Shelton girls’ tennis loses first match Team to play at Yelm if weather’s not poor By EMILY HANSON emily@masoncounty.com
The Shelton girls’ tennis team lost its first match of the season earlier this week. On Monday the Lady Highclimbers lost 5-0 at Bellarmine. “This was one of the coldest games I’ve been to in 18 years,” assistant coach Dann Gagnon said. “We had a little hail, a little rain and a little snow intermittently. It would clear up and we’d play and then get bad again.” No. 1 singles player Willow Walker lost 0-6, 0-6 while No. 2 singles player Rebecca Dickson lost 0-6, 0-6. No. 1 doubles team Allison Hunter and
Desirae Klokkevold lost 1-6, 0-6, No. 2 doubles team Clara Robbins and Yemas Ly lost 0-6, 0-6 and No. 3 doubles team sisters Serena Ranney and Meghan Ranney lost MONDAY: 1-6, 4-6. Bellarmine .... 5 “Even though we Shelton .......... 0 had a lot of 0-6 sets, the scores were closer,” GaTOMORROw: gnon said. “There were a Shelton at lot of game ties.” Yelm, 3:30 p.m. Gagnon said the Ranney sisters had the best match for the day, winning five of their games. “We have so many young girls, a lot of
them were intimidated by playing Bellarmine,” Gagnon said. Poor weather over the last few weeks has confined the tennis team to the Shelton Mini Dome. The weather also canceled the team’s Tuesday, March 20 home match Serena against Capital. Ranney “Our morale is high, though,” Gagnon said. “These girls don’t complain. They would play in a hurricane if we’d let them.” The Capital match was originally rescheduled to Wednesday, March 21 but will be rescheduled at a later date due to conferences happening on that day. “I’m hoping we’ll get to play on Thurs-
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day at Yelm,” Gagnon said. The team is scheduled to play at 3:30 p.m. today at Yelm. The schedule is subject to change depending on the weather, however. To check the schedule for the girls’ tennis team, visit the SHS website at sheltonschools.org under the athletics and activities tab and the spring
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Shelton girls’ rugby loses at home Sunday’s game at Kent may be moved or rescheduled By EMILY HANSON emily@masoncounty.com
The Shelton girls’ rugby 15s team lost at home earlier this week. On Sunday, Shelton lost 10-5 to Mudd Bay at Oakland Bay Junior High (OBJH). “We shouldn’t have lost that game because of our girls’ overall talent,” head coach Chris Nesmith said. “The girls did not play to their abilities or with the skills of their last two matches.” Nesmith said that while the loss is disappointing, it has a big benefit to the team.
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“This game was a humbling experience for the team and Monday’s practice was the best we’ve had in a while,” he said. Hailey Cougher scored the lone Shelton goal. “This is Hailey’s third year with us and the first time she’s scored,” Nesmith said. “Her position is more for setting up goals, not scoring.” As of press time, the team was set to play at 1 p.m. on Sunday at Kent, however Nesmith said all of the Kent fields have been closed due to the rain. “We might play at a neutral middle ground or reschedule the match,” he said. “When we do play
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