to Columbia River in the first round of the 2A District 4 baseball tournament Tuesday at Columbia River High School in Vancouver. The Highclimbers played against Mark Morris on Wednesday at the Ridgefield Outdoor Recreation Complex to try to keep the season alive. If Shelton won, the Highclimbers would play against the loser of the Tumwater-Ridgefield district semifinal game at 11 a.m. on Saturday at the Recreation Complex in Ridgefield. Shelton wrapped up the regular season with a 5-3 loss against the Warriors...

  • Highclimbers host 64th Shelton Invitational

    Matt Baide, For the Journal|May 2, 2024

    The Shelton boys finished 15th and the girls finished 16th as a team at the 64th Shelton Invitational track and field meet April 27 at Highclimber Stadium in Shelton. Shelton senior Anthony Sanchelli finished fifth in the discus with a throw of 146 feet, 7 inches, and finished sixth in the shot put. Junior Benjamin Morford placed fifth in the high jump with a height of 5 feet, 10 inches. Freshman Justice Bloomfield placed eighth in the 100-meter hurdles. Sophomore Bennett Henry finished 10th in...

  • Climber victory

    May 2, 2024

  • Prep Roundup

    May 2, 2024

    Shelton baseball Shelton won 8-0 against Black Hills on April 23 in Tumwater and won 15-0 on April 24 against Black Hills in Shelton in Evergreen Conference baseball games. The Highclimbers (11-7, 7-5) scheduled game against Rochester on April 27 was rescheduled to Wednesday in Rochester. Shelton wraps up the regular season at 4:30 p.m. today against Tenino in a nonleague game on senior night. Shelton girls golf Shelton lost to Rochester 38-22 in an Evergreen Conference girls golf match on April 24 at Lake Limerick Golf Course in Shelton....

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