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schools VHS Sports Report in district in the 400, a new event for her. Meghan Sullivan has also been im- pressive as a freshman in the sprints. Lea Wilson won the shot put for the Loggers, setting a new league record on April 12 with a throw of 38 feet 11 inches. She was 2nd at the Banks Invitational with a throw of 38 feet 6 inches. “As impressive as that is, I know she’s not satisfied,” says Brown. “She threw almost 5 feet further last year and was 2nd in State at the 5A level. When she gets it all together, I expect she will be the state champion.” Lane Sullivan won the long jump at the Banks Invitational. “That april24 2012 13 continued from page 12 was a big win for Lane and should give him a lot of confidence going into the critical part of the season,” said Brown. In the distance events, in addi- tion to Fleck, Rowan Cheney is tied for 3rd in league in the 3K and has a shot to qualify for state. For the guys, Brown says Quin Johansen and Ty Talantov have been impressive. “I’ve tried them at several events, they never complain-- they always do well and give 100%.” “My feeling is that it’s all prac- tice till District, explains Brown. “It’s the only meet that really counts because that is the meet that gets you to State. This year, we should have some real op- VHS 3 rd Quarter Honor Roll Principal’s Honors 4.0 Makayla Adams, Kelsey Brandt, Nicolo Casale , Lucrece Cheramy, Yaraslava Denysenko, Emilee Easlon, Julia Fletcher, Samantha Lindauer, Alyssa Loggins, Jackson Miller, Ana Scerbatii, Sicily Scott, Summer Snow, Meghan Sullivan, Ellyssa Szlavich, Tynystan Talantov, Dylan Taylor, Stina Voss, Natalie Wallace, Samantha Wallace, Zhudyz Zhunussova High Honors 3.99-3.50 Ashlee Archer, Austin Best-Cutright, Matthew Bringman, Savannah Brown, Joshua Butcher,, Zi Xian Chen, Rowan Cheney, Janae Easlon, Katie Ellington, Nicole Glass, Jeffrey Goodman, Timothy Jennings, Pavel Jiranek, Quin Johansen, Brandon Krause, Alex Lembke, Alisa Levenseller, Andrea Lezama, Lea Mari, Nathanael McCroskey—Izzett, Samantha Morgan, Kaitlin Paleck, Janek Palovsky, Tasia Pond, Laura Rice, Leah Rice, Makayla Roach, Deziree Roberts, Daniel Shaw, Jessica Smith, Kelly Smith, Taylor Titus, Shyla Tungwenuk, Iryna Verhogliad, Jacob Vifquain, Sarah Wagner, Leah Wilson, Brittany Young, Damian Young Honors 3.49-3.25 Kayla Aronhalt, Skylar Binford, Marley Bower, Riplee Burch, Stephanie Castro, Andrew Cheney, Tanieka Credit, Christopher Dass, Jesse Edgar, Jacob Eyrrick, Jessica Gardner, Amirkhon Habibuloev, Cierra Hensen, Finn Hoeck, Andrew Jennings, Lilliann Lindsley, Nathan McMillen, Daniel Rice, Rowan Scott, Winter Snow, Sean Solberg, Lane Sullivan, Ryan Taylor, Leon Wiegand Honorable Mention 3.24-3.0 Kimberly Allen, Kelsey Brown, Melissa Charbonneau, Kristen Christie, Brenna Gilbert, Mandi Hartford, Ethan Johnston, Kendrick Leaverton, Jacob Levenseller, Ashley Martin, Sara McMahon, Jerrian Pond, Austin Rumboltz, Nicole Thompson, Progressive Honors - Raised GPA by .5 or more Aries Adams, Alexis Baska, Jason Bouslaugh, Matthew Bringman, Nikalas Court, Jesse Edgar, Cole Harbour, Ethan Johnston, Tyler Kent, Ashley Martin, Makayla McCord, Amanda Mikalow, Samantha Morgan, Kanan Olsen, Makalya Roach, Ryan Roberts, Austin Rumboltz, Taylor Titus, Timothy Titus, Brittany Watrous VMS 3 rd Quarter Honor Roll Principal’s Honors 4.0 Annika Johnson, Jacob Patton, Megan Rice, Jocie Ranay-Roberts, Chase Tolonen High Honors 3.99-3.50 Tristan Adams, Emily Bergerson, Brittney Brandt, Lily Buchanan, Jacob Butcher, Bradley Ely, Kaitlyn Eyrrick, Jessika Goodman, Storm Henson, Ashley Jackson, Bryanna Larson, Cheyanna