Demonia Eagle
6 THURSDAY, MARCH 7. 1974
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Loggers Win Over Royals;
To Face Bluejays Saturday
REN EE KECK
NANCY REYNOLDS
Princesses Chosen
For 7 4 Spring Prom
Monday morning four girls
were chosen for the 1974 Spring
Prom princesses
Those chosen were
Carol
Evans. Sandy Pope.
Renee
Reck and Nancy Reynolds who
are all seniors at Vernonia High
School.
On the evening of April 19. one
of these girls w ill be chosen as
Queen of the Spring Prom
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SAWDUST
Mrs Dennis Peterson and
Miss Darlene Parrow substitut
ed for Mrs Arrant, who was
absent last week
The shop steam cleaner was
flooded when the high water hit
Vernonia. Scott Ellis and Dale
Webb tried to fix it but to no
avail: Don Kabler had to take it
to Corvallis to get it fixed
The VHS Library is currently
being swamped by State Library
Books because of students w rit
i ng term papers
When students came to school
last Tuesday. February 26. pro
claimed Watergate Bug Day.
most students either found their
lockers stacked or completely
empty as anyone could bug any
person they chose
Last Monday before school
took up. all the lights were off in
the Elast Wing of the high school
Mr Parrow eliminated
the
problem before most of the
school buses arrived
Mrs Carson, the former
language teacher of VHS. sub
stituted for Miss Frank Monday.
The 4: IS bell that normally
rings for only about seven
seconds, was stuck Monday for
about one minute
Melvin Nice, the P.E and
Biology teacher of VHS. was
admitted to the hospital Monday
afternoon with a possible pinch
ed nerve, in his neck
Loggers Log
Friday, March 8 — Northwest
League playoffs at Oregon
City. Vernonia verses Con
cordia Lutheran
Saturday March 9 — Northwest
League playoffs at Oregon
City, if Vernonia wins Friday
Night
Believe it or not, nothing is
happening next week, which is
the week before spring vacation
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The old adage of. "The Third
Time s the Charm' seemed to be
true last Friday night as the VHS
Loggers won over the Portland
Christian Royals in the first
round of the class A. district 1
play-off senes being played in
the Oregon City High School
gym
Superb performances by every
player enabled the Loggers to
move one step ahead toward
State Tourney berth to be played
in Pendleton
In regular season play, the
Vernonia team was defeated
both times by the Royals The
first time by only one point and
the second time by a more
substantial margin
The Royals, coming off of an
upset win over number one.
seated Concordia the night be
fore, couldn't have played worse
if the> had tried Seemingly open
shots would not drop for the
hapless Royals
The game started off with VHS
controlling the tip. but found it
tough to score against the PC
zone However. Gordy Crowston
canned a jumper from the foul
line to bread the ice with one
minute gone in the period The
zone defenses and cold shooting
by both teams held the score
down to a ten to six Vernonia
lead
The second period would have
been the ideal opportunity for
the Royals to take a decisive
lead being that Vernonia only
scored four points But again
rigid zones by both teams
allowed only 11 points to be
scored by the two teams com
bined Halftime came with the
Loggers s till in the lead, but by
only one point
The third quarter started on a
dismal note for the Loggers For
the first time in the game, the
Royals took the lead, but a
Gordy Crowston jumper put
Vernonia back in the lead to
stay Hot-handed junior Clint
Holsey. tossed in eight for his
total 12points in the third stanza,
while Randy Ellson ripped t.>e
net for seven points In the
meantime. PC was only getting
eight points Free throws in the
period also added to the Royal's
dilemma While Portland Chris
tian had to depend solely on field
goals. Vernonia went to the line
eight times and collected seven
points Suddenly, to so much as
to VHS's surprise as to their
delight, the Loggers found them
selves basking in a 14 point lead
Desperately in need of some
points. PC began a tiring full
court press that resulted in
several Logger turnovers. Un
fortunately for the Royals, it was
too little too late as the final
buzzer brought the game to an
end. the final score being Ver
nonia 47. Portland Christian 39
Excellent jobs were done on
both ends of the court by the
team, but perhaps the game's
stand out was senior Mike Smith
Smith scored nine points and
hauled in 14 rebounds Another
good job was done by Gordy
Crowston who scored 11 points,
but more important is that while
the other four Vernonia players
were playing in a box zone.
