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The INDEPENDENT, October 21,1998
Tough early season challenges Loggers to learn more while losing
Vernonia’s Loggers faced
the tough Warrenton Warriors
on Greenman Field Oct. 16.,
and suffered a 41-14 loss.
“We’ve played five of the top
ten teams statewide and I’d
say Warrenton’s the best of
those,” said Logger head
coach Bob Bruce. “I’d rank
them first, or second behind
Amity.”
The Warriors dominated the
first half, both offensively and
on defense— effectively shut-
ting down Vernonia’s passing
conversion run, put the score
at 34-14.
“Rushing-wise we did better,
227 yards, and we met an
offensive goal—we had only
four ‘3 and outs’ [instances
where the Loggers played
three downs and were forced
to punt],” said Bruce. “Our last
three games are win-able.”
Jesse Walters didn’t make
his usual numbers against
Warrenton due to a dislocated
finger, but Bruce is optimistic
about his chances of seeing
(3 catches for 167 yards) for a
touchdown. Don Benedict’s
kick put the Loggers on the
board with seven.
Walters opened the fourth
quarter in fine form, running a
kickoff back 75 yards into the
Royals’ end zone, bringing
Vernonia within five points of
P.C. The Royals stretched the
scoring gap back to 11 points
at the quarter’s halfway point.
Aultman found
Walters
again, with a 61 yarder, and
Vernonia Logger Don Benedict moving the ball in the W arrenton game, Oct. 16 on
Greenman field. Working to clear the way for him are offensive linemen (I. to r.) Blaine
Vandehey, Chad DeWitt, and Charlie Ray.
game with heavy pressure on
quarterback Ryan Aultman.
Vernonia received the sec
ond half kickoff. and steadily
moved the ball from their own
30 yard line to Billy Church’s
touchdown at the seven-minute
mark. 34-6.
The Loggers’ next series
began late in the third quarter.
Vernonia took possession on
downs at their own 25 yard
line. Church (99 total yards)
and Justin Johnson (89 yards,
1TD) fought for every yard to
advance the drive downfield,
and into the fourth quarter.
With 10:00 left to play, Brad
Bricker caught a nice toss from
Aultman for a first down on
Warrenton’s 12 yard line.
Thirty-five
seconds
later,
Johnson punched into the end
zone— breaking Warrior tack
les every step of his eight yard
run up the middle of the field.
Johnson’s encore, a two point
action at Neah-Kah-Nie on the
23rd.
Chad DeWitt led Vernonia’s
defense with seven tackles and
two assists, followed by Josh
Landers (6), and Charlie Ray
(5 tackles, 2 assists).
The Loggers lost at Portland
Christian, Oct. 9, 25-20.
“Neither team came out
intense,” said Bruce. “The
team’s practice attendance has
affected execution, but I think
the strength of our schedule
will help in our final games.”
The Royals scored on their
opening drive and neither team
reached an end zone again
until the second half.
Logger fans have come to
expect big, exciting plays—in
this game they weren’t disap
pointed. With a minute left in
the third quarter, Aultman (190
yards passing, 2TDs) shot an
86 yard pass to Jesse Walters
Benedict kicked the PAT to put
another seven on the board for
the Loggers. Unfortuantely,
Vernonia didn’t have time to
make up the last five points.
“We’ve set new goals, offen
sive and defensive, for the rest
of the season,” said Bruce.
“This has been an emotionally
exhausting season, but
I’m
hopeful about the rest of the
season.”
The Loggers have accumu
lated some impressive sea-
son-to-date stats, compiled
after their first five games.
Offensively, they are averag
ing 21.4 points and 262 total
yards per game.
Aultman has completed 43
passes for 943 yards and 13
TDs, many of those to Walters,
who is the leading receiver with
583 yards after 23 catches and
9 TDs. Landers leads in rush
ing, 47 carries for 193 yards.
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The Logger defense has
grabbed four interceptions, two
by Walters, and one each by
Craig Enneberg and Mickey
Buehrer.
DeWitt turned a fumble
recovery into a touchdown, and
Ray, who shares the highest
average of tackles per game
with Johnson (6.6), is credited
with two fumble recoveries.
Landers and Curtis Golson
are second and third num
ber-wise in tackles, with aver
ages of 5.6 and 5.2 per game,
respectively.
Lady Braves show improvement
The Banks High varsity vol
leyball team handed Seaside a
loss in two games Oct. 15, in
Seaside, 15-9, 15-7.
"We had excellent tip cover
age, Seaside never had a suc
cessful tip on us and they tried
a lot,” said head coach
Suzanne Alley. “Our hitting
errors went way down also—
something we’ve been working
on all season.”
late to pull off the win.
“Val Duyck, Dasha Wake
field, Carrie Bayless, Cait Van
dehey and Sara Riggle, alter
nately, make up our serve
receive unit,” said Alley. “They
had only five errors out of 120
service receptions against
Scappoose and Seaside.”
Alley is enthusiastic about
her team’s performance, no
tably middle blocker Riggle,
who she describes as “doing a
tremendous job”, and Adrianne
Bent, who is credited with 10
solo blocks in the last two
matches.
Banks’ ladies are showing
poise and maturity on the court
in this second half of the ‘98
season. After their close, and
disappointing, loss to Scap
poose in Banks on Oct. 13
(16-14, 14-16, 12-15), Alley led
Wakefield and Duyck are
a team discussion on playing continuing their consistent out
tough in the face of adversity, side hitting, and team leader
along with tip coverage drills. ship.
The team put those skills into
Banks' ladies pulled off a
practice at the Seaside match.
decisive win in a non-league
Oct. 13, the Lady Braves match at Newport, Oct. 5,15-4,
won the first game by the nar 15-5.
rowest of margins and led 14-9
The Lady Braves hosted
in game two, but let the lead,
and the game, get away from Clatskanie Oct. 7 and lost in
them. When Banks came out three games 2-15, 15-13, 4-15.
tentatively for game three,
10/15 @ Seaside
Scappoose took advantage
W15-9, W15-7.
10/13 vs. Scappoose
and a 14-5 lead. The Lady
W16-14,
L14-16, L12-15
Braves fought back, with con
10/7 vs. Clatskanie
tributions from Melissa Olson,
L2-15, W15-13, L4-15
a key component of Banks’
10/5 @ Newport
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