Athletes of the month

Throwin’ goin’ Joe

Cierra Olmstead

Staff Writer

 

   Joe Masterson, senior, was nominated as this month’s athlete of the month in track.

   “It’s his senior year and he had a good season last year. I’m looking forward to this season,” said Kluss, coach and Algebra 2 teacher.

   Masterson has been doing shot put and discuss for four years. He also participates in football.

   “It’s better to eat and throw rather than puke and run,” was Masterson’s reasoning behind becoming a thrower instead of a sprinter. He doesn’t like watching the videos for throwing, though. Then again, who does?

 

 

 

 

Pyles: a girl with many talents

Beverly Shirts

Business Manager

 

   Kendra Pyles, senior, loves track. In fact, she loves every sport she plays.
   She does discus and shot put in track, and is expected to get no less than 3^rd place at State this season.
   When I asked her about track she said, “As an individual sport, I love it. You see your own improvement, not just the team’s.” She told me that Mr. Kluss was the one who got her into track. Kendra quit track her freshman year, and Kluss coaxed her into joining again. She knew she loved the sport when she went to State last year. 
   Her favorite part about track is doing circuits, a series of 10 minute work outs that involve abs, lifting, and running stairs. She said “I love the circuits, as tough as they are.” She also likes how everyone gets along most of the time.

   Kendra was also involved in volleyball and cheerleading this year. She loves volleyball as a team sport. She said that both track and volleyball are different. In volleyball, you’re only as strong as your weakest link. The whole team has to work hard in order to achieve success.

   When she’s not at the track or on the court, she enjoys hanging out with friends and shopping.  

 

 

 

Where have all the boys gone?

Powers, Goodman, and Malloy all leave the track fame for a new game

Anastasia Graham
Business Manager 

     Three Timberlake High School boys have switched from track stars to baseball athletes. 
     Senior athletes Levi Powers, Josh Goodman, and Josh Malloy said the reason for the switch was that they just want to “have fun this year.” 
     All three made the Tigers varsity baseball team. Powers plays center field, while Goodman and Malloy switch off in right field. 
    Timberlake’s varsity baseball coach, Mr. Rider, said, “They wanted to play baseball, something fun.”
    Even though they have new work cut out in front of them to learn the game, they do have some little experience. Goodman has played all the way up to freshman year and soon went to track after the season. Both Powers and Malloy played little league baseball when they were younger. 
    Coach Rider said that “Levi and Goodman are good athletes; they chase the ball down. And Malloy steals bases like a feind.”
    All three are proven to be a good contributers to this year’s baseball team. They all have one main factor: speed. 
    Coach Rider also added, “It’s fun having them on the team. Plus a have lots of kids on the team this year. When we get into a situation I can use them as pinch runners to score.”

 

Clearing out the snow

Cierra Olmstead

Staff Writer

 

     The last time it was measured, there was 18 inches of snow left on the baseball and softball fields. This means at least five more weeks without practice out on the field for players, three weeks to melt off and two weeks to dry out. This will come just in time for districts.

     During one weekend, some volunteers took time out to try and rid the track of the foot and a half of snow with snow blowers. Even then, they only managed to clear 60 meters along the track in eight lanes and then two lanes the entire way around. Later that week the track team spent a practice shoveling snow. 
     “What the baseball and softball teams need now is warm weather and no more snow,” said Mr. Hoffman, principal.

 

McDougall: almost famous

Jarrod Crump and Beverly Shirts
Assistant Editor in Chief and Business Manager

     When Mr. McDougall took a trip to Palm Desert, Cali., he rekindled an old hobby. He met up with the local tennis star of that area who showed McDougall a few pointers in tennis.
     McDougall plans to hopefully join some kind of team or club where he can begin to play his old high school sport.
    Lo and behold, McDougall used to be a bit of a tennis star. In fact, McDougall used to be a bit of a tennis and soccer star, both of which he had a chance to be a professional in.  
     In the freshman year of McDougall’s high school career, he joined the tennis team and made the second string single, equivalent to making the varsity team, a huge accomplishment for a freshman. In his tennis days, he played against one of his peers, Jan-Michael Gambel. Gambel is currently a professional tennis player, and has beat Andre Agassi four times. In the days of McDougall’s youth, he said he whopped Gambel every time. On top of that, McDougall’s coach asked him to join his family so that he could train McDougall and push him into stardom. McDougall, however, decided to play soccer the rest of his high school career, eliminating his chance of being a tennis star.
     While McDougall was playing soccer, his athletic ability was not hindered. He joined an Olympic development team as a goalie, and would have gone on to a team that was Olympic bound, but he hurt himself snow skiing. It just goes to show that it’s not always worth it to show off to a pretty girl while trying to do a sweet jump.
     After his injury, McDougall lost all chances to being a professional athlete. McDougall, however, has no regrets.
     “I like the kids at Timberlake,” said McDougall.
     While the chance of fame of fortune is tempting, McDougall feels it would have never led him to his current lifestyle, and he’s glad things have turned out this way.
     Who knew that our own Mr. McDougall could have been a professional athlete?

 

 

Donkey riders dribble, drive, dunk, and drop

Spectators crowd into gym to watch

Club PEACE nets money from event to award two $1000 scholarships

Sina Jaeger
Staff Writer

     Donkeys, basketball and people getting bucked off. What more can anyone ask for? On March 13, Club PEACE sponsored its second annual donkey basketball tournament to raise money for senior scholarships. 
     The THS faculty team stood in Timberlake’s gym, eyeing their burros and waiting for what they hoped would be calm, quiet and peaceful donkeys. But what they found were bucking burros. 
          The senior and Booster Club teams led kicking donkeys into the gym.  The burros promptly proceeded to buck people off when they jumped on. Mr. McDougall, vice principal, and Kayla Weinch, senior were bucked off several times.
     “It felt good getting bucked off. Hitting the hard wood floor left a mark,” said McDougall.
     “It was a lot more fun than I thought it would be,” said Mr. Rider, baseball coach. 
     The audience enjoyed the action, too.       
     “(It was the) funniest thing I have ever seen,” said Mikyla Blood, freshman.
     A packed, cheering gym and a taco dinner helped Club PEACE raise more than $2,100 from the event.  The proceeds will go toward two $1,000 senior scholarships.
     Rules of the game differed slightly from regular basketball.  For example, players had to be on their donkeys to shoot the ball.  Also, riders could not travel anywhere on the court without bringing their donkeys with them. Some players strained to drag their donkeys toward the ball.  One  player from each team did not ride the donkeys; instead, they stayed in the middle to fight over who won the ball first.
         In the THS vs. Spirit Lake Elementary faculty game, THS faculty won 6-0. The THS seniors played against the Booster Club and won 2-0. The Timberlake Junior High Faculty beat Athol Elementary faculty 10-8.  
     The two highest scoring, winning teams competed in the final, which set THS faculty against Timberlake Junior High.  In the end, it was Timberlake Junior High that took home the trophy, winning 10-8.  
     The donkeys, which came from Donkey Sport Corp. in Wenatchee, had to follow special rules, as well.  For example, they had to wear rubber shoes on the gym floor and two clowns, Levi Vickers and Adam Johnson, served as pooper scoopers  
     “It’s the most amazing sport ever. It was really funny. I like watching the teachers fall off,” said Savannah Jaeger, sophomore.