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Softball – The Lady Loggers remain in
first place in Special District 1 with a
15-1 league record after defeating Gas-
ton 7-1 on April 30.
Vernonia has now won 10
straight games, including wins over Port-
land Christian, 26-4 and 18-5, Knappa,
3-2 and 10-0, and Nestucca 11-3, 19-4,
and 11-2.
The Lady Loggers now have a
17-3 overall record on the season and
have climbed to #6 in OSAA rankings in
the state.
Lady Logger head coach Ernie
Smith says he’s getting solid pitching
from his two main starters, senior Joyce
Everett and junior Jordan Walters. Of-
fensively Everett, Walters, and fresh-
men Brooklynn Walters and Nita Cook
have been the big bats for Vernonia;
Smith noted that junior outfielder Jes-
sica Butcher has also been swinging the
bat well recently and added some timely
hits.
Smith praised the defensive
play of Cook in the infield and noted
the contributions of sophomores Nata-
lie Groshong, who starts in left field,
and Jayden Hartman in center field. He
also mentioned freshman Audrey Hill as
an up and coming player and important
member of the squad.
The Lady Loggers will host a
doubleheader against Gaston on May 3
and then finish their regular season with
a series against Perrydale, with an away
game on May 6, followed by a home
doubleheader on May 8.
“This is a really great group of
players this year,” said Smith about his
team. “They are really hard working,
and are really coachable.”
Track and Field – Vernonia’s track
and field athletes competed against five
teams at a league meet on April 25 at Ne-
ah-Kah-Nie. The Logger boys won the
meet and the girls finished 2 nd .
Among the highlights for the
Logger boys, Abram Martin, Jake Han-
degard and Pete Crystal took 1 st , 3 rd , and
4 th in the high jump, with Martin clear-
ing a Personal Record (PR) and league
leading 6’2”. Handegard finished 3 rd
in the triple jump with a PR of 37’6.5”.
Gunnar Harral took 2 nd in the long jump
with a PR of 17’10”. Crystal took 2 nd in
the pole vault, clearing 9’6”.
Dustin Carreon took 5 th in the
shot put. Kale Sullivan finished 2 nd in
the javelin and Radek Zikmund finished
3 rd .
In the running events, Martin
won the 300 meter hurdles in 46.77 and
Nick Costley finished 5 th with a PR of
50.72. The Logger 4x100 relay finished
3 rd . In the 400 meters Handegard, Abra-
ham Kpirkai, and Noah Queen finished
2 nd , 3 rd , and 4 th , with Handegard running
a PR of 56.33. In the 800 meters Sulli-
van, Cody West, and Vasili Pedersen fin-
ished 2 nd , 4 th , and 6 th . In the 1,500 meters
Kpirkai finished 5 th and West took 6 th .
For the Logger girls, Abby Cole-
man tied a school record in the pole vault
on her way to finishing 2 nd and clearing
7”0”, with sister Isabelle Coleman tak-
ing 2 nd . Barbora Kvapilova won the high
jump, clearing 4’6”. Abby Coleman
won the long jump with a PR of 14’5”,
with Kvapilova taking 2 nd , also with a
PR, and Isabelle Coleman finishing 5 th .
In the shot put Starr McKinnis
took 2 nd . Lauren Ely took 2 nd in the jav-
elin.
In the 100 meters, Zoe Whiteman,
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