The INDEPENDENT, April 5, 2000
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Winter Sports Awards banquet recognizes athletic achievement
The Vernonia High School
Winter Sports Awards banquet
was held March 29, in the VHS
gym.
Following introductions by
Athletic Director Jane McCel-
lan and Principal Mike Durbin,
the athletes were recognized
with awards and certificates for
participation and achievement
Travis
Hightower
was
named Most Outstanding Play
er in boys’ varsity basketball.
Most Inspirational Player was
Bryan Dinger and Most Im
proved was earned by David
Koch.
Others receiving recogni
tion, with Certificates, Pins or
Letters, were Kelly Baska, Ja
son Busch, Kyle Cota, Brian
Collins, Eric Weller, Darcy
Kunkel, Eric Patterson and
Brad Bricker.
Weller also received a Most
Outstanding Player award for
his performance on the junior
varsity team. The jayvee Most
Inspirational award went to
Josh Ward, and Everett Brown
was named Most Improved.
Also recognized for their ef
forts were Eric Patterson, Dar
cy Kunkel, Keith Rondo, J.P.
Allison, Jiri Burda, Charles
Gendron, Matt Peters, Paul Or
lando, Alex Dinger, Matt Kelly,
David Koch, Eric Lee, Shawn
Robertson and Russell Gregg.
No one was surprised when
Erica Hobart was named Most
Outstanding Player on the var
sity girls basketball team. Kelly
Kofstad was named Most In
spirational and recognition for
Most Improved was Amy Spry.
In addition to Hobart, fourth
year varsity awards went to
seniors Casey Weller, Bridget
Titus and Kirsten Hyde.
Other awards went to Alexis
Posley, Kendra DeWitt, Elisa
beth Brookins, Rose Peets,
itively influence business, gov Megan Peura and Trisha Titus.
The
Most
Outstanding
ernment, and society. It also
helps them understand that
their goals and dreams are im
portant and that leaders have
The Vernonia High School
extreme responsibility in what
Lady Logger softball team has
ever walk of life they pursue,
already had their ups and
The Hugh O ’Brian Youth
downs this season, most re
Leadership was established by
cently a 12-2 loss to Portland
the popular actor Hugh O’Brian
Lutheran on March 31.
following a visit to Africa where
Head Coach Dana Hyde
he was inspired by a meeting
said it “...was their third game
with Dr. Albert Schweitzer.
in a week, and the girls
“ ...Schweitzer said to me...
seemed a little lethargic.”
that the most important thing in
The girls came home March
education was to teach young
30
with a 12-8 win over the
people to think for themselves,”
O’Brian says. “From that inspi Rainier High School girls soft-
ration, and with the support of ball team.
“There was excellent base
others who believe in youth
and the American Dream, I stealing in this game,” said
started HOBY to seek out, rec Hyde. “Jessica Allison, Way-
ognize, develop and reward land Graham and Kirsten Hyde
outstanding leadership poten all were able to steal bases
while sliding home.”
tial among our nation’s youth.”
Although Rainier scored six
For further information call
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Peets attends HOBY conference
Vernonia High School soph
omore Rose Peets joined more
than 190 other high school
sophomore
leaders
from
throughout Oregon in Portland,
March 16-19, for the Oregon
Youth Leadership, Hugh O’Bri
an Youth Leadership seminar
(HOBY).
HOBY brings together a se
lect group of high school soph
omores to interact with groups
of distinguished leaders in
business, government, educa
tion and the professions, to dis
cuss present and future issues.
The intent of the activity is to
provide the youth with a unique
forum for learning about the
American incentive system and
democratic process, and for
broadening their understanding
of their leadership potential.
The seminar challenges
them to think about the world
around them and how they, as
future leaders, could do to pos-
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Additional recognition went
to Jared McWhirter, Jesse
Templin, Luke Ellis, Kohei Na-
gashio, Aaron Stewart, Jeremy
Brennan Jake Corey, Oyl
Satrulee, Josh Landers, Mari
lyn Schmidlin, Charles Hanson,
Jon Hartman, and Kendall Gra
ham, plus statisticians Randee
Parker and Nicole Koch.
Cheerleader Andrea Pinedo
was recognized for four years
on the team. Other awards
went to Christie Brown, Jen
nifer Bernardi, Nichole Luke
and Jennifer Meglen.
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The Vernonia High School
girls golf team was scheduled
to meet the Tillamook High
School team for their first
match of the season March 13,
at the Vernonia Golf Course. It
didn’t quite work out that way.
“The girls have been work
ing really hard,” said coach Joe
Strand. “A single Tillamook
golfer showed up for the
match, but the girls played any
way.”
Liana Traylor’s 72 strokes
led the team, followed by
Alexandria Hayes with 75, and
Megan Peura at 79.
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Tilamook, will be April 7 at Til-
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runs in the first inning, the Lady
Loggers weren’t intimidated.
There were several outstand
ing plays during the game, in
cluding what Hyde called “ex
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who took a hard-hit grounder to
the foot but still managed to
throw the batter out at first.
In the season opener, March
28 against Portland Christian,
the Loggers lost a tough game,
23-0, but Hyde is proud of her
team. ‘The girls hustled and
handled the game well. For the
most part, they kept their spirits
up, and accepted that Portland
Christian was a good ball club.”
“Nikki was on the ground,”
said Hyde. “That was one of
those plays where you don’t
think it’s going to happen.” But
it did.
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was made by leftfielder Jen
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Blaine Vandehey was named
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Wrestler. Another special
award, “Mr. Hustle”, went to
Brass Sears.
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ketball team went to Kim Nor-
mand; Most Improved was Jes
sica Allison, and Nicole
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The girls’ first league match
is a tournament at Mint Valley
Golf Course in Longview, on
April 13.
According to Strand, four
girls are enough to be consid
ered a full team, but the Lady
Loggers are looking for at least
one more player. “That way,”
he said, “we can be sure that
we’ll have four players at each
match, even if one of the girls
doesn’t show up.”
Experience is not neces
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Course. Thursday is an open
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The Vernonia High School
baseball team has begun their
season with losses, but head
coach Dave Doubrava has
confidence in his team.
“With hard work and time,
we will get closer to where we’d
like to be as a team,” he said.
“We have a very young team,
and it is improving.”
The Loggers lost to Corbett
on March 30 at VHS with a
score of 21-1. Kohei Nagashio
scored the team’s single run.
In the season opener at
Gervais on March 16, the Log
gers came home with a 12-8
loss.
“This game was like a scrim
mage for us, because we didn’t
have an umpire.” Doubrava
said.
VHS scored all eight of their
runs in the second inning.
“This was a much better
game for us,” said Doubrava.
The Loggers play next at
home, April 14, against the
Neah-Kah-Nie Pirates.
Slow start for
VHS boys golf
The Vernonia High School
boys golf team most recently
competed against Columbia
Adventist at the Vernonia Golf
Course, losing by 20 strokes
on nine holes.
“The conditions were not fa
vorable for low scores, and
some of the boys were nerv
ous,” said head coach James
Brookins.
Steven Potter and Brass
Sears stroked the Loggers’
lowest scores, each with 45;
Bryan Dinger had 47, and Alex
Dinger had 48. Other scores
included Matt Brookins with 54
strokes, Joey Strand, 58;
Jesse Borst, 66; and Brian
Collins with 94.
The boys next match will be
April 7 at Tillamook.