July 27, 1990, Th© INDEPENDENT Page 9
Expanded baseball program nears co m p le tio n ;
one team earns a berth in state level com petition
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"We had a great season
despite having the first three
weeks of the season wiped by
spring monsoons." said Ron
Svenson, presid ent of the
Vernonia Youth Sum m er
Baseball Association
The unbeaten, local 13-15
year old team ended th e ir
re g u la r season as West
Washington County National
S enior C ham pions w ith a
record of 12 0 They will play
at the state tournament start
ing Friday. July 27. in Aloha
Park Their first game will be
at 6 p m Ray Allen and Tim
Williamson coach the team
Both N a tio n a l M idge,
teams and the American Ju
nior team were strong con
tenders for state tournament
berths This season also saw
the fo rm a tio n of an 11-12
year old girls' softball team
that com peted w ith team s
from the Forest Grove Hills
boro area The National Ju
nior team showed consider
able im provem ent and won
four out of th e ir last six
games Svenson said
Eight Junior Midget teams
more than eve before, pu, a
prem ium on fie ld use, he
added, but the season was
made ever, more enjoyable
because everyone worked
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AN I QUAI OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM
hard to cooperate
Thirteen businesses spon
sored the fourteen teams this
year allowing the VYSBA to
purchase new equipment tor
the approximately 160 young
sters in the program Addi
tionally 2 1/2 sets of game
uniforms were purchased and
an inventory plan was estab
lished for replacing equipment
and uniforms on a timely ba
sis
The school district and the
city were very helplul regard
mg fie ld use and m ainte
nance Svenson said
"I have thoroughly enjoyed
being VYSBA president this
year." he added enthusiasti
cally "I, has been a great year
because of the cooperation of
everyone involved
"Our teams have been very
competitive with teams from
all the tow ns of W estern
Washington County
I want to express my
thanks to all those who made
this season a sm ooth and
successful effort Special
thanks are due Terri Parker
and Marilyn Landers
"Most of all thanks to the
kids whose positive attitudes
and hustle made all of our et
tods seem worthwhile "" Sveri
son concluded
Team sponsors and coach
es were
Vernonia Sentry
Market, Chris Cota. Vernonia
R ealty & In surance, Bob
Green Old Time 5c & 10c
Kelly Hillyer, Vernonia Mini
Mart Mario Leonetti.
Western Auto Debbie Tay
lor, Farm ers & M erchants
Bank Rocky Miner. BCH Log
ging Mark Busch. Vernonia
Golf Course, Randy Cherry
and Steve Landers.
Vernonia Federal Credit
Union, Ron Svenson and Jim
Wallers Holce Logging. Dawn
and Ed Buckner and Scot,
S ch a rrin g h a u se n .
Koch
Trucking, Karl and Liz Koch,
Oregon Natural Gas Develop
men, Co . Ray Allen and Tim
Williamson
Wes, Oregon Electric Co
op e ra tive sp on sored two
teams, with Greg Schaum
burg coaching one Jim Kelly
and Randy Aulfman coaching
the second