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november8
2011
VHS Fall Sports Update
Volleyball goes to State Tournament, Football wins third straight
Volleyball—The Ver-
nonia Lady Loggers
qualified for the Di-
vision 2A state tour-
nament with a hard
fought 3-2 victory over
Knappa in the first round of the North-
west League playoffs on October 27.
Head Coach Teresa Williams
was obviously pleased with the result
and the accomplishments of her team
this season. “We reached our goal we
set for ourselves this season, which was
to win that first round playoff match and
win that spot in the state tournament,”
said Williams. “The girls have done re-
ally well this season and they earned that
spot at State.”
The Lady Loggers entered state
tournament play on Saturday November
5 were they lost in three games, 11-25,
16-25 and 22-25 to Days Creek. Look
for more information about that match in
our next issue.
game of the league playoffs, losing
3-0 in a tightly contested match.
“Portland Christian had to work for
it,” said coach Williams. “Our girls
played really well,” against a Port-
land Christian team that only lost
four matches all season. Williams
noted that the Loggers continued to
get good serving, only making one
service error in all three games.
Earlier in the week Vernonia
ended their regular season league
play on October 24 with a 3-0 vic-
tory over Riverdale. The Lady Log-
gers again used excellent serving
from Tungwenuk, Natalie Wallace,
Samantha Lindauer, Hensen and
McMahan, good backline defense
The Vernonia Loggers defeated Neah-Kah-Nie 18-6 on November 4 for their third straight
by Brown and Tungwenuk and strong
victory but unfortunately did not earned a spot in the state playoffs.
hitting from McMahon, Hensen, Tori
eral Loggers contributing to the option Weller, Kanan Olsen, and Solberg, with
Dalebroux and Katie Paleck to totally
attack on offense, including strong run- key plays also coming from Ryan Law-
dominate the Mavericks. It was the final
ning from Kristian Wredstroem, Joe rence, Benes and Cutright.
league match for the Loggers who ended
Benes, Austin Cutright, and Sean Sol-
A long punt return by Cutright,
their season 6-6 in league play and 11-
set up the Loggers final touchdown, a
short run by Wredstroem, and the Log-
ger defence held the Pirates to secure the
victory.
The game was also Senior Night
for the Loggers, who honored a long list
of Seniors, along with their families, be-
fore the start of their final regular season
home game. Seniors who were honored
were: Joe Benes, Brett Benes, Dil-
lion Dethlefs, Shylo Dooley, Amirkhon
Habibuloev, Finn Hoeck, Ryan Law-
rence, Kanan Olsen, Nathan Owen, Gabe
Ramirez, Sean Solberg, Jacob Stevens,
Craig Weller, Byron Weller, Leon Wie-
VHS Volleyball Seniors (from l to r) Melissa Charbonneau, Natalie Wallace, Shyla Tungwenuk, Kelsey Brown, Lea Mari, and Stina
gand and Kristian Wredstroem.
Voss, along with their families, were honored during Senior Night on October 24th.
The Loggers won their second
Against Knappa the Lady Loggers lost 11 overall. It was also the final league
berg, and the defence was dominant for league game, defeating Knappa 27-16
the first game19-25, won a close sec- match for seniors Tungwenuk, Brown
almost the entire game.
on October 28. Head coach Gordon
ond game 26-24, lost another very close and Natalie Wallace, along with foreign
The Loggers jumped out to a Jarmin was pleased with result against
third game 22-25, and then came back exchange students Lea Mari, Stina Voss
quick 12-0 lead, with quarterback Cu- Knappa. “We played as a good a game
to win the final two games 25-10, 15-11. and Melissa Charbonneau, who were all
tright scoring on a long run on the Log- as we could have,” said Jarmin.
Coach Williams got good serving from honored before the game.
gers first possession. Wredstroem added
Jarmin was especially pleased
her team, good hitting from Julia Fletch-
a quick second touchdown in the first with the play of his offensive line and
er, Sara McMahon, and Cierra Hensen, Football—The Vernonia Loggers won
quarter. The Loggers defense shut down the Logger’s running game. The Log-
and good defense from the senior trio of their third straight league game on No-
the Pirates attack throughout the first gers rushed for 280 yards on the night,
Shyla Tungwenuk, Kelsey Brown and vember 4, defeating Neah-Kah-Nie 18-6
half except for two big plays during one and were led by Kristian Wredstroem
Natalie Wallace. A change in defen- but did not earn a spot in the 2A state
drive, which led to the Pirates only score with 150 yards and two touchdowns and
sive strategy was also a key to beating a playoffs.
of the night.
Sean Solberg who also scored twice. The
Knappa team which defeated the Log-
The Loggers ground out the
The Loggers led 12-6 at half- Loggers also got good production on the
gers during regular season league play. tough win against the Pirates on a cold,
time, and continued their defensive ground from Joe Benes and quarterback
The Lady Loggers fell to Port- rainy and foggy evening, using a strun-
dominance in the second half. The Austin Cutright. “Our offensive line re-
land Christian two days later in the final ning game and a stifling defense. Sev-
defense was led by the play of Craig ally stepped up this game,” said Jarmin,
who mentioned the play of Dillon Deth-
lefs, Jerimiah Hammons, Dawson Shay,
Kanan Olsen, freshman Nathan Davis
and Jared Whitton, who filled in when
Davis was injured late in the game. “It
was a great job by our kids running the
football and we did a great job on de-
fense, and our kicking game was good,”
When temperatures drop, it gets more challenging to drive.
said Jarmin, noting that Knappa did not
Be prepared for safer travel.
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Cross Country—The Vernonia Log-
gers boys and girls both finished 4th at
the District meet on October 27. Nathan
Fleck led the boys with an 8th place fin-
ish in a time of 17:36 and Rowan Cheney
led the girls with a 12th place finish in a
time of 22:46. Head coach Byron Brown
was very proud of his teams finish to
their season. “Fourth may not sound that
great, but Valley Catholic, who won, is
the number one team in the state and Or-
egon Episcopal and Catlin Gable are in
the top 10, statewide,” said Brown.
Coach Brown was honored by
the other District coaches after the meet,
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