The independent. (Vernonia, Or.) 1986-current, March 17, 1999, Page 9, Image 9

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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-
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d e e P a rker, N ic o le K o ch.
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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 .
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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 . R a in ie r is
a 3A te a m a n d th e y s h o w e d it,”
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