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schools february16 2017 9 VHS Winter Sports Report Girls Basketball – The Lady Loggers fi nished the regular season in second place in the Northwest League with a 13-3 record and a 15-7 record over all. After falling at Gaston 50-43 on February 8, the Lady Loggers received a forfeit win against Delphian, and then rebounded with a 44- 36 win at home over Gaston on February 11. The Lady Loggers closed out the regular season with a 56- 39 home win over Columbia Christian on February 13. Vernonia head coach Jim Krahn following the fi nal game against Columbia Christian. “With all the weather cancellations, we just haven’t been in rhythm. Tonight we played six minutes of really good basketball in the fourth quarter, but that was it.” With second place locked up the Lady Loggers will face third place City Christian in the League Playoffs at home on Thursday, February 16 at 6:00 pm. The Lady Loggers defeated City Christian Above: Payton Wolf both times they played Below: Megan Ely them this year, winning 43-40 on December 13 at home, and then winning away 48- 38 on January 20. The winner of that League Playoff game will meet fi rst place Faith Bible in the District playoffs on Saturday, February 18 at Forest Grove High School at 5:00 pm. If the Lady Loggers lose to City Christian, they will play a third place District Playoff game at 2:00 pm at Forest Grove High School. “We haven’t played our best basketball in the last three games,” said Above: Luke McCallum Below: Brett Elliott season this year with one make-up game still on their schedule against Delphian on February 15. The Loggers fi nished behind Columbia Christian, City Christian, and Knappa in the Northwest League. The Loggers led Columbia Christian 28-26 at half time in their clash on February 13, but couldn’t hold off the Knights in the second half, who are ranked #2 in the state. The Loggers will host fi fth place Nestucca in the Northwest League playoffs on Thursday, February 16 at 7:30 pm. Vernonia defeated Nestucca both times they played this season, 53- 47 and 77-47; Nestucca fi nished their league season with an 8-10 record. If the Loggers lose to Nestucca they are out of the playoffs. If the Loggers win, they will face the loser of the Knappa/Life Christian League Playoff game in the District Playoffs, with the third and fi nal seed in the state playoffs on the line. That game will take place on Saturday, February 18 at 3:30 pm at Forest Grove High School. The Loggers have lost both times they faced Knappa this season, but have defeated Life Christian twice. Knappa lost to Life Christian both times the teams played this season. Wrestling – The big news out of the Logger wrestling program was Lene Jacobsen’s second place fi nish at 132 pounds at the Girls State Tournament on February 4 in Springfi eld. Jacobsen won all her matches by fall on her way to the Boys Basketball – The Loggers boys fell to fi rst place Columbia Christian 52-47 at home on February 13 and will fi nish in fourth place in the Northwest League regular continued on page 12 Receive a $5 off coupon Bighorn Logging since 1981 Contract Logging 503-324-2422 Free Estimates Timber Purchases Timber Management Oregon Professional Logger certified since 1996 New Day Massage and Bodyworks Theraputic Massage Specializing in • Auto/Work Injury Rehabilitation • Medical Massage Cupping • Manual Lymph Drainage • Nutritional Counseling • Post Mastectomy Care • Oncology Support • Sauna on-site Heather Lewis, LMT, LMP, CLT, NT 847 Madison Avenue, Vernonia For appointments call: 503-429-4677 Insurance accepted RIDE INN MIKE PIHL LOGGING CO., INC #10732 Free Estimates Specializing in Private Timber 503-429-1470 cell 503.789.1268 fax 503.429.0252 NowOpen!•15rooms•Fullyremodeled 900 Madison Avenue, Vernonia 971-227-0462 503-382-9380 jeromecordell@gmail.com mplogging@frontier.com 1984 mist drive, po box 321 vernonia, or 97064
