schools
january5
2017
11
VHS Winter Sports Report
Boys Basketball – The Loggers are off
to a very good start and seem to have
righted the ship after falling to #2 ranked
Western Mennonite on December 12.
The Loggers, currently ranked
#6 and 8-1 on the season, beat Neah-
Kah-Nie 64-45 on December 17 and
then won the St. Paul Holiday Tourna-
ment, easily defeating Monroe 84-56
and Willamette Valley Christian 83-28.
The Loggers picked up another North-
west League win, beating Faith Bible
76-25 on January 3, and were scheduled
to face #10 Knappa on January 4.
Head coach David Weller says
the team is playing and shooting ex-
tremely well, especially Tristan Adams,
Brett Elliott, and Clay Sullivan. Sulli-
van broke Weller’s own school record
of 7 three-point shots, hitting 8 earlier
in the season; Adams topped that with 9
against Willamette Valley Christian. El-
liott has really been using his size and
strength to get inside, play aggressively
and attack the rim, and help the Loggers
big man, Luke McCallum with rebound-
ing. McCallum has improved this year
and is playing more consistently.
Weller said the easy wins in
the Holiday Tournament allowed him
to give some valuable playing time to
some of his bench players. “Our bench
guys got to play a lot, and in order for
us to go far this year, those bench guys
have to be able to come in and be ready,”
said Weller. Blake Clark has really been
contributing, spelling Sullivan at point
guard and playing strong defense, and
sophomore Jake Handegard has been
improving in the front court and had
good success in the Holiday Tourna-
ment, scoring, rebounding, and defend-
ing.
“We have some of the best talent
in the state, it’s just important that they
all keep showing up and playing hard
each night,” said Weller.
The Loggers have some big up-
coming match-ups against league oppo-
nents that are also highly ranked on the
state level, facing #8 Columbia Chris-
tian on January 10 and currently ranked
#1 Life Christian on January 12; both
games are at home. “These will be good
games for us to measure where we are,”
said Weller.
The Loggers will also travel to
Gaston on January 14 and then face Del-
phian at home on January 19.
Wrestling – The Loggers took 4 th place
at the Clatskanie Tournament on Decem-
ber 29 and are preparing for the Pac-Rim
Tournament on January 6-7.
At Clatskanie, head coach Chris
Barnes said Storm Henson won at 152,
defeating a tough opponent from Scap-
poose in an exciting match, before beat-
ing teammate Josh Rice in the fi nals.
Mekhi Williams took second at 126 with
a good performance. Amanda Rose Si-
card won 3 of 5 matches at 120 and Lena
Jacobsen continues to impress, winning
most of her matches against other girls,
and wrestling well when she faces boys
on the mat. Justin Fletcher wrestled re-
ally well on his way to placing third,
showing good pace, intensity, and pow-
er.
Barnes has a number of young
wrestlers who continue to improve and
contribute points to the team in tourna-
ments, and mentioned Austin Sicard,
Jacob Pasko, Elijah and Isiah Bozied,
James Watson, and Heppner Forester.
He also mentioned Gavin Everett, a ju-
nior wrestling for the fi rst time, who is
a good athlete but is still learning the
sport.
The Loggers have an upcoming
home meet against Knappa on January
18.
Girls Basketball – The Lady Loggers
have played what is probably the tough-
est schedule in 2A basketball early this
season. They have a 4-5 record over all,
but have played four of the top seven
ranked teams in the state, losing to #1
Monroe, #2 Western Mennonite, and #7
Kennedy, before most recently suffering
a 51-44 loss to Northwest League rival,
and #4 ranked Faith Bible on January 3.
In league play Vernonia is 2-1
and had a big matchup against Knappa
scheduled for January 4.
“Our tough schedule has given
us a real good idea of where we’re at,
and what we need to work on,” said head
coach Jim Krahn. “We had several of
those games where we were short some
players, so that caused us some issues
with how we were able to play and our
substitution rotation, but the girls are
working extremely hard and are continu-
ing to get better and I think we have a
bright future for the rest of the season.”
Krahn mentioned the strong
play of his three senior captains, Payton
Wolf, Vivianna Bustamonte, and Megan
Ely, and also noted the improved play
and contributions of freshmen Lauren
Ely and Jordon Walters. “Lauren and
Jordon’s improvements as the season
has progressed will have a lot to do with
our success and give us more depth.”
Upcoming VHS Sports Events
Boys and Girls Basketball
F 1/6
T 1/10
Th 1/12
S 1/14
T 1/17
F 1/20
@ Nestucca
vs Columbia Christian
vs Life Christian (Boys Only)
@ Gaston
vs Delphian
@ City Christian
Wrestling
F-S
F-S
W
Th
1/6-7
1/13-14
1/18
1/26
@ Pac Rim Tournament
@ Oregon Classic
vs Knappa
vs Neah-Kah-Nie/
Yahill Carlton
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and 3rd Thursday.
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out January 19.
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