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Belle of the Woods

By Matt Barnette
ESPNOutdoors.com

Saturday, April 26, 2008

MISSOULA, Mont. — Nichole Bonnema was not just nervous, but visibly nervous as she prepped her chunk of white pine just after sunrise the morning of the Western Conclave STIHL TIMBERSPORTS Collegiate Challenge. Speaking to a local television reporter, forehead peppered with tiny beads of sweat, she held the microphone, answering any and all questions put to her — the only female competitor of the 2008 Collegiate Challenge season — and stated what she wanted out of the day: " ...

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