Vernonia High School - Memolog Yearbook (Vernonia, OR)

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1. Darwin Holm scrambles for more yardage against Lutheran. 2. First Team All-League Quarterback Bob Zavales looks for an open man while two players from the opposing team close in. 3. Matt Parris helps Furl McMillen. First Team All-League Wide Receiver, practice kicking a field goal. 4 The Logger defense prepares to attack. 6. Team: Back Row; Coach Terry Nimz. Matt Parris. Mike Hall. Steve Jones. Bob Zavales. Mike Shafer. Bob Naron. Brody McMann. Manager Hank DuPuis. and Assistant Coach Ron Svenson. Middle Row; Ed Dotter. Carl Stubner. Steve Skidmore. Darwin Holm. Furl McMillen. Greg Holce. Jarkko Maenpaa. Casey Mitchell. Joe Reinisch. and Ball Boy Cameron Svenson. Front Row; Ball Boy Blake Svenson. Wade Bruce. Craig Dailey. Frank Cieloha. Roger Skidmore. George Rau. Brian Siebert. and Robert Shafer. 7. Mike Hall is brought to the ground by the Bluejay defense. 8 Coach Nimz gives advice and encouragement during halftime. 8 Varsity Football 17

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The Time Is Now The 1986 football season was one to be remembered. It started out with an exciting battle against Nestucca that lasted throughout a triple overtime-finally ending up as a hardwon victory for them. Although plagued by injuries the Logger team kept working and had one of the best offenses VHS has seen for a long time. Assistant Coach Ron Svenson said, Offensively we were led by Furl McMil-len, first team all league wide receiver and Bob Zavales, first team all league quarterback. The defensive leader was Robert Shafer. We lost Mike Shafer and Joe Reinisch for our last four games which hurt both our defense and offense.” Considering the team's inexperience at the beginning of the season they gave a lot of thrills, impressed the crowds with their positive attitudes, and their games were always interesting to watch. 16 Varsity Football

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Having The Time Of Their Lives This year’s Junior Varsity football team coached by Pete Forgey, had a building season. Most of the players were coming out fresh and facing teams with two and three years experience. Coach Forgey explained “The team came a long way, from not knowing where to put the pads to running difficult plays. They learned to hit and just as important how to take hits.” Coach Forgey feels that if this year's freshmen play JV again next fall, Vernonia could have a strong and threatening team. The record for this season was two wins and six losses. The team had a tough comeback win over the Portland Christian Royals. The highlight of the season came with a surprising victory over the Knappa Loggers. The JV’s played like a finely tuned football machine against the Knappa team. Even though the team didn’t win as many games as they would have liked, they still had the time of their lives. 18 J.V. Football