March, Ariel Masog, Sheyanne Pedersen, Jacob Perry, Paige Smith, Ian Torres-Petersen, Jarrett White, Mahaila Wilhem, Payton Wolf, Madison Zavales Nicolo Casale, Peter Jiranek, Lane Sullivan and Jake Stevens set a new league record in the 4x100 relay and have the best time in the state this season. Photo Courtesy of Tracy Easlon. portunities at State” The District meet is scheduled for May 11--12 at Portland Christian. The State meet is May 18--19. Baseball—The Loggers Baseball team has not had the start to their season they had hoped for. Difficulty hitting and poor field- ing have left coach Aaron Miller’s boys team with a 2-6 record and trying to find a way to turn their season around. “We’ve struggled really hard fielding the ball and hitting in our first few games,” says Miller. “This has re- ally put us in a tough spot in terms of making league playoffs, let alone state playoffs. So we’ll see if we are able to rebound. Miller has had several key play- ers out for various reasons or playing with injuries, including Joe Benes, Aus- tin Cutright, and Ryan Lawrence. All but Lawrence have returned to the line- up and it showed in a game against a strong Knappa team on April 16, when the Loggers won 12-2. “We hit the ball well, we played solid defense and we had another solid pitching outing from Tim Jennings,” says Miller. “We looked like the ball club we have the potential to be. If we play like that the rest of the year who knows what can happen. Miller says even though his team has lost some games pretty handily while giving up a lot of runs, his pitching really hasn’t been the problem. “We’re not overpowering—we’re not going to just shut people down, but they have all been pitching well enough to win.” Bo Clark, Benes and Cutright have all had decent outings on the mound. That being said, Tim Jennings has been having a great year on the mound for the Loggers. On April 3, Jen- nings threw a five inning no-hitter against Faith Bible, striking out six and giving up no walks in a 13-0 Loggers win; two errors kept Jennings from pitching a per- fect game. In the win against Knappa Jennings had seven strikeouts, gave up three walks and scattered six hits. Having the team healthy and back at full strength has really effected both the offense and defense. “Getting those kids back in the lineup has been huge, says Miller. “Our batting order looks really different, and the strength of our fielding is vastly improved.” Offensively, Miller noted that Josh Butcher has had several multiple hit games. Joe Benes has been doing a good job getting on base as the lead off hitter, and after a slow start, Jake Titus has had several key hits. Bo Clark and Jackson Miller have driven in the most runs on the team. With three games series’ coming up against last place Neah-Kah-Nie as well as Nestucca and Portland Christian the Loggers have a chance to turn things around and fight their way back into the playoff race. “I believe we still have a chance to control our own destiny,” says Miller. “But we have to play well.” Softball—The Lady Loggers are also struggling at the start of their season. After opening their season with games against two of their toughest opponents in their District Coach Randy Shockey’s girls are 1-4. So far the Loggers have three losses to Knappa and split two games with Gaston. For the Lady Loggers, Shockey says he’s been pleased with the per- formance of Riplee Burch and Kelsey Brown in the outfield. Samantha Wal- lace and Tori Dallebroux have shared catching duties and Stephanie Castro is the pitcher. “Everybody has contributed in one way or another,” says Shockey. 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