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schools
october5
2017
VHS Fall Sports Update
Football – The Vernonia Loggers have
now won two straight games after de-
feating Culver 25-12 on September 22 in
a non-league contest, and then opening
Northwest League play with a dominant
34-7 win over Gaston on September 30
at Forest Grove High School.
The Loggers now have a 3-2 re-
cord over all on the season.
“The main thing right now is
that the attitude of our players has im-
proved,” says Logger head coach Reed
Watson. “They’re playing hard and
they’ve bought into being a team and the
concept of family.”
Watson says the Logger defense
has been especially strong this sea-
son. In the win over Gaston the Log-
gers held Gaston to just 18 total yards
in offense for 46 minutes, before giving
up one big play at the very end of the
game. “They’re hitting hard and really
chasing the ball,” says Watson. He men-
tioned Gaven Everett, Jake Patton, and
Josh Rice as the leaders of that defen-
sive squad. “They’re all really hitting
hard and playing well. I’m also really
surprised and proud of the improvement
of Hepner Forster. He’s been among our
leading tacklers and blocked a punt and
as a lineman, he’s chasing plays down
from behind, and really been hustling.”
Watson says the Loggers diverse
and balanced offense has really kept
teams guessing and unable to key on any
specific player. “Our offensive line has
really done well, allowing our quarter-
back time to throw and everybody is re-
ally performing at a high level.” Sopho-
more Rice continues to be the leader out
of the backfield, but Watson says senior
Patton has also carried the ball well, as
has sophomore Calvin Clapshaw. Wat-
son says sophomore quarterback Gun-
nar Harral has really stepped up. “The
leadership growth we’ve seen in him has
been great,” says Watson. “He’s throw-
ing for a lot of yards, he’s throwing for
touchdowns, and he hasn’t thrown an in-
terception yet. I’m really proud of him.”
“The players are really excited
and I think they really want to com-
pete for the league title,” says Watson.
“They’re ready to do the work and are
excited about what’s happening.”
The Loggers will host Nestucca,
who is 0-5 on the season, on October 6 in
the Logger’s Homecoming Game. The
Loggers then face what look to be their
two toughest league match ups when
they travel to Knappa on October 13 and
then host Neah-Kah-Nie on October 20.
Volleyball – The Lady Loggers are cur-
rently in second place and undefeated in
the Northwest League with a 8-0 record,
and have a 10-5 record overall.
The Lady Loggers have put to-
gether a string of strong victories with
3-0 wins over Delphian, City Christian
and Knappa, and 3-1 wins over Nestucca
and in a rematch with City Christian.
“We have been winning, but our
competition hasn’t really been challeng-
ing us,” says Lady Loggers head coach
Teresa Williams. “I don’t think we’re
playing our best yet and we know collec-
tively that we can play better. We know
we’re going to need to play better in our
last few matches. So we’re trying to pre-
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pare for some of those tougher matches
so we can rise to the occasion when we
get to the District Tournament.”
Jordan Walters in practice
hitting sets by Joyce Everett
Williams said sophomore Jor-
don Walters continues to show improve-
ment over last year. “Her passing, de-
fense, and serve receive has really been
outstanding.” Williams says exchange
student Sara Ghislanzoni has been a
great addition to the squad. “Morgan
Harral has also been really strong for us
offensively, with her hitting and being
able to score,” said Williams. She also
mentioned that the vocal and motiva-
tional leadership of setter, junior Joyce
Everett has been important.
The Lady Loggers will head to
the North Marion Tournament on Sat-
urday, October 7, where coach Williams
expects the Lady Loggers to face some
stiffer competition, before closing out
their regular season at home against first
place Gaston on October 10 and then
away at Knappa on October .
Cross Country – Assistant coach John
Roady says the team continues to im-
prove as the season progresses. In cross
country the top five runners from the
league get an automatic invite to the
state meet, while the top three teams,
based on the top five finishers from the
team, also qualify for the state meet.
On the boys squad, Roady says
Jakob Handegard has improved his times
by about 3 minutes from last year and
continues to be the leader on the team.
Roady says Handegard is currently
ranked fifth in the league. He says at the
Southwest Christian Invitational on Sep-
tember 29 Handegard stayed right with
two runners from Westside Christian
who are ranked in front of him and fin-
ished just one second back. “That bodes
well for us and for Jake,” says Roady.
Roady says the Loggers have
a solid top five group of runners that
should push for a state berth. Justine
Massengo, an exchange student from
Tanzania nicknamed “Tanzy,” has been
the next best runner, followed by a trio
of runners that includes seniors Mehki
Williams and Clay Sullivan, along with
junior Byron Cook. “Byron had a re-
ally good race at the Meriwether Classic
on September 22 and finished third for
us,” says Roady. “He and Mehki, and
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