Another Tough Guy

Fri., March 7, 1997

Even though the Willapa Valley boys made an early exit Thursday morning by losing to Tacoma Baptist, the Vikings left having provided this year’s State B tournament with two of its toughest competitors.

Along with senior Luke Salme, who won a life-threatening battle with bone cancer when he was just 10 years old, Valley also boasted the talents of senior guard Mike Miller, who nearly lost his right hand in a forklift accident at his father’s radiator shop three summer’s ago. , DataTimes

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