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The INDEPENDENT, October 21, 1998
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Sportsmanship prize to WGS girls WGS junior high football nears end of the season
Washington Grade School’s
eighth grade volleyball teams
have had their share of ups
and downs this season, but
proved their hearts are in the
right place Oct. 16 and 17, at
the eighth grade tournament in
Coos Bay. The ladies didn’t
place, but brought home the
Sportsmanship Trophy.
“It was really cool,” said
Coach Doug Tesdal. “The girls
learned a lot and did things
they hadn’t been able to do
before and felt good about it.
I’m proud of the girls, they were
able to go and not win, and still
maintain their sportsmanship
and take the Sportsmanship
Trophy.”
The girls didn’t fare well in
pool play on the 16th, in spite
of consistent scoring by Trisha
Titus, Kendall Graham and
Jessica Thornburg, and games
in which most of the players
are credited with at least one
score.
WGS won their first match
on Oct. 17th, against Yoncalla
15-3, 15-5, but lost to Crescent
Valley and Blanco later in the
day.
To complete the weekend,
the girls, and Tesdal, enjoyed
a tour of the tall ship Lady
Washington .
10/17 @ Coos Bay Tournament
vs. Yoncalla: W15-3,15-5
vs. Crescent Valley: L6-15.L9-15
vs. Blanco:L14-16, L7-15
10/16 @ Coos Bay
vs. Fremont Gold: L4-15, L9-15
vs. Sunset: L9-15, L4-15
vs. Klngsview:L6-15, L5-15
vs. North Bend:L2-15,W15-7
10/15 @ Astoria
L11-15.8-15
10/13 vs. Knappa
L11-15. 0-15
10/08 vs. Neil Armstrong
W15-4, 2-15, 15-4
Eighth Grade Roster
Varsity: Maranda Barton, Candice
Dalebroux, Heather Forster, Kendall
Graham, Kristal Hayes, Jessica Thorn
burg, Trisha Titus, Sommer VanMeter.
Junior Varsity: Jessica Allison, Shan-
trell Cecil. Katrina Hall, Stephanie
Hein, Jackie King, Jenny Kinney, Kris
tina Pounder, Shilo Stevens, Chelsea
Sears.
Miller shatters Wahtonka record
time of 17:48 at Wahtonka is in
step with his performance so
far this season.
The rest of the boys team is
showing improvement, in some
cases over a minute faster than
at the Neah-Kah-Nie meet in
late September.
Matt Behnke, the second
Miller ran the course in Logger to cross the finish line,
19:08, slashing :21 from the clocked-in at 18:04, followed
previous record, set in 1977.
by Colin Plews (18:27), Andy
Mons Fjeldstad, boys team Waltz (18:27), and Colin
leader, is holding steady. His Tierney (19:53).
Vernonia’s cross country
teams
traveled
to
the
Wahtonka Invitational Oct. 15
The boys and girls teams fin
ished fourth and fifth, respec
tively, and Logger Mary Anne
Miller shattered a course
record.
Fundraising for Busch memorial
The Mark Busch Memorial
Fund is holding a raffle to raise
money toward the purchase of
a new scoreboard for Vernonia
High School.
Raffle tickets are $1.00
each, and may be purchased
at any Vernonia Logger home
football game, The Craft Room,
Lew’s Place, or Vernonia An
tiques. The drawing will be at the
Homecoming game, Nov. 5.
One of the items to be raf
fled, a quilt, is on display in the
old Penney’s building, on the
corner of Bridge Street and
Madison Avenue.
The following local busi
nesses and individuals have
donated prizes for the raffle:
Kathy Richardson, Western
Auto Associate, Creative Im
pulse, Vernonia Antiques &
Collectibles, The Craft Room,
K.T.’S Klutter, Sandra McLean
Florist, Vernonia Hardware,
Vernonia Police Department,
The Highland Heart, Sentry
Market, Lyon’s Den, Cedar
Side Inn, Bridge Street Mini
Mart, Jeanette’s, Sunnyside
Deli, Storage Too, Gypsy’s
Thrift Shop, Gloria’s Spar Tree,
Lew’s Place, New Hong Kong
Restaurant, and Leonetti’s.
WGS volleyball improving steadily
Washington Grade School’s
seventh grade volleyball teams
have worked hard this season
to master the game’s basic
skills, and are showing a lot of
progress, and promise for the
future.
“ I feel they’re developing
very well,” said Coach Rena
Titus. “A few times we’ve had
pass, set, hit combinations in
games and their serving is
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coming along. They’re ‘getting
it’ and we’re scoring more."
The teams haven’t enjoyed
a lot of wins by the numbers,
but are winners in every game
by giving it their best effort no
matter what the scoreboard
reads.
10/15 @ Astoria
W15-5, 11-15, 15-2
10/13 @ Knappa
L15-5, 8-15, 7-15
10/8 vs. Neil Armstrong
L2-15, 8-15, 2-15
10/7 vs. North Clackamas Christian
L5-15, 10-15, 8-15
Seventh Grade Roster
Varsity: Katy Taylor, Ona Gregg, Kala
Rondo, Malorie Baker, Maryl Kunkle,
Kortni Hyde, Katelyn McWhirter, Amber
Bosley, Julie Johnson.
