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.