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The INDEPENDENT, January 7, 1998 Page 9 — Preseason helps Braves prepare Banks High School boys varsity basketball team faced the Neah-Kah-Nie Pirates Jan. 2, and won 87-58. “Everyone worked hard and kept their focus and concentra tion,” said head coach Richard Warren. “We got everything working and made less mis takes.” The Braves had some trou ble getting inside during the first quarter, until Luke Van- domelen ignited the team. Banks dug in and played a sol id game, giving up only eight turnovers, and taking advan tage of Neah-Kah-Nie’s 28 in the game. Banks also overcame the Pi rates’ rebound edge (21-10) in the first half to dominate across the board in the final two quar ters. High Scores: Steve Olson, 17 points, Dusty Kalhar, 15 points, Van- domelen, 11. The Braves lost a close one at Willamina Dec. 18, 66-64. “We didn’t come out and get on track," said Coach Warren, “allowing them to get into a rhythm.” Early foul trouble, benching some starters, and poor first half shooting had Banks down by 12 at the half. They turned things around and were tied with :05 left in the game. “The kids could’ve won if they’d played a whole game," said Warren. Scores and stats from the Jan. 6 game at Yamhill-Carlton will appear in the Jan. 21 issue of The INDEPENDENT. VHS girls earn split at Clatskanie Vernonia vs. Banks, (l-r) Banks’ Nigel Warren, Vernonia’s Brian Robertson, Jason Greqq Bryan Dinger and Charlie Ray, all working for the rebound. ________________ Braves shoot well; Loggers miss outside and lose Vernonia High School boys varsity basketball team lost at home Dec. 16 to the Banks High School Braves, 71-41. “It was a fun game for our kids,” said Braves Head Coach Richard Warren. “The team did a lot of things fundamentally well, and played with intensity from beginning to end.” Banks’ Glen Vanderzanden grabbed the opening tip-off and the shot turned into a rebound for Vernonia’s Greg Schmidlin. The start of a game-long trend, Schmidlin couldn’t get inside the Brave defense to shoot. Af ter a whole minute of action, neither team had scored. The Loggers’ height kept Banks’ shooting outside. Matt Hutchins turned that into a strength in the first quarter, tossing in three three-pointers and giving the Braves the shot in the arm they needed to pace the game. “Banks played well,” said Logger coach Scott Finlay. “And we allowed them to play super." Banks' tight defense was brutal to the Loggers, and it looked like everything the Braves put up, fell in. “We hadn’t been shooting very well and finally got on track in this game,” said War ren. “Hutchins shot great.” Midway through the second quarter, Vernonia dug in and worked to gain control, but couldn’t turn their efforts into points, trailing 42-20 at half time. The Loggers came out of B anks -M anning M erchants ARE READY TO SERVE YOU the locker room ready to make it happen. Jason Busch snagged some defensive re bounds, and Jacob Shetler powered inside the Brave de fense to help Vernonia narrow the scoring gap going into the final quarter. “We knew Schmidlin would score big, so we tried to shut down everyone else,” said Warren. Banks poured it on in the fourth quarter, stealing passes and rebounding all over the floor, outscoring the Loggers two-to-one. Vernonia coun tered with a fierce attack but couldn’t overcome the lead the Braves had built up. “We succumbed to their pressure,” said Finlay. “There were times when we made good plays, but we didn’t counter what they did well.” High Scores: Banks; Hutchins, 24 points, Ackerman, 19 points. Vernonia; Schmidlin, 19 points, Shetler, 8. 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Lady Loggers’ lack of focus, Vernonia held a small lead and that hurt them against at halftime, 24-21, then took Clatskanie, a good 3A team. control in the third quarter, Dec. 16 Vernonia’s ladies outscoring Knappa 13-6. lost their rematch with Banks’ In the second half, Vernon Lady Braves, 67-47. ia's Lady Loggers consistently “Banks is a good team,” said got the ball inside to their big Coach Krahn, “ and we let their ger girls. A lot of that inside ac press take us out of our game tion belonged to Maria Nico- more than we should have.” lau-Ferregut, who scored 16 Vernonia failed to execute points in the game. Amy Barton on offense and didn't stay in and Ellie Prpich also posed a their zone defensively, ex big second-half threat to Knap plained Krahn. pa. Hustle Player: Denise Titus. High Scores: Nicolau-Ferragut, 16 points, Barton and Prpich each with 9. In the first tournament game, on Dec. 22, Vernonia Lady Braves winning consistently Banks High School girls var sity basketball team brought home a win over North Marion on Dec. 19, 67-47, to post a 5-2 record going into league play. “I’m very pleased," said head coach Karl Kemper. “We’ve outscored three teams by a combined 77 points this week. It looks like we’re peak ing at the right time. I think we’ll do really well in league.” The Lady Braves trailed 19-18 midway in the second quarter, but came back to lead 30-24 at halftime. In a stellar performance, the girls outscored North Marion 21-12 in the fourth quarter. Val Duyck turned in a ca reer-high 20 points to go along with her eight rebounds. Dasha Wakefield and Amy Williams shared high scores of 11 points each. Dec. 17 saw the Banks girls win against Willamina, 67-27. "It’s tough to play back to back nights,” said Kemper, “but they played with energy and enthusiasm." The Lady Braves played their own game against a young and inexperienced Willamina team. Banks’ entire bench saw court time, with 12 players putting points on the board. April Beardsley and Val Duy ck each scored nine points, and four players - Mari Duyck, Kelly Chambers, Wakefield, and Brandy Wiliams - added eight points each. Banks won the re-match against Vernonia’s Lady Log gers on Dec. 16, 67-47. “We controlled the whole way,” said Kemper. The Lady Braves shot to an 11-0 lead and maintained their intensity throughout the game. This, and good shooting gave them the win. High Scores: Val Duyck, 13 points, 9 steals and 8 rebounds; Wakefield, 11 points, 8 rebounds; Amy Williams, 10 points, 4 steals; Brandi Williams, 9 points. The Lady Braves face St. Helens Jan. 6, travel to Sea side Jan 9 and host Scappoose Jan. 16. SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS • -r. < High Score: Prpich, 27 points. Scores and stats from the Jan. 6 game at Alsea will ap pear in the Jan. 21 edition of The INDEPENDENT Rf t »•.
