Vernonia High School - Memolog Yearbook (Vernonia, OR)

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Varsity Basketball Armed with 8 seniors, 1 junior, and 3 sophomores, Coach Bill Howard led his troops into battle against Clatskanie, Banks, and Yamhill-Carlton in the Ver-nonia Jamboree after just a couple weeks of practice. Howard, in his first year as a Varsity coach, emphasized aggressive, hard-nosed, team defense. Long hours of defensive shuffle drills were run in preparation for the League season. Early in the season, Coach Howard had his boys administer full-court pressure at all times. This made for many tired bodies. Everyone had a chance to participate. Vernonia, though they won only two games all season, was never really out of many games. The two games that the Loggers did win were very emotion filled games. Senior Joe Richardson put in the winning bucket with less than a minute remaining to defeat Yamhill-Carlton on their own floor. Senior Steve Grady was selected as the team’s Most Valuable Player. Junior Eric Wilcoxen was selected as the Most Improved Player. Leading rebounder was Todd Shaw. i 4 30 Varsity Basketball