Gordy had the tough duty of
IBA Stars
Kill Toppers
The way Coach Bill Howard's
eighth grade team played last
Wednesday afternoon one would
never guess that they finished
their season undefeated
Near the end of each IBA
(Intermural Basketball Associ
ation i season, a team of all-stars
is picked This year they decided
to challenge the unbeaten eighth
grade team and to try to knock
them off their high horse A
spokesman for the IBA states,
" I t ’s about time those little
show -offs were taught a lesson or
two” Six representatives, the
cream of the crop of the high
school noon time team went to
the Big House to show up the
youngsters
The all-stars were only behind
once early in the game at four to
two After that, the stars com
pletely dominated the shooting,
passing, and rebounding facets
of the game The shorter and less
experienced grade schoolers
were not match for the stars
Although the "old men" were out
of shape, suffered blistered feet,
and had leg cramps they man
aged to record a convincing 63 to
4« win over the upstarts In order
to get back a littie a t the IBAers,
Coach Howerd s team asked to
play two extra quarters The
fifth period saw the eighth
graders beat the stars by one
point, and in the sixth and final
quarter the oldsters gave up and
let the little team win by eight
points
It is interesting to note that the
‘ unshakeable” Coach Howard
lost his cool several times be
cause of the poor playing by his
team One other thing, a small
side bet was made ana the losers
of the game had to run the
grueling M ill Pond Run See you
at the finish line eighth graders
and coach
playing man on man against
PC's leading scorer. Steve Wal
ter. who scored only four points
on the night Top scorer for the
l oggers was Clint Holsey Clint
did an excellent job in hitting the
hoop for his 12 points and Coach
Curtis stated. " I think Clint has
become a more complete player
at both ends of the court ” His
fine play Saturday showed it.
Another premiere player is
Randy Elison Randy scored 11
points against Portland Chris
tian and as Coach Curtis said,
“ ...has regained his confidence
after suffering a few
bad
games ” Last but not least is the
promising Sophomore B o b
Brooks Brooks canned four
points Saturday and Mr Curtis
is looking to Brooks for the
rebounding and inside edge the
Loggers need tc defeat Con
cordia Friday night
In order for VHS to attend the
State Tourney this year, they
must beat Concordia Lutheran
Friday night and then again
Saturday evening, by virtue of
the Blue ja y ’s first place league
finish However, if Vernonia
happens to lose Friday, no game
w ill be necessary the next night
The team greatly appreciates
the townspeople who came to
support the local quint the other
night If the old "Third Time
Charm” is really true, the Jays
might as well stay home Friday
evening, and all Vemonians w ill
hope that the charm extends to
four
Rooks Downed
In Final Game
Thursday, February 28 the
Vernonia Loggers traveled to
Tillamook to meet the Tillamook
Cheesemakers in the last game
of the Season
The first quarter Vernonia did
poorly with the Cheesemakers
dumping in 18 to the Logger's 9
In the second quarter
the
Loggers did much better, m ak
ing 10 points to Tillamook s 12.
The half time score was 19-30
Tillamook
The third quartc- the Loggers
made a valiant comeback,
chalking up 15 points to the
Cheesemaker's 13. But.
the
fourth quarter proved to be
disasterous for Vernonia, with
Tillamook putting in 15 to Ver
nonia's 8 The final score was
42-58 in favor of the Cheese
makers
Scorers for the Loggers were
Milton Dennis with 13, Gary
Ellson with 8, Vince Baker with
7, D.J. Cole and Terry Ellson
with 5. and Jeff Bellingham and
John Roady with 2
JV Loggers Defeat
Warrenton Warriors
The Vernonia JV ’s closed out
this season with a win against
the* Warrenton Warriors at the
Vernonia courts with a score of
71 to 49
The Vernonia JV's jumped out
a very early lead in the first
quarter pulling ahead by three
points The Loggers closed out
the second quarter with an
11-point lead with a half time
score of 31 to 20
The JV Diggers after having a
very good first half came out and
out did themselves in the second
half by out scoring the Warriors
by 11 points The Diggers gave
an excellent effort for their last
game of the season finishing out
with a league record of nine wins
and one loss
The high scorers for the game
were Bryan Traylor. 16; Bruce
King. 9; Brad Bellingham, 9
"Take A Little;
Leave A Little."
