Knappa High School
CLASS OF 2018
Dale Takalo
Valedictorian
Continuing Education:
Attend Blue Mountain Community
College to pursue a 4-year Nursing
Degree and to play Baseball.k.
Community/School Involvement:
National Honor Society and a member if
the Bethany Lutheran Church.
Volunteering with Knappa Youth Sports
and to improving Knappa Baseball
Fields. Umpire Cal Ripkin and Babe Ruth
Baseball games. Sixth-generation
Columbia River Gillnet Fisherman.
Scholarships:
Athletic scholarship from Blue Mountain
Community College and North Coast
Basketball Officials Association
Scholarship. 8
Sports:
2 years of Varsity Football and 4 years of
Varsity Basketball and Baseball. Two-
time Northwest League Baseball Player
of the year, two-time First-team All-State
Pitcher. Two Baseball State Champi-
onships. American Legion Lower
Columbia Baseball Club, 2a/3a/4a
Basketball Senior All-Star Tournament.
Emma Taggart
Salutatorian
Continuing Education:
Dual enroll with Linn Benton and
Oregon State University. Majoring in
Biology and become a dermatologist.
Community/School Involvement:
National Honor Society, Basketball - 4
years, Volleyball - 4 years, Softball - 2
year
Scholarships:
Applied for Jaycee Foundation, Wauna
Credit Union, Knappa School
Foundation, Astoria Chamber of
Commerce
Sports:
Volleyball - 4 years, Basketball - 4 years,
Softball - 2 years
Rueben Acosta-Cruz
Andrew Baird
Levi Christie
Braedon Eltagonde
William Emken
Jacob Ford
Wynter Forsgren
Seth Franklin
Spenser Fulton
Noah Gannaway
Keenan Gebhart
Sophia Hansen
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