Shelton football falls at home

Matt Baide | Oct 06, 20220

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Shelton's Conner Gilman tries to stiff-arm Montesano's Tucker Eaton (8) during a nonleague football game Friday in Shelton.

The Highclimbers fell to Montesano 35-13 in a nonleague football game Sept. 30 at Highclimber Stadium.

Montesano had 353 yards of offense compared to 266 yards for Shelton. Shelton quarterback Mason Goos was 10 of 18 passing with 111 yards. Bradley Eleton led the Shelton backfield with seven carries for 66 yards for one touchdown. Bradley Tiller had one carry for three yards and a score and Conner Gilman tallied 19 carries for 46 yards.

Gabe Menefee led Shelton receivers with five catches for 87 yards. Dante Trikoff caught three passes for six yards.

Eleton led the Shelton defense with five tackles and Mario Boxley added four tackles. Logan Peach and Journey Bear Perez each had one tackle for loss.

"I think we had a bunch of guys that wanted to win the game, but not many guys that wanted to play the game," Shelton coach Mark Smith told the Journal.

Montesano started the scoring in the first quarter with an 85-yard touchdown run by Jayden McElravy. Eleton tied the game on the final play of the first quarter with a 60-yard touchdown run.

It was all Bulldogs in the second quarter, scoring on an 8-yard pass and a 4-yard run for a 21-7 lead at halftime.

Shelton scored the only points of the third quarter on a 3-yard run by Tiller. The Highclimbers were primed to get the ball back with Montesano punting down 7, but a fumble on the punt allowed the Bulldogs to take a 14-point lead and pull away for good.

"Those kids play extremely hard and are well coached," Smith said.

Shelton (3-2, 1-1) gets back into Evergreen Conference play, traveling to Centralia to take on the Tigers today at Tiger Stadium.

"We're excited to get back to league play," Smith said. "This is a big one, the next one is always the biggest one. We've got to get this one and get a 2-1 record in league play."