Loss for SHS Football; Win for NM Football
The Shelton football team came up a touchdown short of Evergreen Friday, falling 27 to 20. (Click here to watch MasonWebTV Powered by HCC’s broadcast of the game.)
***Pictures by Shawna Whelan***
The Highclimbers fell behind the Plainsmen 14 to 0 before getting on the board as time was running down in the first half. Jay-Jay Rhoades scored on a 12-yard run with 25 seconds left. Rhoades added a second TD on the ‘Climbers’ first drive of the third quarter on a three-yard run and the game was tied at 14.
Evergreen took the lead back with a long TD pass.
Shelton pulled to within one after Alberto Manzo took it into the end zone from two yards out.
Unfortunately, the extra point was blocked making the score 21 to 20.
The Plainsmen turn to the ground game to go up 27 to 20 and the Highclimbers were unable to complete the comeback.
Evergreen’s Malukai Turner-Hodges finished with 217 yards on the ground.
Shelton’s Jay-Jay Rhoades ended up with 206 yards rushing.
The Plainsmen improved to 3-and-3 on the season, 1-and-1 in the 3A Greater St. Helen’s League.
The Highclimbers drop to 1-and-5 overall, 0-and-2 in GSHL play.
Shelton hosts Mountain View next Friday for Homecoming on MasonWebTV Powered by HCC.
The North Mason football team knocked off Cedar Park Christian Friday 42 to 14. Caden Atencio got the Bulldogs on the board first with a 13-yard TD run. Reid Shumaker had a 38-yard pick six to make if 14 to 0 in the first quarter. Danner Jones scored NM’s third TD on a 1-yard run to start the second quarter.
The Eagles manage to find the end zone midway through the second.
North Mason responded with Atencio scoring his second TD on a three-yard carry and the Bulldogs led 28 to 7 at the half.
The third quarter saw NM continue to dominate and Brayden Bourboulis had a six-yard touchdown run increasing his team’s lead to 35 to 7.
North Mason got its final TD at the beginning of the fourth quarter when Atencio found the end zone from seven yards out. The Bulldogs return to Olympic League play next Thursday against Bremerton at Phil Pugh Stadium.
Other Football Scores of Interest:
Timberline shuts out North Thurston 45 to 0
Capital 33, River Ridge 0 on Thursday
Yelm over Bonney Lake 16 to 6
Olympic beat Spanaway Lake 22 to 10
Tumwater ran past Black Hills 63 to 13
Aberdeen over Centralia 50 to 20
W.F. West knocked off Battle Ground 28 to 24
Montesano rolled by Hoquiam 62 to 0
Tenino blanked Elma 42 to 0
Rochester beat King’s 34 to 24
Heritage shutout Mountain View 21 to 0
Kelso got by Prairie 20 to 14 on Thursday
Kingston crushed Vashon Island 52 to 0
Olympic beat Bremerton 34 to 14
North Kitsap 24, Sequim 7
Bainbridge slipped by Port Angeles 14 to 13
Puyallup 60, South Kitsap 0
Gig Harbor over Central Kitsap 44 to 20
High School Sports Schedule for Saturday, October 11, 2025:
Cross Country: Shelton in the 4th Annual Fall Classic Invitational at PLU Meadows Disc Golf Course 10:15 AM
Girls’ Soccer: Shelton at Kelso 12 PM
Volleyball: Mary M. Knight in the Ocosta Invitational 1 PM
Monday, October 13, 2025’s High School Sports Schedule:
Boys’ Tennis: Black Hills at Shelton 3:30 PM
C-Team Football: Shelton at Rochester 5 PM
JV Football: Cedar Park Christian at North Mason 5 PM; Olympic at Shelton 6 PM