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The INDEPENDENT, December 2, 2004 Page 11 Timberline Topics Vernonia High School is not publishing Timberline, the school newspaper, this year. This space has been made available so the VHS journalism stu- dents work can be published. Only spacing and fonts have been changed. I WAS RUNNING… by Laura Brookins The Cross Country team had a good District meet to finish off the season, but all eyes were on a specific member of the team, Kristin Kelly. A previous State qualifier, expectations were high, and she did not let anyone down. She placed fifth in Districts, and then went on to the State meet, running her 3.1 mile race in 23 minutes and 30 seconds, one of her best times this year, and placing 57th. That spots is ten places higher than her ranking her sopho- more year when she placed 67th. At the District meet, many other people were awarded for their hard work this season, re- ceiving all league and all district honors. Natalie Rombach and Sam Thornton both received Third Team All League and Honorable Mention All District awards. Nicole Franz was Sec- ond Team All League and Sec- ond Team All District, and Kristin was First Team All League and First Team All Dis- trict. At the sport’s awards dessert Mr. Brookins, the Cross Country coach gave out special awards for both the male and female teams. Most Improved runners were Freshmen Michael Calhoun and Sopho- more Nicole Franz, Most Inspi- rational were Junior Ben Schorzman and Senior Natalie Rombach, and Most Valuable went to Juniors Sam Thornton and Kristin Kelly. VERNONIA FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: ROUND TWO VERNONIA VS. GRANT UNION By Natalie Rombach “Touch Down Vernonia Log- gers! Score 35 to 20, Vernonia is leading!” “Grant Union could- n’t stop them and they are the Northwest League Champi- ons!” Saturday, November 20, 2004, the Vernonia Football team made it into the Quarter Finals of the 2004 2A State Playoffs. The game started at 1:00 in the afternoon on a very sunny, yet very cold, football field. The game started a little slow keeping it a very close game in the first half. It was, at first, the Grant Union Prospec- tors leading the game 7 to 0 but not for long. Soon after Grant Union’s fan finished celebrating their lead on the opposing side of the field, Travis Gwin pulled in a touch down for the loggers. Then by the end of the second half, the game was tied again 14 to 14. If it was not for the dedica- tion to this team, the players would have never made it this far. Everyone on the team made a difference in the game. Travis Gwin used his brute strength to plow through huge linemen and take in three touch downs for Vernonia, adding 224 rushing yards to his current new school record. Russell Lende made the best catch of the season in the end zone at the end third quarter bringing the loggers up to 20 points tak- ing back the lead. Luke En- neberg ran the ball a few times and made up field yardage. Kevin Swayze’s take downs, along with Rocky Jones and Andrew Grittmen’s tackles made our line unbreakable. Caleb Issacson made an awe- some interception from the Prospectors, and Patrick Schil- ling laid out the Quarter back on the line. Eric Schmidlin had some nice hand-offs, and Eric Hansen played a pivotal part for the team’s success. Every- one on the team showed Grant Union who the better players were and in the end they re- ceived their much deserved re- wards. Vernonia Sentry Market, West Oregon Electric Cooperative, Wilcox & Flegel, and The Independent provided the space for this issue of Timberline Topics Vernonia students achieve in areas of attendance and Honor Rolls Washington Grade School Perfect Attendance Perfect Attendance awards for September 7 through No- vember 10 went to: Alex