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The INDEPENDENT, November 17, 2005 Middle School Honor Roll is announced The following students were named to the Vernonia Middle School academic Honor Roll for the 2005-2006 first quarter. Principal’s Honors, 4.00 – Chris Bamburg, Tim Brown, Kaytee Burghard, Kaitlyn Carr, Genesis Castro, Adrienne East, Brandon Gilbertson, Nora Hieronimus, Alex Lende, Jackson Miller, Souvanny Miller, Melissa Sandstrom, Tabitha Schivley, McKenna Stasiak, Kacy Strand, Natalie Wallace, Katie Wilson, Bethany Workman. High Honors, 3.50-3.99 – Calvin Barnes, Jacob Barnes, Bonnie Birkmaier, Rachel Brown, Joshua Butcher, Brian- na Carr, Holly Çavett, Karly De Witt, Natasha Duyck, Kodi Dyer, Katie Ellington, Andrew Graf, Laura Hein, Calie John- ston, Jerrid Johnston, Kayleigh Johnston, Jacob Levenseller, Jonathan Marks, Sarah Miller, Tasia Pond, Justin Rainbolt, Amy Rethwill, Parker Roach, Preston Roach, Sierra Roberts, Christian Schilling, Sicily Scott, Daniel Shaw, Katie Stevens, McKenzie Tarkalson, Nicole Thompson, Levi Taylor, Ryan Taylor, Shyla Tung- wenuk, Dylan Vaughn, Travis White. Honors, 3.25-3.49 – Jacob Alf, Joseph Benes, Kaylee Dalebroux, Jacob Dixon, Robin Elliott, Trever Gwin, Breonna Maldonado, Mickell Maller, Beth Tessitore, Mikael Walter, Paul Whiteman. Honorable Mention, 3.00- 3.24 – Christopher Dass, Jayme Due, Zachery Dyer, Chelsea Gritz, Kristina Halver- son, Frank Hesselton Jr., Quin- lan Johansen, Christopher Johnston, Devin Layman, Jor- dan McCain, Kanan Olsen, Brandon Orth, Mason Roberts, Austin Rumbolz, Zachary Smith, Sean Solberg, Savan- nah Stevens, Kaitlyn Taylor, Emily Thompson. Happy Thanksgiving – Enjoy Family and Friends Page 11 Vernonia High School Sports Report Cross-Country The running season ended on a very good note this year, with the team sending two run- ners to the state meet. Nicole Frantz and Sam Thornton both placed in the top seven at the District Meet at Pier Park to qualify. At Districts, Frantz ran a 22:07 and placed fourth. Thorn- one part of the course, “Every time I took a step, the mud would come up to the top of my shoe.” Frantz finished 42 out of 115 with a time of 22:37. Her time was three and a half min- utes off winner Casey Stengel’s time of 19:04. Sam Thornton battled the rain and a cold in his race. “When I came onto the track [at Football The Loggers finished their season with a blowout victory over the Neah-Kah-Nie Pirates on November 4. The Loggers, who lost the previous week to Warrenton, had already been eliminated from the playoffs, but wanted to end the season on a win. Well, they won in a big way, 55-0 to be exact. In a game where they scored on their first two possessions, the Loggers came out running from the start. Running back Brent Thomp- son had 118 yards on 18 car- yards rushing on nine carries, with two touchdowns. Through the air the Loggers only passed for 51 yards, going 3-5 with two touchdowns. Lende went 2-4 with a touchdown pass to wide receiver Bryan Budge, and in a trick play, Thompson threw a 25 yard touchdown pass to Lende. All three of the senior players scored at least one point. Lende passed for one touch- down, ran for two, and had one receiving. Budge had one re- ceiving touchdown, and Line- man John Howley kicked an extra point. ries, with two touchdowns. Overall, Thompson had three touchdowns, one of them a kickoff return. Quarterback Russell Lende also had 118 Overall, the Loggers amassed 361 yards of total of- fense, 310 of those yards rush- ing. The team’s final record was 4-5, 3-4 in league play. Above, on right, Nicole Frantz runs at the State meet. Right, on left, Sam Thornton runs his race at the State meet. ton ran a personal best by 20 seconds, 18:20, and placed sixth. As a team, the Boys var- sity placed fourth, and the Girls team placed fifth. The State meet was held November 5 at Lane Communi- ty College in Eugene on a very rainy day. For most of the previ- ous day, and the day of the meet, it poured. Footing was a big issue for all the runners, for the race was entirely on grass or bark dust. This is what Nicole Frantz had to say about the finish], I couldn’t kick if I wanted to,” he said after the race. A kick is the term for sprinting at the end, or giving it all you have left. Thornton fin- ished 71 out of 115 with a time of 19:26, over three minutes off winner Brad Taylor’s time of 16:22. Taylor had won the pre- vious two State titles, making him only the second runner in Oregon High School Sports history to win three cross-coun- try titles in a row. Computer Counselors Doug Tesdal and Glenda Delemos • • • • • New Systems, Upgrades and Desktop Support Virus Prevention & Protection Digital Camera Support and Operation Applications for both Home and Business DSL and Wireless Network Set Up 503-429-4074 503-522-9663 E-mail: dougtez@comcast.net E-mail: glendade@peoplepc.com V ALLEY V ETERINARY C LINIC R ABIES S PECIAL 8 $ 50 T HURS 10 AM -5 PM • 58376 N EHALEM H WY . S. V ERNONIA