• J- .< . . V- .... ; • t ‘ -• s at Winter Sports Banquet s o n , J a s o n P a ttis o n , J o s h L a n d e rs. T w o y e a r p in s: J a re d M cW h ir- ter, M a tt B ro o k in s , B la in e Van- deh ey, J e s s e Tem plin. O n e y e a r p in s /le tte rs : K o rin a G re g g , Tegan J o n e s , J e s s ic a W eller, J a re d H e c k a th o rn , Jon J o h n s to n , M ic k e y B u e h re r, B ra ss S e a rs, L u ke E llis. S ta tis tic ia n c e rtific a te s : R an- S.7 d e e P a rker, N ic o le K o ch. "F- Cheerleading T w o y e a r p in s: K a trin a Je ffe rs, L e s lie F in a m o re , A n d re a P in e ­ do. O n e y e a r p in s /le tte rs : N ico le Luke , J e n n ife r B e rn a rd i, C h ris tie B ro w n . F i*'. Four veterans lead VHS softball L o g g e r S o ftb a ll, in its s e c ­ o n d y e a r of le a g u e c o m p e titio n , is e n jo y in g a m o re p ro d u c tiv e p r a c tic e s c h e d u le th a n la s t year and H ead C oach R andy S h o c k e y is o p tim is tic a b o u t the u p c o m in g se a s o n . “T h e m a k e -u p of th e te a m has c h a n g e d a b it,” s a id S h o c k ­ ey. “W e h a ve a y o u n g te a m a g a in . S o m e o f la st y e a r's p la y ­ e rs a re p la y in g d iffe re n t sp o rts, b u t o u r p itc h e rs h a ve re tu rn e d .” P itc h e rs N ic o le K o c h a n d A b b y P o nd a re tw o of S h o c k - e y ’s fo u r re tu rn in g la d ie s. E rica H o b a rt w ill be b a c k at th ird b a s e a n d T eg an J o n e s at s e c ­ o nd , c o m p le tin g th e list of re ­ tu rn in g L o g g e rs . T h e te a m has b e e n a b le to p ra c tic e on th e fie ld , b u t w e a th ­ e r fo rc e d c a n c e lla tio n of th e ir first pre-season contest, against W e stsid e C h ristia n M arch 15. T h is is an im p ro v e m e n t o v e r la st year, w h e n th e te a m ’s firs t tim e o n th e d ia m o n d w a s th e d a y of th e ir firs t g am e. “W e ’re still w o rk in g on p itc h ­ ing a n d d e fe n s e . F rom w a tc h ­ ing th e m w ith th e p itc h in g m a ­ ch in e , I th in k w e ’ll be a go o d h ittin g te a m ,” s a id S h o c k e y . “T h e y ’re a g re a t g ro u p to be a ro u n d . T eam c h e m is try a nd a ttitu d e is gre a t, th e s e g irls are w illin g to w o rk .” Vernonia High School 1998-99 wrestling team. Seated in foreground (l.-r.): Jessica Weller, Tegan Jones. Kneeling (l.-r.): Jared Heckathorn, Justin Johnson, Andy Waltz, Jason Pattison, Jason Vaughn, Daniel Shelton, Korina Gregg, Billy Leach. Second row (l.-r.): Jared McWhirter, Ben Fifield, Ethan Everett, Head Coach James Brookins, Brass Sears, Luke Ellis, Matt Brookins. Back row (l.-r.): Craig Enneberg, Mickey Buehrer, Blaine Vandehey, Charlie Ray, Curtis Golson, Jesse Templin. i T h e la d ie s h o s t St. H e le n s M a rc h 17, a n d a re o n th e road 4 » M a rc h 29. L e a g u e p la y o p e n s in V e rn o n ia , A p ril 1 a g a in s t P o rtla n d C h ris tia n at 4 :0 0 p.m . Team roster Christy Benes Christie Brown, Korina Gregg, Erica Hobart, Tegan Jones, Nicole Koch, Jennifer Mc- Gauvran, Tasha Murphy, Abby Pond, Nicole Potter, Jessica Soder- back, Brandi Abney, Jennifer Bernardi, Bonnie Buchan, Alishia Buffum, Beth Green, Dawn Lee, Lin- nette Rasmussen, Emily Sohler, Lindsay Pihl, Andrea Pinedo. ■ •7 . 5 • Tough preseason for Logger ball The V e rn o n ia L o g g e rs p la y e d th e ir firs t b a s e b a ll g a m e o f th e 199 9 s e a s o n M a rc h 15 at R a in ie r and , in s p ite of th e 13-3 loss, V e rn o n ia has re a so n to be . ?» v e ry o p tim is tic . “W e p la y e d w ith th e m ve ry w e ll fo r fo u r in n in g s . 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