The INDEPENDENT, September 6, 2000
Page 5
Vernonia High School coaches enthusiastic as fall sports start up
By Mike Weber
After two weeks of practicing
for 2000 fall sports events, Ver
nonia High School athletes be
gin their regular season com
petition Thursday and Friday.
All three Logger squads will
start the year on the road and
with expectations of having
successful teams.
The boys and girls cross
country teams, coached by
James Brookins, begin with
their first meet of a nine event
schedule Thursday at 5:00
p.m. at Portland Adventist. The
volleyball team, coached by
Doug Tesdal, opens the sea
son with a game at Corbett
Thursday. Following another
road contest Sept. 11 at Port
land Adventist, they’ll open at
home Sept. 12 at 6:00 p.m.
against City Christian.
After having one of their
best years in recent history in
1999 with a 6-4 record, the
Logger football team is hoping
to build on that success and
maybe make the state playoffs
again. The season-opener is
Friday at 7:30 p.m. against
Wahtonka High School in The
Dalles. Vernonia has posted
two consecutive victories over
Wahtonka, including a 22-6 win
in 1999. Head coach Bob
Bruce is hoping to have contin
ued success against the Ea
gles and hopefully start the
season with a victory.
“It’s always fun in the opener
because you get to hit some
body else other than your own
teammates,” said Bruce, 43, a
fifth-year head coach. “I think
we’ll have a good chance to
start the season 1-0, because
we’ve had success against
Wahtonka. Warrenton and
Knappa are the two best teams
in the Northwest League, but I
think if everything goes well for
us, we could also be a top con
tender.”
Vernonia qualified for the
playoffs last year for the first
time in 14 years and took sec
ond in the league at 4-1 behind
Portland Christian. They lost 11
seniors to graduation though
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and just five 1999 starters re
turn for the Loggers, including
Blaine Vandehey, Bobby Lok-
ken, Brad Sears and Matt Kel
ley. Five players from Jewell
join Vernonia’s squad this year,
including 5-foot-11, 215-pound
senior fullback Mitch Wood.
Vandehey, a 6-foot, 180 pound
senior returns for his second
year as the Loggers starting
quarterback. Lokken, a junior
tailback/linebacker, will likely
get most of the carries in the
Loggers I-formation, two-back
offense. Sears, a 6-foot-4, 210
pound junior returns this year
playing center and defensive
end.
“I’m cautiously optimistic
and I’m not quite sure how
much success this group is ca
pable of having, but I’m sure
that the guys from Jewell will
provide us with lots of help this
year,” said Bruce. “Lokken,
Wood and Kelley will probably
combine to gain most of the
rushing yards.”
“The strength of our team is
the offensive line, since we
“Plewes has just recovered
have lots of big guys and we’ll
have a pretty tough defense from an injury and I think he’s
too. You just never know how healthy, because I’ve seen him
well things are going to work out rollerblading recently. If we
out, especially early in the year, have a couple of guys run un
because injuries are always a der 20 minutes, then we might
factor during the course of the be able to qualify for the state
season.”
meet.” said Brookins, who also
The Loggers first of three coaches golf and wrestling.
home contests is Sept. 15 at
“It’s tough though, compet
7:00 p.m. against Nestucca. ing against Oregon Episcopal
The J.V. squad starts Sept. 11 and Catlin Gabel, because
at Knappa, followed by a home they recruit athletes from all
game Sept. 18 against Clat over the Portland area,” said
skanie.
Brookins. “The success of the
Brookins takes over at the team depends on how well the
helm of the cross county team freshman and sophomores
after former coach Melvin Nice progress. They’ve been run
retired following the 1999 sea ning 13-miles at practice and
son. Senior Colin Plewes is they still appear to be energetic
likely to be the top returning after that workout. It’s a young
runner on the boys squad since team with a good future and I’m
he’s expected to run the 5000 really looking forward to coach
meter races in nearly 18 min ing cross country for the first
utes. Other athletes who are time, so it should be lots of
also capable of posting times fun.”
Brookins daughter, Elisa
under 20 minutes include
sophomores Sean Robertson, beth, is the senior captain of
Josh Ward, Marshall King and the girls squad and also a top
Brookins son, Ben, a fresh runner who earned second-
team all Northwest League
man.
honors in 1999. Newcomer
Pernille Rasmussen, a senior
exchange student from Den
mark, is also expected to per
form well. Sophomores Lacy
Schilling, Kim Normand and
freshman Mallory Baker will
also help contribute to the team
speed.
“Elisabeth is a proven work
horse who will certainly run fast
and I also expect Normand to
come on strong,” said Brook
ins. “We have a pretty good
girls squad and they have the
potential to be a very competi
tive team.”
Although there aren’t any
home events on the schedule,
Athletic Director Jane McClel
lan is currently in the process
of trying to add an invitational
meet at Vernonia. Brookins
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Last Thursday
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7:00 p.m., Fire Station
2nd Tuesday
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8:00
p.m., District Office
2nd
Thursday
Vernonia School Board
1:00 p.m., Senior Center
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