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The INDEPENDENT, April 21, 1999
S p rin g co n ce rt, dram a set at VHS
Vernonia High School and
W ashington Grade School jun
ior high students will perform
their annual Spring Concert on
Thursday, April 22 at 7:00 p.m.
in the VHS gym.
The com m unity is invited to
enjoy the perform ance by
these young musicians. There
is no charge for admission.
The VHS drama com pany
will perform “a simplified ver
sion” of Romeo and Juliet, April
29 and 30 at 7 :0 0 .p.m. and
May 1 at 3:00 p.m. in the high
school gym.
Seating is limited and tickets
for the drama must be pur
chased in advance. They will
be sold on a first come, first
served basis. Cost is $5.00 for
anyone age 12 or older, $3.00
for children age 11 and under.
Call drama teacher Jennifer
Calvert at 429-3521 to arrange
ticket purchases.
Y oung g o lf te a m e n jo y s le a rn in g
Logger Jesse Walters at the beginning of one of his trips ‘round the bases against Knappa
April 6. Knappa’s Loggers got more than one good look at the #3 on the back of his uniform
in the contest.
Loggers’ confidence gro w s as w eather allo w s gam es
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and seventh innings.
Chad Dewitt knocked both of
V ernonia’s runs across the
plate in the fourth with his RBI
home run that Rand described
as a “mighty fine hit."
Benedict pitched 2-1/3 in
nings then “ran out of steam .”
Luke Brown finished the third.
“Luke did a fine job of getting
the inning closed,” said Rand.
Aultman pitched innings four
through seven.
V ernonia’s home baseball
season opened with a 9-6 loss
to Knappa.
W alters started Vernonia’s
Loggers off with a single to
ning ended two batters later,
Knappa had pulled even, 6-6.
Vernonia ended the top of
the seventh after three batters.
Aultman struck out the first, the
second thrown out at first base,
and P arker’s third catch in cen
ter field.
Vernonia scored six runs on
11 hits, two walks and three
Knappa errors. Vernonia pitch
ers B enedict, Johnson and
Aultman faced 37 batters and
gave up four hits, nine walks
and struck out eight.
The Loggers host Corbett
April 23 and W arrenton April
30, both double headers begin
ning at 3:30 p.m.
center field, advanced to third,
on Justin Jo h n s o n ’s single,
then stole home when Knap
pa’s catcher threw down on
Johnson as he stole second.
Johnson stole third and Pat
tison, w ho’d been given a free
pass to first, stole second.
Benedict singled to load the
bases and Bellingham tallied
the first RBI.
By the top of the fifth, Ver
no nia’s Loggers held a 6-2
lead.
Johnson took the mound in
the fifth, without proper w arm
up, and after seven batters and
one out was relieved by Ault
man. W hen the too of the in
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Senior Allie Krahn finished
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