The Columbia Press
September 23, 2022
School news
• Total student enrollment within
the Warrenton-Hammond
School District is 995 in kinder-
garten through 12 th grade, with
300 assigned to the high school,
245 at the middle school, and
450 at the grade school, plus
another 35 pre-kindergartners.
• Fifth graders at Warrenton
Grade School began a five-week
Starbase boot camp this week at
Camp Rilea. They’ll get a closeup
experience with various science,
technology, engineering and
math activities.
• Students at Warrenton Middle
School have some new electives
this year. Among the new choic-
es: art, robotics, sports history
and statistics, creative writing,
how things work, and podcasting.
• The Warrenton Middle School
football team is able to practice
at home now that the new field
is complete. Last year, students
at the new campus had to take a
bus to the high school to get in
their practicing.
General calendar
• OSU college visit, 9:15 a.m. Oct.
4, WHS.
• Parent-teacher conferences
districtwide, Oct. 5-6.
• No school, Oct. 6
Sports
• Two athletes of the week that
were missed earlier
this month are
London O’Brien
for Sept 5-9 and
Payten Buckelew
for Sept 12-16.
• WHS Football vs.
Valley Catholic at
home, 7 p.m. Sept.
23.
London
• Cross Country
3-course challenge
at Camp Rilea,
Sept. 24.
• WHS Volleyball
vs. Corbett at home, Payten
4:30 p.m. Sept. 27.
• WHS Volleyball vs. Yam-
hill-Carlton, away, 4:30 p.m.
Sept. 28.
• WHS Football vs. Yamhill-Carl-
ton, away, 7 p.m. Sept. 30.
Razor clamming
to reopen Oct. 1
Razor clamming is expected
to reopen on Clatsop beaches
beginning Oct. 1.
The announcement by Or-
egon Department of Agri-
culture is contingent on ma-
rine toxins remaining below
health risk levels.
The annual summer closure
is for conservation purpos-
es, allowing newly set young
clams to establish them-
selves. During the closure,
Oregon Department of Fish
and Wildlife shellfish biolo-
gists assess the population,
count the number and size of
razor clams within a square
meter and sample areas along
the entire beach.
There was very low juvenile
recruitment (new clams that
establish themselves on the
beaches) during this year’s
summer assessment, accord-
ing to shellfish biologist Matt
Hunter.
Just .04 juvenile clams per
square meter were found
compared with the 18-year
average of .71 and last year’s
2.59 clams.
Total razor clam (juvenile
and mature) abundance is
well below the 1.29 average
at just .66 clams per square
meter and a fraction of last
year’s 3.73 clams.
5
Volleyball defeats Riverdale, loses to Banks
By Bruce Dustin
For The Columbia Press
There was no bright light
shining on the court in the
opening volleyball set of War-
renton against Riverdale last
week.
The Warriors lost the first
round 23-25 against the visit-
ing Mavericks.
But then the sun came out
and Warrenton swept the next
three sets, 25-6, 25-14, and, fi-
nally, 25-18, to win the match.
The Warriors are basking in
a 7-4 record for the season.
“It was a great win for us to-
night,” Coach Kimberly Nich-
ols said after the match. “The
stats showed it all. Jamie (An-
nat) and London (O’Brien)
were a strong force. We were
awakened after set one and
came back to fight.”
Melony Zamora, a senior
libero (backrow defensive
player), said she was pleased
about the season so far.
“I’m really confident. We
are really doing good,” she
said. “Yeah, we could always
be doing better. We just need
to keep working on our chem-
istry.”
Jamie Annat had 17 kills, sev-
en aces, and 11 digs. London
O’Brien had two kills, eight
aces, and 39 assists. Olivia Ly-
Bruce Dustin
Paige Tingstrom earns a kill agai-
inst Riverdale.
ons had 29 digs. Aaliyah Wat-
son had six kills, seven aces,
and eight digs.
Paige Tingstrom had sev-
en kills. Molina Herrera
had 12 digs.
The volleyball team also
played an away match
Tuesday against Banks,
losing 1-3. They were ex-
pected to have a home
game against Rainier on
Thursday.
The junior varsity team
also has been playing well,
Nichols said. The team
placed second out of nine
teams in the 4A tourna-
ment in Seaside, falling to
Scappoose in the champi-
onship game.
Natalie Pike had 51 as-
sists, 17 digs, 5 kills, and 35
aces; Syrianna Earls had
30 digs and 28 aces; Lucy
Smith had 15 kills and four
blocks; Kimber Parris had 25
kills and five blocks; Kaitlynn
Gildner had 14 kills.