A special assembly was held
for the foreign exchange student.
Jaime Reynoso, on Wednesday
of last week because he left for
Mexico the
following
day,
Thursday
Steve Johnston, the student
body president, started
the
assembly Steve spoke of Jaime
when a group of Seniors first met
him coming off the plane Steve
explained that they saw a guy
come walking off the plane
goofing off and they knew right
away that was “ him ” . The
Seniors said, “ H i' Ja im ie!” ,
only to find out it wasn't Jamie
but Jaime
Dewey Conroy then spoke
next He talked on behalf of the
Senior class as opposed to the
whole student txidy
Dewey-
stressed that the class was really-
going to miss him because
Dewey said. "You never really
appreciate a foreign exchange
student until he's "yours” . Dew
ey felt that when the up-coming
classes are Seniors and have a
foreign exchange student they
should miss him or her as much
as this year's Seniors w ill miss
Jaime
Cindy presented a present to
Jaime from the Student Body As
Jaime walked down the bleech
ers to accept his gift the student
body and faculty gave him a
standing ovation The g ilt was a
Saint Christopher's medal with
“ We’ll Miss You. VHS” engrav
ed on the back
Jaime then gave his farewell
speech He was lost for words,
but he thanked the Hopkins and
everybody for "putting up with
him " Jaime said also that
nobody really knew how he felt
but that he would miss every
body and Thanks and Good-bye '
M r Parrow spoke next He
said that Jaime would leave a
vacant spot at VHS and that we
all w ill miss him very, very
much He told of a new project in
the gym that w ill involve flags
from all the foreign exchange
ever at VHS He then asked
Jaime if when he got home to
send us a flag of Mexico to
remember Jaime by Mr Par-
row also thanked the HoDkins for
being Jaime s guest parents
while he was here
Mr Parrow also said, "He
hopes Jaime w ill take a part of
VHS back to Mexico with him
because he sure has left a part of
Mexico at VHS
Class Enjoys Trip
To OMSI and Trojan
Last Monday, February 25,
four high school students, three
Juniors and one Freshman, went
with the seventh grade class on a
field trip to the Trojan Infor
mation Center in Rainier and
OMSI in Portland
The four girls. J ill Beamish.
M arilyn Hall. Tammy Smith,
and Beth McLean, plus three
teachers and three adults, en
joyed the trip as much as the
seventh graders did
The Trojan Information Cen
ter consisted of several Nuclear
Energy Exhibits which were
quite interesting, but the most
exciting exhibit
w as
the
Ecosphere The Ecosphere is an
exciting unusual film adventure
which places the viewer directly
into the story By means of
mirrored surfaces above, below,
and on all sides The students
stepped into the atom, went
under water with salmon, and
into the air in the midst of a flock
of swans
When the class finished tour
ing the Trojan Center they went
to the OMSI in Portland where
they were on their own to look
through the building
The group enjoyed the Trojan
Information Center over OMSI.
but both were very educational
Pep Assembly Held For
Last Home Game Of Season
Last Friday, the Diggers held
what could have been their last
pep assembly
The assembly started off in a
different manner this time with
the cheerleaders leading a chant
instead of a selection by the
band
The VHS coaches spoke and
brought out their players who
were given gifts from the cheer
leaders The Freshman coach.
