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Bulldogs take down Knights, Eagles
The North Mason volleyball team earned wins against Bremerton and Elma last week. The Bulldogs swept Bremerton 25-14, 25-16 and 25-19 on Sept. 21 in Belfair. Senior outside hitter Jordan Young had thr...
Home opener heartbreak
The Shelton High School football team opened the home portion of its 2023 schedule Friday night against the Bremerton Knights. The Highclimbers led 23-21 late in the fourth quarter, but the Knights...
PREP ROUNDUP
Shelton cross country Shelton’s Carson Bursch participated at the Ultimook Race on Sept. 2 in Tillamook, Oregon. Madison Lohmeyer finished 47th in the girls race. Jack Parker finished 65th in the boys race. The Climbers raced in Rochester against t...
MASON COUNTY CUP: BATTLE FOR THE AXE
The axe went to Belfair in case it needed to change hands, but the Highclimbers ensured the Mason County Cup would remain in Shelton with a 35-19 win Friday in a nonleague football game to open the...
Fuddpuckers draft
A co-ed softball team representing tournament sponsors Hanson Excavation and Maples Excavation and Septic went undefeated during the 25th annual Fuddpuckers Draft co-ed softball tournament held...
2023 Prep Football Preview - Shelton
After the 2022 Shelton Highclimbers made it to the crossover round, which was a step beyond where they were in 2021, Shelton is looking to take that next step and make the field of 16 for the 2A state...
2023 Prep Football Preview - North Mason
The North Mason football team has high aspirations in the second year with Rob Thomas at the helm. Reasons for optimism abound. The program almost doubled its numbers from last year and many skill...
2023 Prep Football Preview - Mary M. Knight
Mary M. Knight started the first day of practice with double the numbers of players from last year and twice the amount of optimism heading into the 2023 football season. Head coach Tom Kerr said he...
Local Sports
The 25th annual Fuddpuckers Draft softball tournament will be Saturday and Sunday at Callanan Park in Shelton. The tournament, which generally celebrates the end of summer co-ed softball in Shelton, starts at 9 a.m. both days. It will run until 5 p.m...
Love & Thunder
The greater Shelton area co-ed softball tournament remembered one of its own over the weekend, while also raising awareness for that which took his life. The Thor Dobson Memorial co-ed softball tourna...
Amick honored at North Mason with wrestling room
North Mason High School is renaming the wrestling room to honor former coach Ed Amick with a ceremony 3 p.m. Saturday in Belfair. Amick was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2013 in Stillwater, Oklahoma, for a lifetime of service t...
SPORTS & OUTDOORS
High school football season officially begins Wednesday, with North Mason potentially kicking off the season as early as possible by practicing at midnight as they did last year. Shelton and Mary M....
MATT'S MUSINGS
The Seattle Mariners are back, and no, not in the playoff hunt. It appears after last season of breaking the two-decade playoff drought, the Mariners are back to the team they were before last season: mediocre. Mariners’ fans came into the season...
GIRLS ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
A senior-year transfer to Shelton High School sparked a resurgence for Olivia Henry's love of sports. "All in all, I was really burned out my junior year on sports. I didn't have any coaching and...
GIRLS COACH OF THE YEAR
Shelton girls swim coach Rob Phelan is the Shelton-Mason County Journal's All-County Girls Coach of the Year. The Shelton girls swim team placed ninth at the state meet, the highest ever finish in...
SPORTS & OUTDOORS
Fall can't come soon enough for Mason County football teams, with the season set to begin Sept. 1 with the Mason County Cup. Shelton will travel to Belfair this year to take on North Mason for the...
Shelton's McClanahan competing in national rodeo
Shelton High School student Madison McClanahan is preparing to compete in the National High School Rodeo Association's Reined Cow Horse Championships from July 16 to 22 in Gillette, Wyoming. In...
Filer signs with MSU-Northern
North Mason High School senior Dakota Filer signed his letter of intent June 13 at the Belfair school to play college football at Montana State University-Northern in the fall. MSU-Northern is in...
Mary M. Knight athletics 'projecting well'
The state of Mary M. Knight athletics is "projecting well," according to athletic director Tom Kerr. MMK had some trouble getting participation in some sports, including football and boys basketball....
Thygesen off to Spokane
North Mason's Kezlie Thygesen has signed her letter of intent to run at Whitworth University in Spokane next year. Thygesen wrapped up her senior year in cross country with a 41st-place finish in the...
Blackburn to St. Martin's
Shelton's Jaydon Blackburn signed his letter of intent to run at Saint Martin's University in Lacey next year. Blackburn finished his senior season in cross country with a 47th-place finish at the 2A...
