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Page 8 The INDEPENDENT, May 17, 2000 --------------------------- . — Sports ■ m m m » . ____ M itoibaa __________ Miller, Serafin, Plews, Patterson qualify for state track, Stephen Serafin provided Four members of the Ver nonia High School track and another first place finish for the field team have qualified for the Loggers, clearing the bar at state tournament, May 19 and 5’10” in the high jump. Colin Plews and Eric Patter 20 at Western Oregon State son finished second in their re University in Monmouth. spective events. Plews cap During District competition, May 12-13 at Portland Christ tured second place in the long ian, Maryänne Miller set a new jump event with a 19’ 10- 1/2” state qualifying record and jump. Patterson’s second place clinched first place with a time came with a javelin throw of of 2:16.32, in the 800 meter 151 feet. Both the boys and run. Miller also placed first in girls’ teams placed fifth out of the 1500 meter event, with a nine teams. Several members of the time of 4:40.88 VHS baseball finishes 3-16 season As the weather decided to cooperate, Vernonia High School baseball team was able to complete a rescheduled double header at home against Catlin Gabel. The Loggers split the double bill, 12-13 and 8-6. Vernonia lost the first game, in spite of producing 12 runs. Jon Luttrell was the Loggers’ leading scorer, accounting for three runs. Everett Brown and David Koch each added two more, while solo scores were tallied by Justin Johnson, Jere my Davis, Mitch Wood, John Walters and Matt Kelly. In the second game, Luttrell again led the scoring, with two runs. Johnson, Davis, Kyle Cota, Kelly, Walters, and Koch contributed scoring efforts to the 8-6 win. Another double header, against Warrenton on May 5, resulted in a double loss, 15-1 and 11-1. Koch and Kohei Na- gashio provided the Loggers’ only runs for the day. The first double-header of the month, against Knappa on May 2, also provided two loss es, 6-2 and 11-2. Koch and Nagashio scored in the first game; Curtis Golson and Kyle Cota each scored a run in the fifth inning of the sec ond game. The team’s final game was played last night at Corbett, too late for deadline. Their overall record is 3-16 Softball season ends with losses The Vernonia High School softball team ended their sea son with a twin bill and twin losses against Corbett at Delta Park on May 13. Final scores were 8-2 and 7-1. Bonnie Buchan and Jennifer Grady scored the only runs in the first game. During the second game, Jessica Allison’s RBI scored Nicole Koch. “The score of this game shows the team has improved,” said coach Dana Hyde. “The last time we played Corbett, the score was 15-0.” Games on May 5 and May 6 resulted in three losses — to Portland Christian, 14-2, and Warrenton, 11-1 and 9-1. Fawn Cecil pitched and scored the only run of the first game against Warrenton. Uncertainty fueled a loss to Knappa on May 2. “I don’t think the girls were feeling too sure of themselves,” said Hyde. “Knappa is our archrival, and this was a diffi cult loss at home, especially since we’d beaten Knappa on their home field.” “Overall, the season has been a success,” Hyde con- team were seeded in the top 10 as of May 10: MEN: 400 meter dash: Josh Landers, 7th 3000 meter dash: Shawn Robert son, 8 th 400 meter Relay: Colin Plews, 3rd; Erik Banzer, 10th 1500 meter run: Robertson, 9th Javelin: Eric Patterson, 2nd; Luke Ellis, 4th Discus: Patterson, 4th Triple jump: Steve Serafin, 7th High Jump: Serafin, 2nd Long jump: Plews, 1st; Serafin, 5th WOMEN: 400 meter run: Ashley Murray, 7th 400 meter dash: Ani Militzer, 6th, 100 meter hurdles: Kendra DeWitt, WGS track team beats big field Washington Grade School’s seventh grade boys’ track team turned in an astonishing victory at a seven-school meet in Scappoose on May 13. Partici pating in ten of twelve events, from high jump to hurdles, the WGS team defeated the other six schools with a cumulative score of 44 points. Even more astonishing is that they accomplished this feat with only five of their nine- member team participating. Team members sharing in the WGS victory were Jim Benes, Travis Gwin, Dexter Harris, Eric Schmidlin and Josh Staggenborg. Coach Clint Kelley is under standably proud of the team’s efforts, and the accompanying trophy. CUMULATIVE SCORES: WGS, 44 Scappoose, 38 St. Helens, 27 Astoria, 22 (5 events) Rainier, 16 (5 events) Neahkahnie, 17 Clatskanie, 6 (2 events) eluded, “when considering the gains the players made as indi viduals and as a team. When things got tough, they stayed positive through the end.” VHS boys finish in fifth at District meet The Vernonia High School boys golf season ended with a fifth place finish at the district tournament at Santiam on May 8-9. 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