M r Roberts, brought out his
players and he was presented
with a carnation boutonniere,
and the players received cup
cakes with their number on them
from the JV Cheerleaders
Mr Geist, the JV coach,
brought out his players after a
speech on their season, and the
JV cheerleaders gave
their
coach a boutonniere, and the
players pennants, with their
name, number, and year on
them
Coach Curtis, “ tried” to give a
pep talk to the student body of
VHS. but when it came down to
the seniors playing their last
home game of the season, things
got a little tough and senti
mental
The seniors were recognized,
along with the coach, and man
ager They were given carnation
boutonnieres from the Varisty
Cheerleaders The rest of the
Varsity was brought down and
the cheerleaders had made them
keychains out of a leather strip
and blue and gold beads On the
beads were painted VHS. BB, 74
From the entire basketball
cheerleading squad. Mrs Hen
dryx was presented with a
bouquet of carnations, and was
thanked for putting up with “ 10
headaches' all season
Mr Crowston. the athletic
director, was also given
a
boutonniere for his assistance
during the basketball season
The Varsity cheerleaders were
surprised with corsages, from
the Varisty haAetball team, and
were worn ta Friday night's
game
The pep assembly had a
number of chants, and com
petition. which was won by the
senior class
The fight song ended the
assembly, and the Diggers left
wondering if the season was
“ over ” We are now happy to
announce that it was not '
Rob Hanson
Meets Foes at
State Meet
Loggers End
League Play
With Victory
An aggressive, determined
Warrenton team almost pulled
one of the biggest upsets of the
season in league play last Friday-
night in the VHS gym but a
second half come-back late in
the third quarter by the Ver
nonia Diggers put a stop to the
surprisinglv tough Warriors who
at the end of the game saw
Vernonia on top. with the final
score reading 47-43
The first quarter of play saw
plenty of action, even though few
points were scored At the
opening tipoff the Diggers got
the ball, but couldn't hit the
basket Warrenton had their
chance to score but also failed
Not until there was about four
minutes left to play in the
quarter, did Vernonia finally
break the 0-0 tie with a basket
Throughout the rest of the
quarter both teams traded a few
baskets and at the end of the first
quarter Vernonia was on top by
only a two point margin with the
score reading 8-6
In the second quarter Warren
ton burst open the contest with
an 18-point lead, sparked by the
hot shooting of Wes Soukkala.
leaving the cold shooting Log
gers dum founded
Vernonia was only able to
scramble up eight points against
the tough Warrenton zone de
fense. and at the end of the first
half. Warrenton had a com
manding 24-16 lead over the
lagging Diggers
With the hot outside shooting
of sophomore Randy Ellson and
good playing of Junior Gordy
Crowston the Diggers narrowed
Warrenton's lead to a measly
two points At the end of the third
period the score read 32-30 in
Warrenton's favor
In the final quarter Vernonia
got hot and took a commanding
eight point lead With about one
minute left to play. Warrenton
cut the Digger's lead to four
points The Diggers wisely kept
the ball in their possession until
they were assured of a victory.
High scorers for VHS were.
Holsey 12. Crowston 11, and
Ellson 11.
Watergate Day
Proves To Be
Great Success
Tuesday, February 26, was
"Watergate Day” , better known
as "Bug Day,” at VHS
This day was one of four days
to promote school spirit for the
last home game and the North
west League Playoffs
The idea behind "Bug D ay"
was to bug fellow students and
teachers
Although students
w e re
bothered with stacked lockers
and other troubles, the teachers
seemed to be in the poorest
shape
Most all of the teachers were
missing their chairs and other
room tielongings but a few were
worse off than others
Mrs Alvida Hearing's and
Chris Boyle's desks and other
objects were switched to each
others rooms This incident was
done early in the morning, but
Boyle was also hit later in the
afternoon This time practically
everything but the floor itself
was piled on top of his desk and
table
Mel Nice's desks were arrang
ed in a circle so that students
would have to crawl over them to
be able to sit down.
Blackboards were no except
ion either Quite a few had a
message saying "Your room's
been bugged” , and were follow
ed by many political and ex-
political figures
Evidentally
they were all done by the same
saboteurs
Some teachers had a few
comments about “ Bug Day.”
