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The INDEPENDENT, February 1 6 ,2 0 0 0
Mary Ann M iller returns to 1500
m eter com petition after tim e off
Two-tim e State 2A Cham pion from Vernonia, Justin Johnson, 119 pounds, is ready to pin 125
pound Knappa opponent Chase Roe.
Logger wrestlers ready for District meet
W ith less than a week until
the district meet, Feb. 18-19 at
Nestucca, the Vernonia High
School wrestling team is fo
cused.
“We will wrestle hard this
w eekend," said head coach
Jam es Brookins. “ If we can
place eight or nine wrestlers at
the district tournament, I will be
happy,” he added.
Three VHS w restlers are
ranked in the top 10 in state.
Senior Justin Johnson and Ju
nior B laine V andehey are
ranked first in their respective
w eight classes, and se n io r
Jared M cW hirter is num ber 10
in the 130 pound class.
“We are eagerly looking
forward to state,” said Brook
ins. “W e ’ve lost som e w restlers
due to injuries or grades,
though, and that will keep us
from placing in the top three.”
The Loggers faced Knappa,
PCC board will meet
in Scappoose library
A sign-up sheet for those
who wish to offer com m ents or
testim ony on any item will be
available at the entrance. If a
person with a disability needs
assistance in order to attend or
p a rticipa te in the m eeting,
please notify Judy Schwartz at
503-977-4334 at least 48 hours
in advance.
The Board of Directors for
Portland C om m unity College
has scheduled its February 17
business m eeting at the Scap
poose City Library, 52469 SE
2nd Street, Scappoose, begin
ning at 7:30 p.m.
Culver and W illamina on Feb.
12. “This was a good warm -up
for districts and state,” said
Brookins.
Vandehey and Johnson con
tinued their winning streaks,
while freshman John W alters
had wins as well.
Vernonia hosted the Corbett
Cardinals and the Knappa Log
gers in a double dual meet,
Feb. 5.
‘W e wrestled very w ell,” said
Brookins. “ In the matches we
lost, the boys either led at
some point or went against top
ranked wrestlers.”
“You can look right down
the line-up of VHS wrestlers
and see a whole team of boys
who are wrestling with a year
more experience than they had
com ing into the season,” said
Brookins. W e have a lot of
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good first year veterans. These
wrestlers aren’t beginners any-
more.”
A fter a six-m onth hiatus,
Vernonia runner M aryanne
Miller is off and running the
1500 meter again, and very
fast at that.
She competed in the Eu
gene Indoor Meet January 22,
placing fifth in a field of 31 run
ners. This might be impressive
if all the runners were from 2A-
size schools such as Vernonia,
but such was not the case.
Oregon high schools are di
vided into classifications which
are determ ined by the total
number of students in grades 9
through 12. Schools like Jew
ell, for instance, have no more
than 109 students and are
classified 1A; 2A schools such
as Vernonia have from 110 to
300; 3A is 301-824; and 4A
schools have 825 or more.
So,
w hy
was
M ille r’s
achievement awesome? First
place went to Laura Horman
from Jesuit, a 4A school with
1100 students; in second place
was Mandi Fitz of The Dalles
(3A); third place, Eleanor Gor
don of South Eugene (4A), and
fourth place, Andrea Schwartz
of Tigard (4A). Some of the oth
er com petitors were from
Rogue River, Thurston, C o
quille, Roseburg, Crater, North
Medford, Sherwood and Wilson.
It’s not often a 2A runner can
compete so well at this level.
On February 5th, at the
Portland Indoor Meet, M iller
placed second in the 1500 me
ters (metric mile) with a time of
5:04. The only runner to beat
her time was Miranda Vorres of
On The Run Track & Field Club
of W ashington. The 22 other
runners, all from 4A and 3A
schools in Oregon, were un
able to beat M aryanne’s time.
If you happen to see this
small, blonde runner training,
honk or wave a bit of encour
agem ent...and if you see an
old man chasing her, it’s proba
bly her coach, Mel Nice, just
trying to keep her in sight to
give her a few pointers.
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