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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
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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. We’re ready to go threw the last two, giving up no
hits — the Pirates were three
now.”
The Loggers were up by up-three down in both the sixth
three when Don Benedict sent
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