3A/2A Girls Basketball: Dayton, Hughes wins for family after father's passing
Dayton’s varsity girls (4-1) played for more than basketball over the weekend. On Wednesday, Dec. 10, news of the death of Michael Hughes, a vice principal and special education director at Willamina ...
Overtime Odyssey: Ferrua heats up for 31 points in 71-67 win over McDaniel
Falling to the ground, sophomore forward Xander Gurash lunged for a ball that clanged off the iron. It was his eigth and final rebound of a long night that also saw him score 18 points. He chucked the ...
3A/2A Boys Basketball: Pirates topple Tigers
For the first time since Dec. 15, 2023, the Dayton and Yamhill Carlton varsity boys basketball teams met for a non-league game at the Dayton Tournament. Two winters ago, Dayton handled the Tigers, ...
Turnovers cost Grizzlies in 49-37 loss to South Salem
Friday’s contest against the South Salem Saxons (3-0) was a vast measure of improvement for the McMinnville girls varsity basketball team (0-3), but turnovers were costly and neutered an otherwise ...
Tiger wrestlers dominate mat in opening bouts; Amity, Dayton, Mac see improvement
Yamhill County grapplers were out in full force over the Dec. 12-13 weekend. Wrestlers from McMinnville, Amity, Dayton, Willamina and Yamhill Carlton took the mat, and many had top five worthy ...
Bulldogs wrestling ready to battle, replicate state success
The Willamina High School wrestling room has molded Bulldogs athletes for years. The orange and black walls are a training ground where athletes are pushed to their limits and challenged to rise and exceed ...
Warrior wrestlers grappling for growth in 25-26 season
Amity Wrestling is typically a small program, but with a roster of about 19 kids, turnout is way up for the Warriors. “We’re a young team, but growing,” Amity Head Coach Paul Betts ...
Wildcat Roundup: Mens and womens basketball suffer losses; mens wrestling introduces new faces to mat at Clackamas Open
Womens Basketball The Wildcats womens basketball team (4-2, 1-0) was handed their largest loss of the season so far on Friday, Dec. 5 at Ted Wilson Gymnasium. Facing No. 3 University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh ...
Mac boys unable to slow North Salem offense in 77-59 test of endurance
It can be frustrating when the offense does not tally up. Connecting with the hoop and seeing the ball meet net is a skill, even an art for some. Zealots on both sides would argue that offense or defense ...
Grizzlies pressure Foxes but can't get shots to fall in 51-23 loss to Silverton
On Tuesday at the McMinnville High School gymnasium, development and chemistry continued to be built for a Grizzlies varsity girls basketball squad (0-2) finding their way in a new look offense. The Grizzlies ...
3A/2A Boys Basketball: Bulldogs off the schnide
Amity 69 Regis 82 The Warriors (0-3) dropped their third straight game on Monday, falling to 2A Regis (2-0) 82-69. Amity was put to bed by Regis’ 6-foot-4 senior guard Eli Silbernagel, who scored ...
3A/2A Girls Basketball: Tigers stay hot at home
Dayton 36 Westside Christian 50 The Pirates (1-1) dropped their first game on Tuesday, falling to undefeated Westside Christian (4-0) by a score of 50-36 at Dayton High School. Dayton played a tight ...
Wrestling: Mac, Dayton boys grapplers see top 10 finishes to start season
The season for grapplers is upon Yamhill County, with many wrestlers taking some of their first turns on the mat at the Perry Burlison Invitational at Cascade High School on Saturday, Dec. 6. McMinnville ...
3A Boys Basketball: Amity finds identity in first Warrior Classic
Amity’s varsity boys basketball team fell to 0-2 to start the season but finished their home tournament with plenty to be excited about following a tightly contested 61-58 loss to last season’s ...
Double dose of drama: Tigers victorious in two overtime tug-of-war with Bulldogs
Attention and intensity never wavered inside the Tiger Dome on Friday. No lead was safe, and if the human body was capable of staving off exhaustion, the Yamhill Carlton (1-0) and Willamina (0-2) varsity ...