One said, "What bugged me
most about "Bug D ay" was
"Bug Day” . Another said what
bugged him most was that a
certain student showed up.
However both teachers and
students seemed to be able to
pull through the day, even
though it was pretty hard on the
nerves at times
Dioking back
on
“ Spirit
Week" and it's activities like
“ Bug D ay" we can be safe to say
that it did it 's job. as the Diggers
won both Friday and Saturday
night games
Sophomore Class
Loses On Dance
A dance, sponsored by the
sophomore class, was held F ri
day night after the game from 10
to 12
Due to inflation, band's prices
have gone up Previous dances
held this year have been able to
break even, but due to a lack of
turnout the sophomores lost $5
on the dance
Dances however, unless they
are record or tape, are not used
as money-making projects, but
more as entertainment and rec
reation for the student boyd
Students are reminded though
when there is an opportunity to
go to a band dance, to take it,
because not many w ill be held in
the future due to coat
Playing for the dance were the
“ Styx.”
J A IM E R EY N O SO ,
change student.
foreign
ex-
Jaime Writes Letter
To Vernonia People
To the nice people of Vernonia,
1 would like to thank everyone
in the school and the town for
everything they have done for
me i really don't want to go, but
there is a tieginning and an end
to everything If I can. I'll be
back to see all my friends. I don't
know when, hut I w ill be back
Thanks again for everything,
and remember you always have
a friend in me.
Yours truly,
Jaime Reynoso G
Marylhurst College
Offers Scholarship
The following letter was re
ceived by the Timber Line staff
“ Each year Marylhurst Col
lege. a four-year women's lib
eral arts college, awards thou
sands of dollars to students on
the basis of need This year a
new program was developed to
award $50n scholarships solely
on the basis of scholastic
achievement.
The purpose of the program is
to recognize
the
scholarly
achievements of today's young
women. The selection of re
cipients w ill be made by the
Marylhurst College Scholarship
Committee for use at Marylhurst
College, located eight miles
south of Portland Oregon
These scholarships are also
renewable each year on the basis
of academic standing
Young women interested in
more information regarding this
or any other scholarship offering
at Marylhurst College should see
their school counselor or w rite;
Director of Admissions. M aryl
hurst College. Marvlhurst, Ore
97036
Applications must be in by-
May 1. 1974 ”
Rob Hanson, who attended the
State Westling Meet last year as
a Sophomore in the 98 pound .
weight class, «-turned this year W
to compete in the 106 pound
class
Hanson finished 5th in the
state last year, and he placed 6th
in this year’s competition
Mr Taylor, the VHS Wrestling
Coach, his wife. Rob. and James
Thompson left for
Corvallis
Thursday, February 28 They
stayed at the Marion Hotel in
Salem
Rob wrestled Friday at 7:30
p m., and was pinned by Jim
Raldwin from Waldport Satur
day he wrestled again at 3:30
This match was won by Bruce
Mathews in a 10 to 4 decision
Mathews represented Riddle,
Oregon Baldwin beat Mathews
later in the semi-finals
Rob has a shot at the champ
lonship next year. It w ill be
difficult for him to remain in the
same weight class He w ill
probablv have to move up to 115
They returned to Vernonia late
Saturday night
The only opportunity left for
Vernonia to earn a state champ
ionship this year is if the
basketball team defeats Concor
dia Lutheran twice in the Play
offs at Oregon City, March 9 Or
if the golf or track team can
place high in the league
Language Students
Will See French Play
The French students of Ver
nonia High School have revealed
some of their future plans
The students are planning a
trip to Salem to see a play
written by Ionesco, which w ill bi1
in French only
The date of the event is April 2,
and the play w ill begin at 1:00
The title of the plav is “ Le Roi se
M eurt." The advisor of the
Language students. Miss Frank
is also looking forward to the
trip
A Question
“If you don’t know cancer’s
Warning Signals, how do you
know you haven't got one?”
asks the A m erican C ancer
Society. Ask the ACS for a leaf
let to learn those signals—it may
save your life.
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