Vernonia High School - Memolog Yearbook (Vernonia, OR)

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1978 VARSITY FOOTBALL RECORD US THEM 24 Scio 0 21 Salem Academy 0 36 PC. 6 53 Lutheran 0 33 Warrenton 0 14 St. Paul 0 54 Gaston 6 34 Corbett 8 19 Knappa 0 “State Playoffs 29 Chiloquin 6 7 Regis 0 7 St. Mary's 13 4 I. The Loggers manhandles Lutheran in their overwhelming 53-0 victory. 2. The Northwest League's Most Valuable Player. Tim McLeod, averages more than 100 yards per game and finishes the season with over 1,500 total yards. 3. As team Captain. Scott Johnston leads the Loggers to the State Finals. 4. Dean Johnston listens closely to Coach Nice's game plan. 5. With their fleet footed receivers, the Logger's passing attack is hard to stop. 5 VARSITY FOOTBALL

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Varsity Football Best Record The 1978 Football Season resulted in the best record in Vernonia history. The Loggers started out confident that they would produce an excellent record, and they did. Vernonia's first two pre-season games were shutout victories, both over strong AA teams. The first was over Scio, and the next was over Salem Academy who had not been shutout by any school in nine years. The regular season saw the Loggers knock off one league opponent after another, and ended in another shutout victory; this time over Knappa who had not allowed a touchdown to be scored against them in eleven consecutive games. That win gave the Loggers their third league championship in four years and a spot in the State play offs. The first playoff game was against Chiloquin. The Loggers held on through the below freezing cold to win, and earn another shot at five time State Champions, Regis. The high point of the 1978 Football Season was yet another shutout victory; this time over Regis. This was the first time that they had been beaten by an A school in five years, and the first time that they had been shutout by any school in ten years. The final game was played on Grecnman field against St. Mary's of Medford, and ended with the Loggers taking the runner-up spot for 1978. Congratulations to all players and coaches on an excellent season. I. The offensive line gives Dean Johnston enough time to become one of the top passers in the league. 2. In the backlicld. Tony Smith adds powerful running to the Logger’s speedy running game. Top Row: Jerry Budge. Mike Lucorc. Nolan Stearns. James Dottcr, Chris Cola. Steve Grady. Tony Barlolo-mucci. Shawn Stevens. Middle Row: Tony Smith. Mike Harrison, Steve Osgood. Scot Lamping, Tim McLeod. Curt Marxer, Gary Sutherlin. Dean Johnston. Bottom Row: Coach Terry Nimz. Scott Johnston, Mike llivelcy. Ed Hammcrbcrg. Ken Smith. Darrell Gw in, Don Thompson. Drew Tracy, Dennis Larson. Coach Melvin Nice. VARSITY EOOTBALL

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I. Scotl Johnslon holds up the l oggers runner-up trophy. 2. The Loggers tough defense holds twice then breaks to give St. Mary's the winning touchdown. 3. St. Mary's defense rises to stop the Logger running attack. 4. Darrell Gwin's punts pull the Loggers out of some bad situations. 5. Behind Scott Johnston’s lock. Tim McLeod looks for open running room. 5 VARSITY FOOTBAl I