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schools may16 12 2019 VHS Spring Sports Report Softball – The Vernonia Lady Loggers locked up the District title several weeks ago and earned a first round bye in the State Playoffs. The Lady Log- gers will host a home playoff game on May 22, and will wait to find out the final state rankings before they know who they might face. They are scheduled to play the winner of the #11 vs. #22 game. Vernonia finished the regular season with a 22-3 record and #6 rank- ing in state after sweep- ing Perrydale in their final season series, winning 26-2, 13-1, and 10-0. The Lady Loggers won their final 15 games of the season. Head coach Ernie Smith has a well rounded and solid lineup of starters. Leading the way has been Joyce Everett, the only senior on the squad. 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Smith says Ota’s bat has also re- ally come alive towards the end of the season; against Perrydale Ota hit three triples to help spark the Lady Logger offense. “Tomi has been one of our silent superstars,” says Smith. “She doesn’t command a lot of attention, but she’s been a real solid player and a real leader on the team this year. She’s one of those players you love to have because she just does her job and does it well and gets us results.” Sophomore short stop Nita Cook and either Jordan Walters or Everett at first base have been the other key players in the strong infield defense. The infield has turned six dou- ble plays and one triple play this season. The Lady Loggers have really hit the ball well this year. Freshman Brooklynn Walters and Cook lead the team with five home runs each, Ever- ett has hit four, and Jordan Walters has three. Smith had high praise for Ever- ett, who is closing out a strong career as a three sport athlete at VHS. “She’s done a great job every year and this year she’s really stepped up as a leader, and had a great season pitching for us. Everybody on the team has had a really solid season and Joyce has been at the center of it.” Bigsby Logging • LOGGING • LAND CLEARING • ROAD BUILDING 503-828-2047 Specializing in Privately Owned Timber bigsbylogging@yahoo.com Track and Field – Head coach John Roady had eight athletes qualify for the Track and Field State Championships at the District Championship on May 10-11. For the Logger boys, Abram Martin won the 300 meter hurdles in a time of 45.75 and finished tied for 1 st in the high jump, clearing 6”0”. Kale Sulli- van finished 3 rd in the jav- elin with a Personal Record (PR) throw of 150’10” and qualified for State as an at- large selection. Jake Han- degard also qualified as an at-large selection after fin- ishing 3 rd in the high jump with a PR jump of 5’11”. Handegard just missed qualifying in the triple jump by .5” after finishing 3 rd with a leap of 38’5.5”. For the Vernonia girls Jenna Handegard finished 2 nd in the 400 meter finals to qualify for state, after running a PR of 1:04.57 in her prelimi- nary heat. Lauren Ely will go to state af- ter running a PR of 2:38.6 to take 2 nd in the 800 meters. So will Hailey Reynolds who tied for 1 st in the 300 meter hurdles, running a PR of 51.90. Barbora Kvapi- lova took 2 nd in the high jump, clearing 4’6”. Abby Coleman finished 2 nd in the pole vault after clearing 6’10”. Other top performances by Log- ger boys at the Districts included Sulli- van and Abraham Kpirikai who finished 3 rd and 4 th in the 400 meters, both run- ning a PR; Handegard’s 5 th place finish in the 800 meters; Nick Costley, who finished 5 th in the 110 hurdles and took 7 th in the 300 hurdles; Dustin Carreon’s 5 th place in the shot put; Gunnar Harral, who finished 6 th in the long jump with a PR leap of 18’9.5” and Radek Zikmund who had a PR jump of 17’5” to finish 11 th . Other top performances for the girls at Districts included Kvapilova’s 6 th place finish in the 100 meters; Han- degard, who finished 4 th in the 800 me- ters after running a PR of 2:42.21; Sadie Gump, who took 3 rd in the 3,000 meters and 4 th in the 1,500 meters; Reynolds, who finished 4 th in the 100 meter hurdles continued on page 13 Grey Dawn Gallery Poppino Painting 879 Bridge St. (503) 429-2787 Photography - Bronze Jewelry - Glasswork 503-429-7101 Tim Poppino 19025 Woods Road Vernonia, OR 97064 Pottery - Custom Framing Licensed Bonded Insured www.greydawngallery.com CCM#90548 Featuring the finest in northwest art Home of the Bear Creek Pub Bighorn Logging Growlers To Go Prime Rib Dinner every Friday & Saturday Check us Out on Facebook since 1981 Contract Logging 503-324-2422 Free Estimates Timber Purchases Timber Management Oregon Professional Logger certified since 1996 503.429.0214 831 Bridge St.