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build camaraderie on the squad and build
a positive atmosphere. “I want our play-
ers to have respect for the game, play
hard, and put the team first,” he says.
The Loggers open their season
with an away match-up against Ilwaco
on September 6. They host five home
games this season on their new field, be-
ginning on September 13 against Colton,
followed by Portland Christian on Sep-
tember 27, Warrenton on October 11,
Stanfield on October 18, and Gaston on
November 1. State playoffs begin on
November 8.
Cross Country – Vernonia head coach
John Roady is excited about the progress
his program is making and the increased
turnout it’s producing. Roady has 22
runners out this year for his high school
and middle school programs.
On the boys squad, Roady is
looking for the team’s lone senior, Kale
Sullivan, to lead the way this year. Sul-
livan ran cross country in middle school
and has decided to return this year, and
is already the top runner on the team. Ju-
nior Nick Costley continues to improve
after working hard this past summer
and leading the summer running club
Roady has organized; Costley will be a
key component in a strong boys squad,
along with Japanese exchange student
Kisei Santonaga, who shows a lot of
potential. Roady is particularly excited
about a group of freshman boys, which
he has dubbed the Fab Five Freshman.
The group includes Peter Hahn and Max
Anderson, who both have experience as
middle school runners, along with Evan
Miller, David McCallum, and Caleb
Borton; Hahn looks especially strong af-
ter spending the summer working to im-
prove. Several other exchange students,
including Andrijia Jovanovic, Martin
Lefevre, and Branco Lekic, round out
a deep boys squad, which Roady thinks
has a real shot at qualifying for state as a
team this year.
The girls squad will be led by
sophomore Sadie Gump and junior
Jenna Handegard, who are the team’s
best chance to qualify for state as indi-
vidual runners, after finishing 19 th and
21 st at the District meet last year. Junior
Emma Hahn has improved significantly
over the summer, but the squad will need
some help from some exchange students
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L-R: Jenna Handegard, Sadie Gump
and novice runners to compete as a team.
Roady does not have any middle
school boy runners this year, but does
have a large group of middle school
girls, led by 8 th grader Delany Draeger,
who is already competing with Hande-
gard and Gump’s best times, along with
Trinity Weber, Eloise Pedersen, Alicia
Wack, and Isabelle Martinez.
Vernonia runners are scheduled
to compete at the Tualatin Invite on Sep-
tember 7, the OES Invite on September
10, the Logger Elk Run at Tevin Ranch
near Jewell on September 14, and the
Cape Kiwanda Challenge on September
19. Vernonia will host the Northwest
League Championships on Thursday,
October 24. The District Meet will be
held on October 31.