The INDEPENDENT, May 17, 2000
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District tourney ends girls’ golf A sanovic, Tipton u n d efeated a t S u n s e t
The Vernonia High School
girls golf team finished their
season with the district tourna
ment, held May 2 and May 8.
On the final day of the dis
trict tournament, held at the As
toria Country Club and Golf
Course, only one of the Lady
Loggers, Liana Traylor, was in
attendance. Nevertheless, Tray
lor scored her personal best,
with 143 strokes on 18 holes.
Between the two dates for
the district tournament, the
team played their final home
match, against Seaside High
School, with one player miss
ing. Alex Hayes was unable to
attend either the tournament or
the Seaside match.
Scores for nine holes:
Megan Peura, 60 strokes
Liana Traylor, 73
Jessie Doane, 74.
Three of the four golfers at
tended the first day of the tour
nament at Quail Valley Golf
Course in Longview on May 2.
Scores for 18 holes:
Jessie Doane, 147 strokes
Liana Traylor, 157
Megan Peura, 166
Two Loggers make
golf All-League
Vernonia High School golf
ers Brass Sears and Bryan
Dinger were named to the all
league teams following district
competition on May 8-9. Sears
placed on the second team,
and Dinger on the third.
“Out of the 15 all-league
spots, Portland Adventist and
Catlin Gabel nabbed nine, but
we got in there with two,” said
Coach James Brookins.
By Rusty Bolts
Under threatening skies,
May 13 in Banks, Stan Asano-
vic of Cornelius won his third
Bomber Main Event at Sunset
Speedway in as many starts.
After sweeping the May 6 pro
gram, Portland Street Stock
driver A.J. Tipton won his sec
ond consecutive feature, re
pelling a strong field of 21.
Scoutmaster Tom Willie was a
surprised victor in the Cascade
Hardtops while PHRA promoter
Wayne Van Raden compensat
ed for Opening Night’s disap
pointment by claiming a Dwarf
Car win.
Asanovic started alongside
last year’s Bomber Champion,
Shawn Thomson, but disposed
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First heat winner Steve
Finley and Terry Talbot, Jr. Hambleton roared into an early
Asanovic stretched his lead, lead in the street stock finale,
pulling away from all chal followed by Jimmy Masure,
lengers, in an event that ran Tony Catalano, Greg Smith
non-stop. Second in points, and Greg Meyers. Masure
Doug Younkin worked his way made his bid for the lead early.
through the pack but was hard- Hambleton would have none of
pressed to catch the leaders. it. Within half a dozen rotations,
Not even a spin by North Plains hired gun Mark Bell busted into
driver Lonni Finley produced a the top five followed by Tipton.
yellow flag to enable Thomson Close racing with Catalano and
and the others another shot at Meyers, however, resulted in a
Asanovic. Portland driver Tal broken axle for Bell and a yel
bot challenged and subdued low flag flew nine yards down.
Hambleton pulled away on
first Tom Finley, then Long, but
all Thomson could do was the restart, but spun his #10X
close up on the leader. Asano in turn two. Tipton emerged
vic celebrated a third win with from the melee as the new
Thomson coming in a frustrat leader with Masure still second
and Meyers third. Meyers had
cut his left front tire, however,
and was forced to pit. Strong
running Brent Porter slipped
past Catalano as another yel
low flew, setting up a four lap
dash to the finish. On the final
restart, Masure looked to the
inside and Catalano looked to
the top, but Tipton was not to
k.
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respectable second, Porter
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last week, Catalano fourth and
Harley Barrett was fifth.
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