Junior Varsity: Abbie Nelson, Karianne
Budge, Mandy Swaner, Alex Moeller,
Laura White. LaTasha Mosqueda,
Stephanie Lane, Megan Baker.
Washington Grade School’s
Topper football team hosted
Warrenton Oct. 15 and lost,
13-0, bringing their record to
1-2.
“We were shorthanded so
we had to make some adjust
ments,” said head coach Reid
Holcomb. “We made the best
defensive stand since I’ve
been here.”
Warrenton’s first drive took
them to the Topper one yard
line, that’s where WGS made
their stand.
WGS jumped offsides in
their enthusiasm, to give
Warrenton a second down and
inches situation. Adam Tanner
and David Koch kept Warren
ton from punching through to
the end zone and, on fourth
down, Kim Normand forced a
turnover to complete the effort.
Koch led the Toppers
offense with three receptions,
along with Matt Kelly who aver
aged 3.5 yards per carry.
Warrenton scored on two
special teams’ errors by WGS.
The teams played a fifth
quarter, giving next year’s
starting Toppers real game
experience.
“Joel Johnston did a nice job
at quarterback," said Holcomb,
“and Ben Brookins ran the ball
hard at the tailback position."
The Toppers last home
game is scheduled for Oct. 29,
when they face Knappa.
Sun sets for racing season at Sunset Speedway
By Marty Hough
September 26th was the last
hurrah for most of the race
teams that have run at Sunset
Speedway in Banks. The
PHRA Dwarf cars’ last race of
the season came about with
some interesting championship
scenarios before the green flag
even dropped. The Street
Stock Champion had already
been determined but races for
second, third, fourth and fifth
were still to be decided.
Mark Hinkle came in with a
small lead in the PHRA stock
division with the Pettys, Clint
and Richard, right on his points
bumper. After the Pettys fin
ished ahead of Hinkle in their
heat race it came down to the
main, with the Pettys going
hard to the front and Hinkle try
ing to stay up with little margin
for error.
Clint Petty made a great
move to the front early in the
race and took the point know
ing he had to win and that
Hinkle would have to finish
poorly to take the points cham
pionship. Father, Richard, fol
lowed close behind his son in
second place, but getting there
was the part that thrilled the
large Sunset Speedway crowd.
Phil Sunderlin, who came
into the night fourth in points,
also tried everything he could
to get to the front and a possi
ble top-three championship
run. But Hinkle kept up with
the leaders and kept out of
trouble. Down the stretch
Sunderlin passed Richard
Petty for second place but
could only see Clint Petty’s
back bumper as the checkered
was thrown.
The Pettys finished first and
third, Sunderlin in second.
Hinkle quietly took fourth place
which was good enough for
him to win the points champi
onship. Hinkle’s silence was
short-lived though, he threw an
in-car celebration that Alex
Zanardi would have been proud
of. Clint and Richard wound up
second and third in points,
respectively.
The Modified class was
decided long ago...Mike Shoen
Jr. had dominated the division
...but second and third were
stiil up in the air, making for
great racing.
Dan Burns, Jeff Quinn, Brian
Blackwell, Shoen Jr., and Doug
McVey all went to the front,
mixing it up and trading the
lead many times. Shoen Jr.,
who would normally be in the
lead and pulling away, was
back in fourth place and strug-
gling to get around the pack.
Burns and Quinn raced each
other most of the contest, until,
slowly but surely, Shoen Jr.
came to the front taking a late
lead. Then the unexpected
happened. A broken drive line
took Shoen Jr. out of the race.
Then Quinn ran over the piece
Shoen Jr. left on the track,
which knocked out the second
place driver. This gave the lead
to Brian Blackwell who kept the
rest of the pack behind him for
his first-ever main event victory.
Doug McVey took second,
Dan Burns captured third, fol
lowed by Wayne VanRayden.
Shoen Jr. took the points
championship, followed by
Quinn and Van Rayden.
The points championship
was already determined in the
Street Stocks, but other places
needed to be filled.
RJ Stevenson gave the
reins to his wife, as he had
number one wrapped up.
Going into the A Main most of
the contenders found them
selves in the middle or back of
the pack on the green flag,
wanting to get to the front
quickly. A multi-car crash early
in the race sent many of the
contenders to the end of the
line, opening up the lead to
some new drivers.
Newcomer Tony Cotlano
came fast through the middle
to vie for the lead. Jimmy
Masure used the whole track to
keep everyone behind him as
he took the lead early and
fought back all comers. At the
end, with Cotlano all over
Masure, the leader took both
high and low lines around the
Sunset Speedway quarter-mile
to capture the win.
Cotlano wound up in sec
ond, Dan Buker was third. All
three are relative newcomers
to Sunset. Harley Barrett cap
tured fourth and James
Simeroth came from the B
Main to take fifth.
Stan Asonovic put on a ter
rific show for the fans with the
last Jalopy race of the year.
Bob Trout banged his way to a
much deserved second place
with Paul Ireland in third.
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