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The INDEPENDENT, February 2, 2000 Page 11 Lack of consistency hampers Vernonia’s junior varsity girls team The Vernonia High School junior varsity girls basketball team has a 3-8 record at the halfway point of their season with six games remaining. Portland Adventist left VHS Jan. 31 with a 48-38 victory over the Loggers. “The game was not as in tense as the Lady Loggers have played in the past, but all team s have th e ir ups and downs,” said coach Jeff C he ney. “ It was a learning experi ence for everyone.” Ending the first quarter, the Loggers had a 12-4 lead, but Portland Adventist nibbled at and took the lead, and the girls never recovered from there. Freshm an Kim Norm ana had 12 points, junior Amy Spry had seven, and freshman Tr isha Titus contributed six. Spry also had seven rebounds. “Portland Adventist was able to make easy lay-ups when the girls w eren’t paying attention,” said Cheney. “ I think if we had been able to stop those points, we would have won the game." The jayvee girls were able to hold Oregon Episcopal School to 21 points, winning 41-21. “We pressed for the first half and got them out of their gam e,” said Cheney. At the beginning of the third, the Lady Loggers increased the intensi ty, bringing their lead to 16 points. “OES pretty much gave up after that," said Cheney. “They continued to play, but they nev er closed the scoring gap." Leaders w ere Titus, w ith nine points, and Normand with eight. Normand also had eight rebounds in the game. Junior Rose Peets hit the team ’s first three point shot of the season as well. The Lady Loggers faced C ity C hristian Jan. 25 and came home with a 63-25 loss. “C ity C hristian is ranked number one in state, and their CRUSHED. ROCK C O N C R E T E • F IL L SAND • ASPHALT COMMERCIAL • INDUSTRIAL RESIDENTIAL RADIO DISPATCHED • PROMPT DELIVERY OPEN MON-FRI 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM SATURDAY 7 AM-NOON SCAPPOOSE PORTLAND 543-7141 241-4799 33485 E. 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Basketball from page 10 By the end of the first quar ter, the team was down by five, and by ten at the half. Baska led the pack with 19 points, w hile H ightow er fo l lowed with 11 points and 12 re bounds. with seven points. “The girls started the sea son struggling,” said Cheney, but they are getting better. They have eliminated many of their turnovers and are scoring more.” The jayvees played well at home Jan. 18 against Corbett, sending the Cardinals home with a 38-31 loss. High point players were Ti tus with 14 points and Nor mand with 13. Banks C of C from page 9 not to do so as two members, Katie M urdoch and Richard Bowden, were missing from the meeting. Newly confirm ed voting member Jerry Adamowicz at tended his first meeting. A non voting vacancy still exists and, with the resignation of former chairperson Jack Lietl, the commission must elect a new chairperson and vice chairper son at the February 29 meet ing. 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