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The INDEPENDENT, January 5, 2000
Loggers struggling with inconsistent basketball performances
The Vernonia High School
varsity boys basketball team
has played well this season de
spite losing in the tournament
at Regis High School, Decem
ber 28 and 29. The Loggers
played City Christian and Har
risburg.
Against City Christian, the
Loggers were without four
players - Daniel Gregg, Frank
Spry, Billy Church and Eric Pat
terson - which hurt the team
and led to a 49-60 loss.
“ Ihey [the LoggersJ forced
plays that were not there. Im
patience to get the ball in also
contributed,” said head Coach
Scott Finlay. “The City Christ
ian team was smaller an0
played hard,” he added.
Lady Loggers show improvement
The Vernonia High School
Lady Loggers varsity basket
ball team traveled to Neah-
Kah-Nie Dec. 17 for a two day
tournament, then competed at
Regis High School on Dec. 28
and 29.
The Regis tournament re
sulted in a double loss for the
Lady Loggers. The first game,
against City Christian, was 36-
79.
“Although we placed fourth
in the holiday tournament,"
said senior Kirsten Hyde, “I
think it was a challenging expe
rience that only made our team
better."
Senior Erica Hobart was the
team’s high scorer, with 10
points for the game.
“City Christian is last year’s
state champion,” said Hyde. “I
think they will be our toughest
opponent. They will bring back
most of the players from last
year’s team, but if we have
enough determination and play
our game well enough, we
have a chance at beating
them,” she said.
The game against Harris
burg was also a loss, but it was
a closer game, 55-59. High
scorers were Hobart with 20
points, and Hyde with 10. Se
nior Alexis Poslev bucketed
eight, while senior Bridget Titus
and sophomore Kelly Kofstad
had seven points each.
At the Neah-Kah-Nie tour-
nament Dec. 17 and 18, the
Lady Loggers played extreme-
ly well, and have the trophy to
prove it!
In the first game of the tour
nament, against Eddyville, the
Loggers won 45-28. Hobart
was again high scorer with 15
points, while Hyde had eight,
Posley earned six, and senior
Casey Weller added five more.
Facing host Neah-Kah-Nie
in the championship game,
Vernonia won by 19 points, 52-
33.
Posley’s 19 points topped
the scoring, with Titus close be
hind at 14. Other leading scor
ers were Hobart with 11, and
Kofstad with 5.
“We are making progress
day to day," said Hyde. “With
our team’s closeness and ath
letic ability, I think we have a
chance to go to state.”
Vernonia PTA gears up for 2000
High scorers were seniors
Jason Busch with 11 points,
Kelly Baska with 10 points,
Travis Hightower with eight
points and Brian Robertson
with seven.
The Loggers lost to Harris
burg in a battle for third place.
Despite the 48-61 loss, Finlay
said, “They played much better
than they had the previous day,
and were better at taking care
of the ball.”
Hightower led in scoring,
with 21 points. Baska followed
with 11, and Busch contributed
seven.
In a tournament at Neah-
Kah-Nie, VHS played Eddyville
on December 17, then met Mo-
hawk for the championship on
the 18th.
The Loggers swamped Ed-
dyville, 84-38. “The score was
20-14 in the first quarter, and
that was as close as it got,"
said Finlay. According to Finlay,
the Loggers outsized the other
team and appeared to intimi
date them. “Our big players
were our big scorers, because
Eddyville didn’t know what to
do to stop us."
High scorers were Hightow
er with 21 points, Spry with 17,
and Busch with 15. Bryan
Dinger and Robertson helped
the effort with eight points
each.
The championship against
Mohawk was a hard-fought
game that ended with the Log
gers on the wrong side of an
eight point deficit. The final
score was 51 -59.
“The guys didn’t adjust to
what the other team’s defense
was giving us,” said Finlay.
The problem, Finlay ex-
plained, was that the team was
forcing the ball to the inside
when it wasn’t open, causing
too many turnovers.
Baska brought in 16 points
for the team while Hightower
had 10. Spry and Billy Church
added eight points each.
At home on Dec. 15, the
Loggers won a close game
against Portland Lutheran, 64-
55. “They played decently in
spite of a 25 percent free throw
rate. If our free throw rate had
been higher, the game wouldn’t
have been so close,” said Fin
lay.
The third quarter was a big
one for the Loggers as they
out-scored Portland Lutheran
25 to 12. Baska’s aggressive
play opened things up for the
team. Hightower brought in 23
points with Baska and Spry
contributing 11 points each.
Johnson back in winning form after football injury
The Vernonia High School
wrestling team participated in
two tournaments during winter
break, at Neah-Kah-Nie on
Dec. 30, and Warrenton on the
18th.
The team placed fifth over
all, in the Neah-Kah-Nie Holi
day tournament, and senior
Justin Johnson, in his first meet
since being injured late in the
football season, resumed his
winning ways, placing first in
the 119 pound class with a 3-0
record for the tournament.
Senior Curtis Golson and
junior Luke Ellis wrestled
against each other to deter
mine who would take third
place in the 215 pound class.
Golson defeated Ellis to place
third.
The team placed sixth at the
Warrenton tournament Dec.
18. Again, Logger competed
against Logger as junior Blaine
The first meeting of the Ver tions in the schools and their
nonia PTA for this school year surroundings. Some members
is scheduled for January 10, at are also concerned because
7:00 p.m., at the Head Start there is no longer a full time
Building, 500 California Av secretary in the Lincoln Grade
School office.
enue.
Also on the agenda is an ad
All past and present mem
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bers are strongly encouraged dress by Kim Sebring regard
will bring a husband and wife
to attend. Organizers would ing preparedness in the event
together.
like to see a large number of of catastrophic school violence.
parents involved in this associ
ation, and memberships will be
obtainable at this meeting.
Under consideration are
some important issues facing
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our children, especially safety
concerns, including ground
cover and lead-based paint,
and generally improving condi-
Vandehey faced senior team
mate Jesse Templin in the
championship round. Vande
hey and Templin placed first
and second, respectively.
Freshman Casey Waltz
earned third place in the 103
pound class, while freshman
John Walters took home third
place for the 135 pound class.
Ellis placed second in the 215
pound class.
The team competes tomor
row, Jan. 6, at St. Helens.
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