Belfair Herald
Sports North Mason boys’ soccer splits contests By EMILY HANSON emily@masoncounty.com
The North Mason boys’ soccer team won one of two preseason games last week. On Tuesday, March 13, the Bulldogs defeated Yelm 4-3. “We played pretty well,” head coach Matt Friesen said. “I found out on Tuesday that our normal keeper wasn’t cleared to play so we had a midfielder play keeper.” Senior Joel Ferguson wasn’t cleared to play due to an injury so senior Steven Newton played in the net for the Bulldogs. At halftime, North Mason was down 3-1 after giving up three
goals early in the game. “We came back in the second and scored three for the win,” Friesen said. “That MARCH 15: good North Kitsap ......5 showed North Mason. 1 character for the team to come TODAY: North back to win.” Freshman Mason at Daniel Wiseman Bremerton, scored two goals 6:45 p.m. for the Bulldogs, including the game-winning goal in the 79th minute. Junior Noah Wilson scored the second Bulldogs goal and junior
Colin Ralston scored the third as well as assisting on the other three. On Thursday, March 15, North Kitsap defeated the Bulldogs 5-1. “We did OK,” Friesen said. “North Kitsap is a difficult team for us to match up with because they have a ton of seniors and everybody plays year-round up there.” Ralston scored the lone Bulldogs goal on a penalty kick in the second half. “We were definitely better in the second half,” Friesen said. “It took us a while to get used to the speed of the ball.” He said the team is still learning how to play together but added
that he’s happy with where the team’s skills are at right now. “It’s a process in the preseason to get where we want to be for the regular season,” Friesen said. “We don’t play a league game for at least another week.” As of press time, the results of the Bulldogs’ home game against Olympic on Tuesday, March 20, were not yet available. The team is set to play next at 6:45 p.m. on Thursday, March 22, at home against Bremerton and at 6 p.m. on Friday, March 23, at Port Townsend. “I think we’ll do fine,” Friesen said. “Bremerton is a 3A school but we should compete well against Olympic and Port Townsend.”
Bulldogs place 2nd NM track and field team to host Port Townsend By EMILY HANSON emily@masoncounty.com
The North Mason track team took second place at the Mason County Jamboree last week. On Friday, March 16, the Bulldogs competed against Shelton and Mary M. Knight at Shelton High School in the first ever Mason County Jamboree, a nonleague match-up between the three schools. The Bulldogs took second place with 49 points on the boys’ side and 26 points on the girls’ side. “I thought we did a pretty good job,” head coach Jeff Bevers said. “All the kids competed well and it was a good place to start off the season.” Bevers said that after seeing the Bulldogs practice for three weeks, there were no surprises in their performances. “They were right about where we thought we’d see them,” he said. This week the Bulldogs are hosting their only home meet of the season. At 3:15 p.m. on Thursday, March 22, the Bulldogs are hosting Olympic and Port Townsend in a three-way meet. “It’s hard to say how we’ll do,” Bevers said. “We don’t ever try to beat another team, we just try to improve each week and let the points take care of themselves.”
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North Mason junior Ben Cook throws the ball back into play on March 15.
Mason County Jamboree Friday, March 16 Boys’ track and field results: 100 meters — 1, Joshua Hosier, 11.84. 4, Matt Johnson, 12.66. 7, Patrick Duke, 12.92. 8, Nick Jensen, 12.98. 9, Brody Stromberg, 13.02. 13, Jacob Engh, 13.21. 14, Corey Allen, 13.27. 15, Jarrael Davenport, 13.47. 16, DeAndre Dixon, 13.60. 17, Paul Bruemmer, 13.70. 18, Zachery Carnahan, 15.20 200 meters — 4, Jacob Engh, 26.63. 5, Patrick Duke, 26.70. 7, Corey Allen, 27.29. 10, Paul Bruemmer, 28.76. 11, DeAndre Dixon, 28.94. 12, Zachery Carnahan, 31.55 400 meters — 1, Joshua Hosier, 55.45. 2, Matt Johnson, 57.93 800 meters — 6, Ricky Buckner, 2:25.87. 7, Josh Becker, 2:25.90 1600 meters — 4, Jonathen Day, 5:13.33. 5, Ricky Buckner, 5:39.74. 6, Jackson Oddette, 6:08.20 110 meter hurdles — 1, C.J. Allen, 15.57 300 meter hurdles — 1, C.J. Allen, 40.05. 2, Rene Gaspar, 45.40 Shot put — 2, Joe Buxton, 34-00.00. 3, Tommy Marsh, 33-10.00. 5, Franz Schonberg, 32-04.00. 6, Anthony Raymond, 30-09.00. 7, Kristian Myrick, 21-04.00. 8, Kyle Collins, 20-09.50 Discus — 2, Anthony Raymond, 99-10. 3, Franz Schonberg, 98-01. 4, Tommy Marsh, 91-06. 5, Malachi Felder, 91-03. 10, Kristian Myrick, 60-07. 11, Joe Buxton, 56-01. 12, Kyle Collins, 47-09 Javelin — 1, Brody Stromberg, 136-11. 3, Brandon Dunham, 115-02. 4, Jacob Roush, 112-08. 6, Malachi Felder, 93-00 High jump — 1, Brandon Dunham, 5-04.00 Pole vault — 2, Nick Jensen, 11-00.00. 4, Rene Gaspar, 8-00.00 Long jump — 9, Jonathan Day, 14-10.00. 10, Jarrael Davenport, 14-02.25 Triple jump — 3, Jacob Roush, 32-10.00 Girls’ track and field results 100 meters — 1, Alivia Sandquist, 13.85. 3, Evelyn Williams, 13.94. 5, Emma Berg, 14.14. 6, Tabitha Schwerzler, 14.41. 7, Alexa Maxwell, 14.57. 12, Alena Gonzales, 16.65. 13, Ciara Cutler, 17.93 200 meters — 1, Evelyn Williams, 28.66. 6, Ciara Cutler, 40.40 400 meters — 4, Kylie Mead, 1:23.20. 5, Gabrielle Meyer, 1:38.87 800 meters — 2, Danielle Walterick, 2:48.66. 4, Emily Walsh, 2:57.95. 5, Holly Grogan, 3:18.91. 6, Jaclyn Vinecourt, 3:24.50 1600 meters — 1, Caitlyn Mead, 6:32.44. 4, Holly Grogan, 7:06.41. 5, Jaclyn Vinecourt, 7:34.01. 6, Amy McConoughey, 9:22.90 Shot put — 3, Ruby Nelson, 28-11.00. 6, Diane Kennicott, 21-00.50. 7, Kelli Binder, 17-03.00 Discus — 4, Ruby Nelson, 75-06 Javelin — 2, Alexa Maxwell, 70-08. 7, Tabitha Schwerzler, 52-02. 9, Kelli Binder, 45-11 High jump — 4, Emily Walsh, 3-10.00 Long jump — 1, Emma Berg, 15-00.00
North Mason’s Brody Stromberg prepares to release his javelin at the Mason County Jamboree on Friday, March 16. Stromberg won first place with a throw of 136’ 11”. Herald photo by Emily Hanson
Lady Bulldogs’ fastpitch team holds successful fundraiser By EMILY HANSON
us to spend the second half of the day on the field. With The North Mason fastpitch North only a short team got a full day’s worth of Mason break for game practice in last week. junior Lizzy On Saturday, March 17, the TODAY: North lunch, the Zigler girls played Lady Bulldogs played an in- Mason vs. pitches continuously tersquad scrimmage fundraiser Peninsula, during the from 8 a.m. game from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. 4 p.m. Lady “Despite our battle with the until 5 p.m. Bulldogs’ and comweather, Saturday’s marathon fastpitch game was a success,” head pleted 20 innings.” marathon The fundraiser, as of Monday coach Molleigh Fusare said. fundraiser “With mixed rain and snow in morning, brought in more than the morning, we were forced $550 for the fastpitch program. game on “Funds will be used to meet to begin the marathon game Saturday. inside but a break mid-day ongoing program needs, such Herald photo by Emily and some field work allowed as uniforms and equipment for Hanson Page BH-6 - Belfair Herald section of the Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, March 22, 2012 emily@masoncounty.com
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both the varsity and junior varsity teams and field improvement projects,” Fusare said. Although many teams last week had multiple games canceled due to poor weather, the fastpitch team had one game canceled, which was a nonleague contest with Peninsula on Thursday, March 15. “The inclimate weather has prevented us from practicing on our field many days but we have been doing what we can inside, a lot of hitting stations and running through defensive situations,” Fusare said. “Unfortunately, it is nearly impossible to work with the outfield inside and working with ‘softies’
approved for indoor practice is not ideal for pitchers trying to perfect their pitches or realistic ground balls for infielders. The bottom line is, everyone has been faced with the same challenges in regards to the weather, so while we may not be perfect on defense, we need to be better than our opponents.” Fusare said she is looking forward to opening play in the 2A Olympic League this week. As of press time, the results of the team’s game at home against Olympic on Monday, March 19, were not yet available and the Lady Bulldogs had not yet played at Kingston on Wednesday, March 21.