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The INDEPENDENT, Jan. 2 9 ,1 9 9 2
Loggers holding own in league basketball play, need more wins
W orking to im prove their
league record, the Vernonia
High School boys' basketball
team fought Neah-Kah-Nie to
a 64-54 win in spite of the
fact they were down by 19
points in the second quarter.
Three team members, Jasen
VonHeeder, Trey Williamson
and Matt Schmidlin all scored
in double digits with 14, 13
and 12 points, respectively.
The
second
q u a rte r
against Colum bia Christian
again found the Loggers in
trouble, but they were unable
to re co ve r and lost to the
Knights 71-54. W illiam son
contributed 21 points and 12
rebounds to the effort; Marc
Julian added 12 points.
Vernonia fell at the hands
of C atlin G able, 53-68, as
th e ir shooting hands went
cold.
Earlier in the month, the
Warrenton Warriors lost to the
Loggers , 68-40. The boys
also defeated Clatskanie, 78-
70, as Julian bucketed 23,
followed by Williamson's 19
Vernonia girls basketball team continues to struggle
The Vernonia High School
varsity girls' basketball team
has found it d ifficu lt to im
prove their league record, but
they haven’t quit trying.
The g irls im proved th e ir
overall record with a win over
the Neah-Kah-Nie Pirates on
the 13th, by a score of 42-20.
High scorer of the game was
Tonya Jo n e s w ith 18, fo l
lowed by Silke Hermann with
10 points.
B etter play is
goal of Banks
basketball team
Banks High School boys'
varsity basketball team had a
disappointing month, losing
all th re e of th e ir gam es in
spite of a good effort by the
whole team.
They lost to Gladstone by
a score of 106-83, to Sher
wood by 96-77, and to Esta
cada 90-84.
Craig Herbert led the team
in s c o rin g , w ith 20 p o in ts
a g a in s t G la d sto n e and 17
points against Sherwood. Ja
son Ackerm an bucketed 19
points against Estacada.
The boys junior varsity had
more success, w ith wins in
two of their three games.
A fter losing to Gladstone
by ten points, 82-72, the JVs
cam e back with a ten point
win over Sherwood, 69-59.
In a tighter, but still victori
ous game, the Braves defeat
ed Estacada by 84 to 79.
C h ad V anaken p la ye d
stand-out basketball for the
B ra v e s , s c o rin g 22 p o in ts
against Gladstone, 32 against
Sherwood and 34 against Es
tacada.
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Previously, the Loggers fell
to C atlin G able , 37-47, in
spite of another 18 point effort
by Jones.
Warrenton was the site of
the game on Jan. 6, as the
Loggers were defeated 28-
48. Significant scorers were
Jones, Miriah O'Dair and Her
mann.
Another loss, to Portland
Adventist on the 21st, was at
tributed greatly to four miss
ing players, combined with a
tea m tire d fro m s e m e s te r
testing.
Although defeated by Ore
gon Episcopal School, by five
p o in ts on the 24th, head
coach Gordon "Crow" Crow-
ston believed "It was the best
ball game we have played
yet."
A fter being outscored in
the third quarter, the Loggers
fought back to a tie, then fell
behind again in the last two
minutes to lose 42-47.
High scorer was Rebecca
Jensen with 16, followed by
O'Dair's 10 points and 11 re
bounds. Jones and Jensen
also nabbed rebounds, with 7
each.
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and Matt Mingefs 12 points.
The Loggers im proved
their record again with wins
o ve r O regon E p iscop al
School and Portland Adven
tist School.
They came on strong on
the 24th to outscore OES by
16 points in the first quarter.
"We came out and played ex
cellently in the first quarter,"
said head coach Scott Finlay,
"which made the rest of the
game relatively easy."
The final score was 65-53.
W illiam son led the scoring
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Lady Braves struggle but keep
on working for better basketball
Banks High School's Lady
Braves played tough in four
of fiv e v a rs ity b a s k e tb a ll
games this month, winning
one, but com ing up on the
short end of the stick in three
games.
The girls started in a duel
with Sherwood that ended in
a 2 point loss, 42-40, and fol
lowed that by beating Glad
stone 46-39. Andrea Schae
fe r led the scoring fo r the
Lady Braves in both games
with 18 points against Sher
wood and 14 against G lad
stone.
Unfortunately, th e ir third
game was a crushing 43-19
defeat to Estacada, as the
high point player, Lois Duyck,
managed only 7 points.
Hood River was victorious
against the girls, 44-37, in
spite of a 21 point effort by
Schaefer.
In the last gam e of the
month, the varsity team lost a
squeaker to LaSalle by two
points, 41-39.
The g irls ' ju n io r v a rs ity
team w ent w in le s s in five
gam es th is m onth despite
g a lla n t efforts by all team
members.
The losses were to Sher
wood, 43-30; Gladstone 49-
22; Estacada, 43-31; Hood
River, 64-19; and LaSalle by
on ly tw o p o in ts , 37-35.
Sheila Evers had the hottest
scoring hand on the team ,
with high points for four of the
five games.
"We are a young team ,"
Head Coach Christie Tatylor
com m ented, "The kids are
becoming more competitive
every tim e. We are doing
things a lot better than at the
beginning of the year, but we
still have a ways to go."
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with 24 and Erik Davis fin
ished the game off with 10 re
bounds.
In a total team effort that
saw Portland Adventist fall to
the Loggers, 88-77, Julian
w ent to the bu cket fo r 33
points, but "Everyone had a
key part in the win," said Fin
lay.
There w ill be two m ore
home games for the boys, on
the firs t ve rsu s P o rtla n d
C h ris tia n , and the 14th
against Columbia Christian.
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