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The INDEPENDENT, Jan. 12,1994 Page 13 Inconsistent play, lack of teamwork plague Vernonia hoopsters Vernonia High School Log ger basketball team opened regular-season play with an easy win at Neah-Kah-Nie and a tough loss at Warren ton. Despite N eah-Kah-N ie's mismatch in size, they put up a good fight against the Log gers, in a game that Vernonia led by 20 points most of the time and won 69-55. Vernonia coach Scott Fin lay credits the Pirates, "Dur ing the first part of the game they played a zone defense, that's when we improved our lead. Then they decided to play us man to man and did a good job trying to come back, but we did a good job getting the ball to our post men." L o g g e r post men Trey W illiam son and Erik Davis had a fine night, scoring a com b in ed 48 p o in ts and pulling down 22 rebounds. Steve Wolf added 9 points to the offense. In V e rn o n ia 's second league game, against War renton, th e ta b le s w ere turned. The stow pace of the game was dictated mostly by the Warriors, but ironically the Loggers led throughout most of the game. Vernonia had a jump start in the first quarter when they took a 9 point lead, 19-10, and maintained a 6 point lead until half time, 30-24. The Warriors played well through adversity and never gave up, they set some very good picks that confused the Loggers. By the third quarter they had cut the lead to within three, 34-37. An impatient Logger team started shooting and missing, allowing the Warriors to get back into the game. The Warriors managed to capitalize on important free- throws in clutch situations, on the other hand, the Loggers shot only eight freethrow s, hitting just two. The Loggers went on to lose 55-46 to the Warrenton Warriors. Finlay felt his team didn't play as a team , "The pace was mostly dictated by the Warriors, they took their time through picks, while we on the other hand, didn't play as a team. We had no patience in shooting the ball. I hope this loss will show us that we need to work as a team." W arren to n post R obbie Fulton led all scorers with 27 points. For Vernonia, Davis scored 17 and had 13 boards. Brad McKedy scored 10 points, all in the first half and B ill Busch had a fine night with 3-4 shooting and 9 points. The Loggers shot a p o o r 39 p e rce n t from the floor. The Loggers had their last non-league game against Je suit and won 87-50. Davis scored 16; McKedy and Matt Woodard each had 10. Finlay feels it's not going to get any easier, "We're at a critical point; we should have beaten Warrenton. We have some tough opponents com ing up and we need to do well in order to keep up with them. We have to find the intensity in order to win." The Loggers will go to Portland Adventist today to see if their lesson has been learned. Drama class will perform "Cyrano" A one-act version of Cyra no deBergerac will be pre sented by the Vernonia High School drama class. (Heather Parmeter), Le Bret (Luke E verett), and Rage- neau (Ja n ika K neeland). Other parts are double cast. Adapted from a novel by Edmond Rostand, the tragi comedy features Rian Rags dale as Cyrano, whose unre quited love for Roxane (Beth Grebenc) is put to the test when handsom e C hristian (B ran dy R icha rdson ) b e comes the object of Roxane's affection. Student director is Traci Eckertson. Forrest Cooper is the drama instructor. Other characters include three nuns (Kari Cradit, Char lo tte Koch and K risten Frame), Roxane's "Duenna" The performance is sched uled fo r S unday evening, January 23, at 7:00 p.m. in the V e rn on ia H igh School gym. G en era l a d m issio n is $2.00, and the community is invited to attend. Refresh ments will be available prior to the performance. Preschool plans Casino Night fun Some members of the cast and crew of the V H S . Smith, Beth Grebenc, Rian Ragsdale, Luke Everett, Skeeter Edwards, Tracy Eckertson, Kari C radit, Santina Leonetti and Chris Evenhus. Not pictured are Jessica and Carol Baughman, James Acton, Kristen Frame and Brandy Richardson. Lady Loggers enjoy a winning touch V e rn on ia H igh S ch oo l's Lady Loggers fin a lly found winning ways, upping their re co rd to 2-8, w ith w ins against N eah-Kah-N ie and Clatskanie at home. They came into the Neah- Kah-N ie game with an 0-5 record, 0-3 league. Good re bounding, 23 boards and only six turnovers pushed the Log gers to their first win all sea son, 29-36. Since this win, Tandle Cox is looking forward to the sea son ahead , "Now we found out we can win, I'm looking forward to the rest of the sea son, and I hope we can win more games." With one win already sit tin g c o m fo rta b ly in th e ir record, the Lady Loggers had their hands full Monday night against Clatskanie, who they had previously tost to, 32-78. The Lady Loggers played through adversity and main tained their composure to win 35-23. Fawn Daniels credits Ver nonia's composure; "We real ly played well and kept our cool throughout the game. T hat helped us win th is game." Tarah Pond led all scorers with 9 points. Asa Bjorklund scored 8 points, pulled down 16 rebounds and had five blocked shots. Nicole Ness scored 7 points for Clatska nie. The Lady Loggers re bounded well, with 31 off the boards. In between the Neah-Kah- Nie and Clatskanie wins the Lady Loggers suffered a toss to Warrenton, 44-29. Leah Keenon feels the of fense needs im provem ent, "We need to take the open shot if we see it. We also need to pass when under pressure. Our penetration to the basket also needs to get better." The Lady Loggers are set to play Portland Adventist to day at home at 6 p.m. Tarah Pond says team work w ill help, "We need to start play ing as a team and not individ ually. We are a team and should play and act like one. When we start doing that we can have fun and win some games." Vernonia Preschool will hold its annual "Casino Night" Saturday, March 5, from 7 to 11 p.m. at Lew's Place. Wild Bill's Casino will pro vide dealers for six blackjack tables, roulette and craps. Players w ill be elig ible for many prizes, including a tele vision set and a trip to Reno for two. Tickets are $15 each, or two for $25. Each ticket in cludes $25 worth of playing scrip. Additional scrip will be available. All profits will go to pre scho ol o p e ra tio n s ' c o s ts . Last year, the p ro fits from Casino Night totalled 15 per cent of Vernonia Preschool's operating incom e. C asino Night, the April golf tourna ment and other fundraisers p ro v id e 43 p e rc e n t of the nonprofit preschool's income The p re s c h o o l b o ard is hoping that fundraisers will enable them to develop at least two scholarships for stu d e n ts w ho need to be in preschool and cannot afford tuition. Call the Vernonia Coopera tive Preschool for more infor mation or ticket purchases, at 429-9501. Parent volunteers make help Reading Loft happen From page 1 new toft, "pretty" and "color ful" and "real neat" were addi tional responses. Aultman spoke for a mo ment on the civic responsibili ty that the parents dem on strated in order to provide the reading loft and told the stu dents th a t, som eday, they w ould be ab le to do the same. He added that they were not only the first blend- eded class in the district, they were also the first to have a reading toft. Now it was time to cut the ribbon and, since there are two ladders to the toft, Kristi na cut the first ribbon and Nick cut the second, thu s dedicating the reading toft to the 1993-94, K-1 class and many classes to follow. A fte r the ribbon was cut the students were instructed on safe procedures for climb ing and descending the lad ders of the toft. Some students voiced con cern over the height of the toft and shared past, scary expe riences with heights. Once the students were done relat ing their stories, Mrs. Nice re assured them of the lo ft's safety by comparing it to the height of th e ir playground equipm ent. She rem inded them, however, that it was not to be treated as playground equipment. Each student was then giv en the opportunity to climb into the toft, look around, then clim b down practicing their safety techniques. The students even includ ed the toft in a tuneful ditty as they took turns checking it out. By the end of the day, all had tried out the loft, even those who were initially ner vous. The reading toft was made possible by donated time and effort. School district expens es were $500 for materials — and the toft will be a special place for years to come, as p rim a ry s tu d e n ts p ra c tic e their reading skills. Campfire organizing is underway An organizational meeting for a Campfire Girls and Boys group will be held on Monday, January 17 at 3:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Vernonia. Interested persons are in vited. For more information call Gwen M illigan at 429- 0108 o r C ry s ta l B ow er at 429-6321.