Barber, Timothy Brown, Gaeota Burch, Brianna Carr, Jacob Dixon, Nicholas Dixon, Adrienne East, Cody Eaton, Celia Gendron, Shelby Gritt- man, Kayleigh Johnston, Wes- ley Kibben, Keli Krieger, Alex Lende, Jordan McMahon Nathan Paradise, Justin Rain- bolt, Parker Roach, Preston Roach, Christian Schilling, Joshua Tankersley, Anthony Traverso, Peter Valenzuela, Nicholas Young. Washington Grade School Honor Roll The following junior high stu- dents were named to the Washington Grade School aca- demic Honor Roll for the 2004- 05 first quarter. Principal’s Honors – Chris Bamburg, Timothy Brown, Bri- anna Carr, Kaitlyn Carr, Adri- enne East, Tricia Levenseller, Nora Rayburn-Hieronimus, Preston Roach, Christian Schil- ling, Katie Wilson. High Honors – Gillian Ch- eney, Karly DeWitt, Yolande Gendron-Herndon, Brandon Gilbertson, Laura Hein, Keli Krieger, Samatha Lee, Ashley Paleck, Rebekahann Peerson, Jacquilyn Premo, Tim Prpich, Amy Rethwill, Dionisia Ro- driguez, Tabitha Schivley, By- ron Schorzman, Andrew Wise- man, Nicholas Young, Rebekah Young. Honors – Jacob Alf, Kahli Anderson, Alex Barber, Janda Barber, Bonnie Birkmaier, Cody Blum, Rachel Brown, Eric Budge, Geniesis Castro, Zach- ary Dillon, Jacob Dixon, Kodi Dyer, Zachery Dyer, Amber Eastlick, Cody Eaton, Elizabeth Fletcher, Mackenzie Frantz, Celia Gendron-Herndon, Elliott Graf, Frank Hesselton, Jr., Christopher Johnston, Kayleigh Johnston, Christopher Kaiser, Ashlie Kitzman, Devin Layman, Alex Lende, Mickell Maller, Jor- dan McMahon, Jami Meherer, Justin Rainbolt, Megan Rayburn-Hieronimus, Parker Roach, Gavin Roberts, Sierra Roberts, Rachel Rode, Melissa Sandstrom, Zachary Shaw, Kathryn Stevens, McKenzie Tarkalson, Dylan Vaughn, Tyler Young. Honorable Mention – David Allen, Justin Caputo, Kaylee Dalebroux, Danielle Davis, An- thony Dotter, Ivory Garrymore, Trever Gwin, Calie Johnston, Angela Miller, Blake Moeller, Alanna Ogden, Brittney Paden, Amanda Sliger, Taylor Smith, Kaitlyn Taylor, Tristin Threet, John Timmerman, Anthony Tra- verso, Joshua Vanderzanden, Steven Whiteman. Vernonia High School Honor Roll The following students were named to the Vernonia High School academic Honor Roll for the 2004-05 first semester. Grade Point Averages (GPA) are on a scale of 1-4, with 4 equaling a perfect score. Principal’s Honors, 4.00 – Laura Brookins, Mackenzie Carr, Alyssa Hauser, Royd Jo- hansen, Rocky Jones, Megan Perry, Kyle Suess. High Honors, 3.50 - 3.99 – Larinda Botchie, Kerstin Brixey, Marissa Clement, Kristin Cota, Lucas Enneberg, Connor Fly- nn, Viliam Gorfol, Timothy Hein, Heather Hennessey, Kevin Johnston, Kristin Kelly, Rebec- ca Knowlton, Russell Lende, Kizzie Pierce, Brandon Peura, Amanda Rogol, Allison Schil- ling, Patrick Schilling, Eric Schmidlin, Ben Schorzman, Matthew Serafin, Lindsay Shaw, Kevin Swayze. Honors, 3.25 - 3.49 – Amber Abney, Janelle Bashaw, Step- hanie Benes, Alex Bittinger, Elise Blum, Michael Calhoun, Nicole Frantz, Erin Gehrke, Jessie Gehrke, Andrew Gritt- man, Samantha Gunter, Travis Gwin, Jacob Hales, Julie Hales, Thomas Hoerauf, Caleb Isaacson, Kelsey King, Nick King, Joreigh Landers, Lindsay Lennen, Brittney Lindauer, Nicole Moss, Karina Nelsen, Kristel Norby, Kayla Pollock, Burdette Robb, Natalie Rom- bach, Zachary Serafin, Jessica Shaw, Sam Thornton, Torin Tierney. Honorable Mention, 3.00 - 3.24 – Alex Barton, Heather Bassett, Mackenzie Bassett, Sandy Bevans, Jolene Botchie, Hana Chrastinova, Kevin Cook, Jessica Eaton, Tara Gwin, Nick Hammons, Eric Hansen, John Howley, Brandi Johnston, Tar- rah Johnston, Jonathan Kintz, Kristina Lamping, Heather Mal- ler, Rhiannon Meyer, Tiffany Morlock, Bonnie Organ, Jacob Rice, Christopher Richardson, Wert Russert, Lia Sebring, Kevin Smith, Matthew Threet, Joshua Tong, Amanda Watts, Juliea Williams. Only 23 days until Christmas