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VHS Winter Sports Report
Boys Basketball – The Loggers have reached the
difficult part of their Northwest League schedule and
are facing top ten ranked teams every week.
After a huge 74-43 win over highly ranked
Life Christian on January 23, the Loggers fell for the
second time to Knappa this season, losing 53-33 on
January 26.
Between those losses to Knappa, Vernonia had
wins over Nestucca, City Chrisitan and Faith Bible,
along with the big win over Life Christian. Following
their second loss to Knappa, the Loggers bounced back
with an 88-44 win over Neah-Kah-Nie on January 28
before suffering a tough 61-59 away loss to second
place Columbia Christian on January 31.
The Northwest League is highly competitive
with four teams ranked in the top ten in the state and it
looks like the District Tournament will be a real fight
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for qualification and seeding in the State Tournament.
The Loggers are currently in fourth place with
an 8-3 league record and a 13-4 record overall and are
ranked #10 in the state.
The Loggers will hit the road with three straight
away games at Delphian, Gaston and Life Christian,
before returning home for three straight games to close
out their season: Delphian on February 9, Gaston on
February 11, and Columbia Christian on February
13.
Girls Basketball – The Lady Loggers fell to
Faith Bible for the second time this season, losing
50-35 on January 24, but those two losses remain
the only blemish on their league record this year.
The Lady Loggers are 10-2 in Northwest
League play and have a 14-3 over all record, after
defeating Columbia Christian 52-20
on January 31. The Lady Loggers
also defeated City Christian 48-38
on January 20, Knappa 36-29 on
January 26, and Neah-Kah-Nie 43-
16 on January 28.
The Lady Loggers are currently
ranked #11 in the state. They will
travel to face Gaston on February 6
and Delphian on February 9, before
returning home to finish their season
with games against Gaston on
February 11 and Columbia Christian
on February 13.
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Lene Jacobsen (above) took first place at the Girls Hood River
Tournament, Amanda Rose Sicard (below) took third.
Photos courtesy of Vernonia Wrestling.
Wrestling – The Vernonia girl wres-
tlers took part in the Girls Hood
River Invitational Tournament on
January 28 where they competed
against numerous schools includ-
ing 5A Hillsboro, and 6A Westview,
Century, and Liberty. The Vernonia
girls surprised those bigger schools
by taking third place out of 28 teams.
Lene Jacobsen was the standout
wrestler for Vernonia, taking first
place at 130 pounds (the tournament
used different weight classes than regular
tournaments), winning all her matches
by fall. The Loggers had several other
very good performances, with Amanda
Rose Sicard wrestling extremely well
on her way to taking third at 117, while
Charity Coleman took fourth at 117. Katie
Goodman also took fourth at 110 and
Tessa Bomke took fifth.
Head coach Chris Barnes says the
rest of the team has also been performing
well in several dual meets, including a de-
molition of Neah-Kah-Nie on January 28
at home. The team is preparing for their
League Tournament on February 1 and
then the District Tournament on February
17-18. Barnes noted the performances of
Storm Henson, Josh Rice, Justin Fletcher
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and Hepner Forster, who Barnes said is using creativ-
ity in his wrestling and is always looking for ways to
get the pin. “He’s always looking for the angles and is
pretty exciting to watch,” says Barnes about Forster.
Barnes is feeling confident the team will show
well at the District Tournament this year, as he has a
very deep roster with at least two wrestlers in every
weight class up to 160.
Barnes listed his roster as the team heads to
their end-of-season tournaments: Jacob Pasko, Katie
Goodman, and Kialia Jackson at 106, Amanda Rose
Sicard, Zach Larke and Elijah Bozied at 113, Charity
Coleman and Josh Sholes at 120, Mekhi Williams and
Isaiah Bozied at 126, Jake Patton and Lene Jacobsen at
132, Justin Fletcher and Corbin Nelson at 138, Hepner
Forster and Brendyn Mullikin at 145, Storm Henson,
Josh Rice and Nick Bennett at 152 and Chris Lloyd at
160. Barnes says one of the wrestlers at 152 will likely
move up to 160 at the District Tournament.
“I think all eighteen of our wrestlers can
potentially place at District so I’m pretty excited this
year,” says Barnes.
The Logger wrestlers will host Warrenton and
Riddle at home on February 7. The State Tournament
will be held on February 24-25.
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Sunday
Worship Service
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