JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================YK" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?<8nH+0bQfL:|z 6TZ rUSMjc؀;+?~0ti]4wzZJ3T^+Ǽ4Otq\_f?½5ZBcgML ]<$e]ֺͣer28#W.5iHdVܬIO5 /Dj)Pvpz\^[屷5÷^W I>=>Z{ ,|mEkKt9 ="1~> Qx}N Oj}'^ .I. q :αs*}EM_"N]jy%~;0\sU/: ׳Ms2i?e?=ȃhھ3nGtY6koZ$l5̒-('ԓQLb+|4k\%][[Fi eS<[ͬص̫؟3P מ56 #A'\A%ٝ9]Ul=69h?yuΣkZGcQ"s0GW{{<KI ]cU{8T;l9E'o $C98ʪiױy6+u7+{}>ZBt y;W3*I3e @tp67sQv:gmGMKvEFxKo܍Rm<-?A}/pJ6>qaMͼ2$ֲ{%.P luWH.~=+Z+o:ecdWu6J AO+"p.r0~Ļ< <'zүmKBkq-YL_FUa|'=+ޤ޵㦱>96Y <P>The Girl Pioneers from Oregon City began last year in the number one spot nationally and stayed there all year. They should also start out #1 again this next season. Three of their big guns are returning. Senior Ashley Smith, Coach Smith's daughter, returns at guard. At 5-4 120 pounds, she averaged 10.5 points, 10.6 assists and 6.3 steals last season. Senior Brianne Meharry (6-1 165) will be back as well and she averaged 20.4 points and 9.4 rebounds last season. Also back is junior Lindsey Yamasaki (6-2 160) who last year grabbed 9.8 rebounds and scored 12.7 points per game.&nbsp;</P> <P>I was impressed with the national championships and wondered if they did anything with weights. I called them and found that they did indeed lift weights and also did a lot of BFS training principles. Intrigued, I asked Coach Smith about doing a story on the team. He agreed and had Ashley, Brianne, Lindsey and senior Cherisse Fowler (5-9 135) waiting for me when I arrived.&nbsp;</P> <P>What a tremendous pleasure it was to be around them. They were so upbeat and eager to learn. When God handed out wholesome pills, he emptied everything into those girls. What a delight. I ended up doing a two-hour clinic for them. They had not learned how to d