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D ,n a a T h o IM n F P F N D F N T A n ril 21. 1999 Logger girls show improvement, good schedule should help now Logger catcher Nicole Potter guards the plate, ready to deny the run against Warrenton April 15. Andrea Pinedo (right fielder) and Christie Brown (first base) watch the ac tion from their posts. Vernonia’s girls played a softball double header at Port land Lutheran April 16, their fifth and sixth games of the week, and lost both, 11-1 and 10-5. “We hit the ball, just right to people; we couldn’t seem to find the holes,” said head coach Randy Shockey. “The girls were tired.” Nicole Koch showed what she’s made of in game one. In the fifth she hit a triple and Christy Benes’ single sent her home. Koch also pitched all five innings, allowing six hits, striking out one and walking seven. Game two went the dis tance. Nicole Potter put Vernonia’s first two runs in the books in the first, after Tegan Jones and Abby Pond walked and Erica Hobart advanced them both. Going into the top of the sec ond the score read 2-2. Kindergarten Round Up time All children who will be five years old by Sept. 1, 1999, are encouraged to bring their par ents or guardians to this year’s Kindergarten Round-up April 30, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Headstart building on California Avenue. To register for the 1999- 2000 school year be sure to bring a birth certificate and im munization records. Free hear ing and vision screenings will be given. The registration and screening process takes ap proximately one hour. It is important for next year’s kindergarten class to attend this round-up, to help the school and teachers with their planning for fall. PL slowly pulled ahead but the Loggers made them work for the win. “I keep seeing improvement as the season goes along and we get more experience,” said Shockey. “We’re a young team, even the seniors we have didn’t play varsity last year.” April 15 was a beautiful spring day in Vernonia, perfect for softball. The Loggers played four tight and impressive in nings before Warrenton began fighting back. The final score of 23-9, Warrenton, only tells part of the story. “We played four very good innings, we just had one bad in ning,” said Shockey. “I was re ally pleased with how we came out and played.” After four innings Vernonia had held the Warriors to two runs, while putting eight of their own on the books. Hobart drove in the first run and her RBI single was fol lowed immediately by Tasha Murphy’s and then Koch’s. Warrenton scored two in the second and Vernonia an swered in the third with five. Tegan Jones sent one deep into center field for a three-RBI triple and didn’t waste any time before stealing home. In the fifth the Warriors scored six to narrow the lead to one, and put the game away in the sixth. Abby Pond started in the cir cle and pitched five innings. Koch threw in the sixth. The ladies played at Knappa April 13 and lost in spite of a greatly improved defensive ef LOW COST CdR LOdNS Vernonia Federal Credit Union • 429-8031 Shockey. fort, 9-5. “We did a good job of mak In game one, Hobart drew a ing the plays,” said Shockey. “It walk and Gregg knocked her was a much, much better de home with a triple. fensive game.” Beginning April 27, the Log The Loggers went to Corbett April 12 for a doubleheader and gers will play host for the rest of the season. Warrenton visits on lost both games, 14-1, 18-0. “Corbett may be the best April 27, Portland Chirstian on team in our league,” said April 29 and Knappa May 4. Loggers enjoy big win over NKN The Vernonia Logger base one over the fence for an RBI ball team shut out host home run in the fifth. He hit two Neah-Kah- Nie’s Pirates April of four in the game. One of Jesse Walters’ two 13, 7-0. “This was probably the hits was a solo home run in the game where we molded as a sixth. Jason Pattison and Justin complete team. We’ve been playing good defense but our Bellingham both hit two-for- pitching hasn’t been the great four, Pattison got on base all est,” said head coach Grant four of his at-bats. Benedict pitched the first five Rand. “At Neah-Kah-Nie we hit the ball, were good on the innings, allowing one hit and bases and our pitching came walking two. Ryan Aultman through. 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