The INDEPENDENT, January 21, 1998
Banks
High
School
wrestlers finished second out
of eight teams at the Woodburn
Tournament, Jan. 17.
Team scores were Tillamook
112, Banks 92, Junction City
83, Stayton 66, Sherwood 61,
Wilsonville 47, Woodburn 42,
Gladstone 19.
“The team really came
together,” said head coach Ron
Alley. “We have 11 freshmen
and sophomores in our line-up
and everyone wrestled ex
tremely well.”
Three of the Braves’ mat-
men won championships at
Woodburn.
Steven Brlttell (130 lbs.),
Nate Hordlchok (135), and
Nick Wilson (145). Hordlchok
was undefeated on his trip to
the championship.
Andy Brlttell (119) took sec
ond place, as did Derek Evans
(171), and Casey Turner (152)
In a controversial 3-2 decision
In his final match.
Leland Schmldlln (140) and
Nate Wilson (125) rounded out
the Braves’ scoring with third
place finishes.
Banks won their dual at
Scappoose Jan. 16, 47-29.
“This was a very good show
ing and a great build-up for the
league tournament at Wood
burn,” said Alley. “We were
expecting a tough battle.”
Seven Brave wrestlers won
by falls-Andy Brlttell, Steve
Brlttell, Hordichok, Schmidlln,
Nick Wilson, Derek Evans and
Marcus Blgsby. Casey Turner
won by a technical fall In the
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third round of his match.
“We got the ball rolling with
two wins in our two duals,” said
Alley.
McLoughlin High School
placed first Jan. 9 at the Jan
Anderson Memorial Tourna
ment in Hood River, with 98
points, followed by Forest
Grove, 90, Hood River, 64,
Steve Brlttell, Champion at
Banks, 56, and Gladstone, 17.
Originally an eight-way tour 130 lbs., was also undefeated.
nament, changes were forced His season record was 9-2 at
when three schools canceled. the close of the tourney.
The Braves hosted Seaside
Wrestling was In five-man
Jan.
8, winning 41-30.
brackets instead of eight-man.
“It was an exciting evening,”
Turner, undefeated In four
matches at Hood River and said Alley, “with full stands,
12-1 for the season, won the great atmosphere...a lot of
fun.”
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“When Turner walked off the
mat we knew they could still
beat us,” said Alley. “Trevor
Hasenkamp [215] got a fall and
won It.”
Vernonia High School boys
varsity basketball team hosted
the Warrenton Warriors and
lost, 85-59.
“We should’ve done more to
get opportunities to go to the
line,” said head coach Scott
Finlay, who described the
game as “terse and tense.”
The Loggers, looking focused
and organized, took an 8-6
lead at 4:07 In the first. By the
beginning of the second quar
ter Warrenton had taken con
trol.
A lack of offensive rebounds
and trouble with fouls hurt
Vernonia. Warrenton had 25
free throws, while the Loggers
shot only four.
The Warriors read the
Loggers’ game and ran away
from them score-wise. Halftime
score, 51-33
The second half opened
explosively, with back-and-
forth stealing, and Jacob
Shetler, Ryan Aultman (6
assists) and Jesse Walters
working tightly to get the job
done.
Shetler sank two
three-pointers to bring the
Loggers within 10. Third quar
ter score, 59-49.
“Shetler had a good Individ
ual qame, shootlna nine for 11
two-pointers and two for four
three-pointers,” said Finlay.
“Almost everything he shot
went in.”
Vernonia played hard but
couldn’t overcome Warrenton’s
physical style.
High Scores: Shetler, 24 points;
Frank Spry, 12 points, 9 rebounds;
Jason Busch, 7 points, 8 rebounds.
The Loggers earned a huge
come-from-behind victory at
home Jan. 9, against the
Neah-Kah-Nle Pirates, 66-55.
The opening tip-off went to
Neah-Kah-Nle, but a steal by
Logger Andy Sook put the first
points on the board. Midway
through the first quarter the
Loggers led 10-5, but the
Pirates tightened up to take a
20-14 lead by the end of the
first quarter.
“Neah-Kah-Nle wanted It
more for a while,“ said Logger
Coach Finlay. “We lost confi
dence and got tentative, and
Neah-Kah-Nle took the mo
mentum and rolled with it.”
The Loggers ran some good
plays In the second quarter, but
the Pirates’ hustle and Chad
Winfrey’s shooting (27 points)
let Neah-Kah-Nie keep a lead
at halftime, 30-26.
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Fourth quarter action was
Intense and physical, but
Vernonia dug in and tied the
score, 52-52, with 3:26 to play.
The lead see-sawed for the
next minute or so, then
Aultman, Walters, and Shetler
each scored, to give Vernonia
a 62-55 lead with 1:04 left.
“Aultman had a big second
half, making two three-pointers
Vernonia
High
School
wrestlers took third place at
Colton’s eight-way Tourna
ment, Jan. 10.
“We stepped it up another
notch,” said coach James
Brookins.
First
place
In
the
Tournament went to Clatska
nie, with a team score of 139
points, Colton took second with
119-1/2, and Vernonia earned
105 to record their highest tour
nament finish to date.
Blaine Vandehey (135 lbs.)
won the championship, his first
In a high school tournament. In
the final round, Vandehey beat
Mike Cornelius of Clatskanie
with a score of 20-8.
Justin
Johnson
(103),
placed second, though he lost
in the third to bring us within 10
[points],” said Finlay, “and did a
great job defending Winfrey."
Neah-Kah-Nle scrambled,
trying to regain their lead In the
game’s final minute. Vernonia
maintained their poise and held
the Pirates to just one bucket,
seven points total, In the fourth
quarter. The Loggers celebrat
ed a proud and hard-won victo
ry to the thunderous approval
of a packed gym.
High Scores: Shetler, 20 points;
Aultman, 16 points, 8 rebounds;
Walters, 11 points, 6 rebounds, 5
steals; Frank Spry (in his first varsity
start), 8 points, 9 rebounds.
his last match (9-8) to
long-time rival from Wahtonka,
Lucas Warden.
Geddy Parker (140) took
second place, losing 6-3 to last
year’s State Champion from
Nestucca.
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January 31, 1998,
12:00 noon start.
Andy Waltz (112) lost the
championship match to his
Colton opponent by only four
points, for a second place fin
ish. Matt Brookins (160) also
brought home second place.
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