Losses for SHS & NM Football; Win for MMK Volleyball
The Shelton football team couldn’t catch Prairie Friday falling 35 to 28. (Click here to watch MasonWebTV Powered by HCC’s broadcast of the game.)
The Highclimbers got on the board first when Jay-Jay Rhoades threw a 34-yard touchdown pass to Gunnar Jensen in the first quarter. However, the Falcons responded, scoring three touchdowns and building a 21 to 6 halftime lead.
Prairie’s lead ballooned to 35 to 6 by midway through the fourth quarter.
The ‘Climbers then began to comeback which started with a one-yard TD run by Rhoades making the score 35 to 12 with 4:22 to go in the game. Shelton then recovered an onside kick and went 35 yards with Ryan Brady finding Rhoades in the end zone on a seven-yard pass. Bennett Henry converted a two-point conversion by catching Brady pass in the end zone and the Highclimbers close to 35 to 20. After the ‘Climbers’ defense stopped the Falcons on their next drive, Shelton went 61 yards with Brady hitting Henry who pushed off defenders and scored. Rhoades added the two-point conversion with a pass from Brady and with 34 seconds left the scored was 35 to 28.
Jay-Jay Rhoades finished with 109 yards rushing, ran for one touchdown, caught a TD pass and threw a TD pass.
Shelton drops to 2-and-6 on the season 1-and-3 in the 3A Greater St. Helen’s League. The Highclimbers host league-leading Kelso next Friday on MasonWebTV Powered by HCC.
The North Mason football team lost to Olympic Friday 18 to 15. The Bulldogs struck first when Caden Atencio took a middle screen pass 80 yard for the touchdown late in the first quarter. NM’s defense then forced a Trojans safety and the boys from Belfair were up 8 to 0 early in the second quarter. Late in the first half, Atencio made it 15 to 0 on a one-yard TD run which was also the score at halftime.
However, the second half belonged to Olympic which scored 18 unanswered points and the Trojans remained undefeated in five League games, 7-and-1 overall.
North Mason dropped 6-and-2 on the season, 3-and-2 in Olympic League play. The Bulldogs travel to Sequim Thursday.
Other Football Scores of Interest:
Olympia over Yelm 20 to 13
Lakes beat up Capital 47 to 6
River Ridge 20, North Thurston 3
Peninsula knocked off Timberline 15 to 9
Tumwater over W.F. West 41 to 20
Aberdeen beat Black Hills 39 to 29
Elma 13, Hoquiam 9
Rochester rolled over Tenino 46 to 0
Nooksack Valley beat Montesano 13 to 7
Centralia shut out Vashon Island 50 to 0
Evergreen beat Heritage 29 to 19
Kelso knocked off Mountain View 40 to 7
Bremerton blanked Port Angeles 21 to 0
North Kitsap over Oak Harbor 42 to 8
Bainbridge got by Sequim 42 to 32
East Jefferson shut out Kingston 29 to 0
The Mary M. Knight volleyball team beat Oakville Friday 3 to 0. The Owls are now 8-and-6 on the season. MMK wraps up the regular season at Wahkiakum Wednesday before playing a tiebreaker against Ocosta at Oakville Thursday.
High School Sports Schedule for Saturday, October 25, 2025:
Boys’ Tennis: North Mason in the Olympic League Tournament at North Kitsap High School 8 AM
Football: Lake Quinault at Mary M. Knight 1 PM
Monday, October 27, 2025’s High School Sports Schedule:
JV Football: Olympic at North Mason 5 PM; Shelton at Aberdeen 7 PM
Volleyball: W.F. West at Shelton